Our own crew cleans gutters in Romulus, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the leaves hauled away, 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 customers book in the 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, square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. Our cleanings are quoted over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Homeowners who compare by the linear foot land in a similar place, but on our jobs the height and the condition of the gutters decide the time on the ladder.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds once it gets up there: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement or sloped lot that raises the working height, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted debris, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. Bagged material is carried away from your home, not dumped on the lawn. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is how the gutter cleaning process usually works out for a homeowner with a standard two-story house. We ask for the stories, the rough square footage and whether trees hang over the house, and if the photo of the house front is easy to send, we check it against the quote. Gutter maintenance costs less when it is done on a regular schedule, because the leaf and seed load has not had time to compact into a clog. A run that waited a full season takes more time to clear than one cleaned last spring, and that difference shows up in the number.
On a recent job in a Romulus neighborhood with heavy tree cover, the crew found the rear run packed to the elbow with a twig or two, the hangers had let it start to sag, and the back downspout was blocked at the bend. The quote went up because of the clearing time, not because of anything extra. Under heavy rainfall, rainwater that cannot get out of a blockage will leak over the front edge, which is the first thing a homeowner notices, so we check the drainage before we quote the cleaning and maintenance on the house.
Gutter cleaning services in Romulus are priced for the house in front of us. We will tell you what the quote is based on. To get your gutters quoted, call (866) 435-6328, and if you want to know why a number moved, we will walk you through what we found.
| 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 seed and pollen drop, and most of our Romulus customers book the fall visit for late October to November, after the last leaves are down. Booking a gutter cleaning in spring means the gutters are clean before the summer storms start. When we open the gutters in May we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste in the downspout elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sag under ice by March.
Freezing weather here means the fall visit matters most. The first ice forms at the eave, and when water has nowhere to go it backs up under the shingles. Clean gutters give the melt somewhere to go, and a gutter full of wet debris holds water right where the ice starts. Leaf buildup at the eave is where ice dams start, and the runs that pull loose are usually the ones that skipped the fall cleaning. In Romulus the snow months run from January into April and again in November and December, so the gutter system is under load for most of the year. A leak at the joint is usually the first sign the trough is full, and water that sits long enough rots the fascia and can cause structural damage to the trim.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is what we see, because leaves and debris pack the downspouts between visits. Regular gutter cleaning on that schedule keeps water moving. Landscape beds below the eaves wash out when the water has nowhere to go, and clear downspouts carry water away from the foundation. Near a busy road or a construction site, the same schedule applies. Few or no trees over the house means once a year in late fall is enough on most lots. Guards cut the frequency, but they do not replace the visit; the surface still needs clearing, and every visit should clean the full run, not just the part you can see from the ground.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we check the roofline and fascia on every visit. Staying on schedule helps protect your home from water damage.
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 Romulus homes from the nearest base, and we clean across Romulus and serve surrounding areas, including the neighborhoods where tree cover is heavy and the pitches are steep enough that we bring a boom or scissor lift. You book a gutter cleaning by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text: give us the stories, the size and whether trees are over the house, and send a photo of the house front if it is easy. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Lead time is listed on the booking page, and the calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, the spring and fall visits, so the sooner you call the better your pick of dates. We clean residential and commercial properties, and for commercial properties we schedule per building. Gutter cleaning service runs the same whether it is the first visit or the fifth, and the photos of every run come to your phone before the crew leaves.
Debris removal is part of every visit. If the gutters still show a clog after you clean your gutters, or the water flow looks wrong, call us and we will look at the drainage. A gutter that is clean and still overflows usually has a slope or capacity problem, and we will tell you so instead of selling another cleaning.
The estimate comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those details, and the number we give is the number on the invoice.
Most customers book late spring and late fall. Keep your gutters clean through the fall visit, because when a gutter waits past it we find ice dams at the eave and runs that have sagged by March, so the fall visit is the one we push hardest.
That depends on the calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call.
No. The crew works outside and does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets in while the ladders are up.
Yes. Gutters and downspouts get checked together: we flush every downspout and flow-test it, and we check where the water goes at the outlet. If a line runs underground, checking it is part of the visit, but clearing a buried line is a separate job and we quote it before we touch it.
Yes. Under guards we find needles threaded through, seeds on top and debris settled underneath. The surface still needs clearing, though usually less often.
Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain. A clean gutter that still overflows has a slope or capacity problem, and we will tell you what it is rather than selling a second cleaning.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before any work starts, not after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
