Our own crew will clean gutters and downspouts here, flushing each downspout, hauling off what comes out, and sending photos of every run before we leave. Santa Fe homes get a number from stories, size and tree cover, and the price we give on the phone is the price on the invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall. Keeping the gutters clear and the water away from the house is the whole job, and we have been on these roofs through both seasons.
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. Each homeowner gets that quote in writing. Companies that price by linear foot land in a similar place per foot of gutter, but the sum changes with the roofline, so our gutter cleaning services are quoted for the whole house.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far up the wall, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with old leaf mass, and guards we have to lift and reseat, which changes how the whole gutter system drains. Downspout flushing, water flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. Every run is left clean and every downspout runs clear. If a run has structural damage, such as a bracket pulled from the fascia, that is photographed and quoted separately. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs the heaviest buildup we see is in houses with a clog at the lower elbow of a downspout, where leaves and debris sit against a gutter run that already has a sag. Those houses run longer to clear, and we say so when we quote. Clogged downspouts are often the first sign of drainage trouble, and a leak at a corner joint is often the next. A rain gutter can look clean from the ground and still hold a packed sag full of grit. Rainwater that cannot get out of the downspout goes over the edge, so we check where every downspout exits, including whether water is moving away from the house. Residential and commercial properties both get the same check, and we photograph whatever we find, including where the water lands on the landscape.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a written estimate from what we see.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $195 | from $255 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $170 | from $225 | from $295 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $200 | from $265 | from $345 |
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 a gutter service twice a year, and the timing follows the trees. Across Texas, spring cleanings usually land late March to April, after the seed and pollen drop. Our fall visits run December to early January, after the last leaves come down. In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf load, and on the Gulf-facing houses the first heavy rain after the leaves drop carries grit into every run.
Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months is the rhythm, because needles, grit and the odd twig blow in off the landscape and pack the downspout elbows between visits. A clog at the eave turns into an overflow fast, especially where a run has a sag. Houses with few or no trees should clean your gutters once a year in late fall, and that is enough for most lots. A clean run is only as good as its downspout. Gutter guards cut the frequency, but gutter maintenance still means clearing the surface on the same schedule.
When the wettest months come in August, September and October, the gutter run takes the heaviest load of the year, and a blockage that formed in summer holds rainwater until it spills over the front edge. Heavy rainfall in those months is the test, so book a visit before it arrives. A clean roofline is the goal going into the rain, not a fix after the first overflow. The same schedule works for residential properties with a heavy tree line. Text us a photo of the roofline and we will tell you which schedule your lot actually 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 covers Santa Fe from the nearest base and works across Santa Fe one visit at a time. Santa Fe gutter cleaning is booked the same way: give us stories, approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, and we quote by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 to start, and a photo of the house front helps when it is easy to send. Lead time depends on the calendar, and we tell you the first open date on the call instead of promising a slot we cannot keep.
Our calendar fills with cleanings in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, so the earlier you call, the more choice you have. We call before we come and nobody needs to be home. Each run is left clean before the truck leaves. Book now to get your gutters on the schedule before the next storm season.
Homeowners who wait until water shows up at the foundation usually end up paying for more than a cleaning. Keep your gutters clean, because a fascia board that stays wet long enough will rot, and that costs far more than the visit. Flush every downspout on schedule and you protect your home from water damage, which is the whole point of the visit. We also cover surrounding areas on the same route when the schedule allows, and our gutter services stay the same wherever we work.
The number comes from stories, size and tree cover, quoted by phone or text, so there is no single figure without those details.
Spring and late fall are when our customers book. Regular gutter maintenance belongs in your cleaning and maintenance schedule before the first heavy rain, because a blockage that waits until then has already started to back water up the wall.
We clear each run, flush every downspout and check where it drains, leave the trough clean, then send photos of every run before the truck leaves.
No, you do not need to be home. We work outside, do not come inside, leave the ground clean, and send photos of every run and downspout before the truck leaves.
It is photographed and reported to you, and any repair is quoted before anyone touches it.
Gutters with guards still need the surface kept clean. On our jobs we find needles and grit sitting on top of the guard and water running off the front edge.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, that is a slope or downspout problem, not debris. Send us a video in the rain and we will tell you what it is and what it will take to move the water away from your home.
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 work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
