Our own crew cleans gutters here, every outlet flushed and flow-tested, the leaves hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is overhead, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across New Jersey, most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we have been on enough Southampton homes to know what they need. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the schedule.
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 sitting in the gutters, and we quote it by phone or text from those three things. 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 on our jobs the stories and the weight of the load do more of the work than the footage does. Most residential properties ask for the same gutter cleaning services, and the quote moves with the buildup in the trough, since the whole point is keeping water flow moving away from the house.
What moves the quote is usually what the crew finds once the ladder is up. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run higher above grade than the front, and that changes the setup. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come down as compacted muck, and a clog that has sat for a season takes longer than a loose one. Guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time, and we say so before we start. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included, and we flush every downspout as part of the job, never billed as an extra. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Heavy tree cover is where the quote usually moves most, because the outlets pack with grit and seed. When the crew finds a full canopy overhead, every downspout gets flushed until it runs clean at the bottom, and the photos go to your phone before the truck leaves. If you are not sure what your house will need, text us a photo of the front of the house and tell us how many stories it has.
Freshly built homes on new lots are simpler, and older houses with a long run of gutter need more cleaning and maintenance. The rain gutter on a house near the water can hold more wind-blown leaves than one inland, and a clog at the outlet means poor drainage and a leak waiting behind the fascia until the next storm. That is the kind of structural damage we look for, and we report it in the photos even when we do not clean it. Our crew wants you to know where the water ends up, from the roofline to the landscape beds below, and the quote reflects that, because a sound run keeps water moving away from your home.
| 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 Southampton NJ customers book twice a year. Across New Jersey, spring visits run late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and fall visits run late October to November, after the last leaves come down. When the crew opens a gutter in spring, it finds seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows of the pipe. In fall it is leaves and debris piling up in the trough, and in the colder months the first ice and the ice dams at the eave. Houses that skipped the fall visit can show runs that sag or pull loose by March, and wood rot can start behind the fascia, which is a clog problem that became a structural problem over one winter.
Heavy rainfall in June, July and August fills the trough fastest, so summer is when a clog shows first. Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months is the norm, because needles, twig pieces and grit pack the outlets between visits and the roofline stays dirty. Near a busy road or a construction site, the same schedule holds for residential and commercial properties, since the dust settles into the gutter faster than leaves do. A house with few or no trees usually needs one visit a year in late fall, and that is enough for most lots. Gutter guards change the work but not the need: the surface still has to be kept clean, and the guard is less often a substitute than a second layer.
Our gutter cleaning service starts with a first visit, after which we tell you how many cleanings your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the gutter and at the outlets rather than a general schedule. Think of it as gutter maintenance, not a repair plan. The point of the calendar is to catch the blockage before rainwater gets behind the fascia, so you clean your gutters on time rather than after the damage shows up.
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 works across Southampton from the nearest base, and we have cleaned gutters on homes throughout the town. Homeowners get the same crew, and we offer cleaning services in Southampton from that base. Booking for Southampton gutter cleaning starts with a quote by phone or text from the number of stories, the size of the house and the tree cover overhead, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. Lead time depends on the season, and the two busy windows of the year fill first, so it is worth calling before the calendar tightens. We call before we come, and no homeowner needs to be home for the visit.
Gutter work is what we do, and our gutter services include flushing, flow testing and photographing the runs, so the crew that flushes them is the one that checks them. If you want to keep your gutters clean and protect your home from water damage, the schedule above is the place to start. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will set the first date on the call. If you live in the surrounding areas, tell us when you call and we will confirm the route.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. Tell us the stories, the approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the house, and we quote from those three things.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall. If you wait past the first hard freeze, the wet leaf mat and any ice at the eave make the job longer and the risk of a sagging run higher, so regular gutter maintenance keeps the visit short.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Ask about the next opening when you book.
No. The gutter cleaning process is outside work only: our crew does not come inside, and photos of every run and outlet go 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 outlet and watch it until it runs clean at the bottom. Where a line drains underground we check the outlet, and clearing a buried line is quoted separately before anyone starts.
Yes. Guards hold back the big leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit still sit on top, and once that mat is wet the water runs off the front edge. We lift the panels, clear underneath and reseat them.
A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope or pipe-size problem, not a clog problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, and the invoice matches the quote.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
