Our own crew cleans gutters here, and we flush every downspout, flow-test each run, and haul the waste away. You get photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we keep the calendar open for those windows.
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. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us for a phone estimate, and we quote it from those three things. The number we quote is the number we charge. Westwood homes come in every size, and commercial properties are quoted the same way. Our gutter cleaning services are priced on the house, not by the foot. Companies that price by the linear foot tend to land in a similar place, though we quote the whole house rather than measuring every run.
On our jobs, a few things move the number. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted muck, and a clog like that takes more hands to clean. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time. A rain gutter full of wet leaves is heavier than most people expect. Flushing every run, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If something changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what the crew has seen on our jobs. Homes with a steady load of leaves and debris and a clog at the elbow of the drop pipe need the drainage checked, not just the trough scooped. We clean the trough first, then check the water flow at the outlet. Clogged downspouts get checked at the outlet before we call the job done. On one house, a sag in the run had let water away from the trough and back toward the wall, and we flagged the structural damage in the photo report before we left. Heavier tree cover means more buildup between visits, which is why the number on the phone reflects what is actually in your gutters. Ask us for the quote from a photo of the house front and the three facts above, and we will tell you the number on the call.
| 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. Most of our customers book the fall visit for October to early November, after the last leaves. In spring the seeds, seed casings and pollen paste pack the elbows of the drop pipes. In fall the leaf load is the main problem, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs sag or pull loose by March under the weight of ice.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the rhythm we see, because needles and grit build up between visits. Few or no trees, and once a year in late fall is enough to clean what drops. Guards mean fewer visits, but you still have to clean the surface. A clog that goes unchecked turns into rainwater running down the wall, and a twig in the elbow is often the first sign we look for at the roofline. It shows up fastest in heavy rainfall.
When we open a gutter in Westwood MA and find a blockage at the elbow, we clean out the blockage, flush it and check that water is leaving at the outlet. For a regular gutter cleaning schedule, the spring and fall visits are the core, and a gutter cleaning service that runs them both keeps the wall dry. Residential properties and residential and commercial buildings follow the same logic, set by the tree cover. After the first clean, we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
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 gutters around town and in the surrounding areas from our nearest base, and the crew covers every street. We offer cleaning services in Westwood for local homeowners, and the gutter services are quoted the same way for every house. Westwood gutter cleaning runs off one calendar, so if you want to clean your gutters before the leaves drop, book now and get your gutters on the schedule. Booking with us is simple: call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front, and we give a quote from the stories, the size and the tree cover. Lead time depends on the calendar, and the two busiest windows are spring and fall, so book early if you want a specific date.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. A homeowner who works all day gets photos of every run before the truck leaves, and the crew does not come inside. A clean gutter is only the start. Keeping water away from your home is the whole point, so if you want the gutters and downspouts done on a fixed schedule, we can set the next visit at the end of the job. A regular schedule helps protect your home from water damage, and it also helps catch a leak early, which keeps the cleanings predictable for the next time. To keep your gutters on track, send a photo of the house front and we set the date.
The number comes from stories and size, and we quote it by phone or text. We will not give you a figure here because it changes with what is in the gutters. The number we give is the number on the invoice.
Our customers mostly book in October to early November, after the last leaves are down. Across Massachusetts the spring visit usually falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop. If you wait past the first hard freeze, we often find the sag, the ice damage and the rot that could have been caught earlier.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. We will not promise a same-day visit we cannot keep.
No, you do not need to be home. The gutter cleaning process runs outside only, and the crew does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets in while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every run, check the outlet and leave the run clean. Clearing an underground drain line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone starts.
Yes. Gutter guards keep out leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit from the landscape still sit on top and turn into a wet mat. We clean the surface, flush the drains and reseat the guards. Guards do not end gutter maintenance, but the job is still cleaning and maintenance, just less often.
A gutter system that is clean and still overflows usually has a slope or outlet-size problem, not debris. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
It should not. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, and the number on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
