Our own crew cleans gutters in Newburyport, every downspout flushed and checked, and everything we pull out leaves with us. The price comes from your stories, roof size and tree cover, and the phone quote is the figure you pay. Across Massachusetts, late May to June is the usual spring visit, and spring and fall are the two windows that fill first, so ask for a date when you call.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for Newburyport homes depends on how many stories the house has, its square footage, and what is 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. A price per foot of run hides the things that actually drive the job on a real house.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story or a steep roof we cannot walk means the work is done from a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the back roofline. Gutters that have not been opened in years come down packed with leaves, and a clog that old takes longer to clear than a gutter kept clean every year. A run that has started to sag holds water and takes more time to bring its drainage back. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in our gutter cleaning services and never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, the homeowner hears about it and agrees to it before the crew starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what a price change looks like in practice. A house with heavy tree cover and gutters left a long time without a visit often comes in above the basic figure, because the crew finds seed and pollen packed into the elbows and blocking the flow out of one or two outlets. The homeowner sees that reason before any extra work starts. Every job also gets a photo record on the job file.
Regular gutter cleaning keeps the job predictable, so clean your gutters on a schedule, spring and fall, instead of waiting for overflow. Let them go and the buildup turns into a bigger visit, and that is the main reason our crew asks about the last cleaning when we give the quote. Residential and commercial work follows the same approach, and residential properties get a number built from what we find, not a standard rate. Once a downspout runs clear, we check the water flow before we move on.
| 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, late May to June is the usual spring visit. In Newburyport MA the fall visit falls in October to early November, after the last leaves come down and before the first hard freeze. When we open a gutter in late May we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows, and by November it is the wet leaf mat. On houses that skipped the fall visit, a gutter can sag under the first ice and pull loose from the fascia by March.
Under heavy tree cover, gutters fill faster, and the spring and fall visits may not be enough, because needles and grit get into clogged outlets between them. With few or no trees, one visit a year is usually enough for most houses. A gutter guard changes the work but does not end it: a mat of wet leaves on top of the guard eventually runs water over the edge. After the first visit we tell you which schedule your lot actually needs, and we write it down on the job record so the next visit starts from the right place.
The point of the calendar is to keep water moving. Good drainage starts with gutters and downspouts that stay clean of the clog, and a clear gutter keeps rainwater on the roofline moving toward the downspout instead of over the edge. A blockage at the downspout is what sends water behind the gutter and into the house, and a small leak at a seam is often the first sign. Our gutter services on a set schedule catch that early, and when we flush every downspout on the visit, the water has a clear path out. Keep your gutters on the calendar and we help protect your home from water damage by moving the water away before the fascia has a chance to rot. Homes in the surrounding areas get the same booking, and the estimate for the next visit can be set by phone or text.
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 Massachusetts and covers the surrounding areas, including Newburyport. The calendar is shared across the whole route. Booking for Newburyport gutter cleaning runs the same way every time: you call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we ask about stories, roof size and tree cover to give you the number. We call before we come, and no homeowner needs to be home for the cleaning itself. If you have gutter guards, say so on the call so the crew brings the right tools. The two windows when our calendar fills are late spring and late fall, so the earlier you ask, the more likely the slot you want is open.
The gutter cleaning process is the same on every house we clean: the crew arrives, sets up on the ground, works the roofline run by run, leaves each run clean, and flushes every downspout before the truck leaves. A twig or a wad of wet leaves can hold a run shut, so the crew checks each outlet as it goes. Cleaning and maintenance on a regular schedule keeps each visit short, and the cleanings after the first visit tend to be the quicker ones, because gutter maintenance is the easy part once the calendar is kept. Heavy rainfall after a long dry stretch is a good sign to get your gutters on the calendar, because that is when a rain gutter with a blocked outlet shows its problem as a leak or overflow at the front of the house, and the water runs away from your home only once the outlet is open.
Our cleaning services in Newburyport are priced from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters, and you get the number before anyone climbs up. Commercial properties are quoted from the same three things. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us, and we will give you the exact figure for your house.
Across Massachusetts, late May to June is the usual spring visit, and the fall visit runs October to early November, after the leaves and debris come down. If you wait past the fall visit, a gutter can sag under the first ice and be pulling off the fascia by March.
Our gutter services run on one calendar across Newburyport, so same-day slots depend on what is open that week. Ask when you call and we will tell you what is available, and we confirm the exact date before we hang up.
No homeowner has to be there. The crew works outside only, and the photo record reaches your phone before the truck leaves. If you can, leave the side gate open so the ladders can reach the back of the house.
Yes. We flush every downspout on each gutter run we clean, then check the water flow at the outlet. Clogged downspouts that feed an underground line and will not clear from above get flagged to you, and any work on the buried section is priced before it starts.
Yes. A guard keeps the big leaves out, but the fine stuff that lands on top still forms a mat, and the landscape around the house decides how fast. A guarded gutter system still needs its surface kept clean and its outlets flushed, on a schedule set by tree cover.
If a clean gutter still spills over the edge in rain, the cause is usually slope, capacity or downspout size, not a blockage. Water that keeps soaking the fascia can lead to rot and structural damage over time, and a rain gutter that cannot carry the water away from the house needs a fix, not another visit. Send us a short clip from the next storm and we will say what we see.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, they stop, tell you what it is, and agree any change with you before going on. You pay the figure we quoted.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
