Our own crew gives gutters in Manhattan a clean, complete job: every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris removal included, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote and the first open date.
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. Some companies price gutter cleaning services by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place, but we work from the house.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually the same handful of things. A third story or a roof too steep to walk turns a quick clean into a longer one. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave line, so the back run sits higher than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted leaf matter, and that takes more time per foot than a light clean. Guards on your gutter system that we have to lift and reseat add their own minutes. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris haul-off are included and never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job gets raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice.
Manhattan homes see different jobs, and the quote reflects what is actually in the gutter. A rain gutter that gets a clean every spring and fall is a different job from one where leaves and debris have sat in the trough for two seasons. On the older houses we see the clog is usually at the elbows of the clogged downspouts, where the water flow stops first and drainage backs up. Where the trough has a sag, we note it and photograph it rather than guess at a fix. If the gutters are wet and heavy with buildup, we say so on the phone, because that changes the time up top.
Our crew also handles commercial properties on a per-building basis, and the same logic applies there: the number depends on height, access and how long the system has gone uncleared. For residential properties, a photo of the front of the house sent by text usually lets us give you an accurate quote without a visit. If we see structural damage in a run, we flag it in the photos and leave the decision with you.
Our goal is to keep water away from your home and out of the wall behind the gutter. A clean system that drains properly is what does that, and it is the job we are quoting.
| 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.
The short answer to how often to clean your gutters is twice a year, one visit in spring and one in the fall. Across New York, spring visits usually fall in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop. The fall visit usually lands in late November to December, after the last leaves come down. Regular gutter cleaning in Manhattan NY follows the same rhythm, and when we open a gutter in May we usually find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows.
Freezing winters add a second reason to clear in the fall. Once the first hard freeze arrives, standing water in a blocked trough can turn into an ice dam at the eave and push under the shingles, so the fall visit keeps water moving before the cold sets in. Snow here totals about 29.8 inches a year, mostly in December through March, and a clog in the trough turns that melt into water with nowhere to go. Heavy rainfall is the other test: June, July and August are the wettest months, with about 49.5 inches of precipitation a year, and a blocked trough lets rainwater run off the roofline and spill down the wall instead of into the downspout.
Under heavy tree cover, a clean every three to four months is the schedule we see most, because needles and grit pack the troughs between visits and the blockage builds fast. Houses with few or no trees near the house usually do well with one visit a year in late fall. Houses with gutter guards need less frequent work, but we still clear the surface and check the flow each time we are up.
Gutter cleaning service is a regular job rather than a one-off, and most customers settle into a rhythm after the first year, for residential and commercial buildings alike. After the first clean we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and you can plan the next date from there. Debris removal is part of every visit, so the estimate you get for the next date is the number you pay. Call (866) 435-6328, or text a photo of the roofline and gutters, and book a date before the spring or fall window fills.
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 the surrounding areas as well as the city, and booking a manhattan gutter cleaning visit starts with a quote by phone or text: tell us the number of stories, roughly how big the house is, and whether tree limbs hang over the house, and send a photo of the front of the house if that is easy. A homeowner gets a call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will help you get your gutters on the calendar.
The calendar fills in two busy windows, the spring visit and the late fall visit, and booking earlier in those windows gives you the slot you want. Outside them there is usually more room, and we confirm a date when you call. If you want the gutters clean before the storm months, book early. If you have just had water damage, or a leak showed up after a storm, call us and we will look at what is needed first.
Our calendar is built so you can keep your gutters working between visits. Each of our cleanings is a full visit, and on every job we flush every downspout and check where the water drains, which is how we protect your home from water damage without making you think about it. We check gutters and downspouts on every visit, not just the ones you can see from the driveway. A twig or a seed head caught in a gutter elbow gets pulled out before it becomes a blockage, and gutter guards get lifted and reseated the same way. The same crew also handles gutter services for residential properties and commercial buildings across the city, and we can fit a repeat customer into a regular route once the schedule is set.
Our cleaning services in manhattan price from stories and size, and we give the number to you by phone or text. Tell us the house is two stories, roughly how big it is, and whether trees hang over it, and we quote the job from there. The number we quote is the number you pay.
Plan on a spring clean, which across New York usually falls in late May to June, and a fall clean in late November to December, after the last leaves are down. If the fall visit gets skipped, we often find runs that have sagged, pulled loose or started to rot by March, so the fall date is the one we push hardest.
Same-day depends on the calendar, so we tell you the first open date when you call. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the exact day with you on the phone before we come out.
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 and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed as part of our gutter maintenance, and we check that water leaves at the outlet. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we tell you if the water is not draining, and clearing a buried line is quoted separately before anyone starts.
Yes, but less often. Guards hold back the leaves, while needles, seed casings, landscape debris and grit still sit on top and turn into a wet mat. A guarded gutter system still needs a clean on the surface, so we clear it and check the flow each time we are up.
If a clean gutter still spills water over the edge in heavy rainfall, the problem is usually slope, capacity or downspout size rather than buildup. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we tell you what it is, without selling you a second cleaning and maintenance visit.
It should not. The gutter cleaning process runs the same way across manhattan: anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, and the number on the invoice matches the quote you agreed to on the phone.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
