Our own crew cleans your gutters, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the waste hauled away, and 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 on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Virginia most of our customers book in the spring and the fall, and that rhythm is the one we keep to 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 stories, square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. For homeowners, we quote from those three things over the phone or by text, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price gutter cleaning services by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the job is measured.
On our jobs the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story, or a roofline that is too steep to walk, takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run higher than the front suggests. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come out with a solid buildup of compacted leaves, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing, debris removal and haul-off are included, never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, not on the invoice. Packed muck can hold water against the fascia, and standing water is how fascia rot turns a small problem into structural damage. The crew checks drainage at each outlet and reports anything it sees from the ladder.
Here is what it looks like on a recent job. One house had heavy tree cover over the back run and a sag at the low corner of the gutter where a clog had been building for two seasons. The crew left the trough clean, found clogged downspouts along the back run, and flushed each one until the water ran clean at the outlet. The problem went into the photos instead of being brushed off, because that is the Meadowbrook gutter cleaning process we follow on every job. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of your house and we will tell you what we see from the ground before we talk about a number.
Residential and commercial jobs are priced the same way, from what we find on site, for residential properties and commercial properties alike. The question to ask any crew is what happens to the water once the gutters are clean. A gutter system is only as good as its outlet, so gutters and downspouts get checked together. We flush every downspout, watch the outlet, and check where the water flow goes 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.
Most Meadowbrook homes we visit book cleanings twice a year, in spring and fall, after the seed and pollen drop and after the last leaves are down. In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is leaves and debris matting over the trough, and if freezing weather comes early the first ice builds at the eave. A rain gutter left full into winter is the one that starts to pull away from the fascia.
Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months is what keeps a gutter moving, because needles, grit and the odd twig pack the drain elbows between visits and the clog starts before anyone sees it from the driveway. Regular gutter maintenance matters most when the landscape around the house keeps dropping litter into the trough. With few or no trees over the roof, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Gutter guards mean the cleaning comes less often, but the guard surface still has to be cleared so the rainwater gets in. Keep your gutters clean between visits and the clog starts later. If you clean your gutters yourself between our visits, use a stand-off so nothing rests on the lip.
Gutters have to be opened to be checked, and a gutter that looks clear from the ground can still hold a clog at the blockage point near a downspout. That clog is what makes a gutter leak at the seam in heavy rainfall, when the water has nowhere to go. On our jobs the pattern holds: the lots under trees need the shorter interval, and the open lots do fine on a yearly visit. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs and why, so you are not guessing at the calendar. Keeping to that schedule is how you protect your home from water damage, and it keeps rainwater moving out the outlet instead of over the front edge.
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 across Meadowbrook VA and the surrounding areas from a base close enough that a slot is rarely far off. Booking starts with an estimate by phone or text from your stories, the size of the house and your tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house if that is easy to send. The calendar fills in two busy windows each year, so if it is time to get your gutters done, booking early keeps you out of the queue. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will confirm a date when you ask.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. The crew works from the outside of the house and does not come inside. When you call, tell us whether the gutters have been cleaned in the last year and whether any guards are on the house, because that changes how the visit is planned and what to expect from the first run. The visit is cleaning and maintenance, not a one-time scoop of the trough. A gutter's whole job is moving water away from your home, and the goal on every visit is a clean run from the top of the house to the outlet. Homeowners who wait until the water is already over the edge tend to get a longer job, so if you are looking for cleaning services in Meadowbrook, the earlier call is almost always the easier one.
The price for our gutter services 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. It is the number we charge when the crew is done. Nothing is added for flushing, flow testing or haul-off.
Across Virginia, the spring visit usually lands in mid to late May, after the seed and pollen drop. In Meadowbrook, the fall visit usually comes in November to early December, after the last leaves are down. Wait past that and the leaf mat freezes in place, and the runs can pull away from the fascia before March.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. A homeowner who is away gets the same photos. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and watch the outlet until the water runs clean. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain line, we check that the 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.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep the leaves out but not the seeds, needles or grit, and that mat sits on top of the guard and sheds rain off the front edge. We lift the panels, clear the surface and reseat them.
A clean gutter that still runs over in the rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Not unless something changes the job, and if it does you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
