Our own crew cleans gutters in Ocean NJ, every outlet flushed and flow-tested, leaves bagged and hauled away, and photos of every run on your phone before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice. Across New Jersey, most of the homes we clean book us in the spring and fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop have finished.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for a house 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 once the length is counted, but we would rather you know the whole number before we climb.
On our Ocean homes, a third story or a steep pitch you cannot walk is the biggest single change. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, and gutters that have not been opened in years come down packed with compacted leaves and grit that takes longer to clear. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. We flush every run and test the water flow, and debris removal is included in the quote, never billed as an extra. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
One of our homeowners had a two-story house with a heavy leaf load and a sag at the back run. It was quoted by phone from its stories and size, and the crew found the trough had been holding standing water behind the gutter for a season. We photographed it, flushed every run, and left the trough as clean as the gutter allowed, then reported the damage in the photo set without selling a repair. The quote we gave on the phone was the invoice.
Gutter cleaning services cost more when the buildup is heavy, when the house is tall, or when the drainage is slow because a drain is blocked lower down. Most of the clogs we find on our homes sit in the elbows and the lower runs, and that is where the flush goes. Residential and commercial work follows the same logic. Residential properties are quoted from stories and size, and commercial buildings are scheduled per building. If you want a regular gutter cleaning plan on a schedule, we can set it up on the same phone call.
The quote takes a few minutes, and it is the first step of our process, whether you book for spring and fall or a one-time job. Give us the number of stories, a rough square footage, whether trees hang over the house, and send one photo of the front of the house if you can. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the books, and we will tell you what it will cost and when we can come. You can clean your gutters on the schedule that fits your house.
| 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 in Ocean NJ book two visits a year. Across New Jersey the spring visit lands in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs November to early December, after the last leaves are down. Each visit catches a different load. In spring the seed casings and pollen paste pack the elbows; in fall it is the leaves and debris turning to a wet mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit, the first ice that lifts the shingles at the eave.
Under heavy tree cover and a dense landscape bed, every three to four months, because the needles and grit pack the gutters and drains between visits and a clog that starts in June can overflow by August. Houses with few or no trees need one visit a year in late fall. After heavy rainfall, the first thing to check is the outlet, because that is where a blockage shows up first. Guards change the schedule as well: we clean less often, but the surface still gets cleared, because wet material on top of a guard still stops the water getting in.
A gutter that goes unchecked for two seasons is the one we usually end up repairing the fascia behind, which is a rainwater and rot problem more than a clog problem, and the rot can turn into structural damage. A small leak at a seam is the cheapest thing to fix in the whole run, so catch it early. The clog is cheaper to catch on the spring visit, when the blockage is still loose in the rain gutter and the water flow has not yet started to back up behind the trough. A clear run keeps water moving away from your home, so flush every downspout before the leaves are down, and the roofline above it is easier to read.
If the schedule is wrong for your lot, the first visit will show it. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and you can estimate the rest of the year from the photos we send. Keep your gutters and downspouts working through the nor'easters that hit across New Jersey, and you protect your home from water damage. The gutter services we provide will stay ahead of the weather rather than behind it.
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 crews clean across Ocean from the nearest base, and cleaning services in Ocean are handled the same way whatever the street. Booking is simple: call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, tell us the stories and whether trees hang over the house, and we will give you a time window for the visit. Every homeowner gets a clear answer on the first call, and we confirm the date in writing before we come.
The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills, so book those dates early if you want a set slot. We call before we come, and the crew leaves the lot as clean as it was found, with nobody needing to be home for the work. A twig or a wad of leaves stuck in an outlet elbow is cleared before the photos go out. For commercial properties, we schedule by building, which keeps the roofline and the parapet on the same visit.
Lead time depends on the season and the day of the week, so we will tell you the first open window when you call rather than promise it in advance. Ocean gutter cleaning is most of what we do, but the same crew handles the surrounding areas on the same route, so the schedule does not leave a gap on your block. If your house has gutter guards, we lift them and reseat them on the same visit. If your building needs cleanings between visits, ask us for gutter maintenance on a monthly check. We bill cleaning and maintenance on the same route as one invoice.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text before we come. We do not quote a figure without those details, and the number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers book late May to June and again in November to early December, after the spring seed drop and the last leaves. On a house that skips the fall visit, we find the first ice lifting the shingles at the eave by March.
We tell you the first open window when you call, and most slots come up within the week. We confirm the date when you book, and we will not promise a same-day visit we cannot keep.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout 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 run on the house, clear any clogged downspouts, and check that the water leaves at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves but not needles, seed casings or grit, which mat on top and turn the water away from the front edge. We clean the surface, flush the outlets and check the water flow through the whole gutter system, because the job is to get water away from the foundation.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows in rain has a slope or drain-size problem, not a debris problem. Text us a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling you a second cleaning.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we tell you before the work starts and you agree to it first. Nothing is added on the invoice that was not discussed on the phone.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
