Our own crew does a clean job on the gutters and downspouts in Nanuet, NY: every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the leaves hauled away, and photos of every run on your phone before we leave. Our gutter cleaning service is built for homeowners who want it done right, and the price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over it. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have been doing this work across New York for years, and most of our customers book in the spring and fall when the seeds and leaves are heaviest on the gutters.
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. If you are looking for cleaning services in Nanuet, every one of our cleanings is quoted over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, but a number per foot hides the things that actually drive the time on a ladder, and a clean gutter is the goal on every job either way.
On our jobs the biggest mover is height. A third story or a steep pitch you cannot walk safely takes longer to reach with a boom or scissor lift and a crew working in pairs. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back roofline, so a house that looks like two stories from the driveway can be a three-story job from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years hold packed leaves and the odd twig that have to be dug out by hand instead of scooped, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time on every run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included in the cleaning and maintenance quote and are never billed as extras. The gutter cleaning process is the same on every job, and if anything we find up top changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before the crew starts, never on the invoice.
Most of the homes we clean come to us after a leak or an overflow at one corner of the house, and that is usually the first thing our crew checks during routine gutter maintenance. On one job here the quote moved because the rear run sat on a sloped lot with a walk-out basement, and the leaves had been packed into the elbow for two seasons. We cleared it, flushed every downspout, and sent photos of each section to the customer before the truck left. The point is not the number on that job; it is that the three things we ask about on the phone are the three things that set the price on the ground.
If you are not sure which of those applies to your house, tell us the stories, roughly how big the footprint is, and whether there are trees overhead, and send a photo of the front of the house by text if it is easy. That is enough for us to give you a number, and enough to get your gutters on the schedule. Call (866) 435-6328 or text the photo, and we will give you a written estimate you can hold us to. The crew sets its ladders away from your home so nothing rests on the gutter lip.
| 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 customers book gutter cleaning services twice a year: once in late spring, after the seed and pollen drop has finished, and once in late fall, after the last leaves are down. When we open a gutter here in spring, even one that looked clean from the ground, we find seed casings and pollen paste buildup packed into the downspout elbows. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat and the leaves and debris under it, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we often find runs that have started to sag or pull loose from the fascia before the wood starts to rot. That sag is the first sign of structural damage.
A gutter's whole job is to carry water away from the house, and the fall visit matters more here than it would in a milder town because freezing weather is real here. In a typical year Nanuet gets about 50.3 inches of precipitation and 32.7 inches of snow. Water that sits behind a clog through the first cold snaps can freeze at the eave and push up under the shingles, which is how ice dams start. Snow in January, February, March and December adds weight to runs that are already full, and that is the damage we see most often on houses that went into December with leaves still in the gutters. Heavy rainfall in June, August and September then finds whatever was left behind, and the rainwater has nowhere to go, which is when the overflow happens.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees overhead, our customers are on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit leave clogged downspouts between visits and the gutter system fills faster than the seasons alone would suggest. Regular gutter cleaning on that schedule keeps it from backing up. Houses with few or no trees overhead, or a landscape of lawn and low shrubs, do well on a single visit in late fall. Gutter guards mean fewer visits, but a rain gutter with a guard still has to be cleared, because a guard only keeps out the big leaves while the fine grit settles underneath.
After the first visit we tell you how often you need to clean your gutters on your lot, based on what we found rather than a general rule. Every visit we flush every downspout, so the schedule follows the gutters. Ask for a date when you call and we will put it on the calendar.
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 gutter services run across Nanuet, NY, and we have cleaned gutters on homes in several of its neighborhoods, including the older streets where the gutters have not been opened in years. We cover the city as a whole and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we do not stop at a boundary line for a clean job. To book, you tell us the number of stories, the rough size of the house and whether trees hang over the house, and we quote the job by phone or text. A photo of the front of the house helps us confirm the stories and the lift we will need.
Lead time changes with the season. The busiest windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when the seeds and leaves are heaviest, so book early if your visit has to land in one of those weeks. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit itself. For homeowners who want clean gutters before the next rain, call (866) 435-6328 and tell us the date you have in mind, and we will show you the openings we have.
We handle residential and commercial work: residential properties, commercial properties, and every mix in between, so a property manager with a small plaza and a homeowner on the same street get the same crew and the same process. The job is scheduled, priced and documented the same way for both, and debris removal is part of every visit. Whether the property is a single house or a site with several buildings, the photos go to you before the truck leaves.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you over the phone or by text. We do not quote a range on this page because the house decides it. Once you tell us those three things the number is the number we charge.
Across New York the spring visit usually falls in late May to June and the fall visit in late October to November, and most customers book both. A skipped fall visit leaves the wet leaf mat sitting through the first hard cold, and by March we often find runs that have sagged or pulled loose. Booking both helps keep your gutters clear all year.
Same-day slots depend on the week, and most open windows come up within the week. When you call we confirm a date and tell you plainly if the crew can get there sooner.
No, you do not need to be home. 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, and stand-offs on every ladder protect your home from scuffs on the siding.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check the water flow through it, and we confirm that water is leaving at the outlet. If a downspout feeds an underground drain line that will not clear from the top, we tell you and quote that work separately before anyone touches it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, though less often. On our jobs the needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of the guard and sometimes under it, and once that mat is wet the water runs over the front edge instead of into the trough.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope, capacity or drainage problem rather than a blockage. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling you a second cleaning for a problem that a cleaning cannot fix. Catching it early is how you keep your home from water damage through the winter.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, never after. The number we quoted over the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
