Our own crew cleans gutters in San Leandro, flushing every downspout and flow-testing it, hauling the debris away, and photographing every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across California, most of our customers book spring and fall, and the schedule fills in those windows.
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. A homeowner gets the number by calling (866) 435-6328 or texting a photo, and it comes from those three things. The number we quote is the number we charge. Other companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted, but the stories and the buildup matter more than the footage.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far above the ground, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted debris, and guards and the rest of the gutter system that we have to lift and reseat. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are part of the gutter cleaning process and are never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice. A rain gutter that backs up under heavy rainfall is often a clog, but it can also be a sag, a leak at a seam, or a blockage that a cleaning alone will not fix, and we say which it is.
Here is what our experience shows. When we open a gutter on a San Leandro home we look for the seed casings, the leaves and debris and the grit that has turned into paste inside the elbow. A clog in the elbow shows up as water running over the front edge, and a run that has lost its slope shows up as standing water. Both are cheaper to catch early than after water has reached the fascia board and started to rot, or caused structural damage, and keeping the gutters clear is how you protect your home from water damage. Most of our San Leandro homes get a price once a year and are checked at the spring and fall visits, and that price holds for the whole visit.
Our gutter cleaning services are priced the same way everywhere. Our crew will flush every downspout until it runs clean, and check the drainage and water flow at the outlet, and if water is not clearing we tell you. Where a line runs underground, we confirm it is carrying water and quote any clearing of the buried line separately, before anyone touches it. Residential and commercial jobs get the same quote. Residential properties and commercial properties are priced by the building and what it needs, and the photos are the same either way.
Here is one San Leandro example from our own jobs. We did a clean on a two-story house under a mature canopy, and the quote moved because the back run had lost its slope and the downspouts were packed to the first elbow. We flushed every downspout, reported the slope problem in photos, and left the decision on the repair with the owner. The clog was the cost driver, and the slope was the thing we did not sell.
| 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 San Leandro homeowners book twice a year, in the late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and again in the late fall after the last leaves come down. Across California the spring visit falls in mid to late June, and when we open a gutter then we find seeds and pollen paste packed in the elbows, even on a gutter that looked clean from the ground. Across California the fall visit lands in late November to December, and by then we find the wet leaf mat that rots the back of the run before the rainy season.
Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, so the gutter is tested all at once. Our experience is that a clog that sits through the rainy months becomes a blockage that water finds a way around, and the rainwater lands on the roofline instead of in the downspout. A leak at the seam makes it worse. If the first visit of the year is skipped, the spring cleaning is harder and the fall visit runs longer, since clogged downspouts take more time to open and get clean. Keep your gutters clean between storms, and most of the work is already done. Left alone, that water can cause structural damage, and the job of the rain gutter is to carry the water away from your home.
Under heavy tree cover or a dense landscape, we see customers on a schedule of every three to four months, because the needles and grit pack the gutters and downspouts between visits. Few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Near a busy road, a construction site or surrounding areas with heavy dust, we move the schedule closer. Guards reduce the frequency, but the surface still needs to be clean. Between the two cleanings, a quick check counts as gutter maintenance.
After the first visit, when the gutters are clean, we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put the photos in front of you so you can see the reason.
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 San Leandro from the nearest base, which keeps the drive short on most jobs. The gutter cleaning process starts with an estimate by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front if it is easy to send, plus a clean shot of the gutters from the ground. Once the quote is accepted we set a date, and we call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, but the gate needs to be open and the cars moved away from your home if the runs face the driveway.
The calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop are at their heaviest. Booking earlier in those windows gets you a slot that fits the schedule, since cleanings fill first. If heavy rainfall is forecast, we can move a job up and get the gutters clean before the storm, and we tell you when we do. Lead time is confirmed on the call, not promised here.
Calling (866) 435-6328 is the fastest way to get your gutters on the schedule, and a text with a photo is the next fastest. Either way, the quote you receive is the one you pay, whether it is one clean or cleaning and maintenance on the whole system.
The number comes from stories and size, so our gutter cleaning services in San Leandro CA are quoted by phone or text.
Timing depends on how loaded your lot is. Our customers here book late spring and late fall, and when they wait past those windows we find the seed, leaf and grit packing that makes the job longer and the gutters harder to get clean.
Most San Leandro gutter cleaning slots come up within the week, and the lead time is confirmed when you call.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside and does not come inside, and we send photos of every run and every downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. Every downspout is flushed until it runs clean, and we check that it drains at the outlet. Underground lines are checked for flow, and any clearing of a buried line is quoted separately before work begins.
Gutter guards still need cleaning, and having them does not mean you can skip the visit to clean your gutters. On our jobs we find leaves, needles and the odd twig on top of the guard and fine grit underneath, so the surface still gets cleared when we visit.
If water still spills over the edge after we leave, that is usually a slope or downspout-size problem rather than debris. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
The price you were quoted is the price on the invoice. If we find something that changes the job, you hear it before we start.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
