Our crew cleans gutters in Brentwood, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers here book in the spring and fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop are done, and that is when our calendar fills.
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, how big it is, and what is sitting in the gutters. For Brentwood homeowners, 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 each rain gutter run by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place per run, but a per-foot number hides the things that actually cost time on a ladder. Our gutter cleaning services for Brentwood homes are quoted the same way for every house, so the first call gives you the real number.
On our jobs the quote moves for a few reasons we can see before we climb. A third story, or a roof too steep to walk, means a boom or scissor lift and more setup. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, and the landscape around the house, slope and tree cover alike, changes how fast buildup forms from leaves and grit. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaf mat, which takes longer to clean than a light leaf load. A gutter system that has been left that long can also hide a sag, a leak at a seam, or rot in the fascia board behind the trough, and that only shows once the trough is empty and clean. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time on every run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are part of our gutter cleaning process, so the leaves and debris leave with the truck and nothing is billed as an extra. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our local jobs show the same pattern. On one house in a neighborhood with heavy tree cover, the gutter was full of wet leaves and the clogged downspouts were packed with grit, which is why the clog was not caught in the first visit. Where the drainage was running slow we flush every downspout and check the water flow at the outlet until it runs clean, then call the job finished. Brentwood homes with the same problems get the same method, and residential properties and commercial properties are priced per building the same way. If a run is pulling away from the fascia, that is structural damage and we say so before we write the quote. Rainwater backing up behind a full gutter is the reason to act early, because keeping the water away from the foundation costs less than fixing what it does. If you are not sure what your house needs, text us a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you what we see.
| 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 in Brentwood NY book two cleanings a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in the fall after the last leaves come down. When we open a gutter here in the spring we find seeds and seed casings packed into the elbows and a pollen paste that holds water. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and our fall visits in Brentwood run November to early December, so if we are working before the first hard freeze we also check for the start of ice dams at the eave. A run that has started to sag under that mat is the one we photograph first, and a packed trough that stays wet is how rot starts in the fascia behind it.
Under heavy tree cover we see the gutters fill faster, and a homeowner there is on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. A clean run in March can be full again by the next storm. Here it is about 48 inches of precipitation a year, with the wettest months in March, August and December, which is heavy rainfall for any gutter to carry. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough. Near a busy road or active construction the grit load is higher, so those lots move up a tier too. Gutter guards mean less frequent cleaning, but the surface still needs clearing.
Every blockage we find has a cause, and the cause decides both the schedule and the estimate. Our crew reports what it finds on every visit, and after the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Debris removal is part of every visit, along with the gutter maintenance that keeps the gutter clean between cleanings. We bundle the cleaning and maintenance into one visit, so the calendar stays simple. Ask about a gutter cleaning service for your house, or about regular gutter cleaning on a set calendar, so the visits happen before the clog does. Pick a slot on that calendar, clean your gutters on that schedule, and the spring and fall visits stop being emergencies.
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 works across Brentwood and the surrounding areas, from the nearest base, and our gutter services run on the same schedule for residential and commercial buildings. Brentwood homeowners can start with a quote for our cleaning services in Brentwood: call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front, plus stories, size and tree cover. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Our calendar fills twice a year, so the sooner you ask, the sooner we can get your gutters on the schedule.
We keep a short list of open dates each week, and when a slot opens we offer it to the next house on the list. Lead time depends on the season and the size of the job, and we give you the real date when you call rather than a promise we cannot keep. Our Brentwood gutter cleaning work runs through the gutters and downspouts first, and the work leaves the ground clean. A twig wedged in an elbow is enough to back water up a whole run, so every bend gets checked. Once the crew is on the job, that order sends the water away from your home, which is how we protect your home from water damage, and it keeps the leaks behind the fascia from getting worse.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text before we come out. Our gutter cleaning services across Brentwood for a two-story house are quoted from those three things, and we do not quote a figure without them.
Most of our homeowners here book in the spring and in the fall. Across New York, spring visits run late May to June, and our fall visits here run November to early December. If you wait past the fall leaf drop, we find wet leaves and sludge in the trough, and runs that have started to sag before the first hard freeze.
Slots come up within the week most of the time, and we confirm the date when you call. We will not promise a same-day visit we cannot keep. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the calendar.
No. Our gutter cleaning process happens outside, the crew does not come inside, and photos of every run and downspout go 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 and checked at the outlet, and the ground is left clean. Debris removal is included, and the leaves and debris leave with the truck. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone starts.
Yes, less often. On our jobs the guards keep out the leaves, but the needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of the guard and turn into a paste that stops the water getting in. Guarded gutters still need cleaning and maintenance, and a rain gutter with guards gets the surface cleared and the flow checked.
A gutter that is clean and still spills over the edge in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a clog problem, and that kind of problem can lead to rot in the fascia and structural damage if it runs for long. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is, because the fix is about getting the water away from your home. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem. Heavy rainfall is when we need that video most.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, never after. Our gutter services are quoted once, and the number on the invoice is the one you were given.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
