Our own crew cleans gutters in New Hope, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the leaves bagged and hauled away, 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 is over the house, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most New Hope homeowners book in spring and fall, and we keep those visits on the calendar well ahead.
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 in the gutters. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. Companies that sell cleaning services by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, but a house is not a single length of gutter, so we price the whole job.
On our jobs, a few things move the price for each gutter system. A third story or a pitch 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 eave line. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves, and the crew needs more time to clear each run. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice. A firm price is one you hear before the crew climbs the ladder.
We clean gutters on a lot of New Hope homes, and the ones that give us the most trouble are the houses where leaves and debris have sat through a full season. When we open a gutter like that, there is usually a clog at the elbow of the downspout, a blockage that stops the water flow well before the bottom, so the rain cannot carry water away from the house. We see the same pattern on the older houses around New Hope. Each job starts with a look at the whole run, not just the stretch you can see from the driveway.
Commercial properties follow the same logic with a different scale: the building, the number of runs and the access determine the quote. Our crew treats a commercial building the way we treat a residential one, checking the rain gutter, the drainage and any clogged downspouts before anything is written up. If a flat parapet shows structural damage or water sitting where it should not, we photograph it and report it to you rather than selling a repair.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a written estimate from the stories, the size and the tree cover. Ask for the estimate before you book a date, so every homeowner sees the number first.
| 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 New Hope customers book twice a year. Across Minnesota, the spring visit falls in mid to late June, after the seeds and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs October to early November, after the last leaves are down. Those visits keep buildup from forming in the trough and keep rainwater moving off the house along the roofline.
When we open a gutter here in June it is rarely clean: we find seeds, seed casings and pollen packed into the downspout elbows, and sometimes a full clog at the bottom of the run. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sag or pull loose by March. The wettest months here are May, June and July, and heavy rainfall in that stretch fills a gutter fast. Freezing weather is part of the picture too, with snow from November through April, about 54 inches a year, and a gutter full of water going into winter can lead to an ice dam at the eave. The fall visit leaves the trough clean before the first hard freeze.
Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months is the schedule that keeps up, because needles and grit pack each downspout between visits. A house with few or no trees usually does fine with gutter maintenance once a year in late fall. Guards cut down how often the trough fills, but the surface still needs a clean, so guarded gutters are on a longer interval rather than none.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and how often to clean your gutters from there. Ask for an estimate from the crew and we will set the schedule against what we find on your house. That schedule is how we keep your gutters flowing through a full year.
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 cleans gutters across New Hope MN and the surrounding areas, working from the nearest base to the job, whether the lot is a wooded landscape or an open yard. You can get your gutters booked by phone or text: tell us the stories, the approximate size and whether there are trees over the house, and send a photo of the house front if that is easy. That is enough for a quote. The visit is priced the same way, and we check the gutters and downspouts together on that one trip.
Lead time depends on the calendar, and our busiest stretches fall in late spring and late fall, when most homeowners want the same service. Book early for those windows; the open slots go first. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. The crew leaves the ground as clean as it found it. Cleanings and maintenance can be done on the same trip, so you are not booking two visits.
If you have been putting off a gutter cleaning, a single visit can keep water moving away from your home, catch a small leak early, and protect your home from water damage. We flush every downspout on the house, not just the ones you can see from the yard. Our gutter cleaning services cover residential properties and commercial buildings across the area, so a rental or a small office can be booked on the same route. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will confirm the slot in writing.
Our cleaning services in New Hope are priced from the stories and the size of the house, and we give the number to you by phone or text. We do not quote a range here, because the house decides it. Once we have the stories and size, the number we give is the number on the invoice.
Across Minnesota the spring visit falls in mid to late June, after the seeds and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs October to early November, after the leaves are down. If the fall visit is skipped, we see sagging runs by March and fascia that has started to rot on the houses that waited.
Same-day depends on the calendar. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. If you need a faster visit, tell us when you call and we will check what we have open.
No. The gutter cleaning process is the same for every house: 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. Every downspout is flushed and flow-tested, and we check that the outlet runs clean and water is leaving the pipe. A buried drain line that needs clearing is a separate job, priced before anyone touches it.
Yes, though less often. On our jobs, guards keep the leaves out, but needles, seed casings, a twig and grit collect on top and under the panels. We lift the guards, clear underneath, flush each downspout and reseat them.
A clean gutter that still overflows in rain usually has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it 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. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, and you agree to it first. The balance is charged when the job is finished and the photos are on your phone.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
