Our own crew cleans gutters and downspouts in Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, and every run gets the same treatment. We flush every downspout and test the flow, haul the clutter away, and take photos of every run before we leave, so you can see a clean trough for yourself. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers across California book in spring and fall, when seed drop and leaf fall have finished.
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 in the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house, and we quote it from those three things; the number we quote is the number we charge. A clean quote starts with the whole gutter system, and gutter cleaning services are priced from the house itself. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of gutter, but the stories and the load in the trough usually decide the total more than length does. Homes around here are quoted the same way, whatever the age of the house.
What moves the quote on our jobs: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement or sloped lot that raises the effective height of the roofline, gutters nobody has opened in years with compacted leaf mat in the trough, and guards we have to lift and reseat. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. Clogged downspouts get cleared on the same visit, and every run is left clean before we leave. A run that sags or pulls loose can point to rot behind the fascia or to structural damage, which we report before we do anything about it. Anything that changes the job, including drainage that will not clear at the outlet, is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs here, a house with heavy tree cover and a packed rain gutter was the one that moved the most, because the crew had to clear the clog from the top before the run would drain at all. Water flow only came back once the buildup was out of the elbows. Leaves and debris drop in the same few spots every season, so the second visit is faster than the first. Homeowners here can text a photo of the front of the house and get a written estimate, which is the quickest route onto the schedule. Commercial properties are quoted per building, and residential properties are quoted from the house itself. Either way, we keep the water away from your home and off the walkway, and we do not leave anything on the ground.
| 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 here book twice a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves come down. Twice a year is the usual answer to how often to clean your gutters in Tamalpais-Homestead Valley CA. In spring we find the seeds and seed casings packed into the elbows and a pollen paste that holds water in the trough. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs pulling loose by the wet months, often with a leak at the seam first.
Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or construction, the gutter clog comes back fast, so those lots are on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspout between visits. The landscape around the house sets the interval more than anything else, and a lot with few or no trees is fine once a year in late fall. The same logic applies on every lot. Guarded gutters need less frequent cleaning, but the surface still gets cleared. A twig lodged in an elbow counts as a blockage, and it goes into the photo report.
Our crew books a regular gutter maintenance schedule with each house, so the rainwater leaves the roofline on the same schedule every year, and the trough stays clean between visits. Our cleanings follow that schedule, and we call the week before, so nobody needs to be home. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. A quote for a residential and commercial property follows the same logic: the building, the trees and the roof decide the interval, not the calendar alone.
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.
We offer cleaning services in Tamalpais-Homestead Valley and the surrounding areas, working from the nearest base, and our gutter services run a regular route through the neighborhoods where the trees are heaviest. Every homeowner on that route gets the same crew and the same photo report. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house. We will give you a quote from stories, size and tree cover, and we will tell you the next open slot. Lead times run about the same from one week to the next, but the two busy windows of the year fill first: late spring and late fall.
When we arrive we call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. The crew works outside and does not come inside the house. If you want to keep your gutters on one routine every year, we will hold the schedule for you, so you do not have to remember it. Gutter guards get a clean on the same visit when we are on the roof, though we do not install them. The fastest way to get your gutters on the schedule is a single call.
Our goal is to protect your home from water damage, keep the water flowing away from the walls and the foundation, and keep your gutters clean. Ask for a written estimate, and tell us the date you would like before the busy window closes.
The number comes from stories, size and what is in the gutters, and we give it by phone or text. The quote we give is the number on the invoice, and downspout flushing and haul-off are already in it.
Most of our customers here book in spring and in fall, the fall visit after the last leaves drop and before the first heavy rainfall. The fall visit leaves the gutters clean before winter, and if the wait runs past that, the clog gets worse, and by winter the runs can sag or pull loose.
Same-day is not guaranteed in Tamalpais-Homestead Valley. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call.
No. Our gutter cleaning process runs outside, and the crew does not come inside, so a homeowner does not need to take the day off. We send 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 and flow-tested, and we check the drainage at the outlet so you know water is leaving. If a buried line needs clearing, that is a separate job and we quote it before we touch it.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit still sit on top and turn to paste. Guarded gutters still need cleaning and maintenance, so we clear the surface, check that water gets in, and report anything else we find.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not a blocked gutter. Send us a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second visit for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
