Our own crew cleans gutters in Norton Shores, flushing each run, testing the flow, hauling the debris away and sending you photos of each run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have been doing this work across Michigan, mostly on the spring and fall visits.
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. For a Norton Shores house we quote it by phone or text from those three things, as an estimate you can check against the house in front of you, and the number we quote is the number we charge.
On our jobs the things that move a quote are a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement on a sloped landscape that puts the back run far up the wall, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted leaves and the odd twig, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can clean underneath. Flushing clogged downspouts, flow testing and debris removal are included in that number and are never billed as extras. If something we find changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before the crew starts, never on the invoice.
On the Norton Shores homes we have cleaned, the heaviest jobs are the ones where a gutter system has been left so long that a clog has turned into a solid plug, the drainage stops at the elbow and the water flow never gets through, a seam starts to leak, and the run starts to sag under its own weight. Left alone, that sag can turn into rot in the fascia and structural damage, and the rain runs over the edge instead of moving water away from the foundation. When a gutter has been neglected like this, the crew often finds the back run packed to the brim with leaves and muck, and the run has to be opened and flushed more than once before the water runs clear, which is what pushes that quote up. The work itself is straightforward once the buildup comes out and the run is clear again. Gutters kept on a regular schedule are usually quick, and the cost stays where it was quoted.
The number depends on your house, so it is not fixed on this page. We quote residential and commercial properties by phone or text from the same details, and the number we give you is the number on the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a clean number before we book the date.
| 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 homes do well with two visits a year, and most of those visits land in one of two windows: once in the late spring after the seeds and pollen have dropped and once in the late fall after the last leaves are down. In May we find seeds packed into the elbows and a pollen paste that holds water, and a clean trough is the fix. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sag and pull loose by March after the first ice.
Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or construction where grit collects in the trough, our residential properties in those spots are on a visit every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the runs between visits. If the house has few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough, and it leaves the trough clean through winter. Guards mean less frequent visits, but cleaning and maintenance still apply to the surface, because a mat of leaves and needles on top of the guard will still send water over the edge in heavy rainfall.
The rainwater that runs off a roofline on this part of the Michigan coast is heavy in the spring and fall, which is why the timing matters. A rain gutter that holds a blockage in May will still be sitting there in the next rain, and a clog that goes untouched through a winter of freezing and thawing can be harder to clear. Clean your gutters on the schedule that fits your lot and keep your gutters on that schedule, and we will tell you after the first visit which tier your house actually needs. For a regular gutter cleaning service on your schedule, call (866) 435-6328 and get your gutters booked before the spring or fall rush.
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 works across Norton Shores MI and the surrounding areas, and gutter cleaning services are booked by phone or text. Give us your stories, your approximate square footage, how many gutters and downspouts the house has, whether there are trees over the roof, and whether it has gutter guards, and send a photo of the house front if that is easy. We quote from those details, give you an estimate, and confirm a date when you call. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work, and we leave the yard clean.
The two busy windows on our calendar are late spring and late fall, so if you want a slot in those months it is worth getting your gutters booked early. Outside those windows the calendar opens up and we can often fit a visit in sooner. Whatever the month, the quote you get on the phone is the price we keep to, and it is the easiest way to keep your gutters on budget.
Many Norton Shores homeowners book on the same visit they use to protect your home from water damage in the first place, because a gutter that overflows onto the foundation is the thing that causes trouble in the basement. If you have a question about the gutter services we offer or want to check how your gutter system drains, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will give you a clean answer on what we see.
The number comes from how many stories the house has and its size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a range without those details. The number we give is the number on the invoice.
Across Michigan the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seeds, and the fall visit in late October or November, after the leaves are down. Clean your gutters in both windows. If the fall visit gets skipped, we find sagging runs by March on the houses that waited through the ice.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Ask us on the phone, and we will tell you what is open and confirm the exact date when you call.
No. The gutter cleaning process runs entirely outside, the crew does not come inside, and photos of every run and downspout go 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 watch the water until it runs clear at the bottom. Where a run feeds an underground line we check that water is leaving at the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone starts.
Yes. On our jobs gutter guards hold back the leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit still sit on top and turn into a mat that sends water over the edge. We lift the guards, clear underneath and reseat them, gutter maintenance is still part of the job, and the visit is usually shorter than an open gutter.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows in the rain has a slope or capacity problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is and how to get the water moving away from your home. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if something we find changes the job, and in that case we tell you before the work starts and you agree to it first. Nothing is added to the invoice without you knowing about it beforehand, and the invoice stays clean.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
