Our gutter cleaning services in Homewood IL come from our own crew, so Homewood homeowners get the same people on the ladder. Every downspout is run until it drains clean, the leaves get bagged and carted off, the yard is left clean, and photos of every run go to your phone before we leave. Keep your gutters clean all year, and the price is set by your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover is over the roof. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Illinois customers book us in the spring and fall, and we run the same schedule for Homewood homes.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Every homeowner we talk to asks the same thing first, so here it is: the price depends on stories, 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. A clean quote with no surprises is the whole point of our cleanings. Plenty of cleaning services in Homewood quote by the linear foot and land in a similar place per foot, but on a house the total is what you pay, so that is the number we give you. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house in Homewood IL and we will work it up from there, so you can get your gutters priced before you commit to a date.
On our Homewood jobs the gutter cleaning process is the same on every house, and the things that move the quote are consistent. A third story, or a roof too steep to walk, means the crew works from a boom or scissor lift and that takes longer. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted debris that has to be dug, not just scooped, and a clog at the elbow, or a twig jammed in the elbow, usually means more time on the ladder. Gutters that have sat sagging for years often show structural damage at the brackets, and the crew notes it rather than repairing it. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time on both ends of the visit, and a cleaning and maintenance visit is priced once, up front.
Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included, and the bagged leaves are hauled away from your home, never billed as extras. Once the gutter is clean, the crew runs a flush through each downspout and watches it run clear. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice. A downspout seam that has been dripping for a season is a leak, not a cleaning problem, so the crew photographs it and reports it rather than fixing it on the spot. Our wettest months are May, June and July, and a leak like that shows up fast in heavy rainfall, so ask for a written estimate on your gutter maintenance and we will put the same three details in it.
| 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 Homewood customers book twice a year. Across Illinois the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and it catches the seed casings that pack the downspout elbows and can start a clog. The fall visit, late October to November here, catches the leaves and junk that turn into a wet mat over the back run. On houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sag or pull loose by March, and the wood behind them starts to rot, because the ice got into a trough that was already full of rainwater.
Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or a construction site, our customers are on every three to four months, because grit, needles and the odd twig leave clogged downspouts between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough to keep the water moving. Across Homewood the schedule follows the landscape and the trees, not just the calendar. Guards change the schedule a little: you need to clean the surface less often, but it still gets cleared, because a wet mat on top of a guard sheds water over the front edge. A guarded gutter system still needs its drainage checked, because a rain gutter that is not draining is holding water against the fascia. Gutter maintenance is the same job whether the house is old or new, and the crew handles both.
When we open a gutter here in late May we find the seeds to the elbow. When we open one in November we find the leaf mat packed thick. We write both down in the photos we send you, and we leave every trough clean before we move on. After the first visit we tell you which schedule your lot actually needs for gutter cleaning services, and we check the gutters and downspouts together to make sure water away from the house is actually moving, then adjust the calendar to match what we found on the roof.
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 covers Homewood and the surrounding areas, and we book slots in the order the calls come in. Ask for a gutter cleaning service date when you call and we will tell you the next open window, along with the quote from your stories, size and tree cover. A photo of the house front and any buildup by the downspouts helps us see the lot faster, and it is optional. Your typical lead time depends on the season, and the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, fill first.
We call before we come and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We leave the yard clean on the way out, too. If you have commercial properties in the area we also handle those on a per-building schedule, but this page is about the houses in Homewood. We handle residential and commercial properties on one crew calendar, so we plan around the visit dates you give us, and the residential properties in Homewood are logged the same way. Whether you want to clean your gutters once or set up regular gutter cleaning each year, we keep a written record of each visit so the next crew knows what the last one found. Homewood homes with an older gutter system get the same record from the first visit, including a check of drainage and water flow.
The number comes from your stories and your square footage, and we give it to you by phone or text as a clear estimate. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will walk through those three things with you, so every Homewood homeowner knows the number before the crew comes out.
Late spring and late fall are when our Homewood customers book, and the fall visit matters most before the first hard freeze, because freeze risk is real here. We will confirm the exact date when you call, and the busy windows fill first.
Scheduling depends on the season. Homewood IL homeowners get the same answer on the phone: we confirm the date when you call and tell you whether an earlier window has opened up.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, leaves every walkway clean, 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, and know that ladder stand-offs keep the ladder off the gutter lip, which helps protect your home from scratches and dents.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check the drainage at the outlet, and a clean flow at the bottom tells us it worked. Gutters and downspouts get checked together, and a blockage that holds rainwater back at the roofline gets flagged in the photos. Underground lines are a separate job that we quote before anyone touches them.
Guarded gutters still need to stay clean, just less often. Guards stop leaves but not the needles, seeds or grit that sit on top and turn into a mat. We clear the surface, flush the downspouts and reseat the guards, and the visit is priced as a guarded system. To keep your gutters working between visits, ask about our gutter services for guarded homes.
If the gutters still overflow after we leave, send us a photo or a short video in the rain. A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge has a slope or capacity problem, not a debris problem, and we tell you that plainly rather than sell a second cleaning. Catching it early keeps the rest of the home from water damage.
The price you hear on the phone is the price on the invoice, and a clean invoice that matches the quote is the goal. Every step of the gutter cleaning process is priced before we start, and if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it first.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
