Our own crew cleans gutters in Somerset MA, flushes the drains, checks the flow and hauls the mess away, and leaves every trough clean, with photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is overhead, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall. Call (866) 435-6328 for an estimate.
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. A homeowner gets the figure over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. Our gutter cleaning services are priced per house. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, though we price the whole house rather than measure run by run.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift, and that is the most common reason a price moves. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther up than the front. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come out packed solid, and that is slower work. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. Flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and never billed as extras, and they leave the run clean and draining. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
When a gutter is packed, the clog sits at the elbows and the water flow stops, so the buildup pushes water over the edge and the sag starts where the hangers take the weight. On our jobs that drainage problem shows up most on homes where the downspout was never opened, and it is the reason we flush every downspout and check where it drains. Water left sitting near the foundation is how structural damage begins, and that is the part we want to catch before it reaches the basement. The goal is a trough that stays clean and draining.
We see the same pattern on the somerset homes we clean: leaves and debris pack the trough, the rain gutter fills, and the clogged downspouts push water away from the house only after a storm has already soaked the ground. Commercial properties with flat roofs show the same thing faster, but the work is scheduled per building rather than per house. Regular gutter cleaning is the gutter maintenance that keeps water away from your home and the roof edge, and the cost stays predictable because nothing is left to surprise the crew.
| 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 falls in late May or June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs from October to early November, after the last leaves. Most Somerset MA customers book our gutter cleaning service in spring and fall, and the spring visit finds seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, while the fall visit finds the wet leaf mat that the first hard rain turns into a clog.
Heavy rainfall lands in March, October and December here, and that is when a blocked trough takes on the most water. Winters bring ice, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see the ice dams at the eave and the runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March. Booking the fall visit in October, before the Massachusetts freeze sets in, costs far less than that spring repair. When we open a gutter in the spring and find that damage, the rainwater has already been running behind the fascia all winter through any leak at a joint, and the blockage that caused it started in the fall. That is why the fall visit is the one we push hardest.
Under heavy tree cover, a cleaning every three to four months is the schedule our customers keep, because needles and grit pack the trough and the elbows between visits. Near a busy road or active construction the grit comes faster, so a clean trough holds only for so long, and the same interval applies. With few or no trees overhead, once a year in late fall is enough for most roofs. Gutter guards need less frequent cleaning, but we still clear the surface and check the drainage underneath. Each visit includes debris removal, so the trough is empty when the crew leaves.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and the estimate for the year follows from that. We are not guessing from the street. We look at the roofline, the drains and what came out of the trough, then we give you the schedule that fits the house. Ask us when you book, and we will tell you when to clean your gutters next.
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.
We clean residential and commercial sites across the whole town from the nearest base. Homeowners can call (866) 435-6328 or text for an estimate based on the stories, the size of the house and the tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work, since the crew stays outside.
Our cleaning services fill up in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and fall, so booking early keeps the slot you want. Somerset gutter cleaning is busiest in those weeks, and if you want to get your gutters on the calendar before they fill, call early. Outside those windows, cleanings usually open sooner. Lead time depends on the week, and we confirm the date when you call rather than promising a slot we cannot hold.
Our crew clears the trough, pulls out any twig caught at the elbows, and will flush every downspout on the house, so the water has a clear path off the roof when the next rain comes. Residential properties and commercial sites on the same route get the same attention, with commercial buildings booked per building. Keep your gutters working through a Massachusetts winter, and you protect your home from water damage at the foundation and the fascia, since a leak that freezes costs far more than a cleaning.
We also serve surrounding areas, so if you own more than one property nearby, ask us to schedule them on the same visit. We can handle the gutters and downspouts together, and the gutter services get booked on one call.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. We do not put a figure here because the final number depends on what is in the gutters, the access on your lot and the landscape along the walls.
Across Massachusetts the spring visit runs late May or June and the fall visit runs October to early November, and most of our customers book both. If the fall visit is skipped, we see sagging runs, fascia rot and ice damage by March, which is why the fall visit matters on our jobs.
Most slots across Somerset come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. We do not promise same-day service because the calendar depends on the crew's route that day.
No. Our gutter cleaning process runs outside, the crew does not come inside, and photos of every run and downspout go 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 check that water is leaving at the outlet. If a downspout feeds an underground drain line that will not clear, we tell you and price that work separately before we touch it. Where the water does leave, the run comes out clean and draining.
Yes, though less often, because guards still need cleaning and maintenance. On our jobs under guards we find seeds and needles threaded through, seed casings on top and grit settled underneath, so we clear the surface and check that water is still getting in.
A gutter that is clean and still spilling in the rain usually has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain, and we tell you what it is rather than selling a second cleaning.
The price we give you is the price we charge. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never after the ladders come down.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
