Our own crew cleans gutters in your town, every run flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of each run before we leave, so you can see the gutters are clean. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over it, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have worked this area through spring and fall for years, and most of our bookings come in those two windows.
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. We give you an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once you do the arithmetic, but the stories and the state of the gutter usually decide the figure more than the length does. Residential properties get quoted from those same three answers.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds when it gets up there. A third story or a steep roof we cannot walk adds time and equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run, so it sits farther up than the front. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come down packed with leaves and debris, and that takes longer than a light load. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. A clean run with a light leaf load takes a fraction of the time.
Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the price and never billed as extras. If something changes the job once we are on the house, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice. Where a drain feeds an underground line, we check the water flow at the outlet and tell you if it is not carrying water away from the house; clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
On a recent job, the clog was in the elbows where two clogged downspouts met the drain line, packed with seeds and wet leaf paste, and it had sent water behind the fascia for a season. That is the kind of find that changes the crew's time on site. We do not put a price inside a case, but this is what drove the visit: the buildup at the bottom, not the length of the run. Many Kent homes we clean have the same story, with water running back behind the gutter before anyone noticed.
| 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.
Across New York, the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop finishes. Most of our customers book the fall visit in late October to November, after the last leaves are down, and many add the spring one as well. When a gutter comes down after the spring seed drop, we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, a blockage that the first heavy rain turns into an overflow. In late fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs by March that sag under the ice.
Freezing winters are the reason the fall visit matters here. A rain gutter that holds water going into a hard freeze turns into ice at the eave, and the ice dams push water up under the shingles. We would rather keep the runs clean before that happens than explain the ceiling stain afterward. Snow in the winter months also loads the roofline and the gutter, so the run that held in November may be pulling loose by the time the thaw comes. Left alone, that turns into structural damage at the fascia and soffit.
Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning means a visit every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits. With few or no trees overhead, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Houses near a busy road or construction tend to fall on the shorter schedule as well, since dust and grit settle into the trough faster. Guards change the rhythm a little, and we clear the surface on the same visit.
After the first visit we tell you which of those tiers your house actually needs, based on what we find in the gutter rather than a guess from the street. Call (866) 435-6328 to set the first date, and we will note what we see so the next visit starts with a clean record.
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 handles Kent gutter cleaning, and the calendar fills in the same two windows most years, late spring and late fall. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over it. A photo of the front of the house, with any gutter guards visible, helps us judge the access, and it is quick to send from the driveway. Pick a day now and you can get your gutters done before the next storm.
Lead time depends on the week, and we confirm a date when you call rather than promise one we might miss. Our gutter cleaning process runs in three steps: quote, visit, photos. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit, since the crew works outside and does not come inside. If you are a homeowner with a leak, an overflow, a twig jam or a clog, tell us when you call so we can plan the first visit around it.
We clean gutters and downspouts, then check the drainage at the outlet, so you know the gutter system is working before the next big storm. Regular cleanings keep the rainwater moving and keep water away from your home, which is the real reason most people book us. Keep your gutters clean and you protect your home from water damage in the seasons that bring the heaviest rain. Gutter maintenance is the simple way to do that.
Beyond the town, our gutter services reach surrounding areas, and our gutter cleaning services reach commercial properties nearby, but this page is about the houses right here. Our residential and commercial jobs get the same photo rule, so you know what was done. If you are not sure whether your house is on a twice-a-year or a once-a-year schedule, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house from the driveway, and we will tell you what we see.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. Our gutter cleaning service is quoted from those answers, and we do not give a range here because the same two-story house across Kent can come out very differently depending on what is in the gutters.
Across New York the spring visit falls in late May to June, and most of our customers book the fall visit in late October to November, after the leaves are down. If you wait past that, we often find runs that were clean in October sag under the first ice by March, and the fascia behind them starts to rot.
We confirm the date when you call. Our cleaning services in Kent run on a calendar that moves with the weather and the other houses on the route, so we do not promise same-day service.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and drain to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked, move anything that would block the landscape beds, and keep pets in while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and flow-test it so we can see the water leaving. If a drain feeds an underground line, we check the outlet, and clearing a buried line is quoted separately before any work starts.
Yes, guards still need cleaning and maintenance, usually on a lighter schedule. Under guards on our jobs we still find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on the surface, and once it is wet the water runs off the front instead of going in.
A gutter that is clean and still spills over the edge in heavy rainfall has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video taken during 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 it and agree to it before work starts, and it is never added to the invoice after the fact.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
