Our own crew cleans gutters in Lowell MA, every run flushed and flow-tested, leaves and grit bagged and hauled away, and photos of each run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we keep those visits on the calendar so you can keep your gutters clean without tracking the date.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Homeowners ask about price first, and it depends on how many stories the house has, how much square footage sits under the roofline, and what is packed 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. Some companies price by the linear foot, and on those quotes the total lands in a similar place for the same house.
On our jobs the things that move the quote are consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more lift time. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run higher than it looks from the driveway. Gutters nobody has opened in years hold a clog and a buildup of compacted leaf muck, plus the odd twig, and all of it has to be dug out by hand. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Flushing, flow testing and debris haul-off are included in the price, so the gutters come back clean and the water is carried away from your home, and they are never billed as extras. If something changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before the crew starts, never on the invoice.
Our cleaning services in Lowell have covered gutters on homes with heavy tree cover, and on those jobs the leaf load is the main driver of time. Our gutter cleaning process starts with a photo of the front of the house sent by text, plus your story count and a rough sense of the footprint. A homeowner who sends those three things usually gets a firm number the same day, and the crew confirms the date once you book. Every visit includes gutter maintenance checks, so a small leak at a seam or a drainage problem gets flagged before it becomes structural damage. Our calendar fills in the busy windows, so ask for a slot early if you want to get your gutters done before the rush. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will give you a written estimate you can hold us to.
| 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, the spring visit falls in late May or June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit falls in October or early November, after the last leaves come down. Most of our customers book both cleanings. In late May the rain gutter runs fill with seeds and pollen paste, and clogged downspouts are the first thing we check. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we often find runs that sag, have pulled loose, or show fascia rot by March under the weight of ice.
Snow falls around here, about 59 inches a year, and the snow months from January through April and again in November and December are when a clogged run turns into a real problem. Heavy rainfall comes most often in June, October and December, and a full trough in any of those months is where structural damage starts. Rainwater that cannot drain, because of one blockage or a sagging run, freezes at the eave and works its way under the shingles. That is the reason our fall visit is the one we push hardest on these homes, and the one most homeowners regret skipping.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees hanging over the house, our customers are on every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the runs between visits. Homes with few or no trees and a simple landscape do well with one visit a year in late fall, and that is the time to clean your gutters once the last leaves are down. Guards cut the frequency down, but the gutter system still needs clearing. Across Massachusetts, timing is what matters: the leaves and debris need to be cleared ahead of the first heavy storm and the first hard freeze to keep water away from the house, and our gutter cleaning services are scheduled around that window. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
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.
We clean gutters across Lowell MA from our crew base, and our cleaning services cover the older Lowell homes near the center and the newer builds in the surrounding areas at the edges of town. Our crews are on the road most of the week in the busy seasons, so the calendar moves quickly once spring and fall open up. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text, using your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover is over the roof, plus a photo of the front of the house if that is easy to send.
Lead time changes with the season. In the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, cleaning and maintenance slots fill first, so the sooner you call the better your choice of date. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. The crew works from outside, and the photo report lands on your phone as the job wraps up, so you can see a clean result and the water flow at every downspout. If you want to get your gutters on the schedule before the busy window opens, ask for the first open date when you call.
Beyond the house itself, we also do residential properties and commercial properties across the area, and our crews handle both regular gutter cleaning services and one-off debris removal after a storm. If you want the job on a schedule, we set up regular gutter cleaning on the calendar that fits your home and keep it there, so you never have to remember when the next visit is due. Our gutter services include a check on each run, and we flush the whole run on every visit. Call (866) 435-6328 to book your date, or text a photo of the roofline and ask for a written estimate.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure here, because the house in front of us is what sets the price. Send a photo of the front and we will give you a firm number.
Most of our customers book late spring and again in late fall. Wait too long in the fall and a single clog turns into the ice-heavy runs we find by March on homes that skipped the visit. The safest plan keeps your gutters clear with one visit after the leaves and one after the seeds.
Same-day depends on the day's route, so we confirm a date when you call. Most slots come up within the week outside the busy windows, and we tell you the first open day we have.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. You do not have to take time away from your home for it, just leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and flow-test it as part of the cleaning. Where a drop pipe feeds an underground line, we check that the line carries water away at the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards stop the leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of them and can turn to paste once wet. We lift the panels, clear underneath, flush the gutters and downspouts and reseat the guards, so rainwater drains properly again and the runs come out clean.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge has a slope or pipe-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. A slope fix is one way to protect your home from water damage, and we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope issue.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
