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Originally Posted by villagetinker
Please wait a while before getting gutters, in many cases these are not necessary, and can in some cases cause more problems than they "solve". The houses are built and the landscaping designed so gutters are not required. We added these to the front of the house only because we were getting stains on the driveway, years later we had problems with the front lawn, DUE TO THE INSTALLATION OF THE GUTTERS. If you still decide to get gutters, make sure that the downspouts are located to properly drain away from the house and to the landscaped drainage area.
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BUT, there are a lot of houses built now without any landscaping along the sides and back.
Plus gutters move water away from entrances.