Our own crew cleans gutters in Riverview MI, flushes every downspout, flow-tests each run, hauls the mess away and sends photos of every run before we leave. Every gutter and downspout gets the same checks on every visit, so a clean result on one house matches the next. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over it, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our homeowners book us in spring and fall, and we keep the same crew on the same houses year after year.
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 size and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Whether you are a first-time homeowner or a repeat customer, our gutter cleaning services start with those same three questions. Some companies price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place once the length is counted, but we would rather you know the full figure before the ladder goes up.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther off the ground than it looks. Gutters nobody has opened in years hold compacted buildup that has to be dug out by hand, and a clog in the elbow of a downspout adds time to that run. A clogged downspout gets flushed out before the crew moves on, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to each run. Downspout flushing, water flow testing and debris removal are included in the price and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised with you before work starts, not on the invoice.
Our crew has cleaned gutters on many Riverview homes. On one job, the house had two stories, a lot of tree cover over the back of the house, and a blockage at the lower elbow of a downspout that had been there for a season. The photos showed the seeds packed to the elbow and a slow leak of water running behind the fascia on one side. That was the reason the visit took longer than the front of the house suggested, and the quote we gave over the phone covered it. The same three questions drive every quote here: how many stories, how big, and how much tree cover hangs over the house. The landscape around it matters too.
Most of our work here is residential properties, with a smaller share of residential and commercial buildings on the same route. Whether the job is a single family home or one of our commercial properties with several buildings, the approach is the same: we flush every downspout, check the drainage at each outlet, and photograph each run so you can see the clean result. For a regular gutter cleaning service, ask us to lock in the spring and fall dates together, so the calendar stays steady and you never have to wonder when to clean your gutters.
| 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. The fall visit runs late October to November, after the last leaves are down, and that spacing fits most houses in Riverview MI.
In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the wet buildup of leaves and grit, and where freezing weather arrives early we see the first ice forming at the eave. In May, July and August, the wettest months here, heavy rainfall tests every run, and a blocked trough sends the rainwater over the edge. Houses that skipped the fall visit often show runs that sag or have pulled loose by March, which is when the ice has had all winter to work on them, and that is where structural damage starts to show. The gutter that looked fine in October is usually the one that clogs first under the next storm. A clean gutter going into winter is what keeps that March sag from starting.
Under heavy tree cover, on a lot where branches hang over the roof, our customers are on every three to four months, because needles, twigs and grit pack the downspout and form a clog between visits. Between cleanings, the trough is usually what fills first. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough. Gutter guards cut down how often the gutter itself fills, but the surface still needs a clean each season, so guarded houses are on a lighter schedule rather than none. Lots in the surrounding areas with heavy tree cover are on the same three-to-four-month schedule. If you want to keep your gutters working through a wet summer, ask for that tier, because keeping the trough empty is how you protect your home from water damage.
After the first visit we tell you which gutter maintenance tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the gutters and downspouts and whether the downspout carries water away from the foundation, not on a general rule. Whether you clean your gutters yourself or book us, the spring and fall dates are the ones to plan around. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will set the first date.
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 from the nearest base and goes across Riverview neighborhoods and the surrounding areas, and brings the same boom or scissor lift and ladder stand-offs to every street, ready to clean every run. The riverview gutter cleaning quote comes by phone or text from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. We confirm a date on the call and tell you what the crew will need from you, which is the first step of our gutter cleaning process.
Lead time for booking changes with the season. The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills fastest, so booking early in those months is the reliable way to get your gutters done on the date you want. Outside them, most slots come up within the week. We call before we come, and our crew keeps the equipment away from your home unless the run needs it. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Cleaning and maintenance can be booked on the same call, and we will say which of the two the house needs.
If you have a question about the job before you book, call (866) 435-6328 or send a text, and we will walk you through our gutter services and what a clean finish looks like. Ask for a written estimate if you want one before you commit, and we will put the same figure in writing that we gave you on the phone.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure before we know those, because the same two-story house can take very different time depending on what is in the gutters and how much tree cover is over the house.
Across Michigan, the spring visit falls in late May to June and the fall visit in late October to November. If the fall visit is skipped and the first freeze arrives early, we tend to find sagging runs and fascia starting to rot by the following March on those houses. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will set the dates.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day cleaning services in Riverview depend on the calendar that week, so we will tell you honestly what we have open.
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 inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check the outlet to see that it is getting water away from the foundation. If a downspout feeds an underground drain line that needs clearing beyond the outlet, that is a separate job and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. A guard on a rain gutter stops the big leaves, but the fine leaves and debris, plus needles, seed casings and grit, get through and mat on top into a wet layer that water runs over. On our jobs the guarded gutters still need the surface cleared, just less often than open ones.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows in rain usually has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem rather than a plugged trough. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. The quote covers the work we can see from the ground and the photos you have sent. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we tell you and agree to it before work starts, never after, and the number on the invoice matches the number you were quoted. Once the gutter system is clean, that is the figure you pay.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
