Our own crew cleans gutters on Lawrence homes, flushing each outlet, testing the flow and hauling the debris away, with 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 roof, and the figure we give on the phone is the figure on your invoice. Across Massachusetts, most of our customers book in spring and fall, and that is when we are busiest. Keep your gutters clean and you protect your home from water damage.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for our gutter cleaning services depends on stories, square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We price it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, but on a real house the stories and the access decide most of it. Commercial properties are priced on the same three things, so you get a clean number before the crew climbs.
On our jobs, a third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run, so it sits farther up than it looks from the driveway. A rain gutter that nobody has opened in years comes out packed with compacted buildup, and the crew spends the extra time breaking it loose before the flush. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are already in the quote and are never billed as extras, and the yard is left clean when the truck pulls away. If a run sags, that can point to structural damage, so we photograph it and report it before work goes further. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our Lawrence crews have cleaned gutters on homes across the city, and the detail that changed the number most often was the clogged downspouts at the bottom of the run. When a clog forms at the elbow, the water flow drops to almost nothing, so the crew flushes it through and watches it run clear before moving on. That is the kind of find that changes the time up the ladder, and we tell you about it on the phone. Your gutters may already be clean and draining, or they may be full of leaves and debris; either way, send a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you what we expect to find.
| 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.
Across Massachusetts, most of our customers book twice a year, once in late May or June after the seed and pollen drop, and again in late October or November after the last leaves come down. On our jobs in Lawrence MA, when we open a gutter in May we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, even on runs that looked clean from the ground. In November it is the wet leaf mat that has collected over the summer, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag or pull loose by March under the weight of ice.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the right rhythm, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits, and a blockage that starts in June can turn into a clog that floods the house by October once the heavy rainfall arrives. With few or no trees over the house, once a year in late fall is usually enough to keep rainwater moving away from your home. A clean run along the roofline with a blocked elbow still floods, so the outlet gets checked on every visit. Guards go on a longer schedule, but the surface still needs clearing, because the mat that forms on top of a guard is what sends water over the front edge.
We do not go on a fixed calendar for every house. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what came out of the gutter and what is hanging over it, and we put that in the photo report so you can see it. Regular gutter cleaning is what keeps the schedule honest, and gutter cleaning service is booked by the visit. We keep a note of each house so the next call starts from what we found last time, and a house that came out clean last time still gets a note. The estimate for each visit comes from those notes, and the same plan applies to residential and commercial jobs, with residential properties getting the photo report as standard.
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 handles Lawrence gutter cleaning on homes across the city and reaches the surrounding areas from the same schedule, so a homeowner who calls from anywhere in town gets the same quote process. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or send a text with a photo of the front of the house and the number of stories. We give you the figure from stories, size and tree cover, and if the job is straightforward we can usually confirm a date while you are still on the phone.
The calendar fills with cleanings in the two windows we already described, late spring and late fall, so the earlier you call for gutter services in those months, the more choice you have on dates. Call early and get your gutters on the calendar before the seed drop and the leaf fall start. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit as long as the side gate is open and any pets are kept inside. A twig wedged in an elbow is a small job, and a packed run is a bigger one, and the quote says which. Lead time depends on the week, and we tell you the first open slot when you call rather than promising it in advance.
Whether you are a homeowner who has seen water go over the edge once or someone who books the same visit every year, the job is the same: we clear the gutters and downspouts, flush every downspout, and send you the photos, so you can see the condition of the system before and after. If you already have gutter guards, we lift them, clear underneath and reseat them, and that is in the quote. If a seam is starting to leak, that gets photographed and reported too. If a gutter is still overflowing after we leave, that is a slope or capacity problem, and we will say so rather than sell another cleaning. We want to keep your gutters clean and working, not just emptied.
Our gutter cleaning process starts with the number of stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters, and we give the figure by phone or text. The same three things drive every one of our cleaning services in Lawrence. The figure we give you is the one we bill. Call (866) 435-6328 or send a photo of the front of the house and we will confirm it.
Across Massachusetts, most of our customers book in late May or June and again in late October or November. The wet leaf mat is the main problem in late fall, and it is the one that goes unchecked into winter. Gutter maintenance on that two-visit schedule keeps the runs from sagging under ice by March, and that is the point of the fall visit.
Most slots come up within the week for Lawrence homeowners, and we confirm a date when you call. We do not promise same-day service in advance because the calendar depends on the week. If heavy rainfall is in the forecast, call anyway and we will tell you the first open slot.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and outlet to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. If landscape beds or shrubs sit under the ladder, tell us when you book.
Yes, we flush the outlets and check the whole gutter system, including the drainage at each outlet. A clean outlet keeps water moving, and standing water at an outlet is what starts rot in the fascia, so we tell you what we find on the photo report. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it. The flush and drainage check run the same way across Lawrence.
Yes. Guards stop leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit still settle on top of them and turn into a wet mat that sends water over the edge. Cleaning and maintenance on guarded gutters is a shorter job, with the surface kept clean each visit.
A clean gutter that still overflows has a slope, capacity or outlet-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain, and we will tell you what it is and how to get water away from the house, without selling a second cleaning.
Only if what we find changes the job, and in that case you hear about it and agree before we start. The number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
