Our crew cleans gutters and downspouts across Highland MI. We flush every downspout, flow-test it, haul the mess off, leave the ground clean and photograph every run. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover is over the roof. The number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our Highland customers book in spring and fall, and we know where the trouble starts.
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. Ask for an estimate and we quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the run count is added up, but the stories and the access do most of the work.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds when it gets up there. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eaves, so the back run sits farther off the ground than it looks. A gutter system nobody has opened in years comes out packed with leaves and debris, and clogged downspouts that have held grit for years take more time than loose ones. Guards we have to lift, clean underneath and reseat add a step to every run.
Downspout flushing, flow testing, drainage checks and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. Every rain gutter on the house is checked, whatever the stories. If anything we see changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, not on the invoice. Highland homeowners have very different houses, and we would rather walk you through what we found than surprise you at the bottom of a ladder.
On a two-story house with an older rear run, a sag in the back section and a gutter packed nearly to the top are the kind of surprise that makes the cleaning run longer than the front of the house suggests. Once the blockage is cleared and the downspout is flushed, the water flow runs clean all the way to the outlet. We photograph the sag and report it so you can decide what to do about it. Most houses like this do not need that much work, but a gutter with that much buildup and a sag under it is what causes structural damage when it goes unnoticed.
| 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.
Across Michigan, spring visits usually land in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and fall visits in October or early November, after the last leaves are down. Our Highland customers tend to follow that pattern too. When we open a gutter in May we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In the fall it is the wet leaves, needles and the occasional twig, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March under the weight of ice.
Freeze risk is the reason the fall cleaning matters so much here, since water that sits in a clogged trough is how fascia begins to rot. Ice dams form at the eave when water backs up behind a clog, and they lift shingles from underneath. A clean system moves rainwater away before the first hard freeze, and a blocked one holds water right where the ice wants to build. Heavy rainfall in May, June and September is the real test, and a clean run carries the water away while a clogged one spills it. That is why our fall visits are timed for the last leaves and the cold snaps that come after them.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the roof, our customers are on every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits. A roofline near a busy road or a construction site gets the same schedule for the same reason. A lot with few or no trees, and a landscape that drops nothing on the roof, stays clean enough with one visit a year in late fall. Gutter guards change the picture a little, but the surface still needs cleaning and maintenance even when they are on. After the first visit we tell you which of those schedules your lot actually needs, and we do not argue about it.
Our crew handles both residential and commercial work in the area, and the logic is the same for residential properties and commercial properties: the calendar follows the trees, not the calendar on the wall. A blockage that goes unchecked for two seasons is a bigger job than one cleaned on time, so regular gutter cleaning is the cheapest insurance we can offer. Gutter maintenance timed to the trees and the weather keeps water away from the fascia. Clean your gutters on that schedule and the rest of the house stays dry. Call (866) 435-6328, text a photo of the house, or book a date with us, and we set the first visit.
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 gutter cleaning service covers Highland and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, so the lead time depends on the season more than the street. Our gutter services are the same on every visit: clearing, flushing and photos, and the gutter cleaning process does not change with the address. Booking a Highland gutter cleaning is simple: you give us your stories, the approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the house, and we quote you on the phone or by text. A photo of the front helps us plan access. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the cleaning itself.
The two busy windows of the year are late spring and early fall, when seeds, leaves and debris come down together with the first rains. Our calendar fills in those weeks, so a slot booked in advance is the surest way to keep the schedule you want. If you wait until the first downspout backs up, you may be looking at a date a week or two out. The sooner we are up there, the less water gets behind the fascia and into the wall.
Every one of our cleanings ends with photos of every run and every downspout, sent to your phone, so you can see what was cleared. That is the same record whether you are home or not, and it is the easiest way for a homeowner who rents out a house, or visits only on weekends, to keep track of it. A small leak at a seam, or a clog at an elbow, is usually the first thing those photos show. Keep your gutters clear and the trough clean between visits, and you protect your home from water damage that starts quietly.
To get your gutters on the calendar, call (866) 435-6328, text a photo of the house, or book a date with us. We confirm the time before we come, and the photos arrive once the job is done.
The number depends on the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, so call (866) 435-6328 or text us and we give you the price once we have those. We do not quote a figure without them. The number we quote is the number we charge.
Across Michigan, late May to June is the usual spring window and October or early November the usual fall one, and most of our Highland customers follow that pattern. If the house skipped the fall visit, we see runs that have sagged by March, and the fascia behind them is often starting to rot. Freeze risk here makes the fall visit the one not to skip.
Same-day gutter cleaning services in Highland depend on the day, so we confirm a date when you call. Most slots come up within the week, and the busy windows fill faster, so booking early helps.
No. We work outside only, and the photos of every run and downspout reach your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and keep the landscape beds clear of parked cars.
Yes. Every downspout is flushed and flow-tested, and we check that water is leaving at the outlet, so water moves away from your home. A buried line that needs clearing is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, guards still need cleaning and maintenance, just less often. On our jobs we find needles and a twig or two threaded through the guards, seed casings and pollen sitting on top, and grit settled underneath. Once that mat is wet, the water runs off the front edge. We clear the surface, flush each downspout and leave the flow clean.
A gutter system that is clean and still spilling in the rain usually has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Tell us what the rain shows and we will say what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope issue.
Only if we find something that changes the job, and you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The quote on the phone is the price on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
