Our own crew cleans gutters in Holland, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, 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 property, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have been doing this work in Holland for years, mostly for homeowners who book in the spring and 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 quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give each homeowner is the number we charge. Other companies price a clean by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place per house, but we would rather you know the full number before anyone climbs a ladder.
Here is what moves the quote on our jobs. A third story, or a steep roof we cannot walk, takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run much higher off the ground than the front. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted muck and the odd twig, and a clog that deep takes time to clear by hand, especially where a seam has started to leak. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the price and never billed as extras. If something changes the job once we are on site, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Picture a two-story house under heavy tree cover, with gutters full of seed casings and a leaf mat two inches deep, and a downspout partly blocked near the elbow. That is the kind of lot where the crew spends the extra time flushing each run, and it is why we ask about trees on the phone. Your quote is built the same way: stories, size and what we expect to find in the gutters, nothing added later. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a written estimate for your Holland MI home before anything is booked.
| 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 here book two cleanings a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop is finished, and once in fall after the last leaves come down. On our Holland jobs in spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is leaves and matted muck gone wet, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag under ice by the time winter was over. That kind of structural damage, including rot in the fascia board behind the gutter, usually starts with a missed visit. Cleaning and maintenance in this part of Michigan is mostly about getting ahead of the freeze.
Under heavy tree cover, we see customers on a three to four month schedule. Needles and grit pack the downspout elbows between visits and clog the drainage, and clogged downspouts back up faster than a twice-a-year clean can keep up with. A house with few or no trees in the landscape usually does fine with one clean a year in late fall, and its rain gutter rarely needs more. Gutter guards change the frequency a little, but the surface still needs clearing on the same kind of cycle, so we keep those houses on the same plan.
A lot with no trees overhead usually stays on the once-a-year late fall visit, and the run should come out clean with only a light layer of grit. A lot in a heavily wooded part of town goes on the three to four month schedule, and we flush the downspout first each time. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
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.
We have cleaned gutters on Holland homes across the city, and our gutter cleaning service reaches the whole city from our nearest base. To book our gutter services in Holland MI, you call or text us with your stories, the approximate size of the house and whether trees hang over the property. A photo of the front of the house helps too, if it is easy to send. Tell us the property type when you call, residential and commercial alike, and we will confirm the job is a fit. Residential properties and commercial properties both get a written estimate before a date is set. Homes in the surrounding areas can ask about our cleaning services in Holland the same way. Our calendar fills in two busy stretches each year, in late spring and again in late fall, so if you want a specific week, that is the time to call.
Our gutter cleaning process starts with a call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. The crew works from the outside of the house and sends you photos of every run when they finish. Booking a clean in the spring and fall is the simplest way to keep your gutter system working through the seasons. Clean gutters keep water flow moving away from your home, without buildup sitting in the trough, and you never have to remember when to clean your gutters. We are glad to set up regular gutter cleaning so you can get your gutters on the calendar before the busy weeks.
The number comes from stories and square footage, and we quote it by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 with those details and we will give you the exact price before we book anything.
Holland homeowners here usually book in late spring and in fall, after the leaves come down. If you wait past the first hard freeze, the ice can start pulling runs loose before spring, and that kind of structural damage costs more to fix than a clean.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. We do not promise same-day work, because the calendar depends on the weather and what is already booked.
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, every downspout is flushed and watched until the water runs clear at the bottom. If a run drains into an underground line, we check that water is leaving at the outlet and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, guarded gutters still collect leaves, seed casings and grit on top of the guard, and that mat eventually sheds water over the front edge. We lift the panels, clear underneath, flush every downspout and reseat the guards.
A rain gutter that is clean but still spills rainwater after heavy rainfall usually has a slope or downspout-size problem at the roofline, not a clog problem. Send us a photo or short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it actually is, without selling you a second cleaning. Catching a blockage or a slope problem early helps protect your home from water damage.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before any work starts, never after. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
