Our own crew cleans gutters in Lakeville, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Minnesota most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we have been on those roofs with a boom or scissor lift for the work that needs one.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for a gutter cleaning service depends on how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote homeowners over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price per linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the footage is worked out, but we would rather give you one estimate you can check against the house. We also run commercial properties on the same basis, quoted from the roofline and the footage.
On Lakeville homes the things that move the number are consistent. A third story or a steep roof we cannot walk means a boom or scissor lift and more time on the ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped landscape puts the back run higher than it looks from the yard. A gutter system nobody has opened in years arrives packed with compacted leaves and debris. That buildup takes the longest to clean out, and guards we have to lift and reseat add a step. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included, never billed as extras. If something changes the job, you hear it before work starts, not on the invoice.
On a recent Lakeville job, a two-story house with a large tree over the back run, the crew found a leaf mat two inches deep in the gutter and a downspout blocked at the elbow with seeds. The quote was built from those two findings and the height of the back run, and it did not change once the crew was on the roof. Gutter cleaning services are priced the same way on every house: from what is actually there. Heavy rainfall and clogged downspouts are the two things we see most often pushing a rain gutter toward overflow and structural damage.
Where a gutter has a clog, water flow slows, and water away from the house stops working as designed, so the drainage at the foundation backs up. We look at those runs first, clean them out, and tell you what we found in writing before anything else happens.
| 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.
Across Minnesota most of our customers book twice a year, in mid to late June after the seed and pollen drop, and again in October to early November after the last leaves. For Lakeville MN homes, that spring and fall rhythm is the one most people end up on, and a gutter cleaning service on that schedule is the simplest way to keep it. In June the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste, the start of a clog, and the gutter is holding a wet mat that stops rainwater from running freely. In the fall it is the leaf load, and freeze risk on the calendar means the first ice and the ice dams at the eave. On houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag, fascia start to rot, and pull loose by March. Residential and commercial buildings both see it, and the debris removal happens on every visit.
Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months keeps the roofline clear and rainwater moving, because grit and leaves pack the runs between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough. Gutter guards need less frequent cleaning, but the surface still needs a clean, because guards stop leaves and not the fine grit that turns into a blockage. An annual check of the outside edge is part of that schedule, and it is the time to clean your gutters if the check finds a blockage at the elbow. The same schedule works on residential properties.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. We do not guess from the street.
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 works across Lakeville and the surrounding areas from the nearest base. The gutter cleaning process starts with a quote by phone or text from your stories, size and tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if that is easy to send, and every homeowner gets the same questions. Typical lead time is listed on the booking line, and it is the fastest honest answer we can give. The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills, so booking early in those months protects your slot. Call (866) 435-6328 to book, and the earlier you call in those months, the better.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. For Lakeville gutter cleaning, we bring a boom or scissor lift for the higher runs and set stand-offs on every ladder so nothing rests on the gutter lip. Gutters and downspouts get the same treatment on every visit, and our gutter services start with the highest run. Gutter maintenance done on a regular schedule helps protect your home from water damage, and cleanings done on time keep the runs from sagging. We flush every downspout we open and clear out anything we find, a twig, grit or a wad of seeds. Our crew leaves each run clean. Keep your gutters clean between visits by watching for overflow in heavy rain or a leak at a seam, and call us when you see it.
For homes like this the number comes from the stories and the size of the house, plus what is in the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we give you an estimate before anyone climbs anything.
Across Minnesota our customers book in June after the seed drop and again in the fall, starting in October, once the leaves are down. Waiting past the first hard freeze tends to mean ice dams at the eave and runs that have started to sag.
Availability depends on the calendar that week, so to get your gutters on the schedule, call and we give you the next open slot. Our cleaning services in Lakeville run on that same list. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date with you on the phone.
No. Nobody needs to be home, since 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, flushing is part of our cleaning and maintenance visit. We flush every downspout until the water runs clean at the outlet, and check where it goes. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we price it before anyone touches it.
Yes, a guarded gutter system still needs the surface cleared and the outlets checked. Leaf litter, seed casings and grit sit on top of the guard, and once that mat is wet rain runs off the front edge.
A clean gutter that still spills water over the edge has a slope or downspout-size problem, not something a cleaning fixes, and the water is not moving away from your home. Send us a short video in the rain and we tell you what it is; we do not sell a second cleaning for it.
It should not. The gutter cleaning process is set up so the price holds: if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, and the invoice matches the number you were given.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
