We quote commercial gutter and downspout cleaning per building, priced from its footprint and height, with fall protection or a boom or scissor lift on every job and a photo report when we finish. The crew doing the work is ours and scheduled around your site, not a roofer's side job between re-roofs. We book Hampton commercial buildings in the spring and the late fall, and we run the same crew from first visit to final inspection so the managers who call us get the same people each time. Call (866) 435-6328 or book a date online.
Quoted per building from footage, height and gutter type, in writing, before anyone is dispatched. Scheduled service costs less than a call-out.
We quote commercial gutter and downspout work per building from linear footage, height and gutter type, in writing, from a site plan or a satellite measurement, before anyone is dispatched. The quote is built the same way every time, so a property manager can compare commercial buildings across a portfolio without a call for each one. The same method covers residential and commercial jobs, so a homeowner gets a written number too, and property managers comparing gutter cleaning companies can line the quotes up side by side.
Height is the first thing that moves the number, which is why a per-foot rate from gutter cleaners gets you close and no closer. Above three stories the job is done from a boom or scissor lift under fall-protection rules, and the lift has to reach the run without the crew working free-standing. Compacted debris is the second. A gutter system that has not been cleaned in years takes longer to clear and is hauled in more loads, and a packed run pushes the overflow out at the first low joint in a storm, with the water running down the siding and into the wall below. A single clog at a downspout elbow can hold up the whole run. A gutter guard must be lifted and reseated to reach the run beneath it. Oversized or box gutters take more time per foot than standard profile. Roof drains and scuppers on flat roofs add their own step, and the number of buildings on one site lowers the cost per building because the crew mobilizes once.
Downspout flushing and debris haul-off are included per building and are not billed as extras. Whether it is a home or business, scheduled semi-annual or quarterly service is priced lower than a one-off call, because the crew knows the building and the footage is already measured. Where a run needs cleaning solutions, that is named on the quote before the work starts, never added on the invoice. The cleaning process ends at final inspection, which checks every run and drain before the invoice goes out, and the photo report is sent with it.
For example, take a four-story office building with a built-up flat roof and internal drains, sharing a lot with two smaller buildings. The quote turns on three things the manager can see on the site plan: the height, the roof type, and how many buildings share one mobilization. The lift goes to the tall side, the drains are cleared from the roof, and the invoice goes out as one line per building.
| Per building | |
|---|---|
| Standard, one to two stories | from $150 |
| Oversized box or industrial gutters | from $295 |
| Three stories and up, with a lift | from $395 |
Your lease decides, not state law. Here is how the three common cases usually read.
On a commercial lease, responsibility for gutter and downspout cleaning is set by the lease itself, not by the habitability rules that apply to apartments.
Triple net (NNN). The tenant usually carries building maintenance and exterior upkeep, in full or as a pro-rata share, and that normally includes gutters and downspouts.
Gross lease. The landlord usually keeps the roof system and exterior upkeep, gutters included, inside the base rent.
Lease silent. When the lease says nothing, the obligation generally falls to the landlord, because gutters are treated as part of the building's roof and structure.
Whoever the lease names, tell us and the invoice goes to that party, so the property manager is not stuck in the middle.
This is general information, not legal advice. Read the maintenance clause of your lease or ask the attorney who drafted it.
At least twice a year for a standard building. Restaurants, flat roofs and anything under trees, quarterly.
On the Hampton properties we service, most are on twice a year, spring and late fall, with restaurants, flat roofs with internal drains and buildings under heavy tree cover or landscape debris on quarterly. Across Virginia, the spring visit falls in mid to late May and clears the seed and pollen load. The late fall visit, booked for late November to December in Hampton, clears the leaf mat before the freeze. Across Virginia, hurricanes and tropical remnants are the storms that bring the post-storm call-outs, and managers who call after one get an inspection that often turns up a pulled hanger or a downspout knocked loose.
On a flat roof, clean gutters only tell part of the story. The parapets, internal drains and scuppers back up without a sound, and a blockage at an internal drain shows up as standing water on the roof, not as a gutter problem. The first thing a tenant notices is a stained ceiling tile or a membrane blister, and by then the water damage has already started, which is why the monthly check between cleanings exists on those properties. A restaurant gutter gets grease and food grit that a standard office gutter never sees, so what we pull out of a restaurant gutter every second month is a different load than what comes off a warehouse.
Professional gutter cleaning services are sized to the building, and a property manager can set the frequency by building type rather than one schedule for the whole portfolio. Our crew can provide gutter cleaning on a fixed interval or as one-off visits. We offer gutter cleaning and maintenance on a schedule that matches the load the building actually carries, and we adjust after the first visit based on what the crew finds in the runs. Industrial sites with long runs and heavy dust often need the quarterly interval too. Homeowners and businesses get the same first question from us: what are your gutter cleaning needs, and how fast does the load build up? A residential gutter under a wooded lot follows the same logic, and repeat cleanings on the same building are priced from the footage already on file. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the runs, and we will set the interval from there.
| Property type | Baseline | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Standard office, retail, multifamily | Twice a year, spring and late fall | Seasonal debris before heavy rain and freeze |
| Restaurant and food service | Every two months | Grease and exhaust residue speed up clogs |
| Industrial and manufacturing | Quarterly to semi-annual | Airborne dust and soot |
| Heavy tree cover over the roof | Three to four times a year | Leaf and needle load |
| Flat roof with parapets and internal drains | Quarterly, monthly checks | Drains back up silently; membrane damage |
Tied off or working from a lift, never free-standing on a ladder against a parapet.
Federal OSHA requires fall protection for construction-type work at six feet and above (29 CFR 1926.501) and for general industry at four feet (29 CFR 1910.28). Commercial gutter lines sit well above both. Our crew works tied off or from an aerial lift, never free-standing on a ladder against a parapet. Above three stories the job is done from a boom or scissor lift, which is why height is the biggest single factor in a commercial quote. The lift is matched to the building: we bring whatever boom or scissor lift the roofline needs. Where a state runs its own OSHA plan with stricter triggers, the crew follows the stricter rule.
Gutters, downspouts, drains and scuppers, hauled debris, and a photo report per building. Nothing on this list is an extra.
Per building. Every gutter run cleared by hand or vacuum, not just the sections visible from the parking lot. Every downspout flushed until it runs clear; a blocked downspout cleared from above where reachable. Below-grade drain lines are cleared on request and quoted separately. Roof drains and scuppers on flat roofs cleared of debris and the strainer domes reseated. Debris bagged and removed from site, including from parking areas and walkways under the work. Downspout outlets and splash blocks checked.
Report. Before-and-after photos of each run and each drain, per building, with anything found (a pulled hanger, a separated seam, standing water that points to slope, a cracked scupper) noted and photographed, not repaired without authorization. Invoice per building with the linear footage shown, so a board or an owner can check it.
Not included. Gutter repair or replacement, guard installation, roof repair, pressure washing of the building. Where a problem is found, you get the photo and a plain description; what to do about it is your call.
The same crew on a fixed calendar, a lower per-visit rate, and a storm call-out when you need one.
A one-off cleaning is priced as a one-off: dispatch, setup, lift if needed. Put the property on a schedule and the plan is priced for that building, because the crew knows it, the footage is already measured and the dates are booked a season ahead. Semi-annual (spring and late fall) suits most standard buildings; quarterly suits restaurants, flat roofs with internal drains and anything under heavy trees. Plans and their pricing are set building by building: call or email us to set one up.
A scheduled property also gets one contact for every building in the portfolio, across city lines where we cover the neighboring towns.
One contact for every building, a date in writing, and the crew checks in with your on-site person before a lift goes up.
Our service area is Hampton's commercial corridors and the business parks we have serviced, plus the surrounding areas where a property manager has a building. A property manager with buildings in more than one place can put every site under one contact for gutter maintenance. One scheduler handles all of the buildings, a date is confirmed in writing before the crew arrives, and our crew checks in with the on-site contact when they pull in. Work can be timed around tenant hours where asked, so the lift and the crew stay out of the way of deliveries and customer traffic.
For a multi-site portfolio we keep one invoice per building with the linear footage shown, so the owner can check each line. A clogged gutter on one site can leak into the wall of the next, and a backed-up run can cause roof leaks along the fascia, which is why we flush every downspout on every building and do not leave a run half done. Our commercial and residential properties work runs on the same crew and the same gutter cleaning process, so the gutter company you hire for a shopping center is the same one that clears the homes on the street behind it. We do not install gutter protection, so guards are not part of a cleaning quote.
We also do residential gutter cleaning, and a homeowner in the same neighborhoods gets the same crew and the same written quote. A clean run is the simplest way to protect your home and its siding from the overflow a storm brings. The same crew serves a home or business, and lead time depends on the season and the number of buildings. The scheduler will tell you the first open date when you call (866) 435-6328.
We quote per building, and the number comes in writing from the footage, the height and the gutter type, so a thorough cleaning is priced for the whole building. Some gutter companies quote per linear foot, and that gets you close; the building's height, guards and debris load are what move the final figure, so we give you the building number, not a rate to multiply.
The lease decides, not us. Read the maintenance clause in your lease, and the lease type sets who the invoice goes to; the section above lays out the three common cases. This is not legal advice, so check with the attorney who drafted the lease if the clause is unclear.
On the restaurants and flat roofs among our commercial properties in Hampton, quarterly is what keeps the internal drains clear. A restaurant gutter fills with grease and food grit fast, and a flat roof's drains back up without warning, so the monthly check between cleanings catches a problem before a tenant sees a stain.
Yes. Above three stories we work from a boom or scissor lift under fall-protection rules, and we bring the lift that reaches the roofline of your building. Tall buildings anywhere in our service area are handled the same way. Tell us the stories and the roof type when you request a quote so the lift is booked for the right job.
Yes. A thorough cleaning is timed around tenant hours, and the crew signs in with the building's on-site contact when we arrive. Send us the access rules with the site plan and the crew will follow them.
We clear roof drains and scuppers as part of the building, not as an extra. The crew clears the drains from the roof, checks the strainer domes and reseats them, and photographs each one for the report. If a gutter guard covers the run, it is lifted, the run is cleared, and the guard is reseated.
After a severe storm, the post-storm call-outs turn up pulled hangers, downspouts knocked loose and a clog at a downspout elbow, and debris packed into the runs is what makes a run overflow onto the siding below. We inspect and clear the affected runs and send the photo report, and anything beyond cleaning is written up for you to decide on.
Yes. We invoice per building with the footage shown on each line, and a home or business with several properties gets one recurring schedule under one contact. Call (866) 435-6328 or send us your site list to get the schedule started.
Footage, height and the address by phone or email. The quote comes in writing, per building.
