Our own crew cleans gutters in your town, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything hauled away, 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 is overhead, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and the fall, and we keep those slots filled first.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters now. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other companies price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place per run, but a per-foot figure hides the real work, which is the height and the clog. Ask for a written estimate and you will see the breakdown. Across Somers, our gutter cleaning services come with that same breakdown, whether it is a single visit or a full run of gutters and downspouts, and homeowners get it in writing.
On our jobs the things that move the quote are predictable. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther off the ground than the front. Gutters nobody has opened in years hold compacted debris, and that takes more passes to clear. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on every section. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off of the leaves and debris are included and are never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice. Clogged downspouts that have backed water toward the foundation can lead to structural damage, and we say so in the report rather than fold it into the cleaning. The job is to get the water away from the house, with a clean run from the roofline to the drain, and the price reflects that. The process is the same on every house: walk it, clear it, flush it, photograph it.
When the crew opens a gutter with a slow clog, we usually find seeds, grit, a twig or two and leaf buildup packed into the elbow of the downspout, and water that never reached the drain. Once the run is clear, we flush it and check the water flow until it runs clean at the bottom, so you know the blockage is gone and not just moved. Water that sits in a sag holds back the drainage and starts a leak at the joint. On a home where the water had nowhere to go, we often see the gutter pulling away from the fascia board and a low spot where it sags between hangers. We photograph that and put it in the report, and we do not sell a repair on the spot. Somers homes vary, and so does what the crew finds on each one, which is why we walk the property before we say a number. Somers gutter cleaning gets its number after that walk, not before.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you the quote from there. Every homeowner who texts a photo gets that quote from the photo and the three numbers above. Residential and commercial work is quoted the same way: residential properties by the house, and commercial properties per building on a schedule.
| 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.
On our jobs most customers book twice a year, in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and again in late fall after the last leaves come down. When we open a gutter here 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 by March that sagged under the weight of ice. The spring and fall visits are the two that matter most for a house in town.
Under heavy tree cover, the schedule that holds is cleanings every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspout between visits, and a rain gutter that clogs before a stretch of heavy rainfall will overflow in the next storm. A home with few or no trees usually does fine once a year in late fall. A landscape bed under the eaves adds mulch and mud to the same trough. Gutter guards change the job too: they keep the big leaves out, but the surface still needs clearing, so guarded gutters get a lighter visit at the same cadence. A gutter system with guards still needs its top checked, and gutter maintenance on a guarded house still follows the calendar. Across New York the pattern is the same, the calendar follows the trees and the roofline, not the date on the wall.
Rainwater has to get away from the foundation, and a blockage anywhere in the run stops that from happening. A gutter that is clean on the outside can still be stopped up at the bottom, which is why we flush each downspout and watch the water. Many homeowners think a clean gutter is a finished gutter, but the downspout is where it fails. If you are asking how often to clean your gutters, the answer starts with the trees over the house. Before we leave we give you an estimate for the next visit based on what the crew found. Here is what that looks like at a home in town. When a customer with no trees books on the twice-a-year schedule, the fall visit is usually the only one needed. When a customer under the trees books every three to four months, we flush each downspout on every visit because the grit comes back quickly. Either way, after the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we keep the schedule from there. Debris removal is part of every visit, and regular gutter cleaning is what keeps the next storm from becoming a stained ceiling.
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 across town and the surrounding areas from the closest base, and we keep a regular route through the neighborhoods where most of our customers live. We also run that route out to the outlying streets, so a job outside town does not wait on a slot in town. Our crew handles residential and commercial work from the same base. Booking is simple: call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front, and we quote from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is overhead. Typical lead time depends on the season, and we tell you the first open date when you call rather than promising a slot we cannot keep. Our gutter services run on the same booking line as the rest of the schedule.
Across New York, the calendar fills in two busy windows, late May through June and late October through November, when most homeowners look at the gutters at the same time. Book early in those months and you get the date you want. Call now to get your gutters on the calendar before the windows fill. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. For homeowners who want the whole job done, we also offer gutter and window cleaning as one visit, because the gutters go first and the glass last, so the wall is not dripping on clean windows. A clean system is how you protect your home from water damage before the rain arrives. Keep your gutters clear and the roof and the foundation stay dry, and that is the whole point of the service. Ask us about a seasonal schedule that fits your house, and we will set the dates when you book.
The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, and Somers NY houses are quoted the same way. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front and we will quote it from those three things, and that quote is what you pay.
Our customers here book in late spring and late fall. If the fall visit is skipped, we often find sagging runs by March after the first ice, and fascia that has started to rot. Heavy tree cover means every three to four months. If you want one rule, use the trees: none means once a year, and the fall visit is the one to keep.
Same-day depends on the calendar. Our cleaning services in Somers run on the open dates, and most slots come up within the week. We confirm the date when you call so there are no surprises.
No, you do not need to be home for the gutter cleaning process. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and watch the water until it runs clear at the bottom, which is what carries it away from your home. Where a downspout feeds an underground line we check the outlet, and clearing a buried line is quoted separately before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep the big leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top and mat when wet. On our jobs the surface still needs clearing, though the visit is usually lighter. That is gutter maintenance, and it is still on the calendar.
A gutter that is clean and still spills over the edge in rain usually has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a clog. Send us a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
No, the price you hear 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. The visit is cleaning and maintenance in one trip, and a clean invoice matches the quote.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
