Our own crew cleans gutters in Bellevue, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris 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 is overhead, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice. Across Washington, most of our customers book spring and fall, and we have been running that schedule on our Bellevue jobs for years.
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 size and what is in the gutters. Every homeowner asks the same first question, so we answer it up front. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. A clean number on the phone is worth more than an estimate that moves once the crew is up top. Our gutter cleaning services for Bellevue homes work this way, and so do our jobs on commercial properties. Some companies price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place once you do the math, but we find a per-house number is easier to plan around.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story or a steep pitch we cannot walk means a boom or scissor lift and more time on the ground. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits higher than it looks from the driveway. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted debris, and that takes longer to clear than a gutter that was clean last season. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. The gutter cleaning service quote includes downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal, and we flush every downspout on every visit, because clean outlets carry water away from your home. If something changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs, a house with a clog in the back run and water running behind the fascia took more time than the front-yard gutters suggested. The clog had been building through a stretch of heavy rainfall, the drainage had slowed, and the sag at one joint showed the buildup had been going on a while. Those clogged downspouts were the first thing we checked. We cleared the run, flushed it and confirmed water flow to the outlet before we left. Once the leaves and debris were out, the rain gutter drained clean and the house was dry at the eave. Left alone, a run like that can rot the fascia and soffit and turn into structural damage, which is why a clean run is worth the time.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $225 | from $295 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $200 | from $260 | from $335 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $235 | from $305 | from $395 |
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 seeds and pollen have dropped, and once in late November to December, after the last leaves come down. The honest answer to when to clean your gutters is before the wet season sets in, and a steady visit schedule is how you keep your gutters working through it. Across Washington the schedule is the same idea, and spring visits usually run mid to late June, though the timing shifts with the local tree cover and the weather.
In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, and a blockage there backs the rainwater up the run. In fall the leaf load is the big one, and it is usually wet. Bellevue gets about 43.9 inches of precipitation a year, and the wettest months are January, November and December, so the fall visit lands in the wettest stretch and cannot wait. If the house skipped its fall visit, the first real rain and the first cold snap are when the trouble shows up: ice dams at the eave on freezing nights, and runs that sag or pull loose by the time the weather turns. Across Washington, atmospheric rivers and Pacific fronts bring the heavy rainfall, so a clean gutter is the goal before the first storm, and a gutter that holds water through a wet winter is one that was cleaned before the wet season, not after the first leak.
Tree cover sets the rhythm. Under heavy tree cover, needles, twig bits and grit pack the elbows between visits, and those customers book cleanings every three to four months. Yard work near the house, like landscape trimming, drops clippings into the trough, and that counts too. Keep the trough clean between visits wherever you can. Near a busy road or active construction, the same schedule applies. Houses with few or no trees overhead are fine with one clean a year in late fall. Gutter guards mean fewer visits, but the surface still needs clearing, and regular gutter cleaning keeps that job short. Plain gutter maintenance on a fixed plan is simpler to budget than waiting for a leak.
We have two customer examples on this schedule, one with no trees on a once-a-year plan, and one under heavy trees on the three-to-four-month plan, and what we found at each visit is on their job records. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
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 run across Bellevue from the nearest base, and the crew knows the streets, the tree cover and the house styles that come up most often here. The whole gutter system gets the same visit, from the runs and elbows through to the outlets. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text. Tell us the number of stories, roughly the square footage, whether trees hang over the house, and send a clean photo of the house front if that is easy. That is enough for us to give you the number on the spot. Our gutter cleaning process starts right there, and one call is all it takes to get your gutters on the schedule. Call (866) 435-6328 or text the same details, and we will confirm a window.
Lead time depends on the season, and the calendar fills fastest in spring and in late November to December, the two busy windows for Bellevue gutter cleaning. Our cleaning services in Bellevue book out first in those windows. Book early to protect your home from water damage before the rain sets in, as many homeowners do. The crew checks gutters and downspouts on every visit, not just the ones you can see from the driveway, and cleaning and maintenance cover the whole run. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit, so the slot works around your day. We handle residential and commercial work, so owners of residential properties and commercial properties book the same way, and the surrounding areas are on the same routing when the schedule allows. Clean gutters on a regular route also keep the crew's time on each house short, and the crew leaves the yard clean.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and our cleaning services in Bellevue give it to you by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 with those details, and you have the figure before a crew is booked.
Our customers book in spring and again in late November to December. If you wait past fall in Bellevue, the wet leaf mat is in the gutters through the rainy months, and that is when runs sag and the fascia takes water.
Most slots come up within the week. Call (866) 435-6328 to confirm a date, and if the calendar opens sooner, we will tell you when you ask.
No. Our crew works outside, 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.
We flush every downspout and confirm water is leaving at the outlet. If a line runs underground and water is not coming out, we tell you. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out, but on our jobs we find needles, seed casings and roof grit under the guard, and once that mat is wet, rain runs over the front edge. We lift the panels, clear underneath, and reseat them.
A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge in heavy rainfall has a slope or pipe-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We will not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start. 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.
