Our own crew cleans gutters in Lansdowne, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over the roof. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Virginia, most of our customers book in the spring and the fall, and we work those same windows here.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on how many stories the house has, how much square footage sits under the roof, and what is packed into the gutters. Our gutter cleaning services are quoted over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is added up, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house.
On our jobs, a few things push a quote up. A third story or a roof too steep to walk means the crew works from a boom or scissor lift, and that takes longer to set up. A walk-out basement or a sloped landscape raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits higher than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years hold compacted leaf mat that has to be dug out by hand. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If something changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Homeowners in Lansdowne homes tend to see the same pattern: a clog at the lowest elbow that shows up as a sag in the run above it, or buildup that backs water over the front edge during heavy rainfall. We find the drainage problem and any leak before we quote, because a gutter that comes out clean and still overflows after we leave is a slope or capacity issue, and we will say so rather than sell you a second visit. We also tell you up front whether the gutters should come out clean in one visit. Our crew does this work on residential properties and commercial properties alike, and the quote for either is built the same way: what the building is, what is in the gutters, and how the water flow looks once it is clear. Ask us for the price on the phone, and tell us whether you want regular gutter cleaning on a set schedule or a single visit.
| 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 in Lansdowne book twice a year, one visit each for spring and fall. In the spring, after the seed and pollen drop is finished, we open the gutters and find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, a clog that forms every year. In the fall, after the last leaves and debris come down, we find a leaf mat that holds rainwater and a blockage that has runs starting to sag. Once the freeze sets in, a rain gutter full of wet muck turns into ice dams at the eave, and houses that skipped the fall visit tend to show loose runs by March. A gutter run that is still clear in March means the fall visit did its job.
Under heavy tree cover, we see needles and grit leave clogged downspouts between visits, so those homes go on a three to four month rhythm. A lot with few or no trees usually stays clean enough for one visit a year in late fall. If your gutter system has guards, they cut the work down, but they do not remove the need for a visit: we still clear what sits on top of them and check the water flow underneath. Near a busy road or active construction, the grit load is heavier, and that also shortens the interval. Homes in surrounding areas with the same tree cover tend to follow the same rhythm.
After the first visit we can tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what came out of the gutters and how fast the water runs clear after a flush. That is the start of a simple gutter maintenance plan, and keeping to it is how you protect your home from water damage. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will give you a written estimate for the first visit.
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 works on gutters and downspouts across Lansdowne VA and gets to each address from the nearest base, so you do not need to be on a particular street to book. The gutter cleaning process starts with a quote by phone or text, built from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the roof. A photo of the front of the house, including any twig or limb over the roof, helps us confirm the stories and the roofline before we arrive, and we ask for it only if it is easy to send. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit, because the crew works outside and leaves the gutters clean. We leave the work area clean, and the ladder stand-offs go back in the truck.
Calendars fill up in the two busy windows of the year, the spring and the late fall, when most homeowners think about gutters at the same time. Lansdowne gutter cleaning books up fastest in those windows, so a homeowner who books early gets a date that suits them. Outside them, there is usually more room, even for homes with gutter guards. We handle residential and commercial jobs on the same calendar, and our gutter services run the same way for every address. We confirm the lead time when you call.
Lansdowne homeowners who want the crew back on a regular schedule get the dates set when we first clean the gutters and keep them on the calendar, so the cleaning and maintenance does not depend on remembering it yourself. Regular cleanings are set at that first visit, once the gutters are clean and the water is flowing. Regular visits keep your gutters clear and protect your home from water damage. Schedule the first visit before the heavy rainfall of the season, and we will handle the timing from there. Clean your gutters now while the calendar is open.
Cleaning services in Lansdowne are priced from the stories and size of the house, and we give you a number by phone or text. Nothing is quoted from a guess.
Late spring and late fall are the windows our customers here use. A gutter that is clean going into fall is much easier to keep that way. If you wait past the fall, the leaf mat has usually turned wet and heavy, and that is when runs start to pull loose before the freeze.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Same-day visits depend on the crew calendar that day, so ask us on the phone. To book a date, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. We flush every downspout and watch the water until it runs clear at the bottom. The goal is simple: water away from your home, not backed up at the eave. Where a downspout feeds an underground 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.
Guards still need attention, even on a gutter system that has them. We lift the panels, clear the surface litter that sits on top of them, and check the water flow underneath. The gutter ends up clean and empty, and the flushing is the same as on an open system.
We photograph every run and downspout before the truck leaves, so you can see how clean each run is yourself. A slow leak at a joint can look like overflow, and so can a clog in the trough. We check both before we say what the cause is. If the gutters still overflow after we clean them, the cause is usually slope or capacity, and we tell you what we see rather than sell you a second cleaning. A run left to sag can also lead to structural damage, and wood that stays wet can rot, so we flag it.
A clean quote matters here: the price does not change once the crew is up on the roof. If we find something that changes the job, we stop, tell you, and you agree to it before any more work happens.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
