Our own crew cleans gutters in Hugo, flushes every downspout and flow-tests it, hauls the debris away, and sends photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your roof size and how much tree cover sits over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Minnesota, most of our customers book in the spring and fall, so that is when our calendar fills.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on how many stories the house has, how much area it covers and what is sitting 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. Our gutter cleaning services are priced by the house. Some companies price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place once the run is measured, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are consistent. 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 puts the back run higher than it looks from the driveway. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out with compacted leaves packed into the elbows, and that is more work than a gutter cleaned every year. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On the houses we clean for Hugo homeowners, the quotes that run highest tend to be the ones where the gutters have gone a long time without a visit. When a run is clogged, the leaves and grit have had months to turn to sludge, and the crew spends the first hour just getting the gutter open. A gutter cleaning service that visits on schedule keeps that from happening, and the quote stays closer to the base number. We have found that a clog caught early is a simpler job than one left to sag and pull loose, and a run left that long can cause structural damage to the fascia.
We do not price by a rate card for the whole city. We price the house in front of us. The number we quote covers a full clean of the gutters and downspouts, including the rain gutter run on every side and the whole gutter system. The point is to get the water away from the house, so you are not surprised by a second visit to finish what the first one started.
| 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 here in Hugo MN book twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in the fall after the last leaves come down. Across Minnesota the spring visit lands in mid to late June, and by then the elbows are often packed with seeds and pollen paste, which becomes a clog that slows the rainwater before it reaches the ground, and it backs up along the roofline. In the late October to November fall visit we find the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped that visit we have seen runs sag under the weight of ice by the spring thaw. An overflow that lands at the foundation can wash out the landscape below the eave.
How often a house needs us depends on what is overhead. Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the pattern we see, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits and the water flow slows down without any sign from the ground. A house with few or no trees is fine with one regular gutter cleaning a year in late fall. Guards reduce how often the gutter fills, but a twig or a seed cluster can still cause a blockage at an outlet, so guarded houses need fewer cleanings, not none.
Every visit starts with the same check: the eaves, the gutters, the outlets, and the point where each one drains. If the drainage is working and the water is moving away from your home, the cleaning is done properly. If it is not, we say so in the report, show you the photo, and point out any leak we find at a seam. We do not run a schedule that ignores what we find up top.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put it in writing so you can plan your gutter maintenance for the year. Ask for the estimate by phone or text, and we will give you the cleaning date that fits the calendar.
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 across Hugo and the surrounding areas, working from the nearest base to keep the travel short. Our gutter services start with a quote, which you can get by calling (866) 435-6328 or by text, using your stories, your approximate size and whether there are trees over the house. A photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send, but we can give a number without one. We call before we come, and no homeowner needs to be home for the cleaning.
Hugo gutter cleaning books up in the two busy windows of the year, the spring and the late fall, so calling early gives you the most choice of dates. If you are trying to get your gutters done before a storm or before the first hard freeze, let us know when you call and we will check what we have open. Lead times depend on the season, so we confirm a date when you call rather than promise one on the spot. Every one of our cleaning services in Hugo gets a confirmed date and a call before the crew rolls out. This page covers residential properties in Hugo. For commercial properties or a residential and commercial site, ask us on the phone before you book and we will tell you whether it is a job we take.
Once the date is set, the gutter cleaning process runs the same way every time: the crew arrives in the window we gave you, works the full run, and leaves the lot as we found it, with the gutters clean. A clean gutter helps protect your home from water damage, and a regular schedule keeps the cleaning from turning into a repair. For homeowners who want to clean your gutters on a set schedule without thinking about it, the calendar is the easiest way to do that.
The number comes from how many stories the house has, how big it is and what is in the gutters. We give you that number by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text, and it is the number you pay.
Across Minnesota, the spring visit falls in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs late October to November, after the leaves come down. Wait past the first hard freeze and the gutters are harder to clear, with ice already pulling runs loose.
Same-day depends on how the calendar looks that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call so you know when the crew is coming.
No. 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 and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that the water is leaving at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, guards stop the leaves but not the needles, seed casings or grit, which mat on top and turn into a wet layer that runs off the front edge. We still clean the surface and check the water flow under the guard. Cleaning and maintenance on a guarded system is shorter, but it still happens.
A gutter that is clean and still spills water over the edge during heavy rainfall has a slope or pipe-size problem, not a buildup problem. Send us a photo or a short video taken in the rain, and we will tell you what it actually is.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we stop and tell you before any work starts, and you agree to the change first. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
