Our own crew cleans your gutters, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across New York, most of our customers book for late May or June after the seed drop, and again for late October or November after the leaves come down.
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 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. Companies that offer gutter cleaning services often price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, though the total is what you pay. On our jobs the clog is usually the variable that moves the number most: compacted buildup in the trough takes longer to remove than loose leaves, and a clog left at the elbow is the first thing we check. A rain gutter packed with wet leaves weighs far more than one holding dry needles, and the crew prices that difference in before the ladder goes up.
What moves the quote on our crews: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run well up the wall, gutters nobody has opened in years, and guards we have to lift and reseat. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the quote and never billed as extras. Our gutter cleaning service counts clogged downspouts inside the job, and the crew names anything beyond that before it climbs. If anything changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our customers include many homes on older lots, and the cases we see most often are the ones where water has stopped draining and is working its way toward structural damage at the fascia. Scale matters here: a sag or a short run can look minor from the driveway and turn out to be the reason water is backing up. When the crew is up, we check water flow and drainage through every run, not just the stretch you can see. This page prices residential properties; commercial properties need a walk-through before anyone gives a number.
Brookhaven homes with heavy canopy tend to bring in the most leaves and debris, and those are the jobs where we flush every downspout and confirm water away from the foundation before we leave. A clean trough on the day we leave still fills again with the next leaf fall, which is why the calendar matters. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will give you a written estimate.
| 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 Brookhaven NY book twice a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves. The two windows that matter are spring and fall. In spring we open the elbows and find seeds and pollen packed to the bend. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we often see a run that has sagged or pulled loose by March. Here we get heavy rainfall, averaging 44.2 inches a year, with March, April and December the wettest months, so rainwater has to leave the gutter fast. Our crew treats the fall visit as the one that protects the roofline through winter, since snow here averages 31.8 inches a year, mostly from December through March.
Under heavy tree cover or near a busy road, most of our customers go to a cleaning every three to four months, because the blockage builds up between visits and a single clog can back water over the edge. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough for most lots. Gutter guards change the schedule, not the need: we still clear the surface, but less often. A standing schedule of regular gutter cleaning keeps the trough empty, and a clean run is easier to inspect on the first visit. The point of the gutter is to move rainwater away from your home, and a blocked one fails at the worst time. If you decide to clean your gutters yourself between visits, never lean a ladder on the trough itself. Schedules differ for residential and commercial buildings on the same street. Estimate your own schedule with us on the first visit, because we tell you which tier your lot actually needs once we see it.
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 covers the whole area from the nearest base and works across Brookhaven, so you do not need to be in a particular neighborhood to book. Our gutter cleaning process starts with a quote by phone or text, built from stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house if it is easy to send. A homeowner with a corner lot or a steep roof gets the same process, with the extra work named up front. Lead time depends on the calendar, and the two busy windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when most homeowners book at once. Book early for those months.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Gutter maintenance keeps gutters and downspouts running between storms. Keep your gutters working through the season with a standing visit and you protect your home from water damage at the eave, the fascia and the foundation. A twig in the elbow or a wet leaf cluster can turn into a leak at the seam within one storm, so keep the gutters clean between visits and the crew has less to pull out. On each visit we flush every downspout, because a clog in the underground line is the one nobody sees from the ground. Homes with gutter guards still get the standing visit, and most homes do fine with two cleanings a year. Our Brookhaven gutter cleaning crew covers the surrounding areas as well, so a neighbor on the same street can often share a day. Call (866) 435-6328 to book a date.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text. We do not quote a figure off the page, because the same two-story house can need more or less time depending on what is packed in the trough. A two-story house with a clean trough and light buildup takes less time than one with packed elbows.
Across New York, most homeowners book spring and fall visits, with spring running late May to June. In Brookhaven, our fall visits are usually late October to November, and if you wait until winter, we often find runs that have sagged under ice and a clog that has already started to rot the fascia behind it.
Most slots come up within the week for our cleaning services in Brookhaven. We confirm the date when you call, and we do not promise same-day unless the calendar has an opening that day.
No. Our crew 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, move landscape edging and hoses off the path, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and we confirm the water leaves at the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep out leaves but not the needles, seed casings and grit that mat on top of a gutter system, so we still clear the surface and check that water is getting in. That is part of the cleaning and maintenance visit, not an extra.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in heavy rainfall, the problem is usually slope or downspout capacity, not debris. Send us a 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 it and agree to it before work starts, never after. To get your gutters on the calendar, call or text us for a quote first.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
