Our own crew will clean gutters in Farmington MI, with every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 for that number before anything is booked. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and that is when our calendar fills up.
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, and that holds on every house we quote. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of gutter, but the total still rises with the house, so we give you the whole number instead.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far up in the air, gutters nobody has opened in years with compacted muck packed into the trough, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat before the gutter can be reached. Each of those adds crew time, and we tell you about it before work starts. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras.
On one of our jobs, a clog that looked like a simple leaf problem turned out to be a sag in the gutter system that had been holding water for years, and the crew found it only because they flushed every downspout and watched the water flow. A sagging gutter like that can cause structural damage, not just buildup, and we say so in the report. The clogged downspouts were cleared, the sag was photographed and noted, and the homeowner knew exactly what they were looking at. Water away from your home is the goal, and a clean gutter is only part of that.
When the crew is on the ladder, we look at the rain gutter from end to end, check where the water goes and photograph what we find. Our gutter cleaning services cover commercial properties as well as residential properties, and the same process applies to both. You get those photos on your phone whether or not you are home. If you want a written estimate before we book, ask for one and we will send it.
| 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.
Most of our customers book twice a year, with the spring visit across Michigan usually landing in late May to June after the seed and pollen drop has finished, and the fall visit in late October or November after the last leaves are down. In May the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste. In November it is a wet mat of leaves and debris, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs by March that sagged under the weight of ice.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the roof, our customers are on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles, grit and the odd twig pack the downspout runs between visits, and a single clog can back water up under the shingles. Where the landscape around the house has few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough for a clean roofline and a clean gutter. Near busy roads or active construction, residential properties also tend to need more frequent visits. The real test here is heavy rainfall, with about 33 inches of precipitation a year and May, June and September the wettest months, so the rainwater has to drain away fast.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the gutters and where the water went. A homeowner with a blockage at the downspout elbow, or a leak at a seam, needs a different schedule than one whose gutters only collect leaves. Keep your gutters clear with regular gutter cleaning and the touch-up cleanings in between, plus gutter maintenance, and most lots keep water moving. If you are not sure when to clean your gutters in Farmington MI, text a photo of the roofline and we will give you a straight answer on the next estimate.
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 the city and the surrounding areas, and we clean gutters on homes and buildings we can reach from our base without a long drive. Every Farmington gutter cleaning booking starts the same way: you get the quote by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text from your stories, the size of the house and the tree cover, and a photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call.
The two busiest windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills fastest. Book early in those months and you will get the day you want. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work, so you can keep your schedule while we handle the gutters. If you want to protect your home from water damage through the next storm, booking a regular visit now is the easy way to get your gutters working right.
Our crew cleans every gutter run by hand, and we flush every downspout before we haul the mess away, so you do not have to think about the leftover clutter. Our gutter services cover cleaning and maintenance for gutters and downspouts, and we handle residential and commercial jobs with the same crew. We also do residential work for homeowners across Michigan, and the same crew handles both kinds of visit.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and how much buildup is in the gutters. We give you the figure by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text, and it is the number you pay on the invoice. Downspout flushing and haul-off are already included, and our cleaning services in Farmington are priced the same way for every homeowner.
Plan to clean your gutters in late spring and late fall, the months after the seed and pollen drop and after the last leaves come down. Winters here freeze, so if the gutters wait past the first hard freeze, we often find ice damage at the eaves that a spring visit would have prevented.
Our crew handles gutter work across Farmington. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. If you need a faster visit, ask when you book and we will tell you what the crew can do.
No, you do not need to be home. Our gutter cleaning process runs outside, the crew does not come inside, and photos of every run and downspout go to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout with water and watch it until it runs clear at the bottom. If the drainage runs underground, we check that water leaves at the outlet and tell you if it does not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves, but on our jobs we find needles, seed casings and grit packed on top of the guard and underneath it. The surface still needs clearing, and the downspout still needs flushing, so the visit is shorter but gutter maintenance still matters.
A clean gutter that still spills over the edge has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a clog problem, and water left running off that edge can lead to fascia rot and structural damage. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling you a second cleaning for it.
It should not, and this is one of the frequently asked questions we hear most. The quote is built from stories, size and tree cover, and anything that changes the job is raised and agreed before work starts, never on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
