Local gutter cleaning & clearing across Malborough

What's actually different about Malborough

By the time gutter cleaning & clearing becomes obvious from the road in Malborough, it has usually been quietly building for two seasons. Hilltop village above Salcombe with a landmark church spire, which shapes how gutter cleaning & clearing on painted render and stone and natural slate actually plays out around TQ7.

Single-track lanes, tree cover and damp valley air create the conditions algae loves. Most weeks we're up and down the A381 between Malborough and the next booking. We batch Malborough bookings with salcombe runs along A381.

We aim to send the written quote inside the same evening you get in touch, and we don't chase you afterwards. If we spot something on the visit that's cheaper for you to sort a different way, we'll say so. Working-at-height planning is done before the visit, so the right access equipment arrives with the crew. We never sub-contract out — the crew that quotes the job is the crew that does the job. There's no minimum charge to look at a job — we'll walk around it, quote it and leave the ball with you. We'll write down exactly what's included and, more importantly, what isn't — no wiggle room on the invoice. The kit gets pressure-tested weekly, which is boring but it's why we haven't had a rig failure on a customer job. For the odd fourth-storey house we bring a taller pole in from a neighbour's yard, still no scaffold needed. Every job carries a written scope, a written price and a written finish standard — no ambiguity. Extras are always agreed on the day in writing before any additional work starts. Copper sulphate never touches a roof we clean — it stains tiles and kills nothing worth killing. For historic properties we send a method statement covering exactly what will and won't be used. Rain-day contingency is baked into the price — no extra charge if we come back a second day to finish. We photograph at three points during a wall softwash — plinth, mid-elevation and eaves — for the record. Winter drive seals are cured under a tarp and a heater for the last two hours so overnight rain doesn't spoil the finish.

Typical problems on Malborough properties

• Saplings literally growing in front gutters of older stone cottages and modern detached - 21.4 miles from PL3 - a factor we build into every softwash quote here.
• Downpipe inlets clogged with grit from natural slate - common on rural village stock - at roughly 50.242,-3.797 - a call we take a lot after autumn leaf-fall.
• Conservatory box gutters holding standing water - frequent on stone cottages and modern detached - on painted render and stone - why photos beat phone tag for this kind of work.
• Soffit staining where overflow has run all winter on rural village properties - across natural slate - worth flagging on enquiries this side of town.
• Outlet boxes overflowing during Malborough's heaviest very-exposed winter showers - on stone cottages stock - a job that suits softwash first, pressure never.

Other Devon spots we work in regularly

FAQs we get from Malborough homeowners