Our own crew cleans gutters across Monitor, flushes every drain pipe, hauls the debris away, and takes photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers here have been booking with us for years, 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 stories, size and how clean or clogged the gutters and downspouts are, and we quote our gutter services over the phone or by text from those three things. The estimate we give is the number we charge. Monitor homes vary, and some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the run is measured, but on residential properties the stories and the condition of the trough decide it more than length does.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds. A third story or a steep roof we cannot walk adds time and equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther up than the front. Gutters nobody has kept clean in years come out packed with compacted grit that takes longer to clear and more care to keep off the lawn. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step on every run, and a twig jammed at the outlet takes extra time. Drain flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job, such as a leak at a seam or a run that sags, gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our jobs here show the pattern. Where a clog has been building for a season, the buildup is the main cost driver and the crew spends the most time on the runs that show sag or water flow problems. Once the trough is clean and the drains run, the visit goes quickly, and regular cleanings keep it that way. We would rather you hear the number and the reasons behind it from us directly than guess from a rate card. Residential and commercial jobs are both quoted by phone or text, and commercial properties get the same photo record as a house. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a number and a date to book.
| 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 Monitor MI jobs most customers book twice a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves. Across Michigan, spring visits run late May to June, and that is when we open a gutter and find seeds and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In fall it is leaves and debris packed in the trough and, once the cold sets in, the first ice at the eave. May, June and August are the wettest months here, and rainwater finds any blockage fast. Houses that skipped the fall visit tend to show a clog at the outlet, runs that sag, or pulled loose hangers by March, and a blockage left that long can lead to rot and structural damage.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the rhythm, because needles and grit leave clogged downspouts between visits. Near a busy road or active construction, the rhythm is similar. With few or no trees and a tidy landscape, once a year in late fall is enough for most lots. Guards cut the frequency, but we still clear the surface and check the drainage at each visit. Clearing the trough on time, and keeping it clean in between, is how you protect your home from water damage, and keeping the trough clear keeps water away from your home.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and how to keep your gutters clear in between.
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 Monitor and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, with the most jobs in the neighborhoods where we have cleaned before. Booking for homeowners here starts with a call to (866) 435-6328, then a quote from your stories, your size and the tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house if that is easy to send. We call before we come, and no homeowner needs to be home for the work.
The two busy windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills fastest. Book early in those stretches for our gutter services and you get the date you want. Outside them, gutter maintenance slots usually open faster. Monitor gutter cleaning is confirmed on the call, so there is no guessing about when the crew shows up.
If it has been a while since anyone got your gutters clean, or you want to get your gutters done before heavy rainfall, tell us when you call so we can plan the visit around it. The cleaning and maintenance schedule works the same way whether it is your first visit or your tenth. Every gutter cleaning process ends with the photos on your phone.
Our cleaning services in Monitor are priced from the stories and the size of the house, and we give you the number by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those details, because a two-story home with a clear trough is a different job from one with two seasons of debris in it.
When our customers here book, it is late spring and late fall. In spring we find seeds and pollen packed in the trough. Wait past fall in a freeze-belt town like this one and the ice at the eave is the problem we see most.
Most slots come up within the week. We confirm a date when you call, and we do not promise a same-day visit we cannot keep.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and drain 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 flow-test it so the water runs clean out the bottom, and the crew checks the outlet. Clearing an underground drain line is a separate job, quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, less often, but a gutter system with guards still collects needles and grit on top. If you clean your gutters yourself, you still have to lift the panels, clear underneath and check that water is getting in, and we do all three on our jobs.
A rain gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge has a slope or capacity problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo 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 is raised and agreed before work starts, never added to the invoice after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
