Our own crew cleans gutters in Southfield, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, all of it hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book a clean in the spring and fall, when seed drop and the last leaves have had their say.
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 give an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Our goal is a clean quote on the phone, one that holds through the invoice. Some companies price their gutter cleaning services by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but the total is still set by the house.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with leaves and debris, and clogged downspouts can point to a drainage problem that needs more time on the job. Houses with gutter guards add labor when we have to lift, clean under and reseat them. On residential properties, downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Southfield homes with heavy trees see more buildup, and we price that into the visit up front. A sag in a back run often hides behind a season of leaves and the odd twig, and left alone it can turn into structural damage. Clearing that buildup is usually what gets the water flow moving again, so we flag it before the crew starts that run. If you are comparing quotes from other crews, ask whether they flush and test every downspout, because that is where a clog shows up. We clean your gutters the same way on residential and commercial properties, and the crew carries that to every visit.
| 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 lands in late May to June, after seed and pollen drop. In Southfield MI, the fall visit usually falls in late October to November, once the last leaves are down. Open a gutter in May and you find seeds and pollen paste packed into the elbows; open one in November and it is the wet leaf mat that stops rainwater from flowing. A clean run is what pushes water away from the foundation, and that is the whole point of regular gutter cleaning for homes across southfield.
Under heavy tree cover, add a visit between the seasonal ones, since needles and grit pack the downspouts faster than the calendar does. Heavy rainfall in May, June and September can push that debris into a blockage between visits, and here we get roughly 33 inches of precipitation a year. Few or no trees, and a single late-fall visit is usually enough. Even a house with gutter guards only cuts the frequency so far, because the surface still needs a clean. Treat twice a year as a starting point, let the cleanings follow what the trees drop, and keep your gutters clear between visits.
Southfield homeowners who skip the fall visit can find runs that sag, pull loose or start to rot by March, after the water has frozen and thawed along the roofline. That freeze-thaw cycle is how a small leak becomes a ceiling stain. The clog is not the only problem a missed visit creates, because gutters and downspouts tie into the whole gutter system, and one blockage strains every run on that side of the house. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we flush every downspout so you can see the water run clean out the bottom before we leave. That first visit is the right time to ask about a schedule that helps protect your home from water damage. To book a date, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline.
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 covers gutter services across Michigan, and the crew works from the nearest base without needing a special route. Booking is simple for southfield homeowners: call or text, and we quote from stories, size and tree cover. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, so ask early if you want a particular week. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the clean. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house.
Lead time depends on the week, and we tell you the first open slot when you call. A single visit can start a longer relationship, but plenty of owners only want the twice-a-year clean. Either way, every rain gutter on the house gets the same steps, so the gutter cleaning process is the same for every house, and we walk you through it on the phone before we arrive. Southfield gutter cleaning is quoted from the same details for every house across southfield and the surrounding areas. Routine cleaning and maintenance visits follow those same steps, and every downspout test checks that water runs away from your home instead of pooling in the landscape. If you are searching for cleaning services in Southfield, this is the same crew from the first call to the last photo. Ready to get your gutters on the calendar? Call (866) 435-6328 and we will find you a date.
Most homes do well with a fall visit in late October to November and a spring visit after seed and pollen drop, and heavy tree cover is the reason to add one more visit between them.
No. Guards lower how often a house needs a visit, but leaves still settle on top of the mesh, so a guarded gutter still gets a check each season. We still clean the trough when the guard is lifted, and the downspouts still get flushed.
Yes. When we clean the gutters, we flush every downspout, because clogged downspouts are where most overflow starts, and we do not leave until the water is moving freely.
It can, over time. Water spilling over the edge soaks the fascia and the roofline below it, and a sagging run that stays wet pulls on its hangers, so repeated overflow is how structural damage gets started.
Across Michigan, severe thunderstorms drop twigs and limbs into gutters without warning, so a call after a big storm is worth making. A single twig wedged in an elbow can turn a light rain into an overflow.
Yes. We clean gutters on commercial properties across Southfield and on residential properties with the same steps, and the quote comes from the building's height, its size and what is sitting in the troughs.
Yes. We look over the gutter system while the ladder is up, check for sags, loose hangers and seams that drip, and tell you what we find. Leaves and debris come out of the trough first, and the trough gets a clean before we leave.
Walk the outside after a heavy storm and look at where the water lands below each downspout. If it pools against the foundation or a trough is still full a day after a clean, call (866) 435-6328 and we will look at it.
Whether a seam leak can be handled on the same visit depends on what is behind it, so we will not promise a fix from the ground. Text a photo of the leak and we will tell you what the crew can handle when it arrives.
A rain gutter catches runoff from the roofline and carries it to the downspouts, which keeps water away from the foundation instead of letting it soak the soil beside the house.
Yes. The crew bags everything and avoids trampling beds, and during the downspout flush we check that water is not pooling in the landscape near the house.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
