Our own crew runs cleaning services in North Valley NM, and every downspout gets flushed and flow-tested before we leave. Leaves, grit and the odd twig are hauled away, and you get photos of every run on your phone. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and your tree cover, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and the crew is here for both. The goal on every run is a clean trough that drains.
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 size and what is sitting in the gutters. We give an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Our gutter cleaning process starts there, so get your gutters quoted before you book. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew actually finds. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more gear. A walk-out basement or a sloped landscape raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits higher than it looks from the driveway. Gutters that have not been opened in years come down heavy with compacted leaves and grit. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our North Valley jobs, one of the most common calls is a homeowner under heavy tree cover who had a leak in the rain gutter and assumed the roof was the problem. The gutter was packed, and a blockage sat at the downspout elbow while water ran behind the trough. Once we cleared it and the trough ran clean, the leak stopped. That is the kind of job that shows the real cost of waiting: the cleaning itself is small, while the water it leaves behind can rot the fascia and mean structural damage. Some of our customers also keep their cleaning and maintenance on a fixed schedule, which keeps each visit short and the water flow where it belongs. Clearing the trough is how you protect your home from water damage, and it keeps water away from the fascia. Ask for the quote by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text, and send a photo of the house front if you can. It helps us get the number right the first time.
| 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 book two cleanings a year: one in late October or November, after the last leaves are down, and across New Mexico the spring visit falls in late May or June. In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sag by midwinter after the first ice. Freeze months here bring ice dams at the eave, and those lift shingles from underneath. Standing water left in a full trough can rot the fascia board before anyone sees the stain.
Under heavy tree cover, keep your gutters on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit clog the downspout between visits. Clogged downspouts are the first thing we check under trees. With few or no trees, regular gutter cleaning once a year in late fall is enough, since the leaves and debris that reach the trough are mostly fall leaves. Guards need less frequent visits, though the surface still gets cleared. Across New Mexico, heavy rainfall comes in the monsoon months, so a clogged gutter matters most in July through September. After the first visit, when the gutters are clean, we tell you how often to clean your gutters on your lot.
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 offers cleaning services in North Valley homes and neighborhoods, working from the nearest base to the city as a whole and the surrounding areas. Booking for our gutter maintenance starts with a quote by phone or text from your stories, your size and your tree cover, and a photo of the house front if it is easy to send. Lead time depends on the calendar, and we confirm the date when you call. Our busy windows are the two seasons when most of our customers book, spring and fall, so calling early in those months helps. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
We also clean gutters on commercial properties, and the crew handles residential and commercial jobs alike, but this page covers residential properties. Once the gutters are clean, the crew can also look at any drainage issue around the roofline when they are up there, and we will photograph and report it if it needs more than cleaning. Our crew hauls every bag away from your home. Call (866) 435-6328 to book, or text a photo of the roofline and we will reply with a number.
The number comes from how many stories the house has, its size and what is in the gutters. We give an estimate by phone or text, and it is the number on the invoice. There is no fixed figure we can give without those three things.
Most of our customers book a fall visit in late October or November, and across New Mexico the spring visit falls in late May or June. If you wait past the fall visit, we often find runs that sag by midwinter on houses that froze. Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is common, since needles can clog a downspout between visits.
Lead time depends on the calendar, and we confirm the date when you call. Ask for the first opening, and we will tell you what the crew can do.
No. Our gutter cleaning service works outside, 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.
Yes, our gutter services flush every downspout and flow-test each one, and we check that water is leaving the outlet. If a drain line runs underground and needs clearing, we quote that separately before we touch it.
Yes, usually less often. Under guards we still find needles and seed casings on top and packed grit underneath, so the surface gets cleared and the trough comes out clean. Our crew clears gutters and downspouts on each visit, and the gutter system gets checked for sag at the same time.
If a gutter is clean and still spills over in the rain, it is usually a slope or capacity problem rather than buildup, because rainwater is more than the trough can carry. Send us a photo or 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 about it and agree before they start. 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.
