Our own crew cleans gutters across Auburn Hills, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. Our gutter cleaning process covers gutters and downspouts from the roofline to the outlet, so a clogged run does not get skipped. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Auburn Hills customers book in the spring and fall, after the seed drop and again after the last leaves come down, and that rhythm is what keeps water moving off the roofline. Left alone, a clogged run turns into a leak at the fascia, and a clean gutter stops that before it starts. Call (866) 435-6328 to get a quote for your house.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on stories, square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. Auburn Hills homeowners get the quote over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Most of the gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per run, but the per-foot math hides the things that actually drive time on a ladder.
What moves the quote on our jobs: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement or sloped lot that raises the effective height of the back run, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted debris, and guards we have to lift and reseat before anything else can happen. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. What the quote buys is a clean, flow-tested system. If a run has pulled away enough to suggest structural damage, we photograph it and tell you before anything else is touched. If something changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, not on the invoice.
On our Auburn Hills jobs the clog we see most is a run where the elbow is packed solid, so the water backs up and starts running over the front lip while the rest of the gutter looks fine. A twig or a wad of seed casings wedged in that elbow is a blockage that does this every time. In most cases, clogged downspouts are the first thing we flush, because water that cannot leave the bottom has nowhere to go. Some homes have a sag in one section that holds a pool of standing water, and that is where the buildup and the rot start. A sagging run also throws the whole gutter system out of balance and slows the water flow to every downspout past it, and standing water in that low spot is where a leak at the joint usually starts. A rain gutter that looks clean from the driveway can still be full at the elbow. For the regular gutter cleaning schedule most of our Auburn Hills homes settle into, one visit a year covers a lot of houses, but the properties with heavy tree cover need more. We clean your gutters once, look at the drainage, flush every downspout and tell you what the next visit should look like. Residential and commercial work runs on the same method, though the commercial properties are scheduled per building. A homeowner gets the same photos of every run before we leave, and so does every residential property on the schedule.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $195 | from $255 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $170 | from $225 | from $295 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $200 | from $265 | from $345 |
For context, nationally: Angi 2026, US average $168, most $119 to $234, $0.95 to $2.25 per linear foot.
Downspouts flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled, photos of every run. The quote already has all of it in.
Our crew clears every gutter run by hand, not just the stretch you can see from the driveway. Roof valleys and the area above the gutter line are blown clear first, so the next rain does not refill what was just emptied. Every downspout is flushed with water and watched until it runs clear at the bottom; one that will not clear is worked from the top where it can be reached. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain line, the crew checks that water is leaving at the outlet and tells you if it is not; clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Debris goes into bags and leaves with the truck. It is not blown onto the lawn, the deck or next door. The ground is left as it was found.
Before the crew leaves you get photos of every run and every downspout, before and after, on your phone, whether or not you were home. Anything the crew sees that is not a cleaning problem, a hanger pulled loose, a seam dripping, a run sitting flat, is photographed and reported, not repaired and not sold on the spot.
What can change the number, and you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice: a third story or a roof too steep to walk; gutters that have not been touched in years; guards that have to come off and go back on.
Twice a year for most houses: once after the spring seed and pollen drop, once after the last leaves fall.
On our Auburn Hills jobs, most customers book twice a year. Across Michigan the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the spring seeds and pollen have finished dropping, and the fall visit falls in late October to November, after the last leaves are down and before the first hard freeze. Michigan winters bring snow from January through March and again in November and December, so the fall visit is the one that counts for the ice that forms along the eave.
In spring we find the seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and where freeze risk is high, the first ice and ice dams at the eave. With about 33.9 inches of precipitation a year and May, June and August the wettest months, heavy rainfall is what finds a clogged run first. Rainwater has to go somewhere, and a run packed with seed casings sends it over the front lip instead. On houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs that sag or pull loose by March. Where the landscape slopes toward the foundation, a clogged run sends water straight down the wall. Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or construction, we see the gutter clog build between visits, so those homes go every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspouts faster. Few or no trees and once a year in late fall is usually enough. Guards can stretch the interval a little, but the surface still needs clearing. Between visits, keep your gutters clean by brushing off the surface before the leaves settle.
The point of a visit is to keep water away from your home, which means keeping it off the roofline and away from the foundation, and that is how you protect your home from water damage. Gutter maintenance between visits is mostly leaves and debris cleared off the surface before they settle. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we flush every downspout to confirm it drains.
Water over the edge rots the board behind the gutter first. Everything after that is slow, and slow is what a policy excludes.
The three signs. Water pouring over the front edge in rain instead of out of the downspout. A run that sags, sits low or has pulled away from the fascia. Plants growing out of the trough. Any one of them means the gutter is full.
What happens next. Water that cannot drain sits in the trough and spills behind it. The fascia board rots, then the soffit. Water backs up under the first course of shingles and shows up as a ceiling stain. Siding stains and swells. Below, the overflow cuts a channel at the foundation and finds the basement. The wet debris itself weighs enough to pull the gutter off the house. Standing water breeds mosquitoes; dry debris houses wasps. Where winters freeze, the trapped water becomes an ice dam at the eave and lifts the shingles from underneath.
Why your policy will not pay. Homeowners insurance generally does not cover water damage traced to clogged gutters. Carriers class gutter cleaning as routine maintenance, and damage from skipped maintenance as preventable neglect, which a standard policy excludes. A limb that tears a gutter off in a storm is sudden and accidental and is usually covered; a fascia board that rotted over two years is not. This is general information, not insurance advice; read your policy or ask your agent.
Guards stop leaves. They do not stop needles, seeds, grit or the paste they turn into. The job gets shorter, not gone.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, less often, and it is a different job: clearing what sits on top of the guard and checking that water is actually getting in, rather than scooping out the trough. Mesh and screen guards hold whole leaves off. Pine needles thread through, seed casings and pollen mat on top, roof grit settles underneath, and once that mat is wet, rain runs over it and off the front edge. The gutter is empty and the water never went in.
Guards earn their keep under big leafy trees and on roofs too high to want to climb. They do not end maintenance, whatever the installer said. Our crew lifts the panels, clears underneath, flushes the downspouts and reseats the guards; tell us what is on the house when you get the quote and it is priced as a guarded system, which usually runs shorter than an open one.
Under an hour on most houses. Nobody has to be there, and the photos arrive either way.
The crew calls the day before with an arrival window and again when they are on the way. This Old House puts a professional gutter cleaning at 30 minutes to an hour on a typical home; bigger houses, steep roofs and gutters left for years run longer. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work; the crew does not come inside. Before they arrive: side gate unlocked, cars off the driveway if runs face it, pets inside while ladders are up. Ladder stand-offs keep the ladder off the gutter lip and the siding. After: photos of every run and downspout before the truck leaves, and an invoice that matches the quote.
Send us a photo or a short video in the rain. You hear what it is before anyone talks about money.
Still overflowing. A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. If that happens after a cleaning, send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we tell you what it actually is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
The number. The price quoted on the phone is the price on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, never after.
Your house. Stand-offs on every ladder so nothing rests on the gutter lip, and screens and downspout extensions go back where they were.
Payment. The balance is charged when the job is finished and the photos are on your phone. Some dates take a small booking fee to hold the slot, and you hear about it before you book.
The whole city and the towns around it, booked by phone or text from the nearest crew.
Our crew works across Auburn Hills and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and treats the full city as one service area. Every Auburn Hills gutter cleaning job starts with a quote by phone or text from the number of stories, the size of the house and the tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house makes the estimate tighter if it is easy to send. Booking for our gutter services starts there too. Homes with gutter guards book the same way. To get your gutters on the schedule, call (866) 435-6328. We book a date, call before we come for the clean, and nobody needs to be home. Lead time depends on the calendar that week, so ask us for the first open slot when you call.
Our cleaning and maintenance visits fill the calendar in two busy windows: late spring when the seed drop ends, and late fall before the freeze. If you want a late spring or a late fall slot, book early. Most people who book cleanings in those windows get their date within a few days of calling, and we confirm the day by text the afternoon before. We do not do the work on a schedule we cannot hold, so the date you get is the date we arrive for the clean.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text. The quote covers the clean, the flush, and the haul-off; if something changes once we see the roof, you hear it before we start.
Across Michigan the spring visit falls in late May to June, and the fall visit falls in late October to November. If you wait past the first hard freeze in a Michigan fall, the ice can lift the shingles at the eave and the runs can sag by March.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week, and a clean is never rushed to fit a slot we cannot finish. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call.
No. We do the clean from the ladder and the yard, do not come inside, and send photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and we check the outlet so a clean run has somewhere to drain. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep the leaves out, but on our jobs the needles, seed casings and grit still sit on top of the guard and settle underneath, and that is what blocks the water. We clean the surface and check that water is getting in.
A gutter that is clean and still spills over the front edge in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a short video in the rain and we tell you what it is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Not unless something changes the job, and if it does you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The number on the phone is the number on the invoice, and a clean, flushed system is what it buys.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
