Our own crew cleans gutters for Lakewood NJ homeowners, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave, so you can see it clean. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover sits over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Lakewood customers book in the spring and fall, and we keep that schedule because it is when leaves and grit fill the gutters on the houses we clean.
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 services in Lakewood NJ depends on stories, square footage and how much material heavy rainfall has pushed into 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 price by the linear foot land in a similar place once the run is measured, but a per-foot figure hides the things that actually change the time on a ladder.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer no matter how short the run is. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits well above the ground. Gutters that a homeowner has not opened in years hold a clog of compacted grit that has to be dug out by hand before the trough is clean, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time at every section. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the quote, we flush every downspout, and the waste goes away from your home rather than being billed as an extra. Anything that changes the job, such as a trough that will not come clean, gets raised before work starts, not on the invoice.
Our crew has cleaned houses for Lakewood homeowners where the quote moved for the reasons above, and the approach stays the same for every cleaning and maintenance visit: we look at the roofline, walk the gutters, flush each downspout and tell you what we found before we start. If you text a photo of the front of the house, or of any leak you can see at the eave, we can usually tell you which of those factors apply to your lot before you book, so the phone number and the invoice match. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline, and we will give you a written estimate for the gutter cleaning process at your address so you can get your gutters booked with the number in hand.
| 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 across Lakewood book two cleanings a year, in the spring after seed and pollen drop, and in the fall after the last leaves come down. When we open a gutter here in May we find seeds and pollen paste packed in the downspout elbows, and a twig or seed clog at the elbow is the first thing we clear. In November it is the wet leaf mat and the leaves and debris that have collected through the fall, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag or pull loose by March under the weight of ice. Across New Jersey the late fall visit is the one that matters most for the gutter system, because a clean trough through winter carries water away from the eave instead of letting it back up under the shingles.
Under heavy tree cover, we are on the roof every three to four months, because leaf litter and grit leave clogged downspouts between visits and the landscape keeps feeding them. Houses with few or no trees need the gutters kept clean once a year in late fall to keep your gutters working. Gutters with a surface guard still need the top kept clean, and we check the rain gutter under the guard at each visit, because rainwater that stalls there is how we protect the home from water damage before a slow buildup turns into rot in the fascia board or structural damage to the trough.
After the first visit we tell you which of those schedules your lot actually needs, based on what came out of the trough and how fast the water ran through once it was clean, and that becomes your gutter maintenance calendar. Ask about a written calendar for your house when you book.
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 Lakewood and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and books gutter cleaning services and other gutter services around the way the calendar fills. Booking works on a phone call or a text: we give a quote from the number of stories, the size of the house and the tree cover, and a photo of the house front helps when it is easy to send. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Lead time depends on the week, and we give the date when you call, not before.
Across New Jersey the spring visit runs late May to June, while the fall visit runs late October to November, and those are the two busy windows, so most of our Lakewood homes that want the spring and fall visits book early. Outside those windows there is usually more room for a clean start date. Residential and commercial properties are booked on the same schedule, and the crew goes wherever the next slot is.
If you are not sure when to book, call (866) 435-6328 and tell us what you see from the ground, including how the water flow looks in rain, whether it pours over the edge, or whether a blockage holds water in the trough after it stops, and we will say if it is a drainage problem that regular gutter cleaning fixes on residential properties or something a gutter repair crew needs to see.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters, and we give it by phone or text. It is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers here book late spring and late fall, so you can clean your gutters before the leaves and grit build up. If the fall visit gets skipped, the leaves and ice in the trough are what we find by March.
We confirm a date when you call. Most slots come up within the week, and we only give a date once a crew is free.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes, on every house we check the gutters and downspouts together, flush every downspout, and check that water leaves at the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and gets quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Under guards on our jobs we find seed casings, leaf litter and grit sitting on the mesh, and once that mat is wet it turns into a clog that holds water in the trough. We clear the top and check the gutter under the guard at each visit.
A clean gutter that still spills in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a blockage or a debris problem. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, because we want to protect your home and keep your gutters working rather than sell a second cleaning.
Only if we find something that changes the job, and we tell you before work starts. Call (866) 435-6328 and ask for a written estimate if you want the number in writing first.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
