Our own crew cleans gutters in Medway, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Massachusetts, most of our customers book a visit in spring and fall, and that is the rhythm we plan the season around.
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, how big it is, and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote it by phone or text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. A gutter cleaning service that prices by the linear foot lands in a similar place per foot of gutter, but the stories and the state of the runs are what actually drive the total on our jobs.
What moves a quote on our jobs is what the crew finds on arrival. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more gear. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther up than the front. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come down heavy with compacted debris, the kind that has packed solid and cut off the water flow at the same time. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time on the ladder. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On the houses we clean in Medway homes, the first thing we check is whether the gutter is full or whether rainwater is still getting through. Clogged downspouts mean water is standing in the trough and spilling over the edge, and a run that dips holds more gunk than its neighbors because the water pools there. We clean each run and flush every downspout to confirm the water is leaving the house, and we check the drainage at the outlet to make sure it carries water away from your home. A downspout that dumps against the foundation, or pours onto the landscape beside it, is doing structural damage the gutter cannot show you from the ground, and the wet wood it feeds turns to rot out of sight. Most of the work on our Medway jobs is clearing buildup, not replacing anything, and the price reflects that.
Our crew treats residential and commercial properties the same way, and the scope does not change on a commercial job. Every run is cleared, every downspout flushed, and debris removal means the leaves go out with the truck rather than onto the lawn. Each gutter system gets checked for a sag or a rain gutter pulling away from the fascia, and anything we find that is not a cleaning problem is photographed and reported to you.
Our Medway customers on a standard two-story house tend to get the same kind of quote, and the variation comes from the tree cover and the number of downspout runs. We have cleaned homes where the water was running freely down the wall within a week of the last visit, and in those cases the clog was one blocked elbow that a single cleaning cleared. Our cleaning services in Medway are priced to clear that buildup once, properly, rather than to chase it every month.
The quote we give you on the phone already includes the cost of the lift if one is needed, the time to flush and test each downspout, and the haul-off of everything we pull out. Once the crew is on site, the number does not change unless the house is different from what you told us, and in that case we call before we go further. Ask for an estimate by phone at (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the house front, and we will give you the number before a date is booked.
| 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 in October or early November, after the last leaves are down. The spring visit is when we clean out what the trees shed in April and May, which packs into the downspout elbows as seed casings and pollen paste. The fall visit clears the leaf load before the first freeze, and October is one of the wettest months here, so heavy rainfall lands on a full trough. The wet leaf mat is what sets up the ice dams that lift shingles and pull runs loose by March on houses that skipped the autumn visit. Here the winter snow is heavy enough that a clogged gutter becomes a freeze problem fast.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the roof, our customers book cleanings every three to four months, because needles, twig bits and grit pack the downspout elbows between visits. A house with few or no trees usually needs one cleaning a year in late fall. Houses with gutter guards still need the surface clean, though less often, because the mat that forms on top of a guard will still back water up over the edge. A near-road or construction-adjacent lot falls into the shorter schedule too, since grit settles faster there.
When we open a gutter here in May we find the seeds packed to the elbow and a black paste on the screen. When we open one in November we find a leaf mat two inches deep and runs that have started to pull loose. On a Medway house that has gone a full year without a visit, the ice in the winter will have done the work for us, and the first call is usually about a leak that started in the cold months. The clog that a single cleaning clears in spring is the same clog that becomes a blockage by the next season.
Gutter maintenance on our calendar is simple: twice a year covers most houses, every three to four months covers the ones under heavy canopy, and once a year in late fall covers the ones with few trees. Regular gutter cleaning on the right schedule beats an emergency call in the middle of winter. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what the crew finds in the gutters and at the downspout outlets, so you know how often to clean your gutters. Book a date by calling (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the gutters for an estimate, and we will set the spring or fall window.
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.
The crew covers Medway and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we clean across Medway, including the residential properties near the center and the newer builds further out. Every homeowner gets the same booking path: a quote by phone or text from your stories, the size of the house and the tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if that is easy to send. Medway homeowners get a call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Homes with gutter guards go through the same booking path.
The calendar fills in two busy windows: the weeks after the spring seed drop and the weeks after the last leaves in the fall. If you want to get your gutters done in one of those windows, book as early as you can. Outside those weeks there is usually room, and the lead time is in the booking confirmation when you call. We do not promise a same-day visit, because the crew works a schedule; we do give you a date and a window, and we keep it. Booking on time is how you protect your home from water damage before the next rain, and a clean run is what keeps the water moving. Call (866) 435-6328 to set a window.
Medway gutter cleaning is the core of what we do, and our Medway MA crew treats each run the same way whether the house is new or old. A clean run in one part of town looks the same as one in another. That is how we keep your gutters working through the season, and our gutter services follow the same checklist on every house. If you are unsure how often your lot needs a visit, ask the crew when you book and we will tell you what we would do on our own homes.
Cost depends on the stories, the size of the house, the landscape around it and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote it by phone or text before a date is booked, and the invoice matches that quote.
Across Massachusetts the spring visit usually falls in late May or June, after the seed drop, and the fall visit in October or early November, after the leaves are down. If you skip the fall visit, the first freeze can turn a clog into rot behind the gutter and an ice dam before spring.
We do not promise same-day visits. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date and window when you call.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come into the house, 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, we clean every downspout and check that the water leaves the house at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before touching it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves, but they do not end the cleaning and maintenance. On our jobs we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard and packing underneath, and that blocks the water just the same. We lift the panels, clear underneath, flush each downspout and reseat the guards.
A gutter that is clean and still spilling water over the edge has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, not a blockage problem. Send us a photo or short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. Part of the gutter cleaning process is that anything that changes the job gets a call first, so you hear about it and agree to it before the work starts. The invoice matches the quote you were given, and the photos show each run clean before we leave.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
