Our own crew cleans gutters in Virginia Beach. We flush every downspout and flow-test it, haul the leaves away, and take photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your roof size and how much tree cover is over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most homeowners here book in the spring and fall, and we have been running that schedule across Virginia long enough to know where the buildup forms first.
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, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote our gutter cleaning services 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, which lands in a similar place per run, but the total is what you should compare.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually the same handful of things. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more care on the ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with a compacted leaf mat, and that takes longer than a light clog. Guards that we have to lift and reseat add time as well. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras, and the crew leaves each run clean. If anything we find changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Virginia Beach homes, the sag and blockage we find most often sit at the back run, where the water flow is slowest and the drainage is weakest. One customer's gutter was holding a full season of wet leaves and had pulled loose from the fascia, so we reset the hangers and flushed every downspout before we left. That kind of visit is why we tell every homeowner to clean your gutters before the wet season, and to watch for water running over the front edge after rain. Residential and commercial work follows the same method here, and residential properties and commercial properties are quoted by stories, size and what is in the gutters. The scope of a building still changes the number. For our regular gutter cleaning services, the first visit gives you a firm figure and a plan. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will set the date.
| 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 book twice a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves come down. Gutter cleaning in Virginia Beach VA follows those two windows. In spring the gutters and downspouts are packed with seed casings and pollen paste, and a twig is often jammed in the elbow. In fall a clog forms as the leaves turn into a wet mat that holds rainwater against the roofline. Left alone, that blockage is the start of rot in the rafters and fascia, and the structural damage comes later. Keeping the gutters clean is how you protect your home from water damage.
Under heavy tree cover, the schedule we see work is a clean every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the runs between visits. With few or no trees in the landscape, once a year in late fall keeps most houses clean. Gutter guards cut the frequency, but we still clear what settles on top of them, and an extension carries the water away from your home. Our gutter services run on a schedule we set from the first visit. After that visit we tell you how many cleanings a year your lot needs, and we estimate the next one from what we found, so you can plan around your home and keep your gutters clear through the wettest months.
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 in Virginia Beach and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we book a slot by phone or text once we have your stories, your approximate size and whether trees hang over the roof. A photo of the house front helps us plan the visit, though it is not required. Our calendar fills in two busy windows each year, so if you want a particular week, call early. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. That is the easiest way to get your gutters clean without rearranging your day.
Booking a Virginia Beach gutter cleaning visit with us is straightforward: you get a quote, we confirm a date, and the crew arrives with the equipment and the lifts needed for the job. For a homeowner, the gutter cleaning process is short and clean, and the gutter maintenance schedule can be set up in one call, with the cleaning and maintenance dates already on the calendar. If you have a question about a heavy rainfall forecast or a sudden overflow, call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you what we can do.
The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters. We quote it by phone or text, and that is the number on the invoice.
Across Virginia, spring visits usually land in mid to late May. In Virginia Beach, fall visits usually fall between November and early December, and if that visit gets skipped, the leaves and debris sit in the gutters into the next wet season, when the runs are already starting to sag.
Most slots come up within the week. We confirm the date when you call, and we do not promise same-day service unless the crew has an opening that day.
No, you do not need to be home, and that holds across Virginia Beach. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes, we flush the clogged downspouts and check that the water runs clean at the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, guards keep the leaves out, but seeds, needles and grit still get through and sit on top. We clear the surface and check that the water is actually getting into the trough.
If the gutter system still overflows after a clean, the problem is usually slope, capacity or outlet size, not what is sitting in the trough. Send us a photo or a short video of the rain gutter running over during a storm, and we will tell you what it is.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
