Our own crew cleans gutters across Cypress Gardens, every drop flushed and flow-tested, leaves bagged and hauled away, 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 hangs 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 in spring and fall, when seed and pollen drop and the last leaves come down.
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, and we quote it over the phone or by text from those three things. The number we quote is the number we charge. Most Cypress Gardens homeowners ask about stories and square footage first, and we quote the whole gutter system before we touch a ladder. Companies that price gutter cleaning services by the linear foot land in a similar place once the length is counted. What moves the quote on our jobs is a third story or a pitch too steep to walk, a walk-out basement or sloped lot that raises the effective height of the eave, gutters nobody has opened in years with leaves and buildup packed into the trough, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can reach the run.
Flushing, flow testing and leaves and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. We flush every run and watch the water come out clear at the bottom, because a gutter that looks empty can still hold a blockage that slows drainage. If you plan to clean your gutters yourself, know that clogged downspouts at an elbow, or a seam that has started to leak, will not show from the ground. Commercial properties get the same flush-and-check routine, quoted from the same three facts. The whole point is to carry water away from the foundation, and a rain gutter that looks clear from the street can still be full at the back. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice, so you can say yes or no while we are still on the phone. Left alone, a sagging run that has held water can turn into structural damage and wood that starts to rot, and we say so before anything is priced.
On our Cypress Gardens homes, a house with trees over the gutters is where the work shows up most, and on one of them we found a packed elbow at the second story, a clog the crew cleared by hand, and a sag in the back run that had been holding water for a season. The quote moved because the crew had to reach that run from the top and clean the elbow out by hand before the water flow would clear. The experience on our jobs is that the three things a caller tells us, plus a photo of the front of the house by text, are enough to quote most lots accurately before a truck rolls. Call (866) 435-6328, text a photo of the front of the house, or book a date, and we will sort out the rest.
| 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.
On a typical Cypress Gardens gutter schedule, most of our customers book twice a year, in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and in fall after the last leaves come down. Across Florida the spring visit lands in mid to late April and the fall visit in November to December. On our Cypress Gardens FL jobs the spring visit finds seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, and the fall visit finds leaves in the trough and the wet mat that sits there through the rainy months. Those two visits are the regular gutter cleaning most houses here need. A gutter that came out clean in April will not stay that way through a wet summer. Residential and commercial buildings here follow the same seasonal pattern, so the same two visits suit both.
Under heavy tree cover, gutter maintenance means a visit every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits and a clog builds quietly. Cypress Gardens gets about 52 inches of rain a year, with June, July and September the wettest months, so heavy rainfall is when a blocked run shows first. Trees, shrubs and the landscape around the house drop more litter than most people expect. A house with few or no trees is usually on a once-a-year schedule in late fall. Guards change the rhythm but not the need: a guarded gutter still needs its surface cleared, just less often. Most of the clogs we find in between visits start at the roofline, where the rainwater first meets the run, or where it leaves the gutters and downspouts at the elbow or the outlet, which is why the flush matters as much as the scoop. A clean run in June does not stay clean through September.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what came out of the gutter and what was still moving through the drains. We set cleaning and maintenance on the same visit when a standing date makes sense, so the cleanings stay on one calendar. Call (866) 435-6328 to set up the first visit, or text a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you what we would expect to find.
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 Cypress Gardens gutter cleaning and gutter services cover the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and our cleaning services in Cypress Gardens get the same care in every neighborhood we work. Our process starts with the call: you tell us the number of stories, the rough size of the house and whether trees hang over the roof, and we quote it by phone or text. A homeowner can text a photo of the front of the house if it is easy to send. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work. We flush every downspout before we leave and check that the water runs clear at the bottom. Gutters and downspouts are checked as one system, so a clean trough does not hide a blocked outlet. The lead time on your slot depends on the calendar that week, and we confirm the date when we speak.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, the spring seed drop and the fall leaf drop, so book early if you want to get your gutters done in a particular week. Customers who keep a standing date find it easier to keep the gutters clean and to protect your home from water damage, since the gutter carries rainwater away from the foundation before the rainy season arrives. We want to keep your gutters working through the storms, not catch them after they overflow.
The number comes from stories and size, and our crew gives you an estimate by phone or text before we book anything. There is no fixed figure we can give you without knowing the house and what is in the gutters. The price on the phone is the price on the invoice.
Our customers here usually book in late spring and late fall, after the seed drop and again after the last leaves. A clean gutter in late spring can still fill up by the next rainy stretch. If the gutters go a full season without a visit, we tend to find a packed run and water backing up behind the fascia.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day depends on the calendar that week, so ask us when you phone in.
No, you do not need to be home. Our gutter cleaning process keeps the crew outside, and photos of every run and outlet reach your phone before the truck leaves. Residential properties work the same way. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every drop and watch the water run clear at the outlet. Where a drop feeds an underground line, we check that water is leaving at the end, and clearing a buried line is a separate job quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, gutter guards still need cleaning, less often. On our jobs we find a twig or two and seed casings sitting on top of the guard and grit settling underneath, and once that mat is wet the water runs off the front edge and away from your home instead of going in.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, it has a slope or pipe-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or a short video 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. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, never after. Our price is the number we quote on the phone.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
