Our own crew cleans gutters in Palm Valley, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled off the property, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover sits over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Florida, most of our customers book spring and fall, and we keep the same routine on every job here.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for residential properties depends on stories, square footage and what is in the gutters. 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 for Palm Valley homeowners work the same way, so a homeowner knows the figure before the ladder goes up. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, but the total still depends on how the house is built. On our jobs the clogged downspouts usually take the most time: a clog is packed leaves and debris, seed casings and grit that have sat in the trough long enough to form a buildup and slow the drainage. Our goal is a clean number on the phone and the same number on the invoice.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds up top. A third story or a steep roof we cannot walk means more lift time and more care on the ladder. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits much higher than it looks from the driveway. Gutters that nobody has opened in years hold compacted leaf mat that takes longer to lift out and flush. Water that keeps spilling over a sagging run for a long stretch can rot the fascia board behind it. A run that starts to sag under that weight gets checked before we lift anything, and water that pools in the landscape beds tells us which run to check first. Guards we have to lift and reseat add their own time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and a downspout only counts as clean once the water flow runs clear at the bottom. If anything changes the job, we tell you before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what regular gutter cleaning looks like on our calendar. Most of our customers here book a spring and fall visit, and a few houses with heavy overhead cover book more often. On a home we have cleaned before, a repeat visit is usually quicker than the first, because the runs are already clean and the downspouts flow. Where a neighbor's job tells us something about the drainage on the street, we use that to plan the ladder work, and we say so on the quote. The point of the quote is to match the work to the house, so you know what you are paying for before the truck arrives. Both residential and commercial properties get the same written number. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a number from what we 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.
Most of our Palm Valley customers book twice a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the leaves come down. Across Florida the same rhythm holds, because the trees that drop the most material do it in those two windows. In spring the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste, and a run that looks clean from the ground can carry a clog that only shows up in the next heavy rainfall. In fall it is the wet leaf mat in the rain gutter, which holds rainwater against the back of the trough and lets it spill behind the fascia. A blockage lower down does the same thing, where the water backs up into the elbow and stops.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the house, our customers are on every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the elbows between visits. Near a busy road or a construction site the grit does the same, and homes in the surrounding areas with heavy tree cover see the same pattern. Houses with few or no trees need a visit once a year in the November to December window, which is usually enough to keep rainwater moving away from the foundation. With gutter guards installed the visits come less often, but grit still sits on top of the guard, and a twig that wedges under one can still start a clog, even when the guard looks clean from the driveway.
Across Florida, the spring visit lands in mid to late April, and the seed casings are usually the first thing the crew sees when they open a gutter. The fall visit falls in November to December, and by then it is the leaf load. On houses where a gutter system skipped the fall visit we see sagging runs and loose hangers by the next season. A clog left alone turns into a leak, and a leak turns into water over the edge, a stain on the siding, and structural damage behind the fascia. Our visit is quick, and the photos show you exactly what we cleared. A clean run is the goal, and the photos prove it. The point is to protect your home from water damage before it starts, and to keep your gutters and downspouts draining water away from your home. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and you can plan the rest of the year from there.
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 Palm Valley from the nearest crew base, and the crew covers the city as a whole on the same routine. Our cleaning services in Palm Valley start with the quote. Anyone searching for Palm Valley gutter cleaning can book the same way, by phone or text, from your stories, your home's size and whether trees hang over the roof. The same booking works for a home in Palm Valley FL. A photo of the front of the house helps us plan the ladder work, and it is easy to send from your phone. The lead time on a slot depends on the calendar, and we confirm the date when you call so there are no surprises when the crew pulls up.
Our cleanings fill two busy windows each year, one in spring and one in fall, because that is when most homeowners book. If you call during one of those stretches, the slot might take longer to come up, so call early. Booking a slot is how you clean your gutters on schedule between storms. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the exterior work. The crew will not come inside, and the gate can stay unlocked while the ladders are up. For commercial properties or shared buildings, we schedule per building so the work does not disrupt the tenants.
Once the slot is set, the visit runs the same way on every gutter cleaning process we follow. The crew clears the gutters first, then runs water to flush every downspout and checks the flow at the outlet, and photographs every run before anyone packs up. One visit covers cleaning and maintenance, so nothing waits for a second trip. Our gutter services cover gutters and their drop pipes together, not one or the other. Regular gutter maintenance keeps the water moving, and the point is a clean system that drains properly. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the calendar, and we will walk you through the rest.
Most of our customers across Palm Valley book a spring and fall visit, and a home under heavy tree cover, where the gutter system fills faster, books every three to four months. Across Florida, the spring visit lands in mid to late April and the fall visit in November to December.
You can clean your gutters from a ladder, but the lift is harder than it looks, and a hose from the ground rarely clears a clogged downspout. A proper flush takes a ladder, and our crew checks the flow at the bottom of every downspout before it leaves.
Water from clogged downspouts gets pushed back into the trough, and the overflow runs down the wall into the landscape beds beside the foundation. A downspout that is clean and flowing carries water away from the house, which is the whole job.
A rain gutter that stays full for a season can pull off its hangers and let the fascia board behind it rot, which is where the structural damage starts, so clearing the gutter is simpler than repairing the board.
Our crew works on commercial properties and residential properties with the same routine: every downspout flushed, the flow checked, and photos of every run. Commercial jobs are scheduled per building, so tenants are not disrupted.
Leaves and debris are hauled off the property during the visit, so the yard is clean when the crew leaves. The price on the quote already covers it.
The crew photographs it and tells you what it is before any work starts, so you decide what happens next. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house, or book a date, and we will plan the visit around it.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
