Our own crew cleans gutters for Harper Woods homeowners, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your 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. Across Michigan, most of our customers book the two visits we do each year, in spring and in fall.
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 give an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot and land in a similar place, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house. Our cleaning services in Harper Woods start from those same three things, and every clean follows the gutter cleaning process: quote, booking, the visit, then photos for the homeowner.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. 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 height of the gutter line, so the back run sits farther up than the front. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted muck that takes longer to clear. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. A twig jammed in a downspout elbow adds a few minutes, and a clean run with nothing in it adds none. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris haul-off are included and never billed as extras. If something changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
When we open a gutter on a Harper Woods house, the first thing we usually find is a trough fuller than the homeowner expected, and the leaf mat has been holding water against the fascia for a season. We give the same quote on the phone that the crew writes up on the ladder. Ask us about what we found on a neighborhood job and we will walk you through it, including how the tree cover and the stories set the number. Before we book, text us a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you what we can see from the drive. The leak we find most often on these houses starts at a blockage in the downspout elbow. Catching it at a scheduled visit is a quick fix; left alone, the same clog can send water behind the wall, and a clear downspout is what keeps your home from water damage. Whether you want to get your gutters done once or set up gutter maintenance for the year, the cleaning and maintenance visits are quoted from the same three things. Cleanings on a regular schedule catch it early, and a clean run after each visit tells us the water is moving. The wettest months here are May, June and August, when heavy rainfall shows a slow downspout first. Call (866) 435-6328 for a number from your stories and size, or text a photo of the gutter line and we will reply the same day with what we see.
| 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 Harper Woods jobs, most customers book twice a year: across Michigan the spring visit lands in late May or June, after the seed and pollen drop finishes, and the fall visit in late October or November, after the last leaves come down. In spring the clogged downspouts are packed with seeds, seed casings and pollen paste, so a clean in late May or June gets the seed mat out before it sets. In fall it is the leaf load, and the freeze that follows is what we watch for. Gutters are there to carry water away, and keeping them clear is how you protect your home from fascia rot. Houses that skipped the fall visit are the ones where we find runs sagging or pulling loose by March, after the ice has done its work at the eave. A run that starts to sag is usually one with a full trough behind it.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is what keeps the gutter system moving, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits and the water flow slows well before the gutters look full. The landscape around the house matters as much as the trees themselves, because trees over the back run drop their load there first. Between visits, a homeowner can flush every downspout with a garden hose and watch whether the water runs clear at the bottom. Lots with few or no trees do fine with one clean a year in late fall. Guards mean less frequent cleaning, but the surface still needs clearing and the guards still need lifting, so guards do not change the calendar as much as people expect. A gutter that pulls away from the fascia is structural damage, and it usually starts with water sitting in the trough. Commercial properties keep the same calendar, since a rain gutter full at the start of storm season has no room for the next one.
Across Harper Woods we see the same pattern: the lots closest to the largest trees and the houses with the most leaves over the gutters fill fastest. Our gutter services in Harper Woods follow that pattern for every address. If you are not sure which schedule fits your house, book the first clean and let us look. After the first clean we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put the photos of every run on your phone so you can see the leaves and grit for yourself.
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 cleans gutters across Harper Woods and the surrounding areas and works out of the nearest base, so the drive is short for most addresses. Booking a gutter cleaning service starts with a quote by phone or text, from your stories, the size of the house and the tree cover over the gutters. A photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. Lead time depends on the calendar. The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when most of our customers book at the same time. Most bookings land in spring and fall, so book early if you want a particular week. Call (866) 435-6328 to get a clean on the calendar before the spring and fall rush.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work. When we arrive, we check the gate and the driveway, set the ladders with stand-offs so nothing rests on the gutter lip, and start on the back run. Harper Woods MI addresses get the same crew and the same checklist. Our Harper Woods homes are cleaned the same way as any other house we service, and the photos come to your phone before the truck leaves. Before the crew packs up, the gutters and downspouts are checked for drainage and water flow, and the rainwater is watched until it leaves at the outlet of every run. For commercial work, the same crew handles residential and commercial buildings on the same schedule, and residential properties get the same stand-off setup.
If you have a gutter that keeps overflowing between visits, that is usually buildup or a clog at the elbow, so tell us when you book and we will note it on the schedule so the crew looks at it first. If you are not sure how often to keep your gutters clear before the fall visit, call and we will look at the photos from the last visit. Regular gutter cleaning is the simplest way to keep the house dry, and it is the reason most of our Harper Woods customers stay on a schedule once they start. Debris removal is part of every visit, so nothing is left behind.
The number comes from the stories, the size and what is in the gutters, and we give it by phone or text. We do not quote a range; the estimate we give is the number we charge. Our gutter services in Harper Woods are priced that way, every time.
Our customers here book in late spring and late fall. If the fall visit is skipped, the freeze that follows is when we see runs sag and pull loose by March. Keep your gutters on that calendar and the freeze has less water to work with.
Most slots come up within the week for a clean, and we confirm a date when you call.
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 in while the ladders are up. A clean gutter helps protect your home from water damage, and the photos show you the proof.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and flow-tested as part of the job. We check gutters and downspouts together, and the rainwater should leave at the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs we find the surface mat sitting on top of the guards and the seeds and grit working underneath, so the guards are lifted and the gutter below is cleaned and checked for flow. The same guard check applies to houses in the surrounding areas.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge has a slope, downspout or blockage problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is; we will not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
The number you were quoted is the number on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before they start.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
