Our own crew cleans gutters in Camden, and every visit starts with the gutters and downspouts, not just the stretch you see from the driveway. Every run gets flushed and flow-tested, the leaves and debris are hauled away, and you get photos of every clean run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is overhead, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall to clean your gutters before the heavy rainfall arrives, and that keeps water away from your home. Regular cleaning helps protect your home from water damage, and we have been doing that work across New Jersey for a long time.
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, its square footage 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. Some companies price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place per foot, but on our jobs the stories and the load in the gutters matter more than the footage alone. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a written estimate.
The gutter cleaning process is simple, but what moves the quote is usually what the crew finds once the ladder is up. A third story or a steep roof that cannot be walked changes how we work. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits higher than it looks from the driveway. A gutter that has not been clean in years comes down packed with compacted muck, a blockage that takes longer to clear than a light fall of leaves. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. A sag in the run can also mean rot in the fascia or structural damage, and that gets photographed and reported, not sold on the spot. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the quote and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Most Camden homeowners we clean have a regular schedule, and the homeowner who books the same week every year usually has the lowest surprises. In one recent job, the house had two stories, a moderate amount of tree cover and a clogged run that had gone two seasons without a clean. The quote covered the full job: we clear the drains and reseat a sagging run, and nothing on the invoice was new to the customer. We keep a simple rule: if a gutter is still backing up after a clean, we tell you whether it is a clog or a slope problem, and we do not sell you a second cleaning for a slope problem. Ask us about the cleaning services in Camden and we will walk through what our crew has seen on similar houses and tell you what to expect when you book. Good gutter maintenance is mostly cleaning and maintenance done on time, so keep your gutters on a schedule.
| 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.
On our jobs in NJ most customers book twice a year, once in late spring and once in late fall. Spring is when the seeds, seed casings and pollen paste pack the bends at the bottom of the drop pipe, and a clean run at the start of the season is a much shorter job. Fall is the wet leaf mat and buildup after the last leaves drop, and rainwater backs up behind it. On our jobs, fall is also the visit that matters most for the winter, because if the gutter system is full when the first hard freeze arrives, the water has nowhere to go. Houses that skipped the fall visit often show sagging runs or a leak at a seam by March.
Tree cover and the landscape around the house change the schedule. Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the roof, our customers usually come back every three to four months, because needles, twig and grit pack the drain pipes between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough for most houses. Guards reduce how often a rain gutter needs a clean, but the surface still needs clearing, so guards mean a longer gap between visits, not no visits. After a heavy rainfall, the first thing we check is whether the water is still moving away from the house.
After the first visit, we tell you which of those tiers your lot actually needs, based on what we found in your gutters rather than on a general rule. Our gutter cleaning services run the same way for every house, and the price is set before the crew arrives.
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 has cleaned gutters on Camden homes and works the surrounding areas across NJ from a nearby base, and we handle residential properties the same way as everything else. Booking our gutter cleaning service starts with a quote by phone or text from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is overhead, plus a photo of the front of the house if that is easy to send. Lead time for cleanings depends on the season, and the two busiest windows are spring and fall, when our calendar fills fastest. Call (866) 435-6328 to book a date and we confirm the arrival window before we come. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we arrive.
If you have a residential property with a tight schedule, ask when we can fit you in before you commit. For residential and commercial properties alike, our gutter services run on the same schedule, and we will tell you honestly what the next open slot looks like. Gutter maintenance is simpler when the calendar is set in advance, so booking your regular gutter cleaning on the same week every year is the easiest way to keep the water away from the roof. Text a photo of the roofline and we can tell you quickly whether it needs a spring visit, a fall visit or both.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters, and we quote it by phone or text. Give us those three things and you get the same number on the invoice that we gave you on the call.
Our customers usually book in late spring and again in late fall, the easiest windows to keep a gutter clean. If the fall visit is skipped, the wet leaf mat can freeze into the runs before winter, and we see the damage by March.
Same-day slots depend on the week, and most open dates come up within the week. When you call, we confirm the earliest date we have and hold it for you.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes, we flush every downspout and flow-test it, and we check the drainage at the outlet to see whether water is leaving the system. Clearing a buried underground line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs, guards keep out leaves but not needles, seed casings or grit, which settle on the guard and turn into a wet mat. A guarded rain gutter still needs a clean, so we clear the surface and check that water is still getting in.
Send us a photo or short video of the overflow during heavy rainfall. If the gutter is clean and still spilling, the problem is usually slope or drain capacity rather than a clog, and we tell you what it is instead of selling a second cleaning.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never after the invoice is written. Our goal on every visit is to get your gutters clear so the water runs away from your home, and the price on the phone holds.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
