Our own crew cleans gutters in Alafaya FL, will flush every downspout and flow-test it, hauls the debris away, and takes 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 over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Florida, most of our customers book spring and fall, and that is when we get the most calls.
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 how much buildup is sitting in the gutters. The same three questions decide the number on most Alafaya homes, and we give you an estimate over the phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text. Our gutter cleaning services are priced the way we clean them, so the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, though the total can look different once the full run is counted. Text us a photo of the front of the house if it is easy, and we can narrow the quote before we ever get on the phone.
On our jobs, a few things move the number. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come out packed with leaves and debris, and that takes longer than a light clean. A full gutter system with guards we have to lift and reseat adds time as well. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the quote and are never billed as extras. If something changes the job once we are on site, you hear about it before any work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is one Alafaya job that shows how a homeowner's quote gets built. On one house in the Alafaya Trail area with two stories and a heavy canopy over the back run, the clog was mostly leaves and grit that had stopped the water flow at the elbows. The crew cleared it, then checked the drainage on every downspout to make sure water runs away from the foundation. Those are the details that decide the quote: how many stories, how much of the house is under cover, and what the crew finds when they open the gutter. When we see clogged downspouts that have been left for a season or more, we also check the fascia for rot and structural damage and report it in writing with photos.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $195 | from $255 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $170 | from $225 | from $295 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $200 | from $265 | from $345 |
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.
Across Florida, most of our customers book twice a year, in the spring and the fall. The spring visit usually lands in mid to late April, after the seed and pollen drop finishes, and the fall visit in November to December, after the last leaves are down. When we open a gutter in the spring, we usually find seeds, seed casings, pollen paste and the odd twig packed into the downspout elbows. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we often see runs that have started to sag or pull loose by the next spring.
The wettest months here are June, July and September, and the heavy rainfall in those months is when a clog shows up as water pouring over the edge rather than out of the downspout. When rainwater cannot get past a blockage, it spills over the front of the roofline. Under heavy tree cover, and on lots where the landscape drops seed and needles onto the roof, our customers are usually on a three to four month schedule, because seed heads and grit pack the downspout between visits. Houses with few or no trees close by do fine with one cleaning a year in November or December. Guard systems still need a visit, a little less often, with the surface cleared off each time.
We keep the schedule simple. Regular gutter cleaning in the spring and fall fits most homes, and most of our cleanings happen on that calendar, so you can clean your gutters without thinking about it. Heavy tree cover calls for the shorter interval. After the first visit we tell you which interval your lot actually needs, and the crew notes what we found so the next visit is easier to plan.
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 Alafaya and the surrounding areas, and we schedule from the nearest base so we are not driving across the county for a single house. Our Alafaya gutter cleaning covers residential and commercial properties, and every visit includes the gutters and downspouts from end to end. Booking is simple. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us, tell us the number of stories, the rough square footage and whether there are trees over the house, and send a photo of the front of the house if that is easy. We will give you a quote from those details and confirm a date. Lead time depends on the season, and the busiest windows are the spring and fall visits, when our calendar fills first.
When we arrive, we call ahead before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work. The crew works outside and does not come inside. Our gutter services stay the same from the first call to the final photos, and that is the gutter maintenance we would want on our own houses. If you want to protect your home from water damage this year, book soon, because the sooner the gutters get cleared, the sooner a clean run keeps water away from your home through the next heavy rain, before a leak starts behind the fascia. Commercial properties run on a per-building schedule, and a homeowner on residential properties gets the same photo report at the end of each visit. A set schedule is the easiest way to keep your gutters clear, so get your gutters on the calendar before the rain starts.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and how much material is packed in the gutters. We give you the quote by phone or by text, and that is the number we charge. Downspout flushing and debris haul-off are included.
Most of our customers here book in the spring, after the seed and pollen drop, and again in November or December, after the leaves are down. If you wait until the rainy months, a clog often shows up as water pouring over the edge. Houses under heavy tree cover usually need a clean every three to four months.
Same-day depends on our calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call so you know exactly when the crew will be there.
No. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. We send photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes. We flush every downspout and check the drainage as the water runs. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain line, we confirm the water is leaving at the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, and we quote it before touching it.
Yes. On our jobs, gutter guards keep leaves out, but seed casings and grit still settle on top and underneath. Guarded gutters still need cleaning and maintenance, just less often. We clear the surface, flush the downspout run and reseat the guards, usually on a slightly longer interval than open gutters.
A rain gutter that is clean and still overflows in heavy rain usually has a slope, capacity or downspout size problem rather than debris. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. Our gutter cleaning process includes a check of the whole run, and if the crew finds something that changes the job, we tell you and you agree to it before 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.
