Our own crew cleans gutters in Westchester, every outlet flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in late spring and late fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop are done.
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 give you the number over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted; we still prefer to see the house first. What moves the price on our jobs is what the crew finds: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run well above the ground, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed solid with old buildup, and guards we have to lift and reseat. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice. A homeowner who asks about our gutter cleaning services gets the same answer, and if you want us to clean your gutters, the estimate starts with those three things.
Gutters on heavy tree cover tend to clog faster, and the buildup in the elbows is what slows the water flow and starts the sag. A single twig wedged in an elbow is enough to start a clog that turns into a leak at the seam. On our jobs the homes with the most work are the ones where the clog has been left alone for a season or two. A clean run with a steady drainage path is quick; a run that has been left to fill with needles and grit takes the full visit. Many customers book a spring and fall visit to start, then adjust once they see how fast their gutters fill.
Residential and commercial jobs use the same method: the gutters first, every outlet flushed, and a check that the water is leaving at the outlet. We do residential properties and commercial buildings with the same crew standards, and the quote for each is built from the stories and length in front of us. Our Westchester homes that have been on a schedule keep their gutters clear with less work on each visit, which is the point of regular gutter cleaning. Once the crew has seen the roofline, the quote stands. If you are not sure what the gutters look like, text us a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you 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 customers in Westchester IL book twice a year. Across Illinois the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit comes in late October to November, after the leaves are down. The seed and pollen drop is what sends the gutters into their first clog of the year, and when we open a gutter here in May we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and where the gutters were skipped in the fall we have found runs that sagged under ice by March. Under heavy tree cover our customers are on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits. With few or no trees, a single visit in late fall is usually enough. A run that comes out clean in May can still be packed by July, one of the wettest months here, so the schedule matters more than the first visit.
The rainwater that gets past a clogged run comes off the roofline and finds the blockage, and that is how a small clog becomes a wet fascia, then rot, then a soft spot in the soffit. A small drip at a joint is usually the first warning, and a joint fixed early is a much smaller job. Keeping the gutter system clean helps protect your home from water damage and keeps the flow steady through the wettest months, which here are May through July. At each visit we flush every downspout before the truck leaves. We cover the surrounding areas on the same schedule, and the first visit is when we look at the whole system. After that first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. The main thing is to keep your gutters clear before the season that does the most damage.
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 works a regular route, so a booked visit fits the schedule we already have on the street. Westchester gutter cleaning runs on that route, and the homeowner gets the simplest booking when they stick to it. Booking starts with an estimate by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front if it is easy to take. The gutter cleaning process starts there, and every visit follows the same steps. Lead times depend on the week, and we will tell you the date when you call. The two busy windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills fastest, so booking early in those months helps. Repeat cleanings go on the same route, so a schedule is easy to keep. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Each visit covers the gutter maintenance a house needs: the clog cleared, the buildup removed, and the water flow checked from end to end. Trees and roof lines in this area drop what they drop, and a schedule keeps that from becoming a larger job. Everything the crew pulls out is bagged and taken away from your home, so nothing is left on the walk. Every visit ends with the gutters clean, the outlets flushed and the walk clear. If you want to get your gutters on a schedule, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline, and we will set the next date. Our gutter services cover cleaning and maintenance for a single house or a whole street, and a heavy rainfall is a good time to check the system early.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without seeing those two things. The number we give is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers here book late spring and late fall. Here the first hard freeze and the last of the leaves and debris are the timing to watch, and waiting past November leaves the runs open to ice. A rain gutter that goes into winter full can carry the weight of ice and pull away from the fascia, which is how structural damage starts.
Slots come up on the schedule we already run on the street, and most fill within the week. Our cleaning services in Westchester run on that same route, and we also book commercial properties on it. Our crew runs routes across Westchester, so we confirm the date when you call at (866) 435-6328.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, 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.
Yes, every run is flushed and clogged downspouts are cleared first, and we check that the water leaves at the outlet, which keeps water away from the foundation. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, priced before anyone starts, and the landscape around the outlet is put back as it was.
Yes. Gutter guards stop leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of them, and once that mat is wet the water runs off the front edge. We lift the panels, clean underneath and reseat them.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows has a slope or capacity problem, not a blockage problem. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before any work starts, never on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
