Our own crew cleans gutters in Gloucester, every drain flushed and flow-tested, everything hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is overhead, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Gloucester customers book in spring and fall, and we have been doing this work on local houses across Massachusetts long enough to know what a clean gutter looks like after a season of storms.
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 give you an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but we would rather you know the whole number before we climb.
On our jobs, a third story or a steep pitch the crew cannot walk changes the time on the ladder more than anything else. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the working height of the back run, so it sits farther up than the front. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves and take longer to get clean by hand. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our crew has worked on a lot of gutter cleaning services jobs on older Gloucester homes where the buildup had been ignored for years. One house had a full season of leaves packed into a run that ran the length of a two-story back wall, and the drains were blocked at the elbows. Clearing the clog took longer than the front run, but we flush every downspout and the water flow was back to normal by the end of the visit. Residential and commercial jobs both follow the same rule here: we clear the sag, check the drainage, and tell you what we found before we leave.
| 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.
Most of our Gloucester customers book twice a year: once in spring, which across Massachusetts usually falls in late May to June after the seed and pollen drop, and again in late October or early November after the last leaves are down. When we open a rain gutter here in May we find seeds and pollen paste packed to the elbow of the outlet. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag or pull loose by March under ice. A run that sags for a whole winter is how structural damage and fascia rot start. Freeze and thaw is the reason fall matters here, since trapped water can form an ice dam at the eave before the first hard freeze. A trough that looks clean from the driveway can still be full of wet leaves.
Under heavy tree cover, we see a clog build back up fast, so those customers are on a visit every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the clogged downspouts between cleanings. A house with few or no trees does well with one visit a year in late fall. If you have gutter guards, we still clear the leaves and debris off the surface, keep your gutters on the same schedule, and the gutter services take less time underneath. Between visits, a clean trough is the goal, not a full one. Regular gutter cleaning every three months means a lot of trips, so we only book that schedule when the trees require it.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put the photos of the run on your phone so you can see the blockage for yourself. Catching a clog early is cheaper over time than paying for a ceiling stain, and a clean rainwater path keeps water away from your home. A clean roofline is the first line of defense. Keeping gutters and downspouts open is how you protect your home from water damage. Call (866) 435-6328 to set the first date, or text a photo of the house and we will tell you what we see from it.
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 Gloucester gutter cleaning work runs from the downtown blocks to the streets that back up to the harbor, and our crew works across Gloucester MA and the surrounding areas. We work from one base and drive out to each house, so the crew covers the whole city in the same visits. A photo of the front of the house helps us see the layout before we arrive, though it is not required. We leave once the trough is clean.
The gutter cleaning process starts with a quote by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 and tell us the stories, the approximate size, and whether trees hang over the roof. Lead time depends on the calendar. The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop both finish, and those slots fill first. Book early in those months to get the date you want. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. If you have a tree over the back run, tell us when you call so we can plan for the extra time.
Good cleaning and maintenance go together on a gutter. Gutter maintenance starts with a clean trough, and a clean trough is the start of a sound roof edge. We service residential properties and commercial properties on the same crew, and Gloucester homeowners get the same visit. Heavy rainfall after a clean run shows how well the work held, and that is the test we want you to use. Get your gutters on a schedule and let the first visit tell you what the lot needs.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text before we book. We do not quote a range on the page because two-story houses here vary a lot with pitch and tree cover. The number we give you is the number we charge.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall. If you wait past the first hard freeze, we often find ice dams forming at the eave and runs that sag by March. Houses under heavy trees need a visit every three to four months.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day is not something we promise, since the calendar fills in the busy windows.
No, a homeowner does not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and drain to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. The crew leaves the landscape as clean as it found it.
Yes, every drain is flushed and flow-tested, and we check that water leaves at the outlet. If a drain feeds an underground line, we tell you whether water is getting through. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs, guards on a gutter system keep out the large leaves, but needles, seed casings, the odd twig and grit still get through and turn into a wet mat on top. We clear the surface, flush the drains and reseat the guards, and the surface is left clean. The visit is shorter, but it is still needed.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in the rain, or a leak shows up at a joint, the problem is usually slope or pipe size, not a clog. Send us a photo or 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 call you and agree on it before work starts. The quote from the phone call is the price on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
