Our crew cleans gutters in Albuquerque, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the debris hauled away, the ground left clean, and photos of every run on your phone 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 you on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have been doing this work across New Mexico for years, and most of our Albuquerque customers book in spring and fall, the two visits that keep water moving off the house. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will walk you through the quote.
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. Some companies price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place once you do the arithmetic, but the per-foot figure hides the things that actually cost time on a roof. Our gutter cleaning services are quoted from those same three details, and the quote covers the flushing, the debris removal and the photos.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement, or a landscape that drops away behind the house and leaves the back run well up in the air, a gutter system nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted debris, and guards we have to lift and reseat before the gutter can be cleared. We flush every downspout and keep at it until the water runs clean at the outlet, and debris haul-off is included and never billed as an extra. If anything we find changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what that looked like on one of our Albuquerque jobs: a two-story house with heavy tree cover, where the back run was packed to the elbow with seeds and grit and two outlets had sagged out of their brackets. The clog and drainage problem was the job; the sag and buildup were what we measured and reported. Once the back run was clean, the sag showed up plainly. That is the kind of house where regular gutter cleaning pays for itself, because the water flow stays open between visits. Most residential properties we see have one or two of these conditions, and residential and commercial jobs get the same full-run quote, not just the part you can see from the driveway.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $195 | from $255 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $170 | from $225 | from $295 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $200 | from $265 | from $345 |
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 Albuquerque NM book twice a year: in late May or June, after the seed and pollen drop, and again in late fall, after the last leaves are down. On our spring visits we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows, and that kind of blockage backs water up under the gutter lip. On fall visits, it is the wet leaf mat along the roofline, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have opened runs in January that sagged under the first freezes and ice. Freeze risk is real here, so the fall visit is the one that keeps the eave clean before the cold sets in, and a skipped visit is how a small leak turns into structural damage.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the roof, our customers ask us to come back and clean every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits and the gutter clog builds faster than a twice-a-year schedule can handle. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough, so the rain gutter is clean going into winter. Gutters with guards get less frequent cleanings, but the surface still needs clearing, since a wet mat of pollen and grit on top of a guard still sends water over the edge.
After the first visit, we tell you which of those schedules your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the gutters and along the eaves. Clean your gutters on a steady rhythm, since clean gutters move rainwater off the house, and keep your gutters clear between visits, which is how you protect your home from water damage across the surrounding areas. After heavy rainfall, check the gutters and downspouts from the ground, because a clogged outlet is the first thing to overflow. Routine gutter maintenance keeps water moving through the summer storms, and it is how you avoid most of the trouble we are called out to fix later. Our crew handles the whole gutter services schedule with one visit per date, not a string of partial jobs.
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 has cleaned gutters across Albuquerque, and we cover Albuquerque homes and commercial properties from the nearest base without needing a special route for any one area. Booking starts with a quote by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text. Send us the number of stories, a rough square footage, whether there are trees over the roof and whether you have gutter guards, plus a photo of any leak you can see and a shot of any twig or seed mat sitting in the gutter. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
The calendar fills during the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, so booking early is the way to get a specific date. Lead time varies by the week, and we confirm the date when you call. An Albuquerque homeowner who wants the work handled without a repeat call each season can have a recurring visit set up, so the next date is already on the calendar when the last one closes out. A recurring visit is the simplest form of cleaning and maintenance we offer, and it locks in the date for you.
The whole gutter cleaning process from call to photos takes one visit per house. We give you a written estimate, we clean every run, and we send the photos before we leave. If something more needs attention, we photograph it and report it, and you decide what to do next. That keeps the job simple and moves water away from your home, where it belongs. Call and we will get your gutters on the next open date.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. There is no figure we can quote you from here, because every roof is different, but once we have those details the number is fixed. Our Albuquerque gutter cleaning is quoted the same way on every job, and the number is the number we charge.
Most of our customers here book in late May or June after the seed and pollen drop, and again in late fall after the leaves are down. If the fall visit is skipped, the runs we open in January often show sag and buildup from the first freezes.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. We do not promise same-day service because the calendar depends on the week. Our cleaning services in Albuquerque are booked by phone, so call and ask for the next open date.
No. A homeowner does not need to be home, since our crew works outside, does not come inside, leaves the ground clean, 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, every downspout is flushed with water and watched until it runs clean at the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check that water leaves at the outlet and tell you if it does not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone starts. We also note any landscape grading that sends water back toward the foundation.
Yes, though less often. On our jobs, the guards keep the larger leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top, and leaves and debris mat down until rain runs over the front edge. We lift the panels, clear underneath and flush the outlets, since clogged downspouts still back water up even under a guard.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Left alone, that water can rot the fascia board behind the gutter. Send us a photo or short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if we find something that changes the job, and in that case you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
