Our own crew cleans gutters for South Holland homeowners and will flush every downspout and flow-test it, then haul the mess away and leave the yard clean. Photos of every run arrive before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over it, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, when seed drop and leaf fall have filled 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. Our gutter services are priced over the phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text from those three things, and the number we give you is the number we charge. Some gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run of gutter, but we price the whole house so you know the total before we arrive.
What moves the price on our jobs is usually the same handful of things. A third story or a steep roofline takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the gutters. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed solid with leaves, and a clog that old takes longer to clear. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time on both ends of the visit. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs here, one of the clearest examples was a house where the back run sat under heavy canopy and the drain ends were packed with needles. The crew cleared the blockage and flushed the line until water ran clean at the bottom, and photographed every section. The price moved because of the drainage check at the outlet, which we explain on the call. Across local homes, the same few things come up again and again: buildup at the elbows, a sag in a long run, and water flow that stops at the first bend. We name those on the phone so there are no surprises when the truck pulls up.
If you manage commercial properties or a set of residential properties, the same logic applies per building. We quote residential and commercial jobs by what the crew finds, and regular gutter cleaning on a schedule usually lowers the cost of each visit, because neither the buildup nor a clog ever gets to the point of being packed solid. The first visit tells us what your building actually needs, and you hear it before we start.
| 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 customers in South Holland IL book twice a year, in the late spring after seed and pollen drop, and again in the fall after the last leaves come down. When we open a gutter here in May we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In the fall it is leaves and debris, wet and matted, and on houses that skipped that visit we see runs that have pulled loose or dropped by March under the weight of ice, with seams that have started to leak. That drop is where rot and structural damage start.
Under heavy tree cover, our customers are on a shorter schedule, every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits. Near a busy road or active construction the same tier applies. A house with few or no trees and a simple landscape usually needs one visit a year in late fall, and the gutters stay clean between visits. Guards reduce how often you need us, but the surface still needs clearing on the same schedule, which helps protect your home from water damage.
Here is a pair from recent jobs. One customer has no trees near the house and books once a year, and the gutters came out clean with no sag and no ice damage. Another is under trees and books every three to four months, and the crew found clogged downspouts with needles and the odd twig at each visit. Both are on the schedule their lot actually needs, and each has a record of what we found.
After the first visit, as a homeowner you get the answer: we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, so you can keep your gutters on that schedule.
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 runs South Holland gutter cleaning from the nearest base, checks gutters and downspouts on every visit, and covers South Holland and surrounding areas without needing a special trip. To get a quote, call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house. We ask for the number of stories, an estimate of the square footage and whether trees hang over the house, and we give you the number on the phone.
Our cleanings fill up in the late spring and again in the fall, the two busy windows when most homeowners think about clearing gutters. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. If you want a slot in the busy window, book early so the date holds.
Once the quote is agreed, the crew arrives on the scheduled day, works from the ground up and leaves each run clean, which is the gutter cleaning process we follow on every job. Get your gutters on a schedule that matches the trees around your house, and we will keep the visits steady. Heavy rainfall is when a clogged gutter shows its problem first, and a clear run carries water away from your home. Gutter maintenance on the same schedule keeps the gutter system working between storms, and rainwater has less chance to back up.
The number comes from stories and size, so we give it by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text. Send a photo of the front of the house and tell us if trees hang over the roof, and we will quote the whole job before we arrive.
Our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall. If you wait past the fall visit to clean your gutters, we usually find leaf mat and runs that have started to drop by the time the cold sets in.
We offer cleaning services in South Holland on booked slots, and most come up within the week. We confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day service unless we have an open slot that day.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes, we flush each run and watch the water run clean at the outlet. If a line drains underground, we check that water is leaving, and clearing a buried line is a separate job we quote before touching it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need the surface cleared and the runs flushed. On our jobs we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard and under it, so the schedule shortens but does not disappear.
If a clean rain gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or outlet capacity, not a clogging problem. Left alone, that water can cause structural damage, so send us a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we tell you before work starts and you agree to it, so the number on the phone stays the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
