Our own crew cleans gutters around here, every outlet flushed and flow-tested, the mess 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 hangs over the roof, and the figure we give on the phone is the figure on your invoice. Most of our customers here book in spring and fall, and we keep the same schedule for every house we clean. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will tell you what the job needs.
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. West New York homes get an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but the total is what you pay, so we give you that total up front.
What moves the quote on our jobs: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run two stories up, gutters nobody has opened in years, and guards we have to lift and reseat before anything else happens. A gutter with a heavy clog and packed-in leaves takes longer than a light one, and we say so before we start. We do not guess at the slope until the trough is clean and the water flow out of the outlet has been checked. Flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and never billed as extras. If something changes the job once the crew is at the house, you hear about it before work starts, not on the invoice.
On our jobs around here the common problem is a clog that has been building for a season or two. Water runs over the front edge instead of out the outlet at the bottom, the trough sags where the hangers have pulled, and the buildup holds rainwater against the fascia until the wood starts to soften. A rain gutter that holds standing water gets heavy enough to pull its hangers, and that is how a sag usually starts. We see the same pattern on the houses in the older blocks near the water, where the gutters run long and the clogged downspouts sit at the elbow. Once the drainage is restored the sag usually stops getting worse, and the house is protected from structural damage that would cost far more to fix than a cleaning. When we find a run that still pools after the trough is clean and the water runs clear, we photograph it and tell you it is a slope problem, not a cleaning problem.
Gutter cleaning services are priced per building, not per foot, and the crew checks every outlet so the rain carries the water away from the foundation. The leaves and debris we pull out are bagged and taken with us, not blown onto the lawn or the walk. Commercial properties and residential homes are both quoted the same way, from stories, size and trees. A clean run goes on the invoice at the same price it was quoted, with nothing added at the end.
| 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 here book twice a year, residential and commercial alike. Across New Jersey the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop finishes, and the fall visit lands in late November to December, after the last leaves come down. Open a gutter in the spring and you find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, and that is where a blockage starts. A gutter that was clean in May can still be full by November, and a gutter cleaning service that skips the elbows is how those seed casings turn into a fall overflow. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag under ice by March. In New Jersey the freeze and the nor'easters are the reason fall is the visit that matters most, because the first hard cold turns trapped water into ice at the eave.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees overhead, our customers are on every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the drainage between visits and a single clog can start the overflow again. A house with few or no trees on it needs one visit a year, in late fall, and that is enough for most of the gutter system. Regular gutter cleaning on either schedule keeps the trough from holding a season of muck. Gutter guards, where a house has them, mean less frequent cleaning, but the surface still needs clearing and we check the drainage under them on every visit.
Here is how the schedule works in practice. A customer with no trees overhead usually sits on a once-a-year late-fall visit, and the crew finds a clean trough with water running out the outlet. A customer under the trees is on a three-to-four-month cycle, and what we find at each visit is the needles and grit that did not clear out on the last one. Both get a photo of every run before the truck leaves. Residential properties on a tree-covered lot get the same three-to-four-month plan, and every West New York NJ house gets debris removal with the visit, whether it is residential or commercial. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and the schedule follows from what we found up top. Ask us to clean your gutters on whatever schedule the first visit sets.
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 cleans houses in town and the surrounding areas. West New York gutter cleaning runs out of our nearest base, and we cover the city as a whole. Homeowners start with a quote by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house if it is easy to send. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Lead time depends on the calendar that week, and when you call we set the day while you are on the line. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the schedule.
Our calendar fills in two busy windows: late spring, when the seed and pollen drop is finished, and late fall, when the leaves are down and the freeze is close. Booking early in those windows gets you a slot sooner, and it keeps the gutters clean for the season ahead. Repeat cleanings on a schedule keep the trough from filling up between visits. If you have a homeowner question about the fascia or the soffit that is not a cleaning issue, text us the photo and we will tell you what we see, without pushing a repair.
Our gutter services keep your gutters and downspouts clear, not just on the front run but on every run. We flush every downspout before the truck leaves, so the rain goes away from your home instead of over the edge. A twig lodged in the outlet gets pulled by hand, not left for the next storm. A clean gutter helps protect your home from water damage, and it gives the outlet room to carry water during heavy rainfall. If a leak has already let water into the wall or the soffit, we flag it in the report so you can deal with it on your own schedule.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text before we book. The figure you hear from us is the figure on the invoice, with flushing and haul-off included. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we tell you before work starts.
Across New Jersey the spring visit falls in late May to June, and the fall visit lands in late November to December, before the first hard freeze. Our cleaning services in West New York follow the same two visits. Waiting past the fall visit is how runs end up sagging under ice by March.
Slots depend on the calendar that week. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the schedule, and we will tell you the first day we can reach your house. We serve houses across West New York, and we only offer a same-day visit when the calendar has room.
No, you do not need to be home. Our gutter cleaning process is exterior work only, so the crew never comes inside, and photos of every run and outlet reach your phone before the truck leaves. The crew leaves the walk as clean as they found it. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every drain is flushed, and we check that water leaves at the outlet and runs away from your home, even during heavy rainfall. Where a drain feeds an underground line, we tell you if water is not getting through. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, and we quote it before touching it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves, but not needles, seeds, grit or mulch from the landscape beds, and that material turns into a mat on top of the guard. We lift the panels, clean underneath, flush the drains and check that water is getting into the trough. A guarded gutter system still needs gutter maintenance, just on a longer cycle, and it still gets checked on every visit.
If a gutter that is clean still spills water over the edge in rain, it is a slope or outlet-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. Water that keeps spilling behind the trough is what starts rot in the fascia, so do not wait on it. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. The quote comes from stories, size and tree cover, and anything that would change it is raised with you before work starts. Cleaning and maintenance are priced as one job, and the number we give you is the number we charge.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
