Our crew cleans gutters in Mill Valley, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves hauled off, and every run left clean with photos of each one before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover sits over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 to book. On our Mill Valley jobs most customers book in the spring and fall, when the seed drop and the leaf fall have finished.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on stories, square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We give you the number over the phone or by text from those three things, and that number is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, but the stories and the access decide most of it on a Mill Valley house.
What moves the price on our jobs is what the crew finds when it gets up the ladder. 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 sits farther up than the front. Gutters nobody has opened in years hold compacted matter that takes time to dig out, and guards we have to lift and reseat add a step on every run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice, and a clean invoice matches the number we gave you.
On Mill Valley homes the quotes that run longest are the ones with heavy leaves packed into the trough and clogged downspouts that have not been flushed in a long time. One house with a long back run and a sag near the end is a good example of how the clog and the drainage problem show up together: the water flow was stopping at the low point, and the crew cleared the blockage, flushed the line, checked that water was leaving at the outlet and left the run clean before the truck left. We do not put a price on structural damage on a visit like that, but we note it in the photos so you can decide what comes next. Most homes in town have one or two of these conditions and no more, and we tell you which before we start.
Our gutter cleaning service in Mill Valley prices residential properties and commercial properties the same way: we look at each gutter system, count what we are dealing with and quote it. The homeowner who calls us usually wants to know what the number covers, so the answer is the full run of gutters and downspouts, and the material hauled away.
| 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 in Mill Valley book twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop and once in the fall after the last leaves come down. Gutter cleaning in Mill Valley CA follows those same two windows. When we open a gutter here in the spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In the fall it is the leaf mat, and that is the visit that keeps water moving through the rainy season. Clean your gutters before the first heavy rainfall of the season, not after the water has found the ceiling.
Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or a construction site, we see customers on a schedule of cleanings every three to four months, because needles, twig and grit pack the downspouts between visits and the clog builds faster than the gutter can carry it off. Few or no trees, and once a year in late fall is enough for most of the houses we clean. Gutter guards need less cleaning and maintenance, but the surface still has to be kept clean, and a guarded run can still hold a mat of needles on top.
A gutter that goes too long without a visit shows the damage in the rainwater that runs behind it. The buildup in the trough backs water up toward the roofline, the fascia gets wet and starts to rot, and a leak turns into a stain on the ceiling or a sag in the rain gutter. A clean run carries water away from your home, and a blocked one sends it back toward the foundation. The estimate for a regular gutter cleaning schedule is much less than the repair that follows a season of standing water. On houses that skipped the fall visit, runs can pull loose before the wettest months of winter are over.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, twice a year, every three to four months, or once a year. The schedule that fits your house is the one we find on the roof, not the one we guess at from the street.
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 covers homes across Mill Valley and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and Mill Valley homeowners on the older streets, where the landscape is heavy with trees and the roofs are steep, get the same visit as everyone else. The gutter cleaning process is the same anywhere we go. You call or text us, we ask for the stories, the size of the house and whether there are trees over the roof, and if it is easy a clean photo of the front of the house helps us quote it right. We confirm a date when you call at (866) 435-6328, and the slot comes up quickly in most seasons.
The calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, the spring and the fall, so if you want a particular week, call early and get your gutters on the schedule. Mill Valley gutter cleaning runs on the same booking rules as everywhere else. We call before we come and nobody needs to be home for the visit. We flush every downspout on every visit. Keep your gutters clean and working through the season and protect your home from water damage with gutter maintenance on a schedule that fits your tree cover. We also offer gutter services for commercial buildings and gutter and window cleaning, so if you have a larger site we can quote the whole job in one visit.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a range here, because the stories and the tree cover decide it.
Our customers here book in late spring and late fall, after the seed drop and after the last leaves. If the gutters wait past the first rain, the leaf mat has already started to hold water.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call so you know exactly when the crew is coming.
No. The 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.
Yes, we flush every downspout and watch the water until it runs clear at the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground line we check that water leaves at the outlet and tell you if it does not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs we find needles threaded through the guard, seed casings on top and grit underneath, and once that mat is wet the water runs off the front edge. We lift the panels, clear underneath, flush the downspouts and reseat the guards, and leave the gutter clean.
A gutter system that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning for it.
If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start. The number we quoted on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
