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Gutter cleaning prices by the linear foot, and that creates a problem: homeowners have no idea how many feet of gutter they have. The good news is you can estimate it closely from two numbers everyone knows. Here's the method.
Ask for square footage and stories. Divide size by stories to get the footprint. A 2,000 square foot two-story house has roughly a 1,000 square foot footprint.
For typical rectangular houses, the perimeter runs close to 4.1 times the square root of the footprint. A 1,000 square foot footprint works out to about 130 feet of run. A 2,000 square foot single-story comes out near 180 feet. Sketch a few real houses you've done and you'll see the pattern hold.
Pick a base rate per foot, then let condition scale it. Clean maintenance visits at your base. Heavy buildup, small trees growing in the gutter, that's a multiplier. Many operators use 1.5x or more for the bad ones, and asking the customer one honest question about buildup sorts most jobs correctly.
Second-story work takes longer and carries more risk, so price it that way. And set a minimum job price. The drive and the ladder setup cost the same whether the house has 80 feet or 180.
Sample walk-through with sample numbers. Base rate $1.25 per foot, heavy buildup at 1.5x, $99 minimum. A 2,000 square foot single-story estimates at about 180 feet. Clean condition prices at $225. Heavily clogged prices at about $338. Both clear the minimum comfortably, and you got there without anyone climbing a ladder to measure.
The dollar figures above are sample numbers to show the method, not market-rate advice. Your market, your costs and your time set your real rates.
Everything on this page is exactly how the GleamBid quote widget prices jobs, with your numbers in place of the samples. Your customers answer the questions, your rates do the math, and finished quotes book themselves onto your calendar.
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