Our own crew cleans gutters from start to finish. Every downspout is flushed and flow-tested, the leaves and debris are hauled away, and you get photos of every run before we leave. 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 book in spring and fall, when seed drop and leaf load build up in the gutters.
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. We quote this work over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Land O' Lakes homes are priced on the same three measures, and our gutter cleaning services follow them too. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, but the total still comes down to how the house and gutter system are built and how full the gutters are.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer to reach safely. A walk-out basement puts the back run much higher than the front, so the crew works from a boom or scissor lift. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed solid with a buildup of seed and grit, and a gutter that has begun to sag takes longer to reseat. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the price, and we check the water flow at every outlet before we leave. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, not on the invoice.
Our homeowners tend to have a mix of single and two-story houses with a fair amount of tree cover. On one recent job a clog at the front run had water spilling over the edge in heavy rainfall, so the crew spent extra time clearing the drainage path before flushing each downspout. That is the kind of condition that drives the time on a cleaning, and we say so on the phone before we book.
We handle residential and commercial properties, but commercial work is priced separately, and residential properties follow the house. For a standard residential visit, we handle regular gutter cleaning services as a single visit that covers the full run of the house. If you want to clean your gutters on a fixed schedule, tell us when you call and we will set the interval with you. Most regular bookings land in spring and fall, and the number you hear on the phone is what you pay.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a written estimate from what we can see.
| 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 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 come down. Across Florida the pattern is similar, but the timing shifts with the trees on each lot. Spring visits usually fall in mid to late April, and fall visits in November to December, which is the calendar we start from when we give you an estimate for a Land O' Lakes FL home.
In spring a rain gutter fills with seeds, seed casings and pollen paste that pack the elbows and can clog a downspout. In fall it is the leaf load, and a wet mat of leaves at the bottom of the trough becomes a blockage that holds water against the fascia until the next rain, which is how a small leak starts. Water that backs up at the roofline is usually the first sign. The wettest months are June, July and August, and across Florida, hurricane season adds storms on top of that, so the rainwater has to leave the gutter quickly to protect your home from water damage.
Under heavy tree cover, we see customers on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits. Lots in the surrounding areas with few or no trees usually do well with one visit a year in late fall, which is a simple plan for gutter maintenance and the easiest way to keep your gutters clear. If you have guards installed, you will still need a visit to clear the surface grit and needles on top of them, though less often than an open gutter, since the downspout still has to move the water away from your home.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and most lots settle into a pattern after a few gutter services visits. Call (866) 435-6328 to set the first date. We clean, flush every downspout, then note the condition of the gutters and downspouts on site, so the next visit starts from the same baseline.
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 provides Land O' Lakes gutter cleaning in the surrounding areas, working from the nearest base. Booking is simple: call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front, and we will help you get your gutters on the calendar with a quote from the number of stories, the approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the house. Tell us if there is twig litter, a leak you have spotted, or gutter guards on the house, since each one changes how much time the crew needs to clean. If the photo is easy to send, it helps us know what to expect before the crew arrives.
Book early if you want a specific date in spring or fall. Lead time for cleanings varies with the season, and we confirm a date when you call. If heavy rainfall is in the forecast, tell us when you call so we can plan the visit around it. We call before we come, and a homeowner does not need to be home for the visit.
Once you have booked, the crew follows the same gutter cleaning process on every job. The roof is checked, the crew will clean each run from end to end, and the crew will flush every downspout and flow-test it so the water runs away from your home. Photos go to your phone before the truck leaves. If you want the full picture of what the visit covers, including cleaning and maintenance, ask us on the call and we will walk through the gutter maintenance schedule with you.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text for homes like yours. We do not quote a fixed range without seeing the house, because gutters full of compacted material take longer than light ones. Gutters that have not been clean in years take longer too. Once you give us the details, you get a number, and that is what you pay. Commercial properties are quoted separately from residential homes.
Across Florida, spring visits usually fall in mid to late April and fall visits in November to December. Across Land O' Lakes, our crew usually schedules the spring visit after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit after the leaves come down. Waiting past the fall visit lets leaves and debris sit in a rain gutter longer, and that wet mass holds water against the fascia.
We provide cleaning services in Land O' Lakes, and most slots come up within the week. Same-day availability depends on the calendar that week, so ask us when you phone and we will tell you when the next clean slot opens.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and the photos show the gutters clean when we leave. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets indoors while the ladders are up, and we send photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes, every downspout is flushed, and we check that water leaves at the outlet until it runs clean. Clogged downspouts are the first thing we check when water backs up. If a line drains underground and water is not coming out, we tell you. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out of the gutter system, but needles, seed casings and grit still sit on top of them and turn into a mat that stops the water from getting in. If the landscape around the house is heavy with tree cover, the guards need a look more often. We lift the panels, clear underneath, and reseat them, so the downspout can carry water away from the fascia. We do not sell guards, but we will clean around them.
If a gutter is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or downspout size, not a cleaning problem. A gutter that keeps overflowing can lead to rot and structural damage at the fascia, so send us a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We will not sell you a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The number we quote on the phone is the number on your invoice. A clean quote with no surprises is how we like to work.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
