Our own crew runs this service in Shrewsbury MA. We flush every downspout, clear the gutters and downspouts of leaves and grit, haul it away, and leave the ground clean. Photos of every run arrive before we leave. The price comes from stories, house size and tree cover, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us for a quote, and the fall slots fill first.
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. A homeowner calls or texts, and we quote from those three things over the phone, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other companies that sell gutter cleaning services by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, so ask how the number was built, not just what it is.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits higher than it looks from the driveway. A rain gutter nobody has opened in years comes down packed and hard to clean, which is slow work. A landscape bed under a steep run adds setup time, because the ladder has to be placed around it. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well, and so does a clog at a downspout elbow. Downspout flushing, a water flow check and a drainage check are included and are never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Shrewsbury homes vary a lot. On one job in a neighborhood with heavy tree cover, the gutters were full of leaves and debris from two seasons, the clogged downspouts were packed at the elbows, and there was a leak behind the fascia at the low corner, where the board had started to rot. That job took longer than the front of the house suggested, and the quote reflected what we found once we were up the ladder. Structural damage was not present, but the buildup was enough to push water away from the wrong side of the house. You can text us a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you what we see from it.
| 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 usually falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop. Locally, the fall visit is late October to November, after the last leaves. Spring and fall are the two visits that matter, and a homeowner can book both through one gutter cleaning service call. When we open a gutter in the spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and that is where the rainwater backs up. Pollen paste and leaf mat both clog the elbows, so the runs can look clean from the ground and still hold water. Houses that skipped the fall visit tend to show a sag in the runs by March, after the ice has sat in the trough.
Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months is the schedule that holds, because needles, a stray twig and grit pack the downspout between visits. Homeowners with heavy tree cover are the ones this schedule is written for. A busy road or nearby construction does the same thing faster. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Guarded gutters need fewer cleanings, but the surface still needs clearing to stay clean, since pollen and grit sit on top of the guard even when leaves do not get in.
Ongoing gutter maintenance starts with checking the roofline for the source of a blockage before we clear anything. If you are not sure when to clean your gutters, tell us when they last came down, and after the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs and put it in the photo report so you can check it yourself.
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 covers the whole town from the nearest base, and we work across the area rather than a short list of streets. Shrewsbury gutter cleaning is booked by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us, and we will ask for stories, approximate size and whether trees hang over the roof. A photo of the house front is helpful if it is easy to send. Lead time depends on the season, and the two busy windows, spring and late fall, fill fastest. Debris removal is included, and the bags leave with the truck. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. If you have gutter guards, say so on the call too. If you live in one of the surrounding areas, ask on the call whether we can reach you. If you have a mix of residential and commercial properties, say so on the call and we will tell you whether we can quote them. Residential properties are quoted from stories, size and tree cover, the same as the rest.
If you are not sure when to book, tell us when the gutters last came down and whether you saw water over the edge in the last storm. That is enough for us to suggest a date. Our goal is to keep your gutters clean and working and to protect your home from water damage before the next heavy rainfall, not to fill a calendar slot and move on. Our gutter services start with a phone call and a photo, so get your gutters on the schedule before the rain season.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without knowing those two things. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Across Massachusetts, the spring visit usually falls in late May to June. Across Shrewsbury, the fall visit is late October to November, and if you wait until after the first hard freeze, we often find ice that has already pulled runs loose from the fascia.
Same-day slots depend on the week. Our cleaning services in Shrewsbury run on one calendar for the whole area, and most slots come up within the week, so we confirm a date when you call. Ask us when we can get to your house.
No. The gutter cleaning process is outside only: 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, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and the crew leaves the landscape as it was found.
Yes, every downspout gets flushed and we check that water is leaving at the outlet and carried away from your home. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep leaves out but pollen, seed casings and grit still settle on top, and water stops running in once that mat is wet. Guards still need cleaning and maintenance, just less often. We lift the guards, clear underneath and reseat them.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem in the gutter system, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if the job changes, and if it does you hear it and agree to it before work starts. The balance is charged when the job is finished and the photos are on your phone.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
