at this moment, we appear to be evenly divided. our home doesn't have gutters at this time. my brother tore them down when he put on a new roof. he said the eves are large,long enough to forgo gutters. (he's a contractor, very successful, but he's still my LITTLE brother) well, anyway, for the three years we have been living here and fixing up this little "fixer-upper", we have had to battle with a very wet basement. every spring and fall when the rains come and the snow melts, our basement is useless, soaked, damp, mildewy, stanky, yucky and i'm conviced my LITTLE brother was wrong. so the contrator tells me $1300. to gutter the house. if i thought there was an alternative, i'd grab it. Is There? An Alternative? for less than $1300. (i don't mean to sound like a tight- wad but...i am) ps we are in southern new england and i'll bet that makes a difference thanks jeannie