Our own crew cleans gutters and downspouts across Santa Fe NM, flushing every run until the water runs clean and hauling the mess off before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the property, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. A homeowner here tends to book in the spring and fall, and we are glad to quote the job from a few quick answers. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote, and you get photos of every run before we leave.
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. The gutter cleaning process starts with a quote from those three things by phone or text, and the number we quote is the number we charge. We also look at the whole gutter system, not just the run you can see from the driveway. Gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot land in a similar place, but on our jobs the height and how much is packed in the trough do more to the final number than the length of the run does.
What moves the quote is usually what the crew finds once the ladder is up. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement puts the back run far higher than the front, and a sloped lot does the same. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down with a heavy buildup of leaves and debris, and guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time. A clog at the bottom of a run is often the first sign of drainage trouble, and a sag in the run can point to structural damage behind the fascia. Downspout flushing, water flow testing and debris removal are included in the quote and are never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs the homes that move the quote most are the ones with heavy tree cover, where the leaf, twig and seed load is the difference between a quick clean and a long afternoon. Santa Fe homes in the older parts of town with sloped lots and steep pitches often have clogged downspouts that have been sending water onto the foundation for seasons instead of carrying water away, and that is where the extra time goes. A gutter that looks clean from the ground can still be full at the back, so the crew checks every run. We do not invent a typical house. Text us a photo of the front of your house and we will tell you what we see from it.
Our cleaning services in Santa Fe are priced the same way for residential properties and commercial properties alike, and the number holds once the crew is on site. Ask for a clean written quote if that helps you decide.
| 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 customers book twice a year, in spring and fall: across New Mexico the spring visit falls in late May to June, once the seed and pollen drop has settled, and the fall visit comes after the last leaves are down. The spring visit clears the seeds, seed casings and pollen paste that pack the downspout elbows, and a clean run is what gets the water moving again. The fall visit, usually October to early November, clears the leaves and debris before the first hard freeze, and on houses that skipped it we often find ice dams at the eave and runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March.
How often a house needs a gutter cleaning service depends on the lot. Under heavy tree cover, we see needles and grit pack the downspout between visits, so those homes are on a schedule of every three to four months. A house with few or no trees is usually fine once a year in late fall. Homes with guards still need the surface kept clean, but less often than an open gutter. Gutters near a busy road or a construction site collect a different kind of grit and tend to need the closer schedule too. Debris removal is part of every visit, so nothing is left to rot in the trough. Regular gutter cleaning on a lot like that is the difference between a clean fall and a long one, and the same schedule logic applies to residential and commercial buildings.
When we open a gutter in spring the first thing we find is usually seed casing in the elbow and pollen paste over the outlet. In October it is the wet leaf mat, and that is what the rain has to get through before the year turns. Rain comes hardest in July, August and October, so a schedule like that is how you clean your gutters before the heavy rainfall arrives. It keeps the rainwater moving away from the foundation and off the roofline, where a clog or blockage can back up behind the fascia without much warning.
After the first visit we give you an estimate for which tier your lot actually needs, and we put what we found in the photos we send you. On a set rhythm, cleaning and maintenance keeps every run clean between visits.
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 Santa Fe gutter cleaning crew works the surrounding areas from the nearest base, covering residential properties and the occasional commercial job, and we are on the same routes most weeks. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text from the number of stories, the size of the house and whether there are trees over the roof. A photo of the front of the house helps, and it is easy to send from your phone. Lead time depends on the season, and across New Mexico the two busiest windows are late May to June and October to early November, when the calendar fills fastest. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will set up the first visit.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. If you want to keep your gutters clear through the year, we can book cleanings on a schedule that matches what we found on the first visit. Staying on a regular rhythm is one of the simplest ways to protect your home from water damage, because a loose hanger or a slow leak gets caught before it spills over the edge.
Our crew can also check your gutter guards on the same visit if you have them, and the rain gutter gets cleared before the guards go back on. Our gutter services end with a flush of every downspout on the way out, so you know the rain is pulling water away from your home instead of pooling by the foundation.
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 figure without those details, and the number we quote is the number on the invoice. Downspout flushing and haul-off are included.
Most customers book twice, once in spring and once in the fall, and we call that the two-visit schedule. If you wait past the fall visit, we often find ice and a sag in the run by March. Heavy tree cover means a visit every three to four months, and that is the gutter maintenance schedule for those lots.
Most slots come up within the week across Santa Fe, and we confirm the date when you call to get your gutters on the calendar. We do not promise a same-day visit, because the calendar depends on the season.
No. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. Each homeowner gets photos of every run and downspout on their phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and move anything off the landscape beds near the downspouts.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and flow-tested as part of the visit, and we check that water is leaving at the outlet and running clean away from your home before we leave. Water that pools at the outlet is how rot starts behind the gutter. Clearing an underground drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone starts.
Yes, but less often. Cleaning and maintenance on guarded gutters is a lighter job, and it still matters, because seed casings and grit collect on top of the guard and underneath it. Once that mat is wet, water stops getting in. We clear the surface, flush each downspout and reseat the guards.
If a gutter is clean and still sheets water over the edge in heavy rainfall, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not a clog. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before they start, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
