Testimonials
“From the first meeting, Barney was very nice and professional, he understood clearly, why I wanted copper gutters, ‘do it once, and be done for the life of the home.’ During the proposal process obtaining a few bids, Barney was responsive, with the follow up on the questions raised, and provided the copper gutter samples as requested. Just a couple small issues, is that the copper gutter brackets were moved, on some of the painted shingles. And I get it from the gutter installer’s point of view, you do not want to use the same holes for the two screws, as this could come loose in a short period of time. However, as a homeowner, I have to carefully, wood putty the two old holes and carefully paint the old bracket areas. Again, not a serious issue, just a bit of a pain, for the touch up painting, up high, post gutter install. And the copper gutters look so nice and bright, my wife, would have preferred for Barney and his crew to wear some work gloves, to keep the human oil prints off the new shiny copper. Otherwise, the new copper gutters look great, and they really shine bright, copper is so very bright when it is new. I highly recommend Certified Gutter, Inc. for new copper gutters in the Santa Cruz area.”
– Andrew W., Campbell, CA
“I got four bids on replacing my gutters. I actually meet two of them in person, the others did the inspection when I was not around. One thing I liked about Barney was he took the time to go through my color choices with a sample color strips. When I was inside, I heard him take out his ladder and actually go on the roof of the house. The other guy that I met did not do this. His bid was not the cheapest, but it was fair and I decided to go with him. Barney said he would come out Friday, then changed it to Monday. No big deal. I left for the weekend Fri morning and came back mid day Monday. I was expecting to see people working on my house, but there was nobody on the roof. I was a little bummed, but upon closer inspection, I noticed new gutters and they matched well with the paint scheme of my house. I asked my neighbor what happened and he said a crew came out mid day Friday and started tearing out the old gutters. They finished installing new gutters and downspouts on Monday, before I got home. I was difficult to get a hold of Barney that Monday, but I got ahold of him after hours and we talked about how I would pay him.All in all, it was a great experience and I’m a happy camper.”
– Gary H., Campbell, CA
“Certified Raingutters has been cleaning out the gutters and downspouts on my house for 20 years. They do a great job cleaning the gutters, keeping them in repair and their prices seem reasonable to me. When it’s time to replace the gutters I’ll ask them to do it. They give a discount on cleanings if you call them in the late spring instead of in the middle of a rainstorm when you suddenly realize your gutters are blocked. So do them a favor and plan ahead! Sometimes, I’ve had office type problems with them, where a message doesn’t get through or people who are supposed to show up don’t. But their service has been so good so consistently over so many years that I’m willing to cut them so slack on this. I think a lot of contractors have trouble with the management and billing end of things. I once hired a different company because they did windows too and I thought I could get both things done at the same time. They did okay on the windows, but their gutter work was so slap dash that I had to call Certified to come out and do it over. That taught me a lesson. Stick with Certified.”
– J. D., Santa Cruz, CA