Our own crew cleans gutters across Seaside CA, and our gutter cleaning services cover every run and downspout. We flush every downspout and flow-test it, haul the leaves away, and take photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the house, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across California, most of our customers book a visit in spring and fall, and we are happy to put a date on the calendar for yours.
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 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. Some companies price gutter services by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is multiplied out, but we would rather talk through your house than hand you a rate per foot.
On our jobs the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run, so it sits farther up than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted muck, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. We flush every downspout, run a flow test, and haul what comes out away from your home, and all of it is included and never billed as an extra. If anything we find changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Across the jobs we have cleaned, the quotes that surprise people are the ones where the gutters have gone a long time without a visit and the buildup has turned into a real blockage. Once the crew is in, the water flow checks show where the clog sits and how the drainage is moving, and whether it is a simple clog or a sag that needs a closer look. We tell you which before anyone starts pulling anything out. Most of our homes here are on a regular schedule of spring and fall visits, which keeps the buildup small enough that regular gutter cleaning stays a predictable visit and does not turn into a debris removal project. If you clean your gutters on that rhythm, the number stays steady from year to year. We serve residential and commercial clients, but this page is about residential properties and the commercial properties are a separate conversation.
If you are not sure how far along your gutters are, any homeowner can text us a photo of the front of the house from the street and tell us the number of stories. That is enough for a first number, and the gutter cleaning process starts with the crew confirming it on the first visit. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo to book a date and ask for a written estimate before we come out.
| 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 customers here book two cleanings a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. Across California the spring visit falls in mid to late June, and by then we usually find seeds and pollen paste packed into the elbows of the downspout. In the fall it is leaves and debris, wet and matted, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs that sink under the weight by the following March. Keeping that first run clean is how you protect your home from water damage the rest of the year.
Under heavy tree cover, we are on every three to four months, because needles, grit and the odd twig fill the clogged downspouts between visits and the clog builds faster than the rainwater can clear it. Near a busy road or a construction site the same thing happens with fine grit. With few or no trees over the house, once a year in late fall is usually enough to keep the gutters and downspouts moving. Gutter guards change the frequency, not the need: under guards we still clean the surface each visit, and the schedule comes down from there.
Winter storms run the gutter system hard, so the late fall visit matters most for the heavy rainfall that comes after. A gutter that is clean before the rain has time to carry water away from the house. A gutter that is blocked turns the same rain into overflow at the eaves along the roofline, and over time that overflow can lead to structural damage and rot at the fascia and the wall below.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found in your gutters and how much came out of them. Keep your gutters on that schedule, and call (866) 435-6328 to set the first visit so we can see your home in the season it is actually in.
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.
Seaside gutter cleaning is booked the same way for residential and commercial jobs on every street in town, and our crew covers the town and the surrounding areas from the nearest base. You get a quote by phone or text from your stories, the size of the house and the tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. Lead time is set by how full the calendar is that week, and we confirm the date with you when you call. The two busiest windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop fill the schedule, so booking early in those months is how you get your gutters on the calendar.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. The crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. If you prefer a text to a call, say so when you book and the reminders go out that way. For gutter maintenance on a regular schedule, booking the next visit before the crew leaves keeps the gutters clean all year.
Clean gutters are only part of the picture. The same visit is a chance to look at how the water flow is working from the top of the run down, to check each downspout for loose sections and any leak, and to note any dip we see so the cleaning and maintenance record stays current. Whatever we find that is outside gutter cleaning, we photograph and report rather than sell.
The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text. The number we quote is the number on the invoice, and our services include downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off.
Across seaside homes, the spring and fall schedule is the most common, and most of our customers here book in late spring and late fall. If the gutters wait past the fall leaf drop, we often find the wet mat has started to pull the run down by the next rainy season, so that is the one we plan around.
Most slots for our cleaning services in Seaside come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call. If you need something sooner, tell us when you book and we will see what the calendar allows.
No. Our crew works outside, keeps every ladder away from your home, and does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and we will send photos of every run and downspout before the truck leaves.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and flow-tested at the outlet, and we tell you if water is not leaving. Clearing an underground drain line is a separate job, quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep leaves out, but the needles, seed casings and grit still settle on top and mat down, so we still clear the surface and check that water is getting in. The landscape around the house sets how often the surface needs a look, so the schedule is often less frequent than with open gutters.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in the rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout capacity rather than blockage. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we tell you what it is, without selling you a second cleaning. Water that keeps spilling at the edge can also lead to rain gutter damage at the fascia, so the sooner we look, the better.
It should not. If we find something that changes the job, such as a gutter run we did not see from the ground, you hear it and agree to the change before the crew starts, not on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
