The Homeowners Guide to Gutter Cleaning Costs
If you want to know what your gutter cleaning is going to cost…
Then this guide will show you what price to expect the next time you call a Gutter Cleaning Service…
Let me explain…
To get a true price guide to gutter and downspout cleaning cost, you need to know that there are 8 factors that determine the cost of Gutter Cleaning.
Most gutter cleaning services near you will have a base-level-price for gutter cleaning.
That price is usually around $180 for a small, single story, 2 bedroom home with no gutter guards… then the cost to clean your gutters will increase based on 8 main things…
The 8 Factors that Determine the Cost of Gutter Cleaning
- Do you have a single story or double story home?
- Do you have gutter guards?
- When was your last gutter clean?
- How big is your home?
- How much debris is in your gutters?
- Is it easy or hard to access around your home
- Access to your gutters
- Are your downpipes blocked?
To help you to better understand how these factors influence the cost to clean your gutters… I’ve put together a table below to show the average cost of gutter cleaning for these factors.
Gutter Cleaning Cost Guide
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This is how I like to work out gutter cleaning costs…
You would call and let me know…
Your address…
If you have gutter guards…
If you have a single or double story home…
How long since your last gutter clean…
How many bedrooms you have…
That’s it… Once we have your information, we can look at the satellite image of your home then send you a price and book you in for your gutter cleaning.
In my experience… gutter cleaning cost average is $240
However…
This is not the only way to price a gutter cleaning…
Some Gutter Cleaning companies like to give you a price based on the linear meters of your gutters…
So how do you work out the Gutter Cleaning cost per meter?
Gutter cleaning companies that charge based on the lineal meters of your gutters, all have a different per meter cost.
They range between $3.50 to $$6.50 per meter…
The lower end is for your single story, no gutter guards, easy to reach gutters…
The higher end is for your double story, gutter guards, harder to reach gutters…
How to work out the Gutter Cleaning cost per meter…
To get an idea as to what Gutter cleaning cost per meter, measure around the outside of your home and write that down…
Let’s say it’s 50 meters…
Then times that number by $5, which is right in the middle for the cost per lineal meter…
You get and average of $250.
Remember, you could be on the higher end or the lower end. It depends on the type of home you have.
Generally… Gutter Cleaning cost per meter would be around $4.50 per lineal meter.
Let’s keep moving…
How much does Gutter Cleaning cost per hour?
I don’t know of many gutter cleaning services that charge by the hour but they would still base their price on an hourly rate…
Let’s see if we can break it down for you…
Each gutter cleaning service would start with a minimum rate to clean your gutters.
This would be the price even if it took them 30 minutes to complete your gutter clean.
This base price would range from $140 to $180.
The average price would be $165…
The thing is… most of the time your gutter cleaning will take more than 2 hours.
Most gutter cleaning services will base your cost on their minimum rate plus the additional hours they estimate it will take.
So it usually looks something like this…
$165 minimum rate…
Plus
$75 per hour.
Every company is different but the Gutter Cleaning cost per hour would be around $65 to $80.
It would be safe to estimate the average gutter cleaning cost per hour would be $75.
What if you don’t work with meters but instead want to know the cost of gutter cleaning per foot?
How to work out the cost of gutter cleaning per foot…
Most tradies in Australia work on linear meters not linear feet but here’s an easy way to convert our example above so you can get the cost of gutter cleaning per foot…
We worked out the average Gutter Cleaning cost per meter is $4.50
To work out the cost of gutter cleaning per foot, divide $4.50 by 3.281.
You should get $1.37.
I would round it up to $1.50
So…the cost of gutter cleaning per foot is $1.50
The easiest way to know the cost of gutter cleaning…
If you haven’t worked it out by now, I clean gutters for a living…
If you want to get an exact price for your gutter cleaning cost… then here’s what you need to do…
Call me on (03) 9015 4451 and let me know these things:
I can text you a price to clean your gutters.
This is not an estimate, it’s a real quote.
I take the information you give me and I look at the satellite image of your home.
I then text you a price…
That’s it…
I look forward to speaking with you,
Sincerely,
Jason
The Gutter Cleaning Co. Mornington Peninsula
The Gutter Cleaning Co. Mornington Peninsula
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