Our own crew cleans gutters in Hobart, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Hobart customers book in the spring and fall, and we have been doing that work here long enough to know what a clogged run looks like by the time it starts spilling over the edge.
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, and we quote it over the phone or by text from those three things. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house and you get the number before anything is booked. The number we quote is the number we charge, and it is the first thing a homeowner should check on any quote. Companies that price by length land in a similar place per linear foot, though that is not how we set our quotes.
What moves it on our jobs is what the crew finds once it is up the ladder. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with leaves and debris, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. A gutter system left to sag can pull loose and cause structural damage. Where clogged downspouts back water up toward the eave, they get cleaned out and flushed until they run clean. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Hobart jobs, the houses that cost more were the ones with the heaviest buildup and the slowest water flow, not the ones with the most square footage. One customer with a two-story home and a clog at the back corner had the run flushed, the downspout tested and the water away from the foundation confirmed before we left, and the quote we gave on the phone held, and the drains ran clean. Done this way, gutter cleaning services set the drainage right the first time, which saves a return visit. The same applies across the hobart homes we clean, where stories and tree cover do most of the work in setting the number.
| 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 book twice a year, because hobart in spring and fall is when the trough fills fastest. The first visit comes in late spring, after the seed and pollen drop, and the second after the last leaves come down. When we open a rain gutter here in May we find seeds and seed casings packed to the elbow of the downspout. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag and pull loose by March. Regular gutter maintenance clears the leaves and debris before they set, and a clean run in November is the goal.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule that keeps the rainwater moving, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough. Houses near a busy road or construction tend to need the shorter interval as well, and a clog that starts there is harder to clear. Every visit includes debris removal, and guards cut down how often the trough fills, but the landscape still drops seeds and needles onto the roof. Gutter guards do not stop that, so a clean roof edge still matters, and a twig wedged in the downspout still needs pulling out. Guarded gutters go on a less frequent schedule rather than none.
A blockage that sits through heavy rainfall in April, May or June does more than overflow; it finds the fascia and the soffit, and a small leak at a seam can soak the board behind it and start rot. That is the case for regular gutter cleaning rather than waiting until the water is already over the edge. The point is to clean your gutters before the water finds the wood, not after. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put the estimate for the next visit in the photo report so the call is simple.
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 the homes across Hobart from our nearest base, and the crew works the whole city rather than a single block. Booking a gutter cleaning service with us starts with a quote by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, and hobart gutter cleaning is priced from there. A photo of the front of the house helps, and hobart homeowners can text it if that is easy to send. Call (866) 435-6328 and we confirm the date. Lead time depends on the week. The two busy windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills fastest, so booking early in those months keeps the slot you want.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work. You can keep your gutters and downspouts on a schedule that suits your lot, and just tell us when you want to get your gutters back on track. Tree cover decides how many cleanings a year your lot needs, and we tell you on the first visit which interval fits. Our aim is to protect your home from water damage through regular gutter services that keep the flow clear, not to sell extra work on the roof. One schedule covers cleaning and maintenance, and it keeps the flow clean between visits. Our quotes on this page are for residential properties, and commercial properties are scoped on the phone, not from this page. Where a job is residential and commercial, we say so on the call. We flush every downspout on each visit, leave the yard clean, and anything else the crew sees is photographed and reported. If your house sits in the surrounding areas, call (866) 435-6328 and we will say whether it is on our route.
For cleaning services in hobart, the number comes from stories and size, so we quote a two-story house by phone or text from those two things. What we quote is what we charge. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will give you the figure.
Late spring and late fall are when our customers across hobart book. In Hobart the freeze months bring the first ice and the ice dams at the eave, so the fall visit matters more on houses that have not had a proper clean in a while.
No, you do not need to be home. We work outside, do not come inside, and send photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes. Any clogged downspouts get flushed so the water runs away from your home, and we check where each one drains, including underground lines. Clearing a buried line is a separate job quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, a guarded gutter system still needs cleaning, though less often. Under the guard we find seed casings, pollen, grit and landscape material that the mesh does not stop, so the surface still needs a clean.
If a clean run still overflows after we leave, send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain. That is usually a slope or downspout-size problem, and we tell you what it is rather than selling a second cleaning. Water that keeps spilling is how rot starts in the fascia, so do not wait on it.
The price you hear on the phone is the price on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before they start.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
