Our own crew cleans gutters here. We flush every downspout and flow-test it, haul the leaves off, and send 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 you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most customers book in the spring and fall, and across Michigan the spring visit runs late May to June. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote.
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 how much of the gutter is packed with leaves and debris. 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 offer gutter cleaning services and price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of rain gutter run, but the stories and the pitch are what actually drive the crew's time on our jobs.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift, a walk-out basement puts the back run far above grade, gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed solid with a clog at every elbow, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Flushing, flow testing and drainage checks are included and never billed as extras. Each run is checked to carry water away from your home, and the crew confirms the water flow at every outlet. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice, so you can agree or say no before the crew climbs.
Most of our work is on long lake homes, and for those the quote moves on the same few things: stories, tree cover, and how long it had been since the last clean. A house on a sloped lot with the gutter sitting high over a patio is a different job from a single-story ranch with clean runs, and we say so on the phone. Where the sag shows up is usually at the far end of a long run, and a sag left alone can turn into structural damage at the fascia, so we note it in the report rather than sell a fix. Whether it is a leaves and grit buildup problem or a true slope problem, we tell you which before any work starts. If you text us a photo of the front of the house, we can usually see the stories and the tree cover and give you a firmer number. Commercial properties are quoted per building on a schedule, and the same rule applies: the figure on the call is the figure on the invoice.
| 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, the spring visit runs late May to June, after seed and pollen drop. Our fall visit runs late October to November, after the last leaves. In May the elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sagged under ice by March. Before the wettest stretch here, May, September and October, is the time to clean your gutters, so the runs are empty when the heavy rainfall starts. Rainwater off a clogged eave has to go somewhere, and with freeze risk here that somewhere is a leak at the eave. A blockage at the roofline holds water against the fascia, and that is where rot starts.
Under heavy tree cover, cleanings run every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits. A twig or a clump of needles at the elbow can hold water for weeks. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough for most lots. Guards cut the frequency, but gutter maintenance still means clearing the surface a couple of times a year, so ask us about the estimate for a guarded house when you call.
Whenever a gutter gets clean, the first visit tells us which tier your lot actually needs. Long Lake mi homes vary a lot from one side of a street to the next, so we set the schedule per house. Both residential and commercial sites get a schedule, and residential properties follow the same first-visit cycle. Ask for a gutter cleaning service date when you book and we will put the house on the right cycle, and keep your gutters on that cycle from there. Our gutter cleaning process is the same at every house, and we keep notes so the next visit starts where the last one stopped. Regular gutter cleaning is cheaper than a repair, and debris removal is always part of the 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 services cover Long Lake and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and the crew knows the streets that get heavy leaf loads in the fall. Booking works the same way for every long lake gutter cleaning job. A homeowner calls or texts (866) 435-6328 with stories, approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the house, and if it is easy, a photo of the front. If you have gutter guards, say so when you call. We will tell you the lead time for your date when you call, and we call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work, and the crew works around your landscape and keeps ladders off the beds.
Every visit covers gutters and downspouts. The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, and the calendar fills in those months. Book early if you want a specific day and want to get your gutters done before the rain. If you can wait a week or two in the off months, the slots open up faster. Either way, we use the same process for every house, and we tell you what we find before we leave, so you can keep your gutter system working through the next storm season and protect your home from water damage.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We price every job across long lake the same way, because a two-story house with a steep back roof is not the same job as a flat one. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Across Michigan the spring visit runs late May to June, and our fall visit runs late October to November. If you wait past the fall visit, we usually find sagging runs and ice-damaged eaves by March. That is the cheapest way to lose a fascia board, so get it on the calendar before the first hard freeze.
Most slots come up within the week for our cleaning services in long lake, and we confirm a date when you call. We do not promise same-day unless the crew has a gap that day, so ask us when you book.
No, you do not need to be home. 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 drop pipe and flow-test it as part of the visit, and clogged downspouts get worked from the top until water runs clear at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need the surface cleared and the downspouts checked, though less often. On our jobs we find needles and seed casings sitting on top of the guard and grit underneath, and once that mat is wet, rain runs off the front edge. Tell us you have guards when you call.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope or outlet-size problem, not a buildup problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. Anything that changes the job, like a pitch that is steeper than it looked from the ground, is raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice. You can agree or decline before the crew climbs.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
