Our own crew cleans gutters in Haverstraw, and on every job we flush every downspout and flow-test it, haul the debris away, and send photos of every run before we leave so you can see the clean result yourself. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across New York, most of our customers book a visit in spring and fall, and we have been doing it that way on jobs across the state for years.
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, and we quote it over the phone or by text from those three things. The number we quote is the number we charge, and that holds for every one of our gutter cleaning services, whatever the gutter system is made of. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but on our jobs the stories and roof access matter more than the footage alone. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will give you an estimate.
What moves the quote on our jobs: a third story or a steep roof the crew cannot walk, a walk-out basement or a sloped lot with landscape beds at the wall, which raises the effective height of the eave and changes how the drainage runs, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted debris, which take longer than a clean run to empty, and guards we have to lift and reseat before the run can be cleared. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised with the homeowner before work starts, never on the invoice.
Most of the haverstraw homes we clean have a clog building up in the same place every visit: the corner where the rain gutter turns, or the first downspout elbow below a long run. When we open that section we find leaves and debris packed to the elbow, and water flow stops at that point, which is how the sag starts and how water away from your home stops draining. Clogged downspouts are the single most common thing we fix on residential properties. Left alone, they lead to a leak behind the fascia, rot in the soffit and structural damage within a season or two.
Our experience here is the same as the rest of the state: the houses with the heaviest buildup are the ones that skipped their last cleaning. On one Haverstraw job this past fall, the rear run was sagging and the crew found the first two outlets full of compacted leaves. After clearing and flushing, water ran clean to the bottom and the sag stopped getting worse. Price was set from the stories and tree cover, and the number on the invoice matched the phone quote for that gutter cleaning service.
| 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.
Residential and commercial jobs follow the same calendar: most of our customers book twice a year, in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and in late fall after the last leaves come down. Across New York, that spring window runs late May to June. On our Haverstraw jobs, when we open a gutter in May we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March. Either way, the goal is a clean trough by the time the weather turns.
Heavy rainfall here peaks in July, September and October, so a clog that starts in spring tends to show up as an overflow in the first big storm of the wet season. Rainwater that cannot leave the trough runs behind the gutter and into the wall. A blockage left in the outlets over summer is usually what overflows first. That is why the fall visit matters on a freeze-belt house more than the spring one, and why we want the gutters clear before the snow months.
How often a house needs us depends on the lot. Twice a year covers most houses, and the two cleanings line up with the seasons above. Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or construction, we see every three to four months, because needles, twig bits and grit pack the outlets between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough. Gutter guards cut the frequency, but the surface still needs clearing, so guards do not mean you can skip a visit to clean your gutters. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
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.
The crew covers Haverstraw from the nearest base, which is how Haverstraw gutter cleaning stays on schedule, and to get your gutters on the calendar you book by phone or text. Give us your stories, the approximate size of the house and whether trees hang over the roof, and send a clean photo of the house front from the street if that is easy. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, so the earlier you call the easier it is to get the date you want. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
Booking is simple on our end. The gutter cleaning process is the same on every job: you get a quote from the same details we use, and once you agree we set a date and confirm it when we call. Haverstraw homeowners who keep their gutters clean on a regular schedule see fewer surprises, because the buildup never gets the chance to pull a run off the fascia. That is the point of regular gutter cleaning: to keep your gutters working and to protect your home from water damage rather than pay to repair it afterward.
Our crew does the cleaning and maintenance on residential properties and commercial properties alike, across the surrounding areas, and keeps the same clean standard on every house. If you want your gutter services booked, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front, and we will tell you what the first visit will involve.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. We do not quote a range without those details. Our cleaning services in Haverstraw are quoted the same way, from those details.
Across New York, most of our customers book in late May to June, and in Haverstraw the fall visit lands in late October or November. If the fall visit gets skipped, the leaf mat and first ice can leave runs sagging by March.
Across Haverstraw, most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call.
No. The crew works outside and does not come inside, so a homeowner at work loses nothing; photos of every run arrive before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked, move landscape pots off the walk, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and flow-tested, and we check that water leaves at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs, guards keep leaves out of the gutter system, but needles, twig bits and seed casings sit on top of the guard and the surface still needs clearing.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is, and if the fascia behind it already shows rot, say so in the message.
Not without telling you first. Every gutter cleaning service visit works this way: if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, which keeps the invoice clean.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
