Our own crew cleans your gutters, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is overhead, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we are glad to quote your house with the form above or a text of the front of the house.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Every homeowner gets the same quote process. The price depends on how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge, so a clean job has no surprises. Companies that price by the linear foot tend to land in a similar place per foot, but the stories and the packed leaves are what change the job on the ground. Our cleaning services in Los Gatos follow that same gutter cleaning process, start to finish.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run is further up than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaf mat and a twig or two in the elbows, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Gutter maintenance here includes flushing, flow testing and debris removal, and the cleaning and maintenance is never billed as an extra. We haul the bags away from your home, not onto the lawn, and a leak at a seam is noted and priced before anyone touches it. Every run comes back clean. If anything changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what we have seen from homeowners like you. One customer with a two-story home and a heavy leaf load asked for a quote by text, sent a photo of the roofline, and we confirmed the date the same week, with the price unchanged on the invoice. Another house had a walk-out basement and gutters that had not been opened in several seasons, and the extra time was explained before the crew climbed. Those are the details that drive the price of our cleanings, and we say them up front so the invoice stays clean. If you want to get your gutters on the schedule before the next heavy rainfall, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will tell you what the job looks like before anyone is on a ladder.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $225 | from $295 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $200 | from $260 | from $335 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $235 | from $305 | from $395 |
For context, nationally: Angi 2026, US average $168, most $119 to $234, $0.95 to $2.25 per linear foot.
Downspouts flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled, photos of every run. The quote already has all of it in.
Our crew clears every gutter run by hand, not just the stretch you can see from the driveway. Roof valleys and the area above the gutter line are blown clear first, so the next rain does not refill what was just emptied. Every downspout is flushed with water and watched until it runs clear at the bottom; one that will not clear is worked from the top where it can be reached. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain line, the crew checks that water is leaving at the outlet and tells you if it is not; clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Debris goes into bags and leaves with the truck. It is not blown onto the lawn, the deck or next door. The ground is left as it was found.
Before the crew leaves you get photos of every run and every downspout, before and after, on your phone, whether or not you were home. Anything the crew sees that is not a cleaning problem, a hanger pulled loose, a seam dripping, a run sitting flat, is photographed and reported, not repaired and not sold on the spot.
What can change the number, and you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice: a third story or a roof too steep to walk; gutters that have not been touched in years; guards that have to come off and go back on.
Twice a year for most houses: once after the spring seed and pollen drop, once after the last leaves fall.
Most of our customers book twice a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves come down. Our gutter cleaning services run across Los Gatos on that pattern, so a clean run in spring does not mean a clean run in fall. When we open a gutter here in spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat and the leaves and debris that hold water against the rain gutter until it spills. On houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by the next wet season, and that sag is how structural damage starts.
Under heavy tree cover in the landscape, or near a busy road or construction where grit collects, our customers are on every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the clogged downspouts between visits. Houses with few or no trees are usually fine with one visit a year in late fall. Gutter guards change the schedule, not the need: a gutter system with guards still holds leaves on top, and the surface still has to be kept clean or the fascia will rot. The point of every visit is to keep water away from the foundation, and the schedule follows tree cover and grit for residential and commercial properties alike. Our crew can tell you in one visit which schedule your lot actually needs, and it flushes every downspout while it is up there.
Here is how two houses look on our schedule. One customer has no trees over the roof and books once a year in the December to early January fall window, and the gutters have run clear every season since. Another customer under a canopy of trees is on every three to four months, and the downspout that used to back up in the storm months now drains through the rainy season. Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, and a rain gutter that is not clean when that happens spills straight over the front edge. Los Gatos averages 22.2 inches of rain a year, mostly in December, January and February, so heavy rainfall is the real test of every gutter we work on. Once you have had your first visit, we tell you which tier fits your lot, and you can adjust from there.
Water over the edge rots the board behind the gutter first. Everything after that is slow, and slow is what a policy excludes.
The three signs. Water pouring over the front edge in rain instead of out of the downspout. A run that sags, sits low or has pulled away from the fascia. Plants growing out of the trough. Any one of them means the gutter is full.
What happens next. Water that cannot drain sits in the trough and spills behind it. The fascia board rots, then the soffit. Water backs up under the first course of shingles and shows up as a ceiling stain. Siding stains and swells. Below, the overflow cuts a channel at the foundation and finds the basement. The wet debris itself weighs enough to pull the gutter off the house. Standing water breeds mosquitoes; dry debris houses wasps. Where winters freeze, the trapped water becomes an ice dam at the eave and lifts the shingles from underneath.
Why your policy will not pay. Homeowners insurance generally does not cover water damage traced to clogged gutters. Carriers class gutter cleaning as routine maintenance, and damage from skipped maintenance as preventable neglect, which a standard policy excludes. A limb that tears a gutter off in a storm is sudden and accidental and is usually covered; a fascia board that rotted over two years is not. This is general information, not insurance advice; read your policy or ask your agent.
Guards stop leaves. They do not stop needles, seeds, grit or the paste they turn into. The job gets shorter, not gone.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, less often, and it is a different job: clearing what sits on top of the guard and checking that water is actually getting in, rather than scooping out the trough. Mesh and screen guards hold whole leaves off. Pine needles thread through, seed casings and pollen mat on top, roof grit settles underneath, and once that mat is wet, rain runs over it and off the front edge. The gutter is empty and the water never went in.
Guards earn their keep under big leafy trees and on roofs too high to want to climb. They do not end maintenance, whatever the installer said. Our crew lifts the panels, clears underneath, flushes the downspouts and reseats the guards; tell us what is on the house when you get the quote and it is priced as a guarded system, which usually runs shorter than an open one.
Under an hour on most houses. Nobody has to be there, and the photos arrive either way.
The crew calls the day before with an arrival window and again when they are on the way. This Old House puts a professional gutter cleaning at 30 minutes to an hour on a typical home; bigger houses, steep roofs and gutters left for years run longer. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work; the crew does not come inside. Before they arrive: side gate unlocked, cars off the driveway if runs face it, pets inside while ladders are up. Ladder stand-offs keep the ladder off the gutter lip and the siding. After: photos of every run and downspout before the truck leaves, and an invoice that matches the quote.
Send us a photo or a short video in the rain. You hear what it is before anyone talks about money.
Still overflowing. A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. If that happens after a cleaning, send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we tell you what it actually is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
The number. The price quoted on the phone is the price on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, never after.
Your house. Stand-offs on every ladder so nothing rests on the gutter lip, and screens and downspout extensions go back where they were.
Payment. The balance is charged when the job is finished and the photos are on your phone. Some dates take a small booking fee to hold the slot, and you hear about it before you book.
The whole city and the towns around it, booked by phone or text from the nearest crew.
Our crew works across Los Gatos, CA, and reaches the houses on the outlying streets from the nearest base, so every part of the city is covered without a long wait. Los Gatos homes are quoted the same way: stories, size and tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if that is easy for you. Booking starts with a call to (866) 435-6328 or a text. Lead time depends on the calendar, and we confirm the date when you call. The two busiest windows of the year are spring and fall, so if you want a particular week, call early in those months. Your regular gutter cleaning schedule is set on that first call, and a one-off visit is booked the same way. A clean gutter that drains is the goal of every visit.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. If you are on the schedule for a visit, you get a text with the arrival window and a photo of every run when we leave. Those photos show any sag, buildup or clog the crew found, and the water flow at each downspout, so you can see the drainage for yourself. Debris removal is part of the visit, so the bags leave with the truck. We cover residential properties here, and residential and commercial work is booked the same way for every house, so the quote you get is the one you will see on the invoice. If you want us to clean your gutters on a set date, say so when you book.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and how much clog or blockage is in the gutters. Ask for an estimate by phone or text, and the price we give you is the price on the invoice.
Our customers here usually book in late spring and again in late fall. If the fall visit is skipped, we often find runs that have sagged or pulled loose by January. Keeping to both visits helps protect your home from water damage.
Most slots in Los Gatos CA and the surrounding areas come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call. If you need a faster visit, ask us on the phone and we will tell you what is open.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. If you want to keep your gutters clean between visits, ask us when you book.
Yes. We flush every downspout and watch it until it runs clear, and we check that drainage leaves at the outlet, because gutters and downspouts only work when the water goes somewhere. Clearing an underground drain line is a separate job within our gutter services, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs we find needles and seed casings sitting on top of the guard, and the water never gets in. The surface still has to be cleared, though the job is usually shorter.
A clean gutter that still spills rainwater over the roofline has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a blockage. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
Only if something changes the job, and in that case you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never after. Otherwise the number we quoted is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
