We're Premier Gutters KC, and we clean a lot of gutters — every week, all over the metro. This is the pricing page we wish every contractor published: what a cleaning actually costs here, why two similar houses get different quotes, what the $99 ads leave out, and the situations where you shouldn't pay us at all.
What we actually charge
Most KC homes: $200–$550 per visit. Simple single-story homes usually land at the lower end of the range; two-story, steep-roof, or heavily treed properties at the upper end. Every job gets an exact written number before anything is scheduled — the range is for orientation, the quote is firm.
What that price includes, every time:
- A two-person crew with commercial leaf blowers — not one guy with a garden trowel
- Every section of gutter cleared: leaves, seed pods, shingle grit
- Every downspout blown clear to confirm water actually moves
- Ladder stabilizers so we never lean against your gutters or siding
- General liability and workers' comp insurance
And what it doesn't: we blow debris out of the gutters and it lands on the ground below, where it rakes or mows up easily. We'll tell you that up front because surprise expectations are where cleaning reviews go bad — if a company promises spotless flower beds for $99, ask how.
Why two similar-looking houses get different quotes
When we price a cleaning, we're looking at five things — and they move the number more than square footage does:
- Gutter footage and corners. A sprawling ranch can carry more gutter than a boxy two-story.
- Stories and roof pitch. Everything we can reach safely from standard ladders prices lower than steep or third-story work that slows the crew down.
- Access. Fenced backyards, decks under the gutter line, landscaping we have to work around, tight lot lines — anything that adds ladder moves adds time.
- How packed the gutters are. A maintained twice-a-year home cleans fast. A first-cleaning-in-four-years home with saplings growing out of the troughs is a different job.
- Where you are. We serve the whole metro, but the far edges carry real drive time.
None of that is padding — it's minutes on ladders. It's also why we won't text you a firm price without seeing the house (photos or a quick drive-by both work), and why you should be suspicious of anyone who will.
The $99 gutter cleaning ad, decoded
You've seen the offers. Here's how a $99 (or $75, or $150) teaser usually works, no names named:
- The headline price covers a small single-story home up to a low included footage — often less gutter than most KC homes carry
- Downspouts are frequently a separate line item — and clearing downspouts is half the point of a cleaning
- Second stories and steep roofs trigger surcharges that appear after the crew is in your driveway
- Heavy debris has its own fee, defined by whoever's standing on the ladder
By the time the teaser price matches your actual house, it's usually in the same range as a straightforward flat quote — it just got there after you'd already committed. Nothing illegal about it. We'd just rather hand you the real number first.
What a legitimate quote looks like
Whoever you hire — us or anyone else — a real gutter cleaning quote should:
- Be a firm written number for your house, not a starting price
- Include all gutter sections and all downspouts — ask explicitly
- Say how debris is handled, so nobody's surprised
- Come from a company with general liability and workers' comp — a faller without coverage can become your homeowner's claim
- Have no asterisks for height, footage, or "excessive debris" — or have them priced before you book
When you should NOT pay for gutter cleaning
Honest list, because it's the fastest way to show you how we quote:
- Single-story, walkable roof, you're steady on a ladder: DIY is genuinely fine. Scoop, blow, run a hose down the downspouts. Your cost: a Saturday hour.
- No trees within a lot of your roofline: you may only need a cleaning every couple of years — don't let anyone sell you a quarterly plan.
- Gutters overflowing even when clean: that's a pitch, sag, or undersizing problem — cleaning won't fix it. You want gutter repair, and we'll tell you so from the ladder instead of booking you another cleaning.
- You're cleaning 3–4x a year under heavy canopy: stop renting the solution. The 10-year math says micro-mesh gutter guards pay for themselves in 2–3 years on a lot like yours.
When to book (the honest seasonal answer)
Twice a year is right for most KC homes: late fall after the leaves finish dropping, and late spring after the maple helicopters and oak tassels come down. Fall is our busiest stretch — clogged gutters that freeze become ice dams, so the closer to the first freeze, the tighter the schedule gets. Our KC cleaning calendar shows the timing by tree type.
Managing an HOA, apartment complex, or commercial building? Per-building pricing lives on our commercial & HOA gutter cleaning page.