Our own crew cleans gutters in Austin, every drain run flushed and flow-tested, leaves hauled off, and 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 hangs over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have been booked here every spring and fall, and most of our customers come back for the same two visits each year.
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 our gutter cleaning services 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, but the stories and the packed leaf mat are what actually change the job on our end.
On our jobs the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk needs a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits well above the ground. Gutters that have not been opened in years come down with heavy buildup that takes longer to clear, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Flushing the drain runs, checking the water flow and hauling away what comes out are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
The rain gutter that clogs fastest on our jobs is the one where leaves and grit have sat through a wet spring. Once the drainage backs up, the water runs over the front edge, and we see the sag and rot that follow on the fascia board behind it. Left long enough, that becomes structural damage that costs far more than a cleaning. Clogged downspouts are usually the cause, so we flush every outlet and check the water flow, so the rainwater carries water away from the foundation. That is what the visit is for.
Austin homes in the older neighborhoods show the same clog pattern as the newer ones once the tree canopy fills in. We serve residential and commercial customers, and we also clean commercial properties, which is a separate scope. On residential properties the work is the same: clean the run, flush the drains, haul the leaves and photograph the result.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $195 | from $255 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $170 | from $225 | from $295 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $200 | from $265 | from $345 |
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.
Most of our customers book two cleanings a year, one each in spring and fall. Across Minnesota the spring visit falls in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop. Our fall visit lands between October and early November, once the last leaves are down.
Austin MN averages 36.2 inches of precipitation a year, and May, June and July are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall tests a gutter system hardest in early summer. Snow adds 43.4 inches a year, falling from January through April and again in November and December, and freeze risk is high here. In spring the elbows are packed with seeds, seed casings and pollen paste. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and that is where we find the first ice at the eave. On houses that skipped the fall visit we have opened gutters in March and found runs that sagged under that ice and pulled loose from the fascia, with a leak at the seam behind the trough. That is the clog and blockage pattern we want to catch before winter.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the roofline, customers come back more often, because needles and grit pack the drains between visits. A wooded lot needs regular gutter cleaning, and gutter maintenance is the part that gets forgotten between visits. The landscape around the house sets the pace more than the calendar does. With few or no trees, one visit a year in late fall is usually enough. Gutter guards need less frequent visits, but the surface still has to be cleared, because a mat of leaves sitting on the guard still stops rainwater from getting in. Keep the cleaning and maintenance on that schedule so the clog is caught before winter.
After the first visit we tell you which of those tiers your lot actually needs, and we put the photos on your phone so you can see the rainwater path yourself. Whether you clean your gutters yourself on a ladder or book the crew, the timing is the same. If you want to lock in the schedule, call (866) 435-6328 for an estimate and we will set the next date 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.
We provide gutter services from our nearest base, and we work the surrounding areas too. If you need gutter cleaning, the fastest way to start is a quote by phone or text: tell us the stories, the approximate square footage, and whether trees hang over the gutters and downspouts, since a single twig can start a clog. Send a photo of the house front if it is easy to take. That is enough for the crew to give you a firm number.
Lead time depends on the calendar. The two busy windows are mid to late June across Minnesota and October to early November around here, when every homeowner in town starts to think about their gutters at once, so book early for those. Austin gutter cleaning slots open up faster outside those windows. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
If you are dealing with water damage, or you want the rain kept away from your home through the next storm, the booking works the same way, and the gutter cleaning service runs the same way whenever you book it. We will tell you what we found and what we cleaned, and if something outside cleaning needs attention, it goes in the photo report rather than on the invoice. Keep your gutters working between visits and get your gutters checked before the rains start. You can text the photos back and forth, or call (866) 435-6328 and talk through the visit with the crew.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text to every homeowner across Austin. We do not put a figure on it here because the same two-story house can land in a different place depending on how much debris removal and tree cover it needs. The number we quote is the number we charge.
Most of our customers book a spring visit in mid to late June across Minnesota and a fall visit from October to early November. In spring we find seeds and pollen packed in the elbows; in fall we find the wet leaf mat, and where freeze risk is high, the first ice at the eave. Waiting past the first hard freeze is where we see sag and damage show up by March.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. If you need cleaning services in Austin sooner, ask us and we will tell you what is open. The gutter cleaning process is the same either way: a quote, a confirmed date, then photos before the crew leaves.
No, you do not need to be home. We clean every run from the ground and the ladder, and the crew does not come inside. Photos of every run 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 run and check the water flow at the outlet. If a line drains underground, we tell you whether water is leaving at the outlet; clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep out leaves but not needles, seed casings or grit, and once that mat is wet, the water runs over the front edge. We lift the guards, clean off what sits on top, flush the drain runs and reseat the panels.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, it is usually a slope or outlet-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never after. 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.
