Our own crew cleans gutters in Green Oak, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves and twigs hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover is over the house, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have been doing this work across Michigan through every spring and fall visit season, and most of our Green Oak homeowners book with us for those same two windows.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and every homeowner gets the same price on the invoice. Our gutter cleaning process is the same on every job: the crew clears the runs and checks that water runs away from your home. A clean run and a packed run never take the same time, so the quote reflects what is in the gutter. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per run, but on our jobs the stories and the access matter more than the footage alone.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds when it gets on the ladder. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back roofline. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come down packed with leaves and grit, and that takes longer to clear than a light load. A heavy clog or a twig jammed at a downspout elbow adds time too, and so does a yard where drainage has pooled against the foundation. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. Cleaning the gutters and downspouts, the flow testing and the haul-off are all included, never billed as extras. Clean runs are the goal of every visit. Gutter maintenance questions are welcome when you call, and a clean quote names cleaning and maintenance both before the ladder goes up. If anything we see changes the job, we raise it with you before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Green Oak MI jobs, one customer with a two-story house and a lot of mature trees over the back run had a heavy compacted load in the rear gutter that we had not expected from the phone call. We told them before the crew went up, they approved the added time, and the photos of every run went to their phone when we finished. The downspout was flushed, the flow was checked at the outlet, and the waste went off the property with the truck. The back run was clean by the time we left, and nothing about that job changed after the estimate. Ask us for a quote from your stories, your size and your tree cover, and we will tell you what to expect before anyone climbs up. Text a photo of the front of the house if that is easier, and we will look at it with you before you get your gutters 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.
Most of our customers across Green Oak book two cleanings a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves come down. Spring visits across Michigan run from late May to June, and when we open a gutter then we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbow. The fall visit runs October to early November, and by then the leaf load is wet and matted by the time it reaches the rain gutter. Green Oak, MI gets freezing weather, and that changes what the fall load does. On houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sag, gutters pulled loose by March, and fascia wood starting to rot, because the leaves and the first ice got into the system together and nobody cleared the path for the meltwater. A gutter that was clean in October can still pick up seeds by spring, which is why the spring visit matters too.
Under heavy tree cover, big trees over the house, our customers are on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspout elbows between visits and the gutter system stops moving water away from the foundation. Heavy rainfall in May, June and July is when that buildup hurts most, because rainwater stops at the clog. Green Oak gets about 34.5 inches of precipitation a year. A home with few or no trees around it does well with one visit a year in late fall. Guards change the frequency a little, not the need. A guarded gutter still needs a clean surface, and every downspout still has to be flushed.
After the first visit we tell you which of those schedules your lot actually needs. We look at what came out of the gutter, how the downspout drained, and whether the runs are holding their pitch, and then we give you a plain answer. Clogged downspouts are the quiet problem, since a clog at the bottom looks fine from the ground until the next storm, even when the gutter above looks clean. Leaves and twigs are the most common thing we pull, but structural damage like a loose hanger, a leak at a joint or a dripping seam is worth catching early to protect your home from water damage. Regular gutter cleaning is the simplest way to catch that early and keep your gutters draining, and our gutter services in Green Oak include a look at each run.
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 covers Green Oak, MI and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, handling residential and commercial work. The crew works around your landscape and keeps the beds clear of debris. We serve residential properties and commercial properties on the same schedule, and each one gets the photo record at the end of the visit.
Booking a gutter cleaning service with us is simple. You call or text us, we ask about your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover is over the house, and if it is easy, a photo of the front helps us give you an accurate quote. Green Oak homes with big trees overhead are the ones that need the most attention, so tell us about the tree cover up front.
We call before we come and nobody needs to be home. During the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, the calendar fills first, so call early if you want us to clean your gutters on a particular week.
We keep the schedule honest. We confirm a date when you call and we arrive in the window we give you. If you manage commercial properties, or a home that needs more than one visit, we handle that as one booking so the crew is not coming back twice. Debris removal is part of the visit, so leaves and any buildup leave with the truck. Cleaning services in Green Oak are only useful when the water flow is right afterward, so we flush every downspout and check the flow before we leave. A clean finish matters more than speed.
Spring visits across Michigan run from late May to June, and the fall visit runs October to early November. Most customers here book one of those two windows. If you wait until the snow sets in, the ice and wet leaves have already done their work on the runs.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call so you know exactly when the crew will arrive and what they will clean.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends 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. We flush every downspout and check the outlet. If a buried line needs clearing, that is a separate job and we quote it before touching it.
Yes. Guards keep most leaves and debris out of the gutters and downspouts, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of them and can still cause a blockage that slows the water flow, so the surface still gets cleared.
If a clean gutter still sheets rainwater over the edge, that is usually a slope or downspout size problem rather than a buildup problem. Send us a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We will not sell you a second cleaning for it. Between visits, keep your gutters clean by checking the downspout outlets after a storm.
It should not. If we find something that changes the job, we tell you and agree on it before work starts. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will walk you through what to expect, and ask about our gutter services if you want a plan to protect your home from water damage.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
