Gutter Cleaning in Medowie: A Rental Made Ready for Rain After Tree Trimming ($330)

Elena's single-storey rental property in Medowie had just had its trees trimmed. Trimming tidies up the garden, but it doesn't empty the gutters, and these were full of leaves and dark, broken-down debris.

The job at a glance

• Customer: Elena

• Location: Medowie (Port Stephens)

• Property: Single-storey rental home

• Roof type: Concrete tile, with a lower metal roof section

• Problem: Gutters full of leaves and debris after recent tree trimming

• Service: Gutter vacuum cleaning

• Price: $330

• Result: Gutters vacuumed clean, ready for rain

The problem

Along the tile roof, the gutters were packed with dark, rotted leaf matter and twigs.

Before: gutter packed with rotted leaves and twigs

Beside the trimmed trees, fresh brown leaf litter lined the whole run.

Before: leaf litter along the gutter next to the trimmed trees

The gutter on the lower metal roof section had leaves and grass in it too.

Before: leaves and grass in the lower roof gutter

In a heavy downpour, gutters like this overflow, and on a rental that can mean a call from the tenant about water where it shouldn't be.

What Turbovac did

Mark vacuumed out all the gutters, including the one where the tile roof meets the lower metal roof. Turbovac works from the ground wherever possible, with ladders and harness where access needs it.

The result

After: gutter along the tile roof cleared

After: gutter cleared, vacuum hose on the lawn

After: gutter between the tile and metal roofs cleared

After: channel open and ready for rain

What it cost

This single-storey job was $330, quoted up front. Standard homes start from $250.

Landlords and property managers

If the trees at a rental have just been trimmed, the gutters are the next job. Call Mark on 0431 103 323 or visit turbovac.com.au for a fixed-price quote.

Related: see our Port Stephens gutter cleaning page for more local jobs, including Kevin's Raymond Terrace shed job.