Our own crew cleans gutters in Southeast, flushes every downspout, checks that it flows, hauls the debris away, and sends you photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Across New York, most of our customers book in the spring and fall, which is when we see the most packed 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 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. Every homeowner gets the same gutter cleaning process on every job, and a homeowner should be able to check the bill against the quote line by line. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the house is measured, but we would rather give you one number.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes longer and more setup. A walk-out basement puts the back run far up the wall. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaf mat, which is slower work than one of our regular cleanings. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time on both ends. Heavy rainfall makes a packed back run the first to overflow, so that run gets the most time. A clog at a downspout elbow, or a twig wedged in the outlet, adds time too, and so does a leak at a seam. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. That is the gutter maintenance we price, start to finish, all of it aimed at moving water away from your home. If anything changes the job once the crew is on site, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our customers tell the same story at the start of most visits: the gutters looked fine from the driveway, and the back run was full. One customer with a two-story house had their front run cleared and the downspout flushing fine, but the rear run was packed with leaves and grit that a driveway view never shows, and that is what set the job size. We do not price a job from the front of the house alone, which is why we ask for a photo of the front of the house by text when it is easy to get one. For the rest of the work, the cleaning and maintenance on the back side, the leaf mat and the downspout runs, our crew handles it the same way on every house. Our cleaning services in Southeast start with the photo, then the number.
To get your gutters priced, call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house with the stories and rough square footage. We will tell you what the cleaning costs and what would change it, before we send anyone out.
| 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 spring seeds and pollen drop, and the fall visit falls in late October to November, after the last leaves are down. Most of our customers book those two visits, and on both we flush every downspout. Homes with heavy landscape planting near the eaves tend to drop more seeds into the trough. When we open a gutter in May we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows, and a clog there is the usual reason a run overflows. In late fall we find the wet leaf mat in every rain gutter that skipped the visit, along with leaves and debris, and on houses that skipped it we have seen runs sag under ice by March, and the fascia behind a sagging run can rot. Heavy rainfall in August, September and December is when that load shows up as water over the front edge.
Under heavy tree cover, we see needles and grit pack the downspout between visits, so those customers are on a schedule of every three to four months. Near a busy road or active construction, the grit load is similar, and the same schedule applies to homes across southeast. Few or no trees over the roofline is usually once a year in late fall. Gutter guards need less frequent cleaning, but the surface still needs clearing, because the mat sits on top of the guard instead of inside the trough. Left alone, the wet trough adds weight and can lead to structural damage. Guards or not, a clean trough and clear outlets are what keep water moving. Keeping to this schedule stops clogged downspouts from turning a light rain into water over the front edge.
On our jobs the tier depends on what the gutter system actually holds, which is why we do not give one answer for every lot. Our gutter cleaning services follow the tier, not a fixed calendar, and commercial properties get the same tier logic. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot needs, and we put what we found in the photos so you can see it for yourself. Every tier aims at one result: a gutter that moves water away from your home.
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 covers Southeast NY and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we clean homes on the same schedule. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text from your stories, your square footage and whether trees hang over the roofline. A photo of the house front helps when it is easy to send. We confirm a date when you call, and the lead time depends on the calendar that week. The two busy windows are the spring and fall visits, when the calendar fills with the seasonal cleans and the calls about overflowing gutters and buildup come in. Our gutter cleaning services run on that calendar, and Southeast homes get the same gutter cleaning service no matter which street they are on.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew does not come inside. We handle residential and commercial work with the same booking process. Commercial properties are scheduled per building, and residential properties get the same photos of every run and downspout. Regular gutter cleaning on a set schedule keeps the calendar predictable for both, and a clog caught early is far cheaper than a sag found after a storm. On each visit the crew checks drainage at every outlet, confirms the water flow is clear, and does the debris removal before the truck leaves.
If your gutters overflow, a call early in the season avoids most of the trouble. To book a date, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front. We will tell you what the crew will look for when they clean your gutters on the first visit. Our gutter services stop at the cleaning and the flow check, and anything beyond that is quoted before work starts.
The number comes from stories and square footage, and you get your estimate by phone or text. We do not give a range here, because the same two-story house can come out differently depending on what is in the gutters. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Across New York, the spring visit falls in late May to June and the fall visit in late October to November. If you wait past the fall visit, the wet leaf mat is still in the trough and the first freeze can start sagging the runs. Those two windows make the most sense to keep your gutters clean.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day depends on the calendar that day, so ask us when you book. We run the same schedule across the surrounding areas, and we will tell you what we have.
No. Our crew works outside on your gutters and downspouts, 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. The yard is left as clean as the crew found it.
Yes. We flush and flow-test the gutters and downspouts until every downspout runs clean at the outlet, and we check the drainage there. If a line drains underground and needs clearing beyond the outlet, we tell you and quote that separately before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs, guards keep leaves out of the trough, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of the guard and mat when wet, and that blockage can send rainwater over the edge. We clear the surface, flush every downspout and reseat the guards so water gets in.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows in the rain usually has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, not a clog, and a roofline that sheds more water than the run can hold is a common reason. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We will not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem. Fixing the real cause is how you protect your home from water damage.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
