Our own crew cleans gutters in Highland, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Highland customers book in the spring and fall, and we work across Indiana the same way.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
For residential properties, the price depends on how many stories the house has, its size and what is sitting in the gutters. Our gutter cleaning services are quoted over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per foot, but on a real house the stories and the amount of buildup matter more than the footage alone. A run that is already clean costs the least to service, and a neglected one costs the most. Commercial properties are quoted separately from homes, so tell us the building size when you call.
On our jobs the quote moves for a few reasons. A third story or a steep pitch takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther up than it looks from the yard. Runs nobody has opened in years come down heavy, with leaves and debris compacted into the trough and a clog at nearly every downspout. And guards we have to lift and reseat add time. We clean the trough by hand before we flush, and we flush every downspout. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, not on the invoice.
Most Highland homeowners we see have clogged downspouts at the back run and drainage that has slowed to a trickle. When we open a gutter that has sag from years of standing water, the buildup is usually the first thing we see, and the water flow test tells us whether the run is still draining. Where the leaves and debris have been left to rot, the wood behind the rain gutter often shows structural damage. Every homeowner gets the same photos of a clean run and a clogged one, so you see what we see. Our crew checks the highland homes we service, the gutters and drop pipes, to make sure water runs away from your home before we leave. Where a downspout empties onto a landscape bed, we check that the water clears the bed. If a run still overflows after we flush it, that is a slope problem we will tell you about rather than sell you a second cleaning for.
| 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.
Across Indiana, most of our customers book two gutter cleanings a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. Regular gutter cleaning on that schedule is the pattern we see most often for Highland in Indiana. When we open a gutter here in May we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we find runs that have sagged or pulled loose by the time the ground thaws. If the runs come out of spring with nothing packed in them, the fall visit can often wait. Residential and commercial buildings both follow this spring and fall calendar.
Under heavy tree cover, big limbs hanging over the roof, our customers are on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the drop pipes between visits, and a clog that forms during a wet May or August can back water up under the shingles before fall. Homes with few or no trees do fine on a once-a-year visit in late fall. Guards cut down how often the gutter system fills, but they do not remove the need to clear what sits on top of them, so the schedule for a guarded house follows the same logic as an open one. Keeping the runs clean helps protect your home from water damage, and that is the whole point of the schedule.
Look for a rainwater overflow at the front edge during heavy rainfall, a run that dips between hangers, a small leak at a seam, or grit building up in the trough. A twig caught in the elbow is often the start of a blockage too. Any of those is a sign the gutter needs a visit sooner than the calendar says. Our blockage is almost always at the elbow, not the middle of the run, so we check there first. After each gutter cleaning service visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we give you an estimate for the next one based on what we found, so you can clean your gutters on time without guessing.
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 clean gutters across Highland and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and our crew knows the streets and house styles that come up most. Highland gutter cleaning is booked by phone or text, and one call is all it takes to get your gutters on the calendar. We ask for your stories, the approximate size of the house and whether trees hang over the house, and a photo of the front of the house is helpful if it is easy to send. If the house already has gutter guards, say so when you call, because the guards have to come off and go back on for the cleaning. From there we give you a window and call before we arrive, so you know who is coming. Nobody needs to be home for the visit, and the crew will leave the lot as clean as they found it. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo and we will book a date.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, so the sooner you call before those months, the easier it is to get a slot you want. Outside those windows lead time is shorter. If you have a home that needs its gutters seen after a storm, say so when you call, because a clean gutter with a clog at the back run is easier to fix than one that has already let water into the fascia. Our gutter services end with photos of every run, and we are happy to set up gutter maintenance once we know the lot. We will tell you plainly when a visit is not needed. Gutter cleaning and maintenance are often booked together, so ask about both.
We do not give a figure here because the number comes from your stories, size and tree cover. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the roofline and we will quote it from those three things before we book anything.
Most of our Highland customers book in late May or June after the spring seed drop, and again in late October or November after the leaves are down. If you wait past the first hard freeze, we often find ice has already started damaging the runs, which is why the fall visit matters on our freeze-risk lots.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We will not promise a same-day visit until we have looked at your lot.
No. Our gutter cleaning process happens outside only. The crew 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 in while the ladders are up.
Yes. We flush every downspout and check the water flow at the outlet, and the run should be clean before we leave. If a line runs underground and the water is not coming out at the far end, we tell you, and clearing a buried line is a separate job we quote before we touch it.
Yes, though less often. On our jobs we find surface debris sitting on top of the guards, and water that cannot get in when the mat is wet. We lift the guards, clear underneath and check the flow, so the cleaning is still worth scheduling.
Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain. A gutter that is clean and still spills over the front edge has a slope or capacity problem, not a debris problem, and we will tell you what it is rather than sell you a second cleaning.
It should not. If we find something that changes the job, you hear about it before work starts and agree to it then. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
