Our own crew comes out to service gutters on Palm Springs homes. We flush every downspout, test the flow and haul the leaves away. You get photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover sits over it, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across California, most of our customers book in spring and fall, and that is when we are busiest.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
For each homeowner, the price of cleaning services in Palm Springs depends on how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is 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. Some companies price gutter maintenance by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is added up.
On our jobs, a third story or a steep pitch we cannot walk moves the quote most. A walk-out basement that puts the back run far up the wall does too, along with a sloped lot. Gutters that have not been opened in years come down heavy with compacted leaves, a stuck twig and debris, and guards we have to lift, clean underneath and reseat take extra time. A leak at a seam gets noted and quoted separately if it needs repair. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is how the gutter cleaning process looks on the ground. The jobs that cost more are almost always the ones with the most tree cover and the longest gap since the last visit, not the ones with the most square feet. Repeat cleanings on a house we already know are quoted from the notes of the last visit. When you call, tell us the stories, the rough roof size, whether trees hang over the house, and send a photo of the front of the house if it is easy. That is usually enough to give you a firm number. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline, and we will come back with a quote so you can get your gutters cleaned.
| 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 across Palm Springs, CA book twice a year. Across California, the spring visit falls in mid to late June, after the seeds and pollen have dropped, and the fall visit falls in late November to December, after the last leaves are down. When we open a rain gutter here in June we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows of clogged downspouts. In late fall it is the leaf load and the landscape debris, and the wet mat that builds up before the wettest months, January, February and December, so the fall clean matters most.
Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, and heavy rainfall finds any gutter that is already full. Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the usual rhythm, because needles and grit pack the outlets into a clog faster than a twice-a-year schedule can keep up with. A full gutter left through a wet season can lead to structural damage and rot in the fascia. A house with few or no trees does well on one cleaning a year in late fall, since the gutter system has less to catch. Gutter guards need less frequent visits, but the surface still needs a clean, since leaves sit on top of them. A clean gutter is what keeps water away from your home, and our gutter cleaning services are scheduled to match the house. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
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 Palm Springs from the nearest base, and we clean the whole city, not a single part of it, including the buildup at the back run. Residential and commercial properties both get the same crew, and we also take jobs in surrounding areas. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text from your stories, your size and your tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if you can send one. Whether you need to clean your gutters once or want regular gutter cleaning, lead time depends on the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and fall, so it is worth booking early for those.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. The crew works outside and does not come inside the house. Residential properties and commercial properties get the same photo report of every run. If you have a question about a run before the date, ask when you book and we will tell you what we expect to find, including any drainage problem or weak water flow.
For Palm Springs homeowners, the number comes from the stories, the footprint of the house and what is in the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline, and we will give you a firm estimate before we schedule anything.
Our two visits fall after the seed and pollen drop in spring and after the leaves come down in fall, and the timing is in the season section above. Each visit covers cleaning and maintenance on the same runs, and if you wait past the fall visit, we often find runs that have started to sag by winter, so the fall date is the one not to skip.
Same-day depends on our calendar that week, because our gutter services are booked by the slot. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call.
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.
Yes. We check the gutters and downspouts on the house from top to bottom and confirm that the water is leaving at the outlet. If a line runs underground and a blockage is holding the water back, we tell you and quote clearing it separately, so nothing gets added to the invoice without your say.
Yes, usually less often, but guards still need the surface cleared. On our jobs we find needles and seed casings sitting on top of the guard and the water not getting in, so we lift the panels, clear underneath and reseat them. That keeps rainwater moving into the gutters with the guards on.
A clean gutter that still spills in the rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling you a second cleaning. Fixing that is how you protect your home from water damage.
Only if something changes the job, and in that case you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The number we quote 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.
