Our gutter cleaning services in Charlottesville VA are done by our own crew, and every run comes out clean. The crew does the gutters and downspouts, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything pulled from the trough hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and the tree cover over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Charlottesville customers book in spring and fall. Call (866) 435-6328 for a phone quote, or text a photo of the front of the house.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
A gutter service is priced from how many stories the house has, its size and what is sitting in the gutters. We build the estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot and land in a similar place, but the stories and the access are what really set the number on Charlottesville homes.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds when it gets up there. A third story or a steep roof that cannot be walked changes how the work is done. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with leaves and debris, often with a clog at the elbow, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off of everything we pull out are included and are never billed as extras. A sagging run can also hide structural damage at the hangers, and that gets photographed and reported, not repaired on the spot. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On Charlottesville lots with heavy tree cover, the usual finding is clogged downspouts in nearly every run, with the gutter sagging where leaves have built up over a couple of seasons. The crew clears the buildup, flushes each downspout, checks the water flow out of each outlet and leaves the trough clean, then checks that the drainage is moving water away from the foundation. On a more open landscape the trough usually holds only leaves and grit, so the job stays short. The difference between the two is what we find when we get up there, not the address. Ask us to text a photo of the front of the house and we can tell you which of those a lot is closer to before the crew is booked. Keeping water away from your home is the point, and that is what we measure before we leave.
| 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.
Across Virginia, spring visits run mid to late May, after the seed and pollen drop. In Charlottesville, May, July and September are the wettest months, with about 47.1 inches of precipitation a year, so heavy rainfall is when rainwater spills over a clogged trough first. The fall visit runs November to early December, after the last leaves are down, and snow adds about 15.6 inches a year, mostly in January, February, March and December. In spring we open the gutter, find seeds, seed casings, pollen paste and the odd twig packed into the elbows, and clean out what we find. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and with freezing weather normal here, we find ice dams starting at the eave and rain gutter runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March on houses that skipped the fall visit.
Under heavy tree cover, the clog comes back fast. Even a clean gutter fills again quickly, because needles and grit pack the trough between visits, and a single blockage at a downspout elbow can back the whole run up in one storm. Those lots go on a regular gutter cleaning schedule every three to four months. With few or no trees overhead, once a year in November is usually enough. Gutter guards need less frequent work, but the surface still has to be cleared, because a mat of grit on top of a guard lets water sit and can start a leak at the seams. Debris removal is part of every visit, so the surface is clean before that mat sets.
Our rule for gutter maintenance is simple. After the first visit we tell you how often your gutter system actually needs a visit, and we put the photos on your phone so you can see whether the gutters came out clean and the water is leaving at the outlet. To book a date, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of your gutters.
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 services reach across Charlottesville and the surrounding areas. Booking a Charlottesville gutter cleaning starts with a quote by phone or text, built from your stories, the size of the house and the tree cover. To book a date, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house. Lead times depend on the season, and we tell you the date when you call rather than guessing. The two busiest windows of the year are late spring and late fall, so if you want a slot in those months, it helps to call early.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. If you are a homeowner and want to protect your home from water damage before the next storm, tell us when you call so we can plan around it. Storm season across Virginia brings hurricanes and tropical remnants, so a clean run before that season is worth booking early. Between cleanings, a small leak at a seam is cheaper to fix than the rot behind it, and we will walk you through the plan for the year.
For residential properties, the number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo, and the number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Across Virginia, spring visits run mid to late May, and in Charlottesville the fall visit falls between November and early December. Clean your gutters after the leaves are down, because waiting past that is when we see runs sag by March.
Requests for residential and commercial buildings start with the same phone check, and we tell you on that call whether the crew can take the job and when. Tell us the building type when you call, because commercial properties can have different access and height than a house.
No. Our gutter cleaning process runs outside only, so the crew does not come inside and leaves the area clean. Photos of every run and downspout go 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 and we check that water is leaving at the outlet. Every visit covers the cleaning and maintenance of each downspout. If a drain line runs underground, we tell you what we see at the outlet, and clearing a buried line is a separate job quoted before anyone starts.
Yes, but less often. On our jobs the guard keeps the leaves out while needles, seed casings and grit settle on top and turn into a mat. Until that mat builds up, the trough stays clean. Guards reduce how much gutter maintenance a house needs each year, but they do not end it. We lift the panels, clear underneath, flush each downspout and reseat the guards.
A gutter that is clean and still overflowing in rain usually has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a leaf problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it actually is. If you want to get your gutters checked again, we do that without selling you a second cleaning.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
