Our own crew cleans gutters, flow-tests every run, bags what comes out, and sends photos of each run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how heavily trees hang over it, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have been doing this work across Michigan through every spring and fall, so we know where water tends to back up before it shows on the ceiling.
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 what is in the gutters. For a homeowner, we quote it by phone or text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Our service is priced per job, not per foot, and that covers the cleaning and maintenance the crew does on the way. A clean trough is the goal, but the quote is really about what is in it. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place, though the per-foot method hides what the crew actually finds.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run well above grade, gutters nobody has opened in years, and gutter guards that we have to lift and reseat before we can clear underneath. The gutter cleaning process includes flushing, flow testing and haul-off, and none of it is billed as an extra. A twig jammed in an elbow is a flush job, but a clog that needs more than that gets written on the quote before work starts. A leak at a seam usually shows up first in May, June and September, the wettest months here, so get your gutters checked before heavy rainfall arrives. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On the houses we clean, we usually find the same thing first: the elbows packed solid, and a run that looks fine from the driveway but is full of seed casings and wet leaves once the ladder is up. Clearing that and checking where the water leaves the house is most of the work, and it is why a quote from the phone holds on the day. Gutters that come out clean but still sag need the run fixed, and we say so on the quote. Homeowners often ask about gutter maintenance after the first visit, and that conversation starts with what we found in the gutter. Call (866) 435-6328 to book, or text us a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you what we see before we give you a number.
| 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 falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop finishes. The fall visit runs late October to November, after the last leaves are down and before the first hard freeze. Most homes benefit from both cleanings. In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the clogged downspouts. In fall it is leaves and debris matting in the trough. Snow lands from December through March, about 30.8 inches a year, and a rain gutter that skipped the fall visit can sag or pull loose under that load before spring. A clean trough in October is cheaper than the structural damage a sagging run causes in March. A sagging run also lets water sit and rot the fascia behind it. A clog in the spring elbow is usually what backs the water up first.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule that holds, because needles and grit pack the trough between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough for the gutter system to keep water moving. Redford averages 35.1 inches of precipitation a year, so the trough has to keep moving even in the wettest months. Landscape beds and mulch piled against the foundation push runoff straight at the wall, so we flush the whole system and check that the outlet keeps water away from your home. Guarded gutters need fewer visits, but the surface still needs clearing, since a wet mat on top of a guard stops the water getting in, even when the trough looks clean.
After the first visit we tell you which of those schedules your lot actually needs. The rule is simple: if you want to keep your gutters working through the wet months, book by what we find in the gutter, not by a calendar. Heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms across Michigan both test a gutter system, and a clean run that is checked in spring and fall has less to do when the storm hits. That is how you protect your home from a backed-up trough.
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 cleans gutters across Redford MI and surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we have worked on enough streets in town to know how the houses there tend to drain. Redford homes differ a lot by pitch, so the gutter cleaning services we book follow the house, not a map pin. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is overhead, plus a photo of the front if it is easy to send. Call (866) 435-6328 to book a date, or text us a photo of the roofline. Lead time depends on the calendar that week, and we will give you the actual date when you call.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and fall, so those are the weeks to call early. Our cleaning services in Redford follow the same calendar all year. We take residential and commercial work on one schedule, and commercial properties get the same flow check as a house. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we phone before we come. If you are on a regular schedule, regular gutter cleaning is easier to hold a date for than a one-off visit in the middle of a storm season. Debris removal is part of every visit, so the bags leave with the crew.
Residential properties see the same pattern as anywhere else: a buildup of seed casings and wet leaves at the eave slows the water flow, so we check drainage before we leave. Homeowners who book a regular visit get the same photos on every run, so you can see the change from one season to the next. Ask us to clean your gutters on the schedule your lot needs, and we will tell you that schedule when you call.
The number comes from stories and size, so we quote it once we know those. Call (866) 435-6328 for an estimate on your Redford MI home, and flushing and haul-off are in that number, so nothing is added later.
Most people book in late spring and again in late fall. If you wait past the first hard freeze, we often find ice at the eave and runs that have started to sag, and a clog that sat all winter is harder to clear. A cleaning now helps protect your home from water damage.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week, so we confirm a date when you call. Late spring and fall fill fastest, so call early in those windows.
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 in while the ladders are up.
Yes. Our gutter services flush every downspout and check that water is leaving at the outlet. A blockage in the line shows up that way, and the gutters and downspouts drain as one system. If a buried line needs clearing, we quote that separately and do not touch it until you agree.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out but not seed casings, needles or grit, and that mat can stop rainwater getting in. We clear the surface, lift the guard to check underneath, and clean out the trough before we leave. Keeping your gutters on the right schedule still matters with guards.
Most often that means a slope or capacity problem, not a clog, so a second cleaning will not fix it. Send us a short video of the overflow in the rain and we will tell you what it is. Left alone, that water can cause structural damage to the fascia and soffit.
It should not. If something we find changes the job, we tell you and you agree before the crew begins on it.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
