Our own crew cleans gutters in Kendale Lakes, FL, and every downspout gets flushed and flow-tested before we leave. The goal on every run is a clean trough and a downspout that drains. Everything pulled out is bagged and hauled off the property, and you get photos of every run before the truck pulls away.
The price comes from your number of stories, the approximate size of the house and whether trees hang over the roof. The number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice.
Across Florida, our crews work the same way on every job, and Kendale Lakes homeowners book us around the seasons that matter most for their gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 to get started.
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. Gutter cleaning services are priced from those same facts on every home.
What moves the number on our jobs is usually what the crew finds once it is up the ladder. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement puts the back run far above grade, and a sloped lot does the same. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with a compacted leaf mat that takes longer to clear. A twig jammed at the bottom of a downspout adds time too. Guards we have to lift, clean underneath and reseat add their own time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included, and the material is bagged and hauled away from your home. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice, so the homeowner hears about it and agrees to it first.
If you want a firm number, text a photo of the front of the house. We will tell you what we can see from there and what we need to know to quote it, and tree cover and roof pitch come up on that call.
Scheduled cleanings cost less than the repairs a neglected run leads to, and the gutter cleaning process goes faster when a gutter is clean from one visit to the next. Many homeowners who wait until the first leak shows up end up paying for cleaning and maintenance at once, when a scheduled gutter maintenance visit would have caught it. If you know your gutter has been overdue, call (866) 435-6328 and ask for a written estimate before you book a date.
| 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, the spring visit lands in mid to late April, after seed and pollen drop have settled into the gutter, and the fall visit lands in November to December, after the last leaves have come down. Kendale Lakes homes usually fit that two-visit rhythm, though local tree cover and rainfall can shift it.
In spring the gutter system carries seeds, seed casings and a paste of pollen that packs into clogged downspouts. In fall it is the leaves and debris that turn into a wet mat before the heavy rainfall months, and on houses that skip the fall visit, runs can pull loose or sag under the weight. Heavy rainfall in Kendale Lakes is concentrated in the summer months, so the gutter that is clean in spring is the one that holds up through the wet season. When a clogged gutter gives rainwater nowhere to go during a storm, the fascia begins to rot and the roofline takes the hit, and structural damage starts there. That is why the timing matters.
On a landscape under heavy tree cover, plan on a visit every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspout between visits. Near a busy road or active construction the dust load is heavier, and the same schedule applies. Homes with few or no trees on the lot usually need only one visit a year, in late fall, to clean out what has collected. Gutter guards change the schedule a little, but they do not remove the need for cleaning, since surface buildup still sits on top of the guard and the water still has to get through. A system that is clean and open carries water away from the foundation the way it was built to.
Kendale Lakes lots sort into these tiers quickly. A lot with no trees is a once-a-year job in late fall to keep the trough clean, while a lot under a heavy canopy runs on the three-to-four-month schedule with the downspouts flushed on each visit. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, so you are not guessing from a calendar.
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 Kendale Lakes FL and surrounding areas, and every quote for cleaning services in Kendale Lakes starts with the same questions. Stories, size and tree cover set the price, and a photo of the front of the house helps us see the roofline before we arrive. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Lead time varies with the season. The two busiest windows on our calendar are spring and fall, when most people book their regular visit. If you call during those windows, expect some lead time; if you call in a slower month, we can often fit you in sooner. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will help you get your gutters on the schedule and confirm the slot before we hang up.
We handle residential and commercial work on the same crew schedule, and residential properties are booked the same way as commercial properties. Homeowners who want a fixed calendar can ask for regular gutter cleaning, which we set up once and then confirm before each visit, so the gutters stay clean between big storms. Keep your gutters clear between visits. If you need to clean your gutters in a hurry, skip the ladder in the rain and call us when water comes over the edge, and we will tell you what we find.
The number comes from the stories, the approximate size of the house and what is in the gutters, and we give it by phone or text. We do not quote from memory, so call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will give you one number. That number is what you pay.
Across Florida, the spring visit lands in mid to late April and the fall visit in November to December. Waiting past those windows lets the wet leaf mat or the seed and pollen load clog the downspout before the next visit. Under heavy tree cover the schedule shortens to every three to four months, and a clean system keeps the home from water damage that starts at the fascia.
Same-day availability depends on the calendar that week. Our gutter services are booked as the calendar allows, and most slots come up within the week. We confirm the date when you call.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Stand-offs go on every ladder to protect your home. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep the path clean, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, our crew treats the gutters and downspouts as one system: we flush every downspout and check that water is leaving at the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain line, we confirm the drainage is working at the outlet and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone starts.
Yes. Seed casings, pollen and grit sit on top of the guards, and a blockage underneath stops water from getting through. The cleaning is shorter than on an open gutter, but it still needs doing so water flow stays clear.
If a clean rain gutter still sheets water over the edge during a storm, the problem is usually slope, capacity or downspout size, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or 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. Anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, and the number on the phone is the number on the invoice unless you agree to a change first.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
