Our own crew cleans gutters in Hampton, flushing every downspout, testing the flow, hauling the debris away, and sending photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your 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 your invoice. Across Virginia, most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and that is when we get the most calls. To get that number, call (866) 435-6328 today.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on the number of stories, the square footage and what is actually sitting in the gutters. We quote the whole gutter system, not one run at a time, from those three things, by phone or text, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price gutter cleaning services by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on a real house the stories and the roofline matter more than the foot count, so we start there.
On our jobs the things that move the quote are consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer to reach safely. A run we can clean from the ground takes less time than one we have to clean from the top of a ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out heavy, with leaves and debris packed down and a sag where the clog has been sitting, and that takes more hands and more time. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris haul-off are included and are never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before the crew starts, never on the invoice.
What we see most in Hampton homes is the same pattern: clogged downspouts that have been backing water up for a season, a sag in a run that let the water pool and pull the hangers loose, and buildup along the back of the trough that keeps the water flow from reaching the outlet. Poor drainage at the outlet is usually the cause. We flush every downspout and check where it drains, because the goal is to get water away from the foundation and not along the structural damage line at the wall. On a recent Hampton job the owner had one clogged downspout pouring over the front edge for a full season; once it was flushed and the outlet was checked, the water was running away from the house again. That is the kind of rain gutter problem we fix on the spot, and it is part of the normal visit. Our crew works on residential properties and on commercial properties, and the quote for either is built the same way.
| 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, most of our customers book twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall. On our Hampton VA jobs that means late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and late fall after the last leaves have come down. When we open a gutter here in May we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. We clean the runs in order from the high end, so nothing gets missed. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag under the weight by the following winter.
The tiers we see on our jobs are simple. Twice a year covers most houses, and that regular gutter cleaning keeps the drains open. Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or a construction site, we see gutters every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the outlets faster than a twice-a-year schedule can keep up with, and the debris removal has to happen more often too. A lot with few or no trees is usually fine with one visit a year in late fall. Guards reduce how often the trough fills, but they are still part of gutter maintenance, so guarded houses still get the spring and fall visit. The same tiers apply across our residential and commercial work, on residential properties of every size.
Freezing weather changes the fall visit. July, August and September are the wettest months here, with about 47.8 inches of rain a year, and heavy rainfall that cannot leave a clogged gutter sits in the trough. A blockage left in a gutter that freezes can turn into an ice dam at the eave, and the water backs up under the first course of shingles. A clean gutter going into winter gives the melt and the rainwater somewhere to go. If you can only book one visit, book the fall one, and we will tell you on the first visit which tier your lot actually needs. The point is simple: clean your gutters before the freeze, not after. Our schedule is built around that first visit, so the estimate you get before we come is the starting point, not the final word.
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 Hampton from the nearest base and send crews to the neighborhoods where we have already finished Hampton gutter cleaning jobs, so a booking often follows a visit we made nearby. To get your gutters quoted, call (866) 435-6328 or text us, and we ask for the number of stories, the rough square footage and whether trees hang over the roof. A homeowner who sends a photo of the front of the house helps us, because it shows the roofline and the pitch before we are on a ladder. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for an exterior cleaning, so our gutter cleaning service fits a working day.
Bookings for our cleanings fill two busy windows, one in late spring and one in late fall, because that is when most homeowners look at their gutters. Booking early in those windows keeps the date you want. Outside them, lead time is shorter. Our crew provides gutter services for homeowners across the surrounding areas, and the same cleaning and maintenance visit covers the gutters and downspouts on the house, so there is no second trip to plan. A twig wedged at a downspout elbow stops the flow just as a pile of leaves does, so it gets cleared on the same visit. A house with gutter guards gets that visit too, with the guards lifted so we can clear what sits on top of them. The visit is meant to clean out what is there and check the flow, nothing more. Clearing the trough is how you keep a leak from reaching the ceiling, and the goal is to keep your gutters clear, send water away from your home and protect your home from water damage before the next storm, not to sell you more work than the house needs.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you over the phone or by text. Once we have those three things, you have the price for the whole gutter system before anyone climbs a ladder.
Most of our customers here book late spring and late fall. If the fall visit is skipped, we see sagging runs, fascia that has started to rot, and ice-damaged eaves by the next winter, which is harder and more costly to deal with than a routine cleaning.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Our crews run across Hampton, and the first open date depends on which neighborhood we are already working in. We do not promise same-day service on every booking.
No. The gutter cleaning process is all outside work, so our crew 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, our cleaning services in Hampton include flushing every downspout and checking that the water is leaving at the outlet. If a drain runs underground and water is not coming out the other end, we tell you, and clearing a buried line is a separate job that we quote before we touch it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves, but on our jobs we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard, and once that mat is wet the water runs over the edge. We clean the surface, flush the drains and reseat the guards.
If a gutter is clean and still spills over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or downspout size, not debris. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling you a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. The quote covers the stories, the size and what we expect to find across the whole gutter system, and anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice. Anything the landscape does to the job, like a sloped yard that sends water toward the wall, is also raised with you before work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
