Our own crew cleans gutters in Roxbury, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your 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. Across New Jersey, most of our customers book in the spring and fall, once the seed drop and the leaves and debris are down.
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 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 per foot, but on our jobs the height and how much is packed in there matter more than the length of the run.
Here is what moves the quote on our jobs. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run much higher than the front, so the crew works from a boom or scissor lift. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted muck, and that kind of gutter maintenance takes longer to clean. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on both ends of the visit.
Flushing the gutters and their runs, flow testing, debris removal and a check of the water flow at each outlet are included and never billed as extras. Our gutter cleanings are priced by the job, not by the foot, and a seam that has started to leak is flagged for you, not billed on the spot. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice. A Roxbury homeowner with a lot of trees overhead, the kind where needles and grit pack the elbows between visits, tends to book the same way every season, and that consistency keeps the quote predictable from one year to the next.
We do not give a price over the phone that we cannot stand behind once we are up the ladder. If you call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters quoted, tell us your stories, roughly how big the house is, and whether trees hang over it, and we will give you the number. Send a photo of the front of the house by text if that is easier, and we will confirm the quote from it. Either way, the gutter cleaning process is the same, and the number holds.
| 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 of our customers book twice a year, in late May or June after the spring seed and pollen drop, and again in late October or November after the last leaves are down. In May a clog forms at the downspout elbows, packed with seeds, pollen paste and the odd twig. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sag under ice by March. A gutter system that stays full through the winter is the one that pulls loose, and the fascia behind a full trough is the first board to rot, which is where the structural damage starts.
Regular gutter cleaning on our jobs comes in three tiers, and they look like this. Twice a year covers most houses. Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months, because needles and grit leave clogged runs between visits. With few or no trees overhead, once a year in late fall is enough. The tier follows the landscape around the house, not the calendar. Gutters with guards still need a quick clean on top of the guard, and that usually runs at the lighter end of the schedule. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and the cleaning and maintenance schedule follows from that.
Across New Jersey, nor'easter season is the real test. Heavy rainfall in Roxbury comes in June, August and October, and a clean rain gutter shows its value on the first big storm. A gutter that is clogged before a nor'easter sheds water over the front edge instead of moving water away from your home.
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 gutter cleaning service covers Roxbury, NJ and the surrounding areas from a nearby base, and we clean houses across Roxbury on the same schedule. Roxbury homeowners book the same way every time: you call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, we ask about your stories, the size of the house and whether trees hang over it, and we give you a quote on the spot. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Lead times change with the season. The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when the seed drop and the leaves come down together and the calendar fills quickly. Most of the buildup we clear comes down in those two windows. If you want a slot in those windows, book early. Outside them there is usually room, and the crew works the route so that a visit in the middle of the year does not leave a gap in the schedule.
If you have a building that is not a house, we also clean commercial properties, and the same crew handles residential and commercial work from one office. Residential properties get the same visit as our other gutter services. The approach is the same: the high work gets done first, the gutters follow, we check the water flow at every outlet, and we flush every downspout before the crew leaves.
The number for our gutter cleaning services comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text as an estimate. We do not quote a figure without those details. Once we have them, the number we give you is the number on the invoice, with downspout flushing and haul-off already included.
The months our customers here book are late May or June and late October or November. Waiting past the first hard freeze in the fall is where we start to see ice-loaded runs that sag by March. Across New Jersey, late spring and late fall is the schedule we see work well on the houses we clean.
Same-day slots are not something we can promise for Roxbury, NJ. Most openings come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. If you need the earliest slot, tell us that on the phone so we can check the calendar for you.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside on Roxbury homes, 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; that is the whole list.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check drainage at the outlet, so you can see that water is leaving. If a downspout feeds an underground drain line, we tell you whether water is getting through, and if it is stopped at a blockage, we say so. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guarded gutters still need cleaning, just less often, since you still have to clean your gutters on a schedule. Needles, seed casings and shingle grit sit on top of the guard along the roofline and mat down when wet, and rain then runs over the front edge. We clear the surface, flush each downspout and reseat the guards during the visit.
A gutter that is clean and still lets rainwater sheet over the edge usually has a slope or capacity problem rather than a clog problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it actually is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem. Fixing the slope is what protects your home from water damage, and we would rather tell you that than sell you another visit.
It should not. The quote we give you covers the work we expect from the stories, size and tree cover you told us. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before they start, never after the work is done. If you keep your gutters on a regular schedule, the number tends to stay the same from year to year.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
