Our own crew runs a gutter service, with every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. A clean run, with no buildup in the elbows, is how we protect your home from water damage. 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. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and that is the schedule we keep. To get on the calendar before the season, call (866) 435-6328 and we will set a date.
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. For a homeowner, we give the estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Our gutter cleaning services cover residential and commercial properties on the same basis, so a small house and a commercial property get the same straight answer. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place, though the per-foot method does not account for a steep roof or a third story, which is where most of the difference sits on our jobs.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually the same handful of things. 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 house, so the back run sits much higher than the front. Gutters that have not been opened in years come down packed with leaves and debris, and a run that has started to sag holds water in the low spot, which takes longer than a routine clog. Gutter guards on a gutter system that we have to lift and reseat add time on every run. Downspout flushing, water flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
We have done this work on Melbourne homes, and the same questions come up again and again. A sloped lot or heavy leaf cover on the back run usually means flushing the system more than once before water runs clear at the outlet. Tidy troughs are only half the job, because the flow test is what shows whether the system carries water away from your home. Water sitting over the edge for years can lead to structural damage and a leak at the fascia, and when we see that we tell you before anything changes on the invoice. Your house will be its own job, and the quote reflects what we see from the front of the house and the photo you send.
| 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 Melbourne FL jobs most customers book spring and fall, 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 usually lands in mid to late April, and by then seeds and pollen paste have packed into the elbows at the foot of each drop. Across Florida, the fall visit falls in November to December, once the wet leaf mat has built up along the roofline. The wettest months here are June, August and September, and heavy rainfall during that stretch turns a light clog into a blockage that holds rainwater against the eave.
Under heavy tree cover we see most houses on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles, grit and the odd twig leave clogged downspouts between cleanings. If you have few or no trees around the house, the question of how often to clean your gutters has a simpler answer: once a year, at the fall visit, is enough. Guards can stretch the interval, but they do not keep the gutter clear, and regular gutter cleaning is what keeps the rain gutter from backing up at the eave. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and the estimate for that tier goes out in writing.
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 work across Melbourne from a base that keeps the crew close to the houses in the surrounding areas. Melbourne gutter cleaning is booked by phone or text at (866) 435-6328. Give us the stories, the approximate size, how the landscape slopes, and whether trees hang over the house, and send a photo of the front of the house if that is easy. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. The two busiest windows on our calendar are spring and fall, so book early if a particular week matters to you.
Whether you need one visit or a regular schedule, we set the date with you and confirm it in writing. Homeowners who want a plan can ask for one at booking, and we will tell you how we keep your gutters and downspouts clear between visits, including whether the gutter guards need a visit of their own. Our gutter cleaning process is the same on every visit: the crew leaves each run clean, checks every outlet, and photographs the result. Our gutter services cover residential properties and commercial properties alike, so one booking works either way, and you can get your gutters on the calendar with one call.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without knowing those, because a two-story house with a sloped lot is a different job from one on flat ground. Our cleaning services in Melbourne are priced the same way on every quote.
Most of our customers here book in spring and fall for cleaning and maintenance. If you wait past the fall leaf drop, the leaf mat has usually compacted and the outlets are harder to clear. Before the rainy season is the time we prefer, and the wettest months here are June, August and September.
Same-day depends on the week, so we confirm the date when you call. Most slots come up within the week during the busy windows.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside and does not come inside, and sends photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check the drainage at the outlet. If the outlet feeds an underground drain line, we tell you whether water is getting through. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
No, gutter guards still need upkeep. Guards stop leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of the guard and turn into a mat. We lift the panels, clear underneath, flush the runs and reseat the guards. Guards change the gutter maintenance, not remove it, and the gutter is clean when we leave.
A clean gutter that still spills water over the edge has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem, and the water it throws at the fascia is how boards start to rot. Send us a photo or short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
It should not. If something we find changes the job, we raise it and agree to it before work starts, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
