Our own crew cleans gutters for local homeowners, and each run comes out clean, with every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything bagged and hauled off, and 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. Most of our customers book 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.
The price depends on how many stories the house has, its size and what is sitting in the gutters. Pleasanton gutter cleaning is quoted over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per foot of run, but a number per foot is harder to check against your own gutter system, so we quote the house.
On local jobs, the things that move the quote are consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run, so it sits farther up than it looks. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves and grit that takes longer to clear, and if you plan to clean your gutters yourself, expect that back run to take the longest. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on both ends. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If something changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our Pleasanton homes are a mix of single-story and two-story houses, and the gutter clog we see most often is seed and leaf buildup at the downspout elbows, which slows water flow until it spills over the edge. A sag in a run usually traces back to a season of that buildup, and a clean run is cheaper to keep than to fix. Our work covers residential and commercial buildings, and we price both the same way, from what the crew finds up top. The same buildup shows up on residential properties and commercial properties alike.
When a homeowner on one of our jobs asked why the number moved, the answer was the back run, a third story and gutters that had gone several years without a visit. The crew told them before climbing, and the gutters were clean and the invoice matched. You can read more about what we found on that job on our case page.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the back of the house, and we will give you a number that holds, for the gutter cleaning services your home actually needs.
| 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. Across California, the spring visit lands in mid to late June, once the seed and pollen drop has piled into the downspout elbows. The fall visit runs from December to early January, and it clears the leaves before the heaviest rain of the year. On houses that skipped that fall visit, we have seen runs sag by February under the weight of what sat through winter rain.
Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, so a rain gutter that looked clean in December can fill with rainwater and spill over the roofline after one long night. That kind of heavy rainfall is why the calendar matters more than the sky.
Under heavy tree cover, or on a landscape where mulch and bark wash toward the gutters, we see houses on a shorter schedule than the spring and fall visits, because needles and grit pack the drain elbows between visits, and one clog at an elbow is enough to back water up. With few or no trees, the fall visit alone is usually enough. Gutter maintenance still matters on guarded gutters, since the surface still needs clearing. Regular gutter cleaning is the simplest way to keep your gutters clear between visits, and a clean trough is far cheaper than fixing a sagging run.
Tell us what your lot looks like, and we will tell you which schedule it needs after the first visit. We check gutters and downspouts for blockage on every visit, so a problem gets caught before it becomes a leak. Call (866) 435-6328 for an estimate and to get on the calendar before the rainy season fills the slots. A regular visit helps protect your home from water damage.
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 Pleasanton and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we clean homes in every part of the city. As a homeowner, you start with a quote by phone or text, using your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over it. A photo of the front of the house helps us see the layout before we arrive, and it takes less than a minute to send.
Our gutter services fill quickly, and our cleanings do too, so book early for a clean slot on the calendar. Call early to get your gutters on the calendar, especially for the spring and fall visits. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Every visit includes cleaning and maintenance, and the outlets send water away from your home once they run clear. If you have gutter guards, tell us when you book, because the crew lifts and reseats them. A twig stuck in an elbow is cleared by hand, not blown onto the lawn, and the gutter is left clean. If you want the gutter cleaning process explained before you commit, ask us on the phone and we will walk through it. Our crew would rather you know what happens up top than find out on the ladder.
The number comes from stories, size and what is in the gutters, and every homeowner gets it by phone or text before the crew arrives. For a two-story house, the gutter system is priced the same way as any other, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Call (866) 435-6328 for cleaning services in Pleasanton with those three things and we will tell you the price on the call.
Most homes do well with a fall visit from December to early January, which clears the leaves before the heaviest rain of the year. Add a spring visit too, since seed and pollen pile into the downspout elbows before summer. If you wait past the first hard rain, the leaf mat is already in the gutters, and that is when we start seeing sag, so book the fall visit early to keep your gutters clean.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day availability depends on the calendar that week for homes and commercial properties alike, so ask us when you book.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, bags the leaves and debris, and sends photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves. The yard is left as clean as we found it. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. We flush every downspout and flow-test it, and we check the drainage at the outlet so water is leaving the gutter system. If a drain line runs underground, clearing it is a separate job that we quote before we touch it.
Yes. Guards keep out leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit still get through and can leave clogged downspouts underneath. We clear the surface, flush the drains and check that water is getting in, so the gutter comes out clean.
A clean rain gutter that still spills usually has a slope or capacity problem, not a clogged trough, and a spill left alone can lead to wood rot and structural damage. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
It should not. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, and you agree to it first. Text a photo of the house now so we can check for those things before the day.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
