Our own crew cleans gutters in Sunnyvale CA, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the leaves bagged and hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is overhead, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, when the seed drop and the leaf fall are done. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote, and as a homeowner you hear the number first.
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. Homeowners get an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price their gutter cleaning services by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the run is measured, but we price the whole house.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement or sloped lot that puts the back run far above grade, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted leaves, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can reach the trough. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice. A gutter left full for years can already be causing structural damage and rot in the fascia, and we photograph that before we leave. If we see a leak at a seam during the visit, we note it and photograph it, and we do not price a repair on the spot.
On our Sunnyvale homes, the gutter system we see most often is the one with a clog or blockage low on the downspout, where the water flow stops and the trough fills behind the first run. Clearing the buildup leaves the trough clean, and that takes a full pass on the trough, a flush from the top of every downspout and a check that drainage is actually leaving at the bottom. A sag in a run that has been holding that water is a separate note on the report, and we photograph it.
Residential and commercial jobs are priced on the same logic, and commercial properties are quoted per building and scheduled. For the homes we clean, the same rule applies: the number on the phone is the number you pay, and we ask for a photo of the front of the house by text if that is easy for you. The spring and fall visits are when most people book, and the quote holds for the full cleaning.
| 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.
On our jobs most customers book two cleanings a year: in the spring, after seed and pollen drop, and in the fall, after the last leaves are down. It is easier to clean your gutters before the wet leaf mat forms, and Sunnyvale averages about 15.6 inches of rain a year, most of it in January, February and December. When we open a gutter here in late spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In the fall it is the leaf load, which settles into a wet mat that holds water against the roofline and keeps it from draining.
Under heavy tree cover, where a single twig can start a blockage, or near a busy road or construction where grit collects, gutters and downspouts clog between visits, so those houses are on a three to four month schedule. Few or no trees overhead usually needs only one visit a year in late fall. Gutter maintenance with gutter guards still means keeping the surface clean, and we check that water is getting in underneath, so cleaning and maintenance usually run on the same schedule as an open gutter with a little more time between visits.
Clogged downspouts are the first sign of a problem: rainwater backs up in the trough and spills over the edge. Across California, atmospheric rivers bring most of the year's rain in a handful of days, and heavy rainfall is when that backup shows up. Left alone it can soak the fascia and the roofline and show up as a stain on the ceiling. Staying ahead of that is how you protect your home from water damage, and regular gutter cleaning, with every downspout flushed on a set date, is cheaper than cleaning up the water damage later. A clear run carries the water away from 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 cleans gutters across Sunnyvale for residential properties and works out of the nearest base, so the calendar is set by route as well as by date. Booking for our gutter services starts with a quote by text or phone from stories, size and tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if that is easy for you. To get your gutters on the calendar, call (866) 435-6328 or text us those details, and we confirm the day on the call. Jobs in the surrounding areas follow the same route plan as our cleaning services in Sunnyvale, so a sunnyvale gutter cleaning visit is never routed by guesswork.
The calendar fills in two busy windows: late spring, after the seed drop, and late fall, after the leaves are down. If you want a slot in those windows, book early. We call before we come, nobody needs to be home, and the crew works from the outside of the house. Leaves and gutter muck go into bags and are hauled away from your home before the truck leaves. A short note about the roof, the access and any landscape under the eaves, plus a clear side gate, is all we need from you before the visit.
The number comes from the stories and the square footage, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure here because the same two-story house can land in a different place depending on what is in the gutters. The number we give is the number on your invoice.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall, which is the simplest way to keep your gutters clear. If you wait past the fall visit, we see the wet leaf mat and any runs that have started to sag. Those houses usually get a second look at the next visit.
Most slots come up within the week. We confirm the date when you call, so you know what to expect before we arrive.
No, you do not need to be home. 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. Every downspout is flushed as part of our gutter cleaning process, and we check that water runs clean at the bottom. If a downspout drains into an underground line, we confirm water is coming out at the outlet and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep leaves and debris out of the trough, but needles, seed casings and grit pack on top, and that mat stops water from getting in. We lift the panels, clean underneath, flush each downspout and reseat the guards.
If a rain gutter is clean and still spills over in the rain, the problem is usually the slope or the downspout size, not debris. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before any 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.
