Our own crew cleans gutters for local homeowners, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price for Greentree homes comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover shades it, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across New Jersey, most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and we keep the same schedule here.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for gutter cleaning here depends on stories, 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. Companies that sell gutter cleaning services by the linear foot land in a similar place, but the per-foot figure hides what the crew actually finds up top.
On our jobs, a third story or a pitch too steep to walk adds time and equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther up than it looks from the yard. Gutters that have not been opened in years arrive packed with compacted muck, and that takes longer to clear than a seasonal load. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step on every run. Flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included in every gutters and downspouts job, never billed as extras, and we clean every run on the same visit. If anything changes the job once we are on site, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what we have seen drive quotes on our local jobs. One house had clogged downspouts, the elbows packed with heavy buildup, and a sag in the back run that held water and started a leak at the seam, so the crew cleared the blockage, flushed the line and checked the slope before writing the estimate. The clog was the cost driver, not the stories. A run that holds water for years can cause structural damage, and the crew checks for that before it writes the estimate. Every house is different, so we look at yours before we give you a number over the phone.
Each rain gutter packs up at a different rate on every lot. When the leaves and debris sit in the trough for a season, the water flow slows, and the drainage that was built to carry rainwater away starts to spill over the edge. Local rainfall averages 49.3 inches a year, and March, July and August are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall hits a full trough hardest. That is the situation most of our callers are describing when they say the gutter is pulling away or the ground stays wet by the foundation. We clean the trough, flush every downspout and send the water away from your home.
Our crew works on residential properties and commercial properties across the area, and the same method applies to both. For a homeowner, the price is one visit to the house. For a commercial building, the price is per building and scheduled around the tenants. We put the number in writing before the visit so you know what you are approving. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you the quote.
| 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.
Across New Jersey, most customers book in the spring and fall, with a spring visit in late May to June after the seed and pollen drop, and a fall visit in November to early December after the last leaves are down. Greentree NJ gutters take the same two loads, so the visit timing is set around them. In May we find the seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and where the first ice has formed, the ice dams at the eave. Houses that skipped the fall visit tend to show runs that sagged or pulled loose by March.
Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months is the usual rhythm, because needles, twig and grit pack the outlets faster than a seasonal schedule can handle. Near a busy road, a construction site, or where the landscape slopes toward the house, the same schedule applies for the dust and grit that settles in the trough. With few or no trees over the house, once a year in late fall covers most houses. Guards reduce how often the trough fills, but the surface still needs clearing, so we schedule them on the same cycle and check the flow beneath them.
When you call to book, we ask how much tree cover hangs over the house and whether the gutters have been cleaned recently, and that sets the gutter maintenance schedule. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. A clog, a slow drainage line or a roofline that holds water will show up in the first photos. We will say so if the calendar needs to change, and the crew can clean more often when the lot demands it. If you are not sure whether to clean your gutters this spring, ask us on the call.
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 covers the full route from the nearest base without needing a special trip, so our cleaning services in Greentree run on one calendar. Our gutter cleaning process starts with a quote by phone or text: stories, size and tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if it is easy to send. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Lead time depends on the calendar, and the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, fill fastest. If you want a slot in those windows, book early.
The job itself takes an hour on most houses, and we send the photos to your phone before the truck leaves. That keeps you informed without needing to be on site, and it gives you a record of every run. If the house has a clog, a sag or a drainage problem, the photos show it and we explain what we found. Debris removal is part of the price, and we try to keep your gutters working between visits, so the schedule we set matters as much as the cleanings that follow.
Our work covers residential and commercial jobs, and we serve the surrounding areas on the same schedule. Whether you need a single visit or a regular schedule, cleaning and maintenance keep the system flowing and help protect your home from water damage. If you are looking for gutter services that stay ahead of the season, ask us for a written estimate.
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 range here because the price depends on what is in the gutters and how the roof is laid out. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you a number before we schedule the visit.
On our Greentree jobs, late spring and late fall are the windows most customers use to get your gutters done. If the house has heavy tree cover, every three to four months is more realistic. Waiting too long means the wet leaf mat or the pollen paste sits in the trough, and that is when we see sag and overflow.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day service unless the calendar has an opening that morning.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come into the house, and sends photos of every run and outlet 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 we check the flow at the outlet. If water is not leaving the underground line, we tell you what we see. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and gets quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves but not needles, seed casings or grit, which mat on top and turn into a paste when wet. We clean the surface, flush the line and check the flow beneath the guards, so the whole gutter system drains.
If a gutter is clean and still spills water over the edge, the problem is usually slope, capacity or an outlet that is too small, not debris, and sometimes a leak at a seam that lets the fascia rot. 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. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. 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.
