Our own crew cleans gutters for homeowners here, flushes and flow-tests every downspout, leaves the trough clean, hauls away the leaves and debris, and sends photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over the house. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. On our jobs in town, most customers book in late spring and again in the fall, and we keep those dates open for them.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
For homeowners here, the price depends on the number of stories, the square footage and what is actually 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. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted, but we would rather you see one total from the start.
On our jobs, a few things push a quote up. A third story or a roofline too steep to walk needs more equipment and more time. A walk-out basement can put the back run two dozen feet off the ground. Gutters nobody has opened in years hold a heavy buildup of compacted muck, and a clog that has sat that long takes longer to clear. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step. A run that is already mostly clean goes faster, and a full one takes longer. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off of everything away from your home are included in the price, never billed as extras. If something changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, not on the invoice.
Most homeowners who call us have already seen water pour over the front edge in a heavy rain. When we pull up, the first thing we do is look at the gutters from the ground and send you a photo of the front of the house, so the quote reflects what we can actually see. Heavy rainfall is what exposes a clogged run, because rainwater has nowhere to go once the trough fills. Our gutter cleaning services are scoped to what the whole gutter system needs, most leave a clean run behind, and we explain each step as we go. Every visit we book starts with that photo. If you want a written estimate before booking, ask for one; we will put the same number in writing that we gave you by phone. Ask us to get your gutters on the schedule before the fall rains, and for the full list of what we check on each visit, see the gutter cleaning process section on our service page.
| 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.
On our jobs here, most customers book two cleanings a year, once in spring after the seeds and pollen drop, and again in fall after the last leaves come down. In spring the seed casings and pollen paste pack the downspout elbows, which is how clogged downspouts start. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we often find runs that sagged under the weight by the time winter was over. A seam that starts to leak in that wet mat is the first sign of trouble. Clean gutters keep the drainage moving, and they keep the landscape around the foundation dry.
How often we return depends on the lot. Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or construction where grit settles in the trough, we see customers on a three to four month schedule, because needles, grit and the odd twig pack the outlets between visits. A rain gutter full of needles and grit cannot pass the water it gets. With few or no trees overhead, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Guards cut down the mess, but they do not stop it, so guarded gutters still get cleared on the same kind of schedule with the surface kept clean. Our gutter cleaning service runs on that schedule for guarded and open gutters alike.
We look at each gutter the same way on every visit. If the run is clean at the top and still spills over the edge in a storm, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not a blockage, and we say so. Across Massachusetts, the freeze and thaw cycle makes the fall visit the one that matters most for rot. Lynnfield averages about 48.1 inches of precipitation a year, with March, October and December the wettest months, so rainwater that sits in the trough does real harm. Left alone, a clog can cut the water flow and lead to structural damage. After the first visit we tell you which schedule 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.
Our crew has cleaned gutters across Lynnfield homes for years now, and the calls we get are steady through the spring and fall windows. We offer cleaning services in Lynnfield and surrounding areas, covered from the nearest crew base with no surcharge for the trip. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text. Give us your stories, the approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, and send a photo of the front of the house if it is easy to take. The aim is a clean, firm number before anyone climbs a ladder.
Lead time varies with the season. The two busiest stretches are the spring and fall windows, when most of our customers in town book at once. If you call early in the season, you will usually get a slot sooner, so get your gutters on the calendar before the busy weeks. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Once you know the rhythm, keep your gutters on a regular schedule so a clog never gets a head start. If you are ready to book, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will confirm a date with you.
Residential properties and commercial properties both fit into the same calendar, so a homeowner calling in fall may get a date the same week as a commercial building. We keep the schedule clear enough that a regular slot is always on offer when the weather is right. Full debris removal is part of every visit, and regular gutter cleaning is how you protect your home from water damage, and it costs far less than a rotted fascia board.
For a two-story house in Lynnfield MA, the number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text before we book anything. Two-story homes are one of the most common jobs we do, so the quote is straightforward. The price we give you is the price on the invoice.
Across Massachusetts, the spring visit runs late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop. Our fall visit here runs October to early November, before the freezing weather sets in. Waiting past that fall visit is where we see the most trouble. If you want to clean your gutters once a year, make it the fall visit, because on houses that skip it, runs often sag under ice by March.
We confirm a date when you call, and most slots come up within the week. Same-day service depends on the calendar that day, so call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you what is open.
No, you do not need to be home for our gutter services. 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, and the crew leaves the yard as clean as it found it.
Yes, we flush every downspout and watch the water run out the bottom, so you know the run is clean and the gutters and downspouts are working. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain line, we check that water is leaving at the outlet and tell you if it is not, because the goal is to carry water away from the foundation. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, though less often. Under heavy tree cover, guards hold back the big leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit get through and mat on top, and once wet, the water runs over the front edge. We keep the surface clean, flush the lines and reseat the guards.
If a clean gutter still sheets rainwater over the edge in a storm, the problem is usually slope, capacity or downspout size, not a blockage. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it actually is. Fixing the slope is what protects your home from water damage, and we will not sell you a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. The quote we give you by phone is the number we charge, and a clean quote does not grow once the ladders are up. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before any work starts, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
