Our own crew cleans gutters for Lake Magdalene homeowners, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything we pull out hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover shades it, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote. Across Florida, most of our customers book spring and fall, and we run the same process on every house.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Every homeowner asks this first: the price depends on how many stories the house has, how big it is 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. We price the full set of gutters and downspouts on the house, and some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once you do the arithmetic.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a steep pitch that cannot be walked takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the work, and a run that has started to sag between its brackets needs more hands to re-seat. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted buildup, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what it looks like on a typical Florida house. Our crews have found gutter runs packed solid with seeds and leaf mat, and once a twig wedges in an elbow the downspout becomes a clog that only a flush will clear. Those jobs get priced on the buildup we find, and once the run is clean again we tell you what we found, with photos. A gutter that has sat through a summer of heavy rainfall without a flush can leave structural damage at the fascia, so we check that first. Lake Magdalene homes with heavy canopy get regular gutter cleaning on a tighter schedule, which keeps the drainage moving and the water flow away from the foundation. Gutter cleaning services for residential properties and commercial properties follow the same flush-and-photo routine.
| 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 our Lake Magdalene jobs, most customers book twice a year, once in the spring after seed and pollen drop and once in the fall after the last leaves. When we open a gutter in late spring we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In fall it is the load of leaves and debris, and the wet leaf mat is what starts a clog before the rainy season.
Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or construction in surrounding areas, we see needles and grit pack the outlets between visits, so those houses go on a schedule of every three to four months. Few or no trees, and one of our cleanings a year in late fall is enough. Guarded gutters still need the surface cleared, just less often, so gutter maintenance stays on the plan. Along the roofline, every rain gutter run we clean gets checked for rainwater reaching the downstream end, and a blockage at the eave shows up fast. Clogged downspouts are the first thing we check when a run backs up.
If your gutter overflows in heavy rain after we clean it, that is usually a slope or downspout-size problem, not a blockage, and we tell you so. We keep your gutters working through the year and flush every downspout on each visit, which keeps water away from the foundation instead of pooling. A gutter that stays clear helps protect your home from water damage, and the cost of that is a fraction of the repair. After the first visit we tell you which schedule your lot needs, so you know how often to clean your gutters from then on.
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 clean gutters across Lake Magdalene FL from our nearest base, and we work the whole city and its surrounding areas rather than a few streets. We are one of the cleaning services in Lake Magdalene that checks every run, top to bottom. Booking starts with an estimate by phone at (866) 435-6328, or by text, from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover shades the house. A photo of the front of the house and the yard landscape helps if it is easy to send. Lead time depends on the calendar, and the two busiest windows of the year are spring and fall, when most homeowners want the same slot, so get your gutters booked early.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. The crew works outside, keeps everything it pulls out away from your home, and sends photos to your phone when the job is done. If you want the lake magdalene gutter cleaning process laid out before you book, ask us on the call and we will walk you through it. Keeping your gutter system clean is part of cleaning and maintenance for the whole house, so ask about our gutter services and we will set the schedule with you so the visit fits your year.
The number comes from your stories and your home's size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those details, because a two-story house with heavy tree cover costs more to clean than one with none. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Most of our Lake Magdalene customers book in late spring and late fall. If you wait past the fall leaves, the wet mat starts to clog the downspout before the rainy season arrives. Waiting also means more buildup to clear on the day.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call so you know exactly when 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 gets flushed with water and watched until it runs clear at the bottom. We check that water leaves at the outlet, and if a buried line is backing up, we tell you. Clearing an underground drain is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Gutter guards stop leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top and turn to a mat once they are wet. We lift the panels, clear underneath, flush every downspout and reseat the guards, which usually runs a shorter job than an open system.
Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain. A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, not a leak in the run or a clog, and we tell you what it is. Waiting on it lets water sit against the fascia, where rot starts, so 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 the work is done.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
