Our own crew cleans gutters on Okemos homes, every drain flushed and flow-tested, the leaves and branches hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house 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 Okemos customers book in the spring and fall, and we have been doing this work on these streets long enough to know what a clean run looks like the day after a storm.
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 packed in the gutters. We give an estimate over the phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Commercial properties are quoted from the same three inputs, so that number is just as firm. We price the whole gutter system, not one run at a time, and companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on a house that has to be worked from a boom or scissor lift the length alone does not tell you much.
On our jobs the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story or a roof 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 gutter line, so the back run sits farther off the ground than the front. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with a compacted mat and heavy buildup, and that takes more time to clear than a gutter that is only seasonally full. Left that long, the weight can make a run sag and cause structural damage to the fascia. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. Poor drainage at the gutter line is the first thing we check on any run, and clogged downspouts are often the reason water sits in a trough. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Last season we opened a gutter on a two-story house where a clog had sat through a wet May, the leaves and debris had packed into a dense mat that had to be broken up by hand before the water flow could come back, and the clog at the lower elbow had started a leak at the seam and let a small section of the fascia rot, which we photographed and reported without offering to repair it. Water away from your home is the goal of every visit, and a clean rain gutter is only the start of it. Heavy rainfall is when a blocked run shows its problem, and across Michigan the severe thunderstorms are the usual test.
| 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 Okemos jobs most customers book twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop and once in the fall after the last leaves have come down. Across Michigan the spring visit falls in late May to June, and when we open a gutter then we usually find seeds and seed casings packed into the elbows with pollen paste on top. In late October to November it is the wet leaf mat that has to come out. On houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March, which is the cost of a missed visit that is easy to avoid. If you want to clean your gutters on the same rhythm every year, those two visits are the place to start.
Under heavy tree cover along the roofline, every three to four months is the schedule that keeps rainwater moving, because needles, grit and the odd twig pack the drains between visits faster than the spring and fall rhythm can clear them. A house with few or no trees and an open landscape around it usually needs one visit a year in late fall, and that is enough for most lots. Guarded gutters need less frequent work, but the surface still has to be cleared, because a clog that forms on top of a guard blocks the same water. Everything about the schedule depends on what sits over the house in Okemos MI, and that is what we check on the first visit.
Our crew can tell you which tier your lot actually needs once we have seen it. Ask about a regular gutter cleaning plan if you want the visits booked ahead, which is the simplest form of gutter maintenance we offer. Residential properties on a plan get the blockage pattern noted on each run, so the next visit starts where the last one stopped and the runs stay clean between visits.
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 provide gutter services for residential and commercial properties, and the crew works across Okemos rather than only the streets closest to us. The crew also serves the surrounding areas, so ask if your street sits just past the city line. Okemos homeowners who book by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text get a quote from the number of stories, the size of the house and whether the roof is under trees, and a photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. Lead times depend on the season, and the two busiest windows are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills fastest. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
If you want to keep your gutters working through the year, the easiest way to get your gutters on a regular schedule is to ask us for one rather than booking one visit at a time. A planned schedule of cleaning and maintenance helps us protect your home from water damage and keeps the runs from backing up during heavy rainfall, since May, June and August are the wettest months here. Our gutter cleaning services are scheduled around what the house needs, and we check the gutters and downspouts on every run before the crew leaves.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters, and we give it by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those details, and the number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers book cleaning services in Okemos in late spring and late fall. If the spring visit waits too long the seed and pollen paste sets, and if the fall visit is skipped the leaf mat freezes in place, which is when we see sagged runs by March.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. The lead time shifts with the season, so the fastest way to get your gutters on the calendar is to call or text us a photo of the front of the house.
No. Our gutter cleaning process runs outside only, the crew does not come inside, and photos of every run go to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and the crew leaves each run clean.
Yes, we flush every downspout and flow-test it, and we check that water is leaving at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs gutter guards keep out the leaves but not the needles, seed casings or grit, which settle on top and turn into a mat that blocks the water. The surface still has to be kept clean, and the cleanings tend to be shorter.
A gutter that is clean and still spills water over the edge in rain usually has a slope or sizing problem rather than a blockage. Send us a photo or a short video taken in the rain and we will tell you what it is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If we find something that changes the job, we tell you and agree on it before work starts, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
