Our own crew cleans gutters for local homeowners, flushes every downspout, flow-tests the run and hauls the mess away. Every run ends clean, and you get photos of it before we leave. A clog that sits all season is often where a small leak starts. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the home, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have been doing this work across Massachusetts through the spring and fall visits our customers book most, and we keep the same crew on the ladder from the first call to the last photo.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on stories, square footage and what is in the rain gutter. We quote 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, though a per-foot figure hides the stories and the pitch that drive the crew's time.
On our jobs the things that move the price are the ones we find on the ladder. A third story or a steep pitch takes longer and more care. A walk-out basement puts the back run far up the wall. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out heavy with packed leaves and grit, and a clog that has been building for a season means a clog at every downspout. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Poor drainage at the outlet means a longer flush. A clean run with a blocked outlet still overflows, so we flush every downspout as part of the price. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris haul-off are included and never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Norfolk homes vary a lot, and so does the gutter system on each one. Some have a single run of gutter over a low ranch; others have a clog at the elbow of a downspout that has been sending water down the foundation for years. When the water flow is slow at the outlet we say so and we show you the photo. A sag in the run usually means buildup has pulled the hangers loose, and that is something we report, not something we sell you a fix for. We do not do gutter repair or gutter installation, so the report is what a homeowner gets.
On the local jobs where we have cleaned, the quote moved on the things above. Where a customer had a heavy tree canopy and leaves and debris had sat in the troughs through a wet spring, the crew needed more time at each outlet and the photo report ran longer. The number on the phone still held, even when the gutter looked clean from the driveway. We have seen clogged downspouts cause a leak at the fascia and structural damage at the soffit on houses that waited too long, and we would rather clear the water away before it gets there. We also offer gutter cleaning services for commercial properties, and that is a separate estimate built per building.
| 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.
Most of our Norfolk MA customers book twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop and once in the fall after the last leaves. On our jobs, when we open a gutter here in May we find seeds and seed casings packed into the elbows and pollen paste sitting in the troughs. In the fall it is the leaf load, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have sagged by March. If you plan to clean your gutters twice a year, that spring and fall rhythm is the one we keep for most homes, and the crew plans its calendar around it.
Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or a construction site, we see the gutter clog faster. Needles, grit and the odd twig pack the troughs between visits, and the rainwater backs up before the next scheduled cleaning. The wettest months here are March, October and December, so heavy rainfall hits full troughs at the worst time. Gutter maintenance on a lot like that runs on a shorter cycle: those houses are on a cleaning every three to four months. Homes with few or no trees overhead, and a clear roofline, do well with one visit a year in late fall. A rain gutter with guards needs fewer visits, but we still clear the surface and check the blockage underneath, because a guard that holds leaves can still let a wet mat form on top. A clean run in the spring tells us little about the fall, so the calendar follows the tree cover.
Our customers who call a gutter cleaning service nearby usually ask how long the visit lasts and whether the schedule can be kept in step with the rain. The process starts on the first call, when we set the calendar with you and send a reminder before each visit. The estimate for the first visit includes a look at the whole system, so we can tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Regular gutter cleaning is the simplest way to keep your gutters flowing, and each visit leaves a clean trough with the debris removal held to a single visit each season.
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 left clean gutters across Norfolk, and a slot near you is rarely a long drive out. You book Norfolk gutter cleaning by phone or text. We will ask for stories, approximate size and whether trees hang over the home, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. From there the estimate is set, and the date follows. Residential properties book by the same call, and every residential and commercial job gets an estimate built for that building.
The calendar fills in two busy windows: late spring, when the seed and pollen drop is finished, and late fall, once the leaves are down. Booking ahead through those windows is how you get your gutters on the calendar. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the cleaning, and everything the crew pulls out goes away from your home before the truck pulls out. Our crew works from the ground and the ladder and sends the photos of every run and downspout to your phone as the work goes, so you see a clean run before the crew leaves.
If you have gutter guards, or a house on a street near a wooded lot or a busy road, tell us when you call and we will plan the visit with the tree cover in mind. Whether the job is a single family home or a building with gutters and downspouts running the full length of the top edge, we keep the same standard: every downspout flushed, every run flow-tested and the leaves and grit hauled off the property. Protect your home from water damage by booking the visit before the rain does it for you. We also offer gutter services for surrounding areas, so ask about your neighborhood when you call.
Cleaning services in Norfolk are priced from stories and size, and we give the number to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those details, and the number we give is the number on the invoice.
Across Massachusetts, the spring visit runs late May to June. Locally, the fall visit runs October to early November, and if you wait past the first hard freeze, the ice can hold the leaves and water in the troughs. By March some runs have sagged, and the fascia behind them has started to rot.
Most cleaning and maintenance slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. We do not promise same-day unless the calendar has an opening that day.
No. The gutter cleaning process runs outside. Our crew does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep a clean path to the back, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that water is leaving at the outlet, clear of the landscape beds. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we price it before anyone touches it.
Yes, but less often. A guard keeps the trough clean of big leaves, but gutter maintenance under a guard means clearing the surface and checking the blockage underneath, since we find seed casings and a wet leaf mat sitting on top of the guard.
If the gutter is clean and still spills over in the rain, the trouble is usually slope or downspout size, not the leaves in the trough. Send a short video taken in the rain and we will say what it is. We will not bill you for a second cleaning to fix a slope problem.
It should not, and a clean invoice is what you get. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never after. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the gutters and we will give you the number.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
