Our own crew cleans gutters and downspouts for Sandwich MA homes and Sandwich homeowners, flushing every downspout, hauling away the leaves and grit, and sending photos of every run before we leave, so you can see clean gutters for yourself. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will quote it from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the roof. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Massachusetts, most of our customers book in the spring and fall, when seed drop and leaf fall have finished packing the gutters.
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 gutters. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, but the stories and the state of the gutters are what actually drive the final figure on our jobs. Our gutter cleaning services price the whole gutter system at once, and every Sandwich job is quoted the same way, whatever the house looks like.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline on Sandwich homes, so the back run sits farther up than it looks from the driveway, and the slope changes the drainage there. A run that looks clean from the driveway can still hold a clog at the back, so we check every run. Gutters that sag or have not been opened in years come down heavy with compacted leaves, and guards we have to lift and reseat add labor. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
When we clean a gutter run in Sandwich, the cases we keep come from houses with the same kinds of problems. One Sandwich house had its back run clogged with a buildup of compacted leaves after several years without service, and the crew found clogged downspouts packed at the elbows. The crew cleared each run, flushed each downspout and checked the water flow before sending photos of every run. Heavy tree cover and the needles and seed it drops are the usual reason a clog builds faster than a homeowner expects, so the first visit tells us what your lot needs.
If you call, ask us to go over what your house looks like: how many stories, roughly how large, and whether trees hang over the roof. Text a photo of the front of the house if that is easier. Most of the time we can give you a firm figure that day. Regular gutter cleaning is priced from those same three things, and a spring and fall visit works the same way. If you want to clean your gutters on a schedule, tell us when you call. Our crew works on residential properties, and the same method applies to residential and commercial buildings alike: clean gutters first, then each downspout, then a photo of every run.
| 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, most of our customers book twice a year, once in late May or June after the spring seed and pollen drop, and again in late October or November after the last leaves come down, when a clean gutter matters most before the freeze. Our gutter services run on that same two-visit calendar. Sandwich MA homes see freeze risk, so the fall visit matters. In May we open gutters and downspouts packed with a buildup of seeds and pollen paste at the elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see sagging runs by late winter, weighed down by ice.
Heavy tree cover changes the schedule. Under big trees, our customers are on every three to four months, because needles and grit pack each downspout between visits. A house with few or no trees can usually manage with a single visit in late fall, once the leaves are down. Gutter guards need less frequent cleaning, but the surface still has to be clean, and once a clog starts, rainwater backs up behind the blockage and runs over the edge. Trees in the surrounding areas, a nearby busy road, ongoing construction or a bare landscape around the house bring grit into the trough as well, so we treat those lots the same way.
Our crew watches for the early signs on every visit. Keep your gutters on schedule, and a clean run tells us the water flow is moving. Water running over the roofline during a rain, a run that starts to sag from its brackets, or a downspout that drains slowly all point to a clog or a drainage problem that is starting. A twig wedged in a downspout elbow is the same story, and so is a small leak at a seam, since water finds the gap. Catching it early keeps water away from your home and out of the foundation and fascia, where it can cause rot and structural damage. On each visit we flush every downspout, because a timely visit is how you protect your home from water damage. After the first visit we give you an estimate for the tier your lot actually needs, and you can plan 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 across Sandwich and the surrounding areas from a base close enough to keep booked slots on schedule. Booking starts with a quote by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text, based on stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front if that is easy for you to send. Lead time depends on the season, and the busiest stretches are the spring and fall windows when our calendar fills fastest. Booking early in those months gets you a slot you can plan around.
We call before we come, so you know the crew is on the way. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and the crew does not come inside. The first visit gives us a clean baseline for the house, and a homeowner with gutter guards gets the same baseline. Keep your gutters on a regular schedule and we keep a record of each run, so you can see how they change over time. Sandwich gutter cleaning on a larger house or a multi-building site gets a written estimate first, and we will send one.
A homeowner who keeps the same schedule tends to have fewer emergency calls, because the clog never reaches the point of overflow, and their cleanings stay short. Get your gutters cleaned on a regular cycle, and you avoid the heavy rainfall problems that show up after a long dry spell, when material has dried into a crust and stopped flowing. Regular gutter maintenance keeps the gutter cleaning process short, and routine cleaning and maintenance catches a twig or a clog before it sets. Clean your gutters on time, and the gutter maintenance stays small.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without knowing those two things. What we quote covers the whole gutter system, with downspout flushing and haul-off included.
Across Massachusetts, most of our customers book in late May or June and again in late October or November. Across Sandwich, a rain gutter full of wet leaves left past the fall visit usually shows sagging runs and ice-weighted gutters by late winter. The spring visit clears the seed and pollen that builds up at the elbows.
Most slots for our cleaning services in Sandwich come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Same-day depends on the calendar that week, so we check it with you on the phone rather than promise it.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew clears leaves and debris from the gutters, 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 with water and watch it until it runs clear at the bottom. Clogged downspouts get cleared from the top where they can be reached, and downspouts exist to carry water away from the house, so we check where each one drains. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check that water leaves at a clean outlet, and clearing a buried line is a separate job quoted before we touch it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need attention. On our jobs we find needles and seed casings from nearby trees threaded through the guard, pollen sitting on top, and grit from the landscape settled underneath. The surface gets cleared and each downspout gets flushed, though the visit is usually shorter than on an open gutter.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not a clog. Send us a photo or a short video taken in the rain and we will tell you what it is. Water left spilling behind the gutter can cause rot in the fascia and structural damage, so we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
The quote is the price on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before they start, never after. That holds for commercial properties too, and it keeps the invoice simple.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
