Our own crew will clean your gutters, flush every downspout and flow-test it, haul everything off, and photograph 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 roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring or the fall, when the calendar fills. Tell us about your house and we will give you a clean number.
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, and we quote every homeowner over the phone or by text from those three things. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you the estimate by phone. The number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot and land in a similar place, but we would rather give you one figure for the whole house. On our jobs, a few things move the quote more than anything else: a third story or a pitch too steep to walk, a walk-out basement with the back run up high, gutters nobody has opened in years, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat before we can clean the trough underneath.
Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off come with every one of our cleanings and are never billed as extras. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice. The gutter cleaning process takes longer on a gutter packed with years of grit than on one that was cleaned last fall, and we say so when we give you the number so there is no surprise on the ladder.
On the jobs we have cleaned locally, the heaviest quotes have come from houses with big trees overhead and gutters that had not been opened in a long time. Those jobs are real work, and we price them honestly, the same way we price a clean two-story. Get your gutters quoted with a photo of the front of the house, the stories and a rough size, and you usually get a number the same day. Once the crew is up top, the price does not change unless we have told you first that something has changed.
| 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 twice a year, once in spring for a clean after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves have come down. Across New York, the spring visit falls in late May to June, and the fall visit runs from November to early December. In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbow of the downspout, which is where a blockage starts. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we often see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March, with fascia that has started to rot. Across New York, the same pattern holds: the gutter system takes the worst of the leaves and needles in the two seasons when the trees drop the most.
Under heavy tree cover, when big trees hang over the house, we usually see the gutters again sooner, because a twig, some grit and wet needles pack the downspout between visits and the rain gutter starts to back up. A clog like that is easy to miss from the ground. Houses with few or no trees and a simple landscape do well on one clean visit a year in late fall. Guarded gutters need less frequent cleaning, but the top still has to be clean, because a wet mat on top of a guard lets rain run straight off the front edge.
After the first visit we tell you which of those schedules your lot actually needs. Valley Stream gets about 43 inches of precipitation a year, and March, August and December are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall is part of the picture all year. We check the downspout, the trough and the roof edge, and we photograph what we find before and after each clean. A clogged downspout and grit buildup in the trough are what cause structural damage over time, and a leak at a seam is usually the first sign, so regular cleaning and maintenance is about keeping rainwater and drainage moving away from your home, not about cosmetics.
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.
We cover Valley Stream and the surrounding areas from our nearest base, and the crew works the whole city the same way: a quote by phone or text based on stories, size and tree cover, with a photo of the house front if that is easy to send. Our gutter cleaning service books up in the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, so the earlier you call, the better your chance of getting the date you want. We call before we come, and the crew leaves the yard as clean as they found it. Nobody needs to be home for the work itself. If you have a question about the schedule, call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you what is open.
Homeowners comparing cleaning services in valley stream usually want the price and the photos before they want a sales pitch. Valley Stream homes and the surrounding streets book the same way, and the crew keeps the same standard on every house. We handle residential and commercial gutter cleaning services, and our gutter services for commercial properties are scheduled per building. For residential properties the process is the same whether it is a small ranch or a three-story house. Regular gutter maintenance keeps water flow steady and the fascia dry, and when a home needs debris removal after a storm, we handle it on the same visit while the crew is already set up.
We quote every house in Valley Stream NY the same way: the number comes from the stories and the size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We will not guess a figure here. Once you tell us those two things, you get one number, and that number is what the invoice says.
Most of our customers book in late spring and again in late fall. If you wait past the first hard freeze, we find ice on the eave and runs that have started to sag by March. Snow falls in Valley Stream in January, February, March and December, so the fall visit comes before those months. Keep your gutters clean through the fall so the first freeze finds them empty.
We do not promise same-day service, because the calendar moves with the weather and the crew schedule. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you the first date that is open.
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.
Yes, every downspout is flushed with water and watched until it runs clear at the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain line, we check that water is leaving at the outlet and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it. Checking that outlet is how we help protect your home.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, less often. Seed casings and needles sit on top of the guard, and once that mat is wet, rain runs off the front edge. We lift the panels, clean underneath, and reseat them.
A clean gutter along the roofline that still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. Our goal is to keep your home from water damage, so we will not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before they start. The number we quote on 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.
