Our own crew cleans gutters in Hawthorne, flushing every run, testing the flow, hauling away everything that comes out and photographing the work before we leave. Your price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the house, 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, once the seed drop or the last leaves have come down.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for our cleaning services in Hawthorne 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. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place for most houses, but we would rather you see the whole figure before the ladder goes up.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more care on the ladder. A walk-out basement puts the back run much higher than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years hold a heavy buildup of compacted sludge that takes more time to clean out, and a stuck run takes longer to break loose. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Flushing, flow testing and haul-off of the material are included and never billed as extras, so the water runs away from your home, not toward the foundation. Anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice. Gutter maintenance on a house that has been ignored costs more than the same job on one that gets its cleanings every year. Think of it as cleaning and maintenance you can budget for, with the price set on the phone.
Our customers see the same gutter cleaning process every time: we clean the gutter from one end to the other, flush each run until it runs clean at the bottom, and check where it drains. Local homeowners often ask us to look at the runs in the back, where a leak or a sagging section tends to show up first, often with rot starting behind it, and we photograph anything we find there. Every homeowner gets the photos, whether or not they are home. Most of the time the job is what they expected; when it is not, the difference is a blockage in the elbow, a twig wedged in a bend, or a mat of leaves that built up over a season, and we tell you about it before we start. If you are ready to get your gutters on the schedule, call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house, and we will send a written estimate the same day we see it.
| 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 customers book our gutter cleaning services twice a year: in late spring, after the seed and pollen drop, and in late fall, after the last leaves are down. Demand runs high across Hawthorne in both windows, so book early. Across New Jersey the spring visit falls in late May to June. When we open a gutter then it is rarely clean, and we usually find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In the fall it is leaves and debris packed wet into the trough, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have started to sag or pulled loose by March, with rot behind the fascia. Hawthorne gets about 28 inches of snow a year, mostly from January through March with some in December, and freezes are a real risk here. Our fall visit runs November to early December, and that is the one that protects the gutter system and keeps water away from the foundation before it gets cold. It also gets about 49 inches of rain a year, and June, July and August are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall is when a clog shows up first.
Under heavy tree cover, or where a landscape crew blows grit onto the shingles, we see needles and grit packing the runs and leaving clogged downspouts between visits, so those lots are on a three to four month schedule. Homes with few or no trees stay clean with one visit a year in late fall. A gutter left to sag can lead to structural damage at the fascia, so the schedule is set before that happens. Gutters with guards still need cleaning, just less often, and we clear the surface, flush the runs and check the drainage on each visit. A clean rain gutter stays clean longer when the schedule matches the lot. After the first visit we tell you which of those schedules your lot actually needs, and nobody is guessing 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 covers Hawthorne NJ and the surrounding areas, and we work across the residential properties and the homes in town on the same schedule. Booking a gutter cleaning service is simple for Hawthorne homes: you give us the stories, the rough size and whether trees hang over the house, and we send a quote by phone or text. A photo of the front of the house helps us see the layout before we arrive, though it is not required. Lead times depend on the week, and we tell you the date when you call. Debris removal is part of the price, so you do not have to clean your gutters yourself or haul the bags out.
The busy windows are spring and fall, when most customers want the visit and our calendar fills first. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work to be done. If you want to lock in a date before the busy season, call (866) 435-6328 and we will hold a slot for you. If you have a residential and commercial mix, like a house with a shop out back, tell us on the call. We will say what the crew can take on commercial properties and what needs a different quote. For regular gutter cleaning service, a fixed schedule means your date comes up without you having to think about it. Most returning customers in town simply keep the same dates each year. On each visit the crew checks drainage and water flow at the outlet, so a clog or a sag is caught before a buildup forms. Every gutter service we book is confirmed by phone before the crew heads out.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give you the estimate by phone or text. We do not quote a figure from the street, because the back run and the tree cover change the work more than most people expect.
Most of our customers book late spring and late fall, which is how you keep your gutters working and help protect your home from water damage. In the fall we clean the leaf mat before the freeze, because on houses that wait we find runs that have sagged by winter.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. We do not promise same-day service unless we have an opening that day.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that water runs clean at the outlet, so the gutters and downspouts work as one system and a blockage shows up before it causes damage. Clearing an underground drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs under guards we still find leaves and grit on top of the guard, seed casings that threaded through, and a wet mat along the roofline that stops the water from going in. The job is shorter, but a clean gutter under a guard still needs the visit.
A clean gutter that still spills water over the edge usually has a slope or drain size problem, not a clog further down the line. Send us a short video of the rainwater coming over the edge and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
Only if the job changes, and then you hear about it and agree before work starts. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice, for every one of our gutter services.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
