Our own crew cleans gutters in North Andover, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your roof 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 spring and fall bookings come from homeowners who have seen water pour over the edge once and do not want it to happen again.
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 sitting in the gutters. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and a clean quote means the number we give is the number we charge. Some gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but the total is what matters to a homeowner. Every North Andover MA house gets quoted the same way.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A clean run with a light load is the quick end of the range. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more care on the ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted leaves that hold rainwater in the trough, and that takes longer to clear than a seasonal load. A clog or a twig at a downspout elbow is a blockage that takes minutes to clear; a packed run does not. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. We flush every downspout before we leave, and drainage is checked at the outlet of each run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included, the leaves bagged and carried away from your home, and never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On a recent North Andover job, the house was two stories with a heavy tree canopy over the back run. What moved the quote was the compacted leaf load and two clogged downspouts that needed clearing from the top. The front run was clean. To get your gutters quoted, text us a photo of the front of your house and we will tell you what we see before we give you a number. Most North Andover homeowners who ask about our gutter cleaning process end up with a clear picture of what the visit will involve. Booking a gutter cleaning service takes one call, and the quote tells you what to expect. Keeping gutter maintenance costs predictable is the point of a regular schedule, and the cleaning and maintenance visits stay on the same calendar.
| 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 North Andover jobs most customers book two cleanings a year: in late October or November after the last leaves and debris come down, and in spring, which across Massachusetts usually lands in late May to June once the seed and pollen drop finishes. In spring the downspout elbows get packed with seeds and pollen paste, and that is often where a clog starts. Nobody wants a gutter that is clean in May and full again by June, and a clean trough means little if the elbows clog. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we often see runs that sag under the weight of ice by March. Freezing is the reason fall matters here: North Andover sees 57.8 inches of snow a year, and a gutter system full of wet leaves is what turns the first hard freeze into an ice dam at the eave. A leak at a joint is usually the first sign of that damage.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is what our customers usually settle into, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. The landscape around the house sets how fast the buildup forms, and the elbows are usually the first place a blockage shows up. We flush every downspout on each visit and check the water flow at the outlet, so each visit ends with a clean run and a downspout that drains. Near a busy road or active construction, the same tighter schedule applies. Homes with few or no trees do well with a single visit in late fall. Across North Andover, the gutter system is where rot and structural damage start when water sits, so we tie the calendar to what the lot actually drops. A clean rain gutter is what moves water away from the foundation, and clogged downspouts are where that stops. Heavy rainfall is the test, since June, September and October are the wettest months here: a run that overflows in a downpour needs a visit sooner. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot needs, and you can adjust from there.
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 throughout North Andover MA and the surrounding areas. Our gutter cleaning services in North Andover reach north andover homes across the town, and our gutter services cover the same ground from the nearest base.
Residential and commercial buildings both come up on our calendar, and residential properties are most of the work. Tell us which kind of building it is when you call, residential or one of the commercial properties on your list, so we quote the right job. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text from your stories, your roof size and how much tree cover there is, and a photo of the house front if that is easy to send. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front. We call before we come, the crew leaves the lot clean, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
The two busy windows of the year are spring and fall, when our calendar fills fastest, so booking early in those months gives you the widest choice of dates. Homes that get regular gutter cleaning tend to book the same slot each year, which keeps the calendar steady. For lead time, we confirm the earliest open slot when you call, and we will tell you plainly if the calendar is tight. If you want to clean your gutters before a big storm, say so when you call.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We will not guess at it from the street.
Late spring and late fall are the windows most of our North Andover customers use. Across Massachusetts, the spring visit falls in late May to June, and the fall visit in late October to November, before the wet leaf mat and first ice settle in.
Same-day depends on the calendar. Across North Andover MA we confirm a date when you call, and we will say plainly if today is open.
No. 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.
Yes. We flush every downspout and watch the water until it runs clean at the bottom, because good drainage starts there. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
On our jobs, guards still collect a mat of seed casings and grit on top, and that mat can clog the run and stop rainwater getting in. We lift the panels, clear underneath and reseat them, and the run comes out clean.
A gutter that is clean and still spills water in the rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem, once we have flushed out any blockage. Send us a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We will not sell you a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If we find something that changes the job, we tell you and you agree to it before the crew starts. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will give you a written estimate. Whether you keep your gutters on a schedule or wait for a problem, the goal is to protect your home from water damage.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
