Our own crew cleans gutters in Dudley, every outlet flushed and flow-tested, the waste 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 Dudley customers book in the same window each year, so the calendar fills early; call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline to get on it.
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 sitting in the gutters. We price it by phone or text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place once the house is measured, but we would rather give you one figure you can plan around. Our gutter cleaning services are priced per house, so a homeowner never has to guess how the bill will add up.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually the same handful of things. A third story or a roof too steep to walk means a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder. A walk-out basement puts the back run far higher than the front suggests. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come out with packed grit that takes longer to clear, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. A dirty gutter with a clog at the elbow, or clogged downspouts that back water up the wall, is also more work than one that only has surface leaves, so we check the drains before we price the house. A clean run with nothing in the elbows is the quick end of the range.
Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the price and are never billed as extras. We flush every downspout, and the drainage at each outlet gets checked before we leave. Flow testing shows whether the water flow is actually carrying water away from your home, not just whether the trough is empty. A clean run is only half the job; the flow test tells you the water is leaving. Every price covers the gutters and downspouts on the house, not just the run you can see from the driveway. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Dudley work, the houses that cost the most to bring back to a clean, flowing system are the ones with the heaviest buildup and a sag somewhere in the run. Those jobs are priced after we see the gutter, not from the street, because a sag that looks minor from the ground often means water has been sitting in the trough for a long time. A rain gutter that has sagged for a season or two can carry structural damage into the fascia, which is why the sag gets priced in. Most of the Dudley homes we see have a combination of these conditions, and the quote reflects what is actually there.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $225 | from $295 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $200 | from $260 | from $335 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $235 | from $305 | from $395 |
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.
On our Dudley MA jobs, most customers book two cleanings a year, a spring and fall visit. Across Massachusetts the spring visit runs late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and our fall visit runs October to early November, after the last leaves are down. In spring we find seeds, seed casings and the odd twig packed into the elbows and a pollen paste that holds water in the trough, and that slows the whole gutter system. In fall it is the wet leaf mat and the leaves and debris that come with it, and in the freeze months the first ice forms at the eave and the ice dams start. On houses that skipped the fall visit, we have found runs that sagged under that weight and pulled loose from fascia boards that had started to rot by March, and a small leak at the joint is usually the first sign.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule that keeps the system flowing, because needles and grit pack the drains between visits and a clog can start in a few weeks. A landscape with few or no trees usually does fine with one cleaning a year in late fall. Guards change the rhythm: they cut down the leaves but not the surface grit, so a guarded gutter needs less frequent cleaning, but the surface still has to be kept clean. Guards do not replace gutter maintenance, they only change how often it happens.
When we open a gutter here in May we find the spring load; when we open one in November we find the autumn load and whatever the freeze has started. The rainwater that gets past a clogged run ends up at the roofline and the foundation, and that is what makes the timing matter. A blockage that sits through heavy rainfall sends water straight to the foundation. If you are asking when to clean your gutters, the answer is after the leaves come down in October and again once the spring pollen has passed. Each visit ends with photos of every run. After the first visit we give you an estimate for the tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the gutter and the drains.
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 has cleaned gutters for Dudley homeowners who want a clean system without thinking about it, and our gutter cleaning services reach across Dudley. We keep the Dudley gutter cleaning schedule tight enough that a slot does not sit open for long. Book by phone at (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will quote from stories, size and tree cover. A photo makes the first quote more accurate, though it is not required. If you want to get your gutters on the calendar, text us today and we will confirm a slot.
Lead time changes with the season, so the busiest windows are late spring and the weeks after the first hard leaf drop, when the calendar fills fastest. The process starts with a call, we ring again before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. If you want the spring slot, book early; if you can wait, the fall slot is usually easier to get. The crew leaves the gutter clean, and the photos are on your phone before the truck leaves. Either way the goal is to protect your home from water damage before the next heavy rain rather than after it. We take calls for residential properties and commercial properties on the same line, and residential and commercial callers both get a straight answer on whether the job fits our crew.
We cover Dudley and the surrounding areas, and the crew knows the Dudley roof lines we see most often. Our cleaning services in Dudley run on one schedule across the town, not a new route each week. Regular gutter cleaning and maintenance keeps the system doing its job, and a clean run is cheaper to maintain than a damaged one. Whether you have one house to keep up or several on a schedule, we will tell you what the lot needs and keep the gutter services on that schedule. Keep your gutters flowing and the roofline stays dry.
Our customers here usually book in late spring and again in late fall, and a gutter left through the first freeze is the one that sags. Do you offer same-day service in Dudley? Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Do you offer cleaning services in Dudley? Yes, on the same schedule and the same phone line as everything else we do.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and leaves the yard clean, then sends photos of every run and outlet to your phone before the truck leaves. Do you flush the drain pipes and check where they empty, including underground lines? We flush each one and check the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is priced before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs we find surface grit and seed casings sitting on top of the guard, and the water that never gets in, so the schedule stays. What happens if the gutters still overflow after you leave? A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge is a slope or outlet problem, so send us a photo in the rain and we will tell you what it is. Will the price change once the crew is on the roof? It should not. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
