Our own crew cleans gutters in Harwich, flushing every downspout, testing the flow, hauling the leaves and debris away and sending 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 hangs over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Many Harwich homeowners book us for the spring and fall, and leave with a clean trough and a photo of it.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price on Harwich homes depends on how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot tend to land in a similar place per foot, but on our jobs the height and access matter more than the length of the run.
Here is what moves a quote on our jobs. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run much higher than the front, even on a house that looks ordinary from the street. Gutters that nobody has opened in years hold compacted buildup that takes more time to clear, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Regular gutter cleaning keeps the buildup small, and a clean run goes faster than a packed one, so if you clean your gutters on a set schedule the visit runs shorter. Downspout flushing, water flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, not on the invoice.
A sag at the rear run or weak drainage at the outlet adds time, so we ask about both on the phone along with the trees and the back of the house. The same three facts set the quote for residential and commercial work. Residential properties and commercial properties are both priced on the stories, the footage and the buildup. Most of our customers book for spring and fall. If you want that answer for your house, call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house, and we will tell you what we see from it, and whether the gutters look clean from the ground.
| 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.
Our fall visits run November to early December, after the last leaves come down. Across Massachusetts, the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop. On our jobs, the spring visit is mostly seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows, and the fall visit clears the wet leaf mat that rots in the trough over the winter. Houses that skip the fall visit tend to show a sag at the run by the time the snow stops, because the ice and the saturated leaves add weight that the hangers were never meant to carry.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees hanging over the house, the needles and grit pack the downspout elbows between visits, so those lots need a shorter schedule than the rest. With few or no trees, a single late-fall visit is often enough to leave a clean trough. Houses near a busy road tend to fall into the shorter schedule as well, because grit off the road settles in the gutter with the leaves and makes a clog faster than the leaves alone. Guards reduce how often the trough fills, but the surface still needs clearing, so guarded gutters go on a slightly longer schedule rather than none at all.
Clogged downspouts are the usual reason a gutter overflows in heavy rainfall, and a clog there shows up as rainwater spilling over the front edge. Our visit covers the gutters and downspouts in full, and we flush every downspout so the water has somewhere to go. Keeping water out of the trough is how cleaning helps protect your home from water damage, and the crew checks the fascia, the roofline and the surrounding areas while it is up there. Harwich MA gutter services are quoted from an estimate, and that estimate is the number on the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the gutters to book a date, and we will tell you the schedule that will keep your gutters running clear.
After the first visit we tell you which of those schedules your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the gutters and at the outlets. If the trough is clean and every downspout runs clear after a season, we will say so and suggest the longer interval. If not, we will say that too, and explain what we found. A clean trough after one season is a good sign, but a second visit tells us more.
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.
Harwich gutter cleaning bookings run on one calendar, and Harwich homeowners get the same quote process whether they call or text. When you reach us, we ask for the number of stories, a rough square footage, and whether trees hang over the house. We also ask for a photo of the front of the house if that is easy to take. We also ask that the path to the downspouts be clean and clear. From those we give you a quote on the spot, and we confirm the date once you accept it. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Bookings tend to climb in two windows: late spring, when the seed and pollen drop starts, and early fall, when the leaves begin to turn. If you want to get your gutters done in a particular week, call early, since the earlier you reach us the more likely we can give you that date. If a stretch of heavy rainfall is coming, tell us and we will check whether an earlier slot is open. We tell you the earliest date we can come, based on the calendar for the week you ask about, and every homeowner can ask about gutter maintenance between visits on that same first call.
Each of our visits follows the same gutter cleaning process, from the first call to the last photo. We confirm the quote, we arrive in the window we gave you, we clear the gutters, flush each downspout, and leave the trough clean, then send the photos before we leave. A twig jammed in an elbow gets pulled out by hand, and under a gutter guard a twig or seed casing still gets pulled out too. If the crew finds a leak at a seam, it is photographed and reported, not sold on the spot. The cleanings we book are cleaning and maintenance in one trip, and the photos matter because you are away from your home while the work happens.
We do this work across Harwich, and the number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, which we give you over the phone or by text. We do not quote a figure without those three things, so call (866) 435-6328 with the details and you will have a number before you hang up. If you are comparing cleaning services in Harwich, ask each one for the number in writing before the crew starts.
Our fall visits run November to early December, and across Massachusetts the spring visit falls in late May to June. Skipping the fall visit can leave a sag at the run by the time the snow stops, since saturated leaves add weight to the hangers over the winter. Wet leaves also rot the trough, and the overflow runs onto the landscape at the foundation.
Same-day depends on our calendar that week, so we check the date when you call and confirm the day with you before we come out. If the day you want is not open, we give you the earliest date we can come.
No. A homeowner does not need to be home, since 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 downspout is flushed with water and watched until it runs clear at the bottom, so any clogged drain gets cleared on the spot. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check that the rainwater is carrying water away from the house at the outlet, and we tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before we touch it.
Yes, usually less often, but the surface still needs clearing. On our jobs, seed casings and fine grit sit on top of the guard, and once they are wet the water runs over the edge instead of into the trough. Guards change the gutter system, not the need to check it. We lift the panels, clean underneath and reseat them.
A rain gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain usually has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a buildup problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. Left alone, a slope problem can lead to structural damage at the fascia, so we do not sell a second cleaning for it.
It should not. If we find something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before the crew starts on that part. The number we quoted is the number on the invoice, and the photos show each run clean before the truck leaves.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
