Our own crew cleans gutters in Staten Island, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover sits over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice. On our Staten Island jobs, most customers book in the spring and fall, which is when the seeds and the leaves do the most damage.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for our cleaning services in Staten Island depends on how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters, and we quote it over the phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text from those three things. The number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but we would rather you hear one number that covers the whole house.
On our jobs, a third story or a steep roofline that cannot be walked changes the approach, and the crew works from a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder when the eave is too high to reach safely. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave, so the back run sits farther up than the front. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted buildup that takes longer to clear, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Gutters and downspouts are flushed, flow tested and cleared of leaves and grit as part of our gutter cleaning process, and that work is in the quote, never billed as an extra. If anything changes the job, we tell you before work starts, never on the invoice.
When we open a home that has not been cleaned in a long while, the first thing we find is usually a mat of leaves and grit that has started to rot in the trough and a downspout elbow packed solid. Those are the jobs that take the longest, and they are the reason we ask about the last time anyone was up there. A homeowner with a clean history and a few trees will almost always land near the lower end of the range we discuss on the phone. Send us a photo of the front of the house by text if it is easy, and we can usually give you an estimate while you are still looking at the gutters from the driveway. Regular gutter cleaning is what keeps the price predictable, and it helps protect your home from water damage before a small clog becomes a stained ceiling, a rotted board or structural damage. Keeping up with cleaning and maintenance on a steady schedule is the cheapest kind of gutter maintenance on the house, and we would rather keep your gutters clear than come back for a leak that started with one blockage in a single run.
| 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 Staten Island customers book two cleanings a year to keep their gutters clean, in late spring after the seeds and pollen drop, and again in late fall after the last leaves come down. When we open a rain gutter here in spring, we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag or pull loose by the next winter, when the water froze and had nowhere to go.
Under heavy tree cover, we see customers on every three to four months, because needles, bits of twig and grit pack the clogged downspouts between visits, and water flow through the gutter system drops off during heavy rainfall. Our wettest months are June, July and December. Staten Island homes with few or no trees and a simple landscape usually stay clean on one visit a year, in late fall. Gutters with guards need less frequent visits, but the surface still needs clearing, since a wet mat of pollen on top of the guard can keep rainwater from ever getting in.
A house with heavy tree cover over one side needs a visit every three to four months to keep the runs clean, while an open lot can wait for the late-fall visit. Every home starts with a first visit where we walk the roof and tell you what the lot actually needs. After that, we tell you which tier your lot needs, and we adjust from there. Ask us how often to clean your gutters once we have seen the trees.
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 cleaning services reach across Staten Island, NY from the nearest base, and we book by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text. Send us the number of stories, a rough square footage, and a yes or no on trees over the roof, and we will quote the job. A photo of the front of the house helps us see the gutter run and the access points. Lead time changes with the season, so we tell you the first open date when you call rather than promising a slot we cannot hold. The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills fastest, so booking early in those months helps you get your gutters cleaned on the date you want.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every clean run to your phone when the job is done. We provide gutter services to residential properties and commercial properties across the city, and the same crew handles both, with commercial work scheduled per building. Debris removal is included, and we also serve the surrounding areas.
Staten Island homeowners ask this first, and the number comes from the stories, the size and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a range without those three details, because a clean two-story and a packed one can be very different jobs. Once we have them, the number we quote is the number on your invoice.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and late fall, which are the two windows that matter for seeds, pollen and leaves. If you wait past those windows, we usually find the leaf mat rotted into the trough and the downspout elbows packed, and the job takes longer. Book the visit before the first hard freeze so you can get your gutters cleaned before the snow.
Our gutter cleaning service confirms the first open date when you call. Most slots come up within the week, and we will tell you exactly when the crew can get to your house. We do not promise same-day service because it depends on the calendar that week.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets in while the ladders are up, and we will send photos of every clean run to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes, every downspout is flushed with water and watched until it runs clear at the bottom. Where downspouts feed an underground line, we check the drainage at the outlet and tell you if water is not leaving. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, though less often. Needles, seed casings and pollen mat sit on top of the guards, and grit settles underneath, which can keep water from getting in. We clear the surface, flush every downspout and reseat the guards so the gutter runs clean.
A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a clog or a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain, and we will tell you what it actually is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. The quote covers stories, size and what we expect to find, and if the crew finds something that changes the job, we tell you before work starts and you agree to it. Nothing gets added to the invoice that was not discussed on the phone.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
