Our own crew cleans gutters in Cliffside Park, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris 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 hangs over it, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers here book in the spring and fall, and we have been cleaning gutters across New Jersey on that schedule for years. Want the house clean before the next storm? Call (866) 435-6328 for a price and a slot.
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 price 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 for homeowners are priced that way on every house, and the total includes debris removal. Companies that price by linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on a house the total is what matters, so that is how we do it.
What moves the price on our jobs is what the crew finds when they get on the ladder. A third story or a steep pitch takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run, so it sits much higher than the front. Gutters that have not been opened in years come down packed with compacted leaf mat, and that is slower work. A clog that has sat through a season also means more buildup at the elbows, and that adds time. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. A clean run goes quickly, and a packed one takes the crew longer. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and are never billed as extras. Where the drainage is slow, the crew checks the water flow at the outlet and notes any sag in the run. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our crew has cleaned houses where the price held because the owner sent a photo of the front of the house and told us the stories and tree cover before we arrived. Where the gutters were full of seeds and a sag had started, the crew flagged it in the photos and the price stayed the same. Our regular gutter cleaning schedule keeps that from getting worse, because the clog builds up slowly and a short visit clears it before it becomes a larger job. Owners who clean your gutters twice a year, in spring and fall, rarely get a surprise on the invoice. For residential and commercial jobs alike, the rule is the same: we tell you the scope, then we do exactly that scope, and commercial properties get the same written scope. Every homeowner gets the same flush of every downspout and the same photo record, and residential properties and cliffside park homes are no different, so what you see on your phone is what we did.
| 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.
Most of our Cliffside Park NJ customers book twice a year, in spring and again in late fall. Across New Jersey the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop has finished. Fall is late November to December, after the last leaves are down. When we open a gutter here in May we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In late fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs that sagged under ice by March. Precipitation here averages about 50 inches a year, and March, July and August are the wettest months, so when heavy rainfall hits, rainwater finds any clog fast. Snow is about 30 inches a year here, mostly from January through March and in December, and freezing is a real risk, so a blockage left over from fall tends to hold water in place all winter.
Under heavy tree cover, we see houses on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspout elbows between visits and clogged runs can back water up the wall. Houses with few or no trees over the house do well with one visit a year in late fall. Guards reduce how often you need us, but they do not remove the need to clear the surface, so the visit still happens, just less often. Each visit we flush every downspout before we leave. After a big storm, a quick look at the roofline and the gutters and downspouts catches a problem early. A visit on schedule is the cheapest way to protect your home from water damage. Keep your gutters clean between visits and the water stays where it belongs.
Customers here who have no trees hanging over the house usually settle on twice a year or once a year. Those under heavy trees go in on the shorter cycle, and their gutters stay clear between visits. A gutter that stays clean between visits gives the crew less to lift. An old gutter system with loose hangers sags first, so the crew checks the hangers on every visit. If the landscape around the house is thick with shrubs, the shorter cycle fits better. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the gutters, not on a fixed rule.
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 work across Cliffside Park and the surrounding areas, and the crew covers the whole city from the nearest base. Booking starts with an estimate by phone or text, built from stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the list. Lead time depends on the season, and the calendar fills up in the two busy windows of the year, spring and late fall, so it is worth asking early. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home.
When you get in touch, tell us how many stories the house has and whether there is a walk-out basement or a steep roof. A homeowner who says that up front gets the right crew and equipment on the first visit. If there are trees over the house, let us know how close they sit to the gutters, because that changes how often you will need a visit. A twig or a branch resting on a run is the first thing the crew clears, so mention it. If the house already has gutter guards, say so when you call. A short description of the house is enough to hold a slot, and we confirm the date by phone before we schedule the crew.
The gutter cleaning process is the same on every call: the crew lifts guards if there are any, clears the trough, flushes each downspout and sends everything away from your home in bags. Ask us to get your gutters on a regular plan and the cleanings are booked before the season fills up. Cliffside Park gutter cleaning is most of our work, and gutter maintenance is the part most people forget. A loose hanger or a seam that is starting to leak gets written up with photos, so you know what to plan for. The trough is clean and the bags are gone when the truck pulls out, and that is cleaning and maintenance in one visit with nothing hidden in the invoice.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those two things, because the same two-story house can take very different time depending on how packed the gutters are.
Across New Jersey, the spring visit falls in late May or June, and the fall visit in late November or December. If you wait past the fall visit, we often find the runs have started to sag by the time winter ice builds up.
Our crew books cleaning services in Cliffside Park by phone or text, and our gutter services are scheduled the same way. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day depends on the season and what is already on the calendar, so ask us when you get in touch.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside across Cliffside Park and does not come inside, and it leaves the gutters clean. Photos of every run and downspout go to your phone before the truck pulls away. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed with water and watched until it runs clear at the bottom. Keeping water away from the foundation is the whole point, so where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check that water is leaving at the outlet and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is priced before anyone starts.
Yes. Guards keep out the big leaves and debris, but on our jobs we still find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard and underneath it, and that is where clogged downspouts start. Those get cleared on every visit, and a clean guard still needs its surface checked. The visits can be less frequent, but they do not stop.
If a clean rain gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, that is usually a slope or downspout size problem and not debris. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. Water that keeps spilling over the front edge for years can rot the fascia and, in bad cases, cause structural damage to the eave. 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 about it and agree to it before they start. The number we quote is the number we charge, and the same rule applies to commercial properties, so the scope you agree to is the scope we do.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
