Lakeville homeowners get gutter cleaning services from our own crew in Lakeville MA. Every downspout is flushed and flow-tested, the mess is hauled away and the ground is left clean, and you get photos of every run on your phone 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. We have been doing this work on our Lakeville jobs for many spring and fall visits, and most of our customers book one of those two windows each year.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. Lakeville homes vary a lot on those three things, so we quote from them by phone or text, 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 give you one clean number for all of the gutters and downspouts so you are not doing the arithmetic yourself.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more care on the ladder, and that shows up in the quote. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the height of the back eave, so the back run sits farther up than the front one. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted muck, which means more hours to clear a clog. Guards we have to lift and reseat, so the trough underneath comes out clean, are also part of the number. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If something changes the job once we are on site, you hear about it before any work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Lakeville jobs we often see the same pattern. A rain gutter that looks fine from the driveway holds a sag that only shows once the debris is out, and the water flow at the far end is slower than it should be. Clogged downspouts are often the cause, and the clog usually sits at the elbow, often a twig wedged in with wet leaves, so we clean that out too and not just the trough. We flush the downspout and watch the water run away from your home before we leave, so you know the drainage works and not just that the trough is empty. For residential and commercial properties alike, the goal is the same: protect your home from water damage by moving the water away from the building, not into the siding, the fascia or the foundation. Gutters full of leaves and debris are how structural damage starts, usually well before anyone notices a leak inside.
Tell us the number of stories, the rough square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, and we will give you a price on the phone. We quote residential and commercial jobs the same way. If you want a written estimate for your records, ask and we will send it.
| 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 Lakeville customers book two cleanings a year, which is the schedule we suggest for regular gutter cleaning. Across Massachusetts the spring window runs late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit lands in late October or November, after the last leaves are down. When we open a gutter in May, we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In November 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 the weight of ice, which is the first sign of a rainwater problem that compounds over the winter, and the next heavy rainfall shows it fast.
Under heavy tree cover, we see customers on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits and the blockage builds faster than the trough can shed it. Houses with few or no trees near the house usually do well once a year in late fall. Homes beside a busy road or an active construction site tend toward the shorter interval for the same reason: more grit reaches the gutter. A gutter system with guards slows the buildup, so it means less frequent visits, but the surface still has to be cleared. Regular gutter maintenance keeps the fascia dry and the trough empty between visits, so plan to clean your gutters on the same cycle. Along the roofline, a run that stays full of wet leaves is the first to sag.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what came out of the gutters and how the water flowed. Residential properties in town differ a lot in tree cover, so the first visit sets the schedule. Call (866) 435-6328 to set up that first visit, or text a photo of the eaves and we will tell you what to expect.
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 works across Lakeville and the surrounding areas from a base within reach of the whole town, so we do not need a separate trip for each street. Booking a gutter cleaning service starts with a quote by phone or text based on stories, size and tree cover, and a clean photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. We call before we come, and a homeowner does not need to be home. The two busiest stretches of the year fill the calendar quickly, so the earlier you call in spring and fall, the easier it is to get the date you want.
Open dates change often, so call and we will check the calendar with you. When you book, we confirm the date and window on the call and send the same details by text the day before. If your house has gutter guards, say so when you book, because a guarded system is quoted differently. Keep your gutters working through the storm season, and the rest of the year will go more easily. To get your gutters on the schedule before the storm season, call (866) 435-6328. Our Lakeville crew is the same crew that does the work up top, so the person who quotes you is the person who shows up on the ladder, and that holds for every one of our gutter services.
The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters. Lakeville gutter cleaning pricing starts with those three things, so give us them by phone or text and we quote a price before anyone comes out. The gutter cleaning process starts at that quote, not on the ladder.
Our customers here book in spring and again in late fall. To get your gutters done before the first hard freeze, book the fall window. If you wait past that freeze in a bad year, the runs are more likely to be sagging by the time we arrive.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call. If you need cleaning and maintenance on short notice, say so on the call and we will check the next opening.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and the landscape is left as we found it.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check the outflow. Water should leave the downspout and run away from your home, and our cleaning services in Lakeville include that check. If a buried drain line needs clearing, we tell you and quote it separately, so you are not surprised by it on the invoice.
Yes, though less often. On our jobs we find seed casings and needles sitting on top of the guard, with grit underneath, so the surface still gets cleared and the water path still gets checked.
If a rain gutter is clean and still spills over in the rain, the problem is usually the slope or the downspout size, not the blockage. Left alone, the fascia behind a spilling run starts to rot. 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 to fix a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we stop, tell you what it is and agree on the change before any more work is done.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
