Our own crew will clean your gutters in Rotterdam, flush and flow-test the run, haul the leaves away, and send 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. Across New York, most of our homeowners book the spring and fall visits, and we have been doing it that way on every job.
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 price it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place once the length is known. We will not give you a figure here; the number comes from your house, not a rate card.
What moves the price on our jobs is usually what the crew finds once they are up. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes longer and more gear. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the gutter line. Gutters that have not been opened in years come down packed solid, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Flushing, flow testing and haul-away are included in the price and are never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our crew has cleaned gutters across the Rotterdam homes on our route, and the same three things decide the price every time: height, size and what is clogging the system. Where a gutter runs full of leaves and debris, the leaves have to come out by hand, and the water flow is checked only once the run is clean. Where a rain gutter has settled, the sag shows up as standing water at the low point, and that is where the clog and the buildup usually sit. Commercial properties in the area come down the same way, one building at a time. If you send a photo of the front of the house by text, we can usually tell you which of those applies before we call back. For clogged downspouts that drain near the foundation, we check where the drainage goes, because a blocked run can cause structural damage that costs far more than a routine clean. Our job is to keep the water away from your home.
| 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 book twice a year, in spring and fall. The first visit comes after the spring seed and pollen drop, and the second after the last leaves are down. A common question is when to clean your gutters, and the answer depends on the trees. Our service runs the same schedule for residential and commercial work, and the visits look alike either way. When we open a gutter here in late spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In late fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag by March under the weight of ice.
Under heavy tree cover, a clog builds up faster, so those houses go on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the gutters between visits. Regular gutter cleaning keeps the trough clean between those visits, and the trees drop enough that debris removal is part of every stop. A rain gutter that drains a lot of tree litter needs the same attention as a gutter sitting near a busy road or a construction site, and residential properties under the same trees get the same interval. After heavy rainfall in June, July and October, the rainwater that cannot leave the roofline is the first thing we look for. A house with few or no trees usually needs one visit a year in late fall. Guards reduce the frequency, but a blockage under the guard still needs clearing, so we keep the schedule short even on guarded systems. After the first visit we give you an estimate of which schedule your lot 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.
Our crew works from the nearest base and covers the surrounding areas on the same route, so Rotterdam gutter cleaning is booked on one regular loop. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a price from the number of stories, the size of the house and whether trees hang over the house. Lead time depends on the week, and the two busiest windows are late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills quickly. We will confirm a date when you call.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. A homeowner hears from us before the crew arrives, and the crew works from the outside of the house and keeps the siding clean. Our gutter services cover gutters and downspouts end to end, so a twig in an elbow or a small leak at a seam gets handled on the same stop. Keep your gutters clean and you protect your home from water damage, and most of our homeowners book two cleanings a year. Gutter guards still need a clean, because grit settles on top of them. If you have a question about the roof before booking, text it and we will answer it in plain language.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not name a figure without seeing the house. The quote covers the cleaning and maintenance visit, which is a full clean of every run, including the flushing and haul-away, and anything that changes the job is raised before the crew starts.
Most customers here book once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the last leaves. If the fall visit gets skipped, we find sagging runs by March where the ice sat in the gutter, and wood rot at the fascia behind it. June, July and October bring heavy rainfall, so a gutter that is already full has the least room to spare then.
Most of our cleaning services in Rotterdam come up within the week, and we take bookings across Rotterdam on open slots. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will confirm a date. We do not promise same-day service because the schedule depends on the weather and the jobs already booked.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and the crew leaves the yard clean.
Yes. In our gutter cleaning process we flush every downspout and check that water leaves the outlet and runs away from the landscape. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we price it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards cut down on the gutter maintenance, but on our jobs under guards we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard, and the surface still needs a clean. The guard lowers how often the trough fills and keeps water away from your home, but the cleaning does not go away.
If your gutter system is clean and still spills over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or outlet size, not debris. Send us a photo or 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 about it and agree to it before work starts, so the number on the invoice matches the quote. To get your gutters on the calendar, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
