Our own crew cleans gutters in Lovington, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris 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 eaves, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across New Mexico, most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and we keep the calendar open for them.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on how many stories the house has, its 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. Lovington homes are priced on those same facts, and homeowners get the number before a crew shows up. Some companies price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place per run, but a per-foot rate tends to hide what the crew finds once it is up the ladder.
On our jobs the things that move the quote are concrete. A third story or a steep roof we cannot walk means the crew works from a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted buildup, which takes longer to clear than a seasonal load. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time to the visit. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the quote and never billed as extras. Our service covers the whole gutter system, so the number on the phone covers every run, and the crew leaves every run clean before it moves on. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs here we see the same few problems again and again. A run that has been running slow shows a clog at the elbow, and a clog left alone turns into a sag in the hanger line and a leak at the seam. Standing water in the trough builds into rot behind the board, and that kind of poor drainage is how a rain gutter starts to fail. In heavy rainfall clogged downspouts push water back over the edge instead of carrying the water away from your home, and that is how a dry crawl space ends up wet. One customer on a single-story house under a few trees had a run that looked fine from the ground, but the back gutter was full of leaves and debris and the outlet was draining onto the foundation, which is structural damage waiting to happen. Once that was cleared and the downspout flushed, the water flow ran clean. A clean trough holds no standing water, and that is the whole goal. The number we gave on the phone was the number we charged.
| 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.
Across New Mexico the spring visit lands in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop. Most of our customers here also book for November to early December, after the last leaves. When we open a gutter in late May we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag before spring. Under heavy tree cover we see clog build-up faster, so those houses are on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits. A roof with few or no trees is fine once a year in late fall. Freeze risk is real here, and a clean trough in late fall gives the first hard freeze nothing to hold. Across New Mexico, monsoon storms put most of the year's rain down in short violent cells, and Lovington averages about 14.5 inches a year, with its wettest months in July, August and September. Blockage from leaves or a twig in a gutter with no guard can back water up the roofline quickly, which is why the timing matters. We look at the rainwater path on every visit and we are the ones who tell you what the lot needs.
Gutter guards, where they are on the house, need less frequent cleaning, but the surface still gets cleared on the same spring and fall rhythm. Our estimate after the first visit names which tier your lot actually needs, and a clean gutter with guards still gets the same spring and fall check. If you want a regular gutter cleaning service on a residential and commercial property in Lovington NM, call (866) 435-6328 and ask for the lot to be checked. Ask us when to clean your gutters before the first visit, not after.
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 worked across Lovington from the nearest base and covers the city as a whole. Our gutter services run on one phone line for the whole city, and the crew serves surrounding areas too. Lovington gutter cleaning services start with a phone call or text, and a homeowner sends a photo of the house front if it is easy, then tells us the stories and how much tree cover hangs over the eaves. Every visit covers gutters and downspouts, from the first run to the last, and the landscape beds under the eaves get checked for debris too. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Lead time depends on the calendar, and the two busiest windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when most of our customers book. Most lots here book two cleanings a year, so plan ahead for those dates and get your gutters on the list early. We cover residential properties, and commercial properties on a per-building schedule, through one phone number. Our promise is simple: keep your gutters clean, flush every downspout, and protect your home from water damage before the rain arrives. Cleaning and maintenance on the same visit keeps the lot ready for the next storm, and the crew leaves the lot clean and carries the mess away from your home.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a range here, because the house decides it.
Most of our customers book in late spring and again in late fall, which is the right time to clean your gutters here. Freeze risk is real in Lovington, and runs left past the first hard freeze can sag, so we plan the fall visit before the leaves finish dropping.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. We do not promise same-day service, but cleaning services in Lovington are booked on a set calendar.
No. Our gutter cleaning process is outside only, and the crew does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets in while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and we check 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, and those mat on top and stop the water from getting in. Guarded gutters still need gutter maintenance, so we clear the surface and check the flow.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows has a slope or downspout-size problem. Send us a video in the rain and we will tell you what it is; we will not sell a second cleaning for it.
It should not. Anything that changes the job is raised and agreed before work starts. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house to get a written estimate.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
