Our crew cleans gutters in Tittabawassee, every outlet flushed and flow-tested, the mess hauled away, the yard left clean, 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 hangs over the house, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers here book in the spring and fall, and that is when we are busiest.
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. We quote our gutter cleaning services over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted, but we would rather you know the whole number up front. A full rain gutter overflows, clogged downspouts push the water back up the line, and the job is really about carrying water away from your home and leaving the gutters clean.
On our Tittabawassee homes the things that move the price are consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more care. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther up than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with buildup, and that takes time to clear by hand. Guards we have to lift and reseat add to the visit. Flushing the gutters, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice. Residential properties and commercial properties are priced the same way.
Here is what we see on the ground. Gutter clog is the most common reason a run overflows, and once the leaves and debris build up, water flow stops and the trough fills. On one of our jobs in town the house had heavy tree cover, a second story and a drain line that had been blocked for a long time. The compacted mat under the leaves had started to sag the run, and the drainage behind it was pooling against the fascia. We cleared it in one visit, flushed every outlet until the water runs clean at the bottom, and told the owner the sag would turn into structural damage if it sat another season. Most of what drives the price in this town is the same: how far up the gutter sits, how much leaf litter is in it, and whether it has been left to build up for years.
| 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, and the fall visit lands in late October to November, after the last leaves are down. Most of our customers here book spring and fall. Tittabawassee MI gets about 32 inches of precipitation a year, and May, June and August are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall sends rainwater into every weak spot along the roofline. In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and one blockage in the elbow is enough to back water over the edge; on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March. Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the rhythm we see, because needles and grit pack the drain outlets between visits. Few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Ask how often to clean your gutters on your lot, and after the first visit we give you an estimate for the rest of the year.
Most residential properties on our schedule land on twice a year. Residential and commercial lots near a busy road, a construction site or a stretch of tall trees get checked more often, since the gutter catches more between visits. A landscape with tall trees near the eaves gets the same treatment. Guards cut the frequency, but the surface still needs clearing, so guarded gutters stay on the list too. Debris removal is part of every visit, so a clean gutter line at the start of each season makes the visit faster. Cleaning and maintenance on a set schedule catches clogs early, which is most of what gutter maintenance is for. Regular gutter cleaning is the point of the schedule, since a gutter cleaning service that books by the season tends to catch a clog before it becomes a leak.
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.
Tittabawassee gutter cleaning reaches the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and the crew keeps the same schedule on every route. Booking is simple: call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we give you a quote from the stories, the size and whether trees hang over the house. Lead time depends on the season, and the two busy windows, late spring and late fall, fill fastest, so it helps to book early. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work.
If you want to keep your gutters clean between visits, or you have gutter guards, ask us about the schedule when you call and we will set the tier that fits the lot. Homeowners here often start with one visit and then decide. Every homeowner gets the same estimate process. We protect your home from water damage by catching clogs while they are still small. On every visit the crew checks the gutters and downspouts, will flush every downspout, and checks where it drains, and clears any twig wedged in the outlet. Between cleanings, a short call is enough to change the tier. Our gutter services are priced the same way every time, so the estimate you get on the phone is the one you pay. To get your gutters on the schedule, text a photo of the front of the house and the crew books the first visit.
Our cleaning services in Tittabawassee work from the same three things: stories, size and what is in the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 and we give you the figure, and we do not quote a price off a card. The figure we give is the figure on the invoice.
Late spring and late fall are when most of our customers here book. In May we find seeds and pollen paste in the elbows, and in November the wet leaf mat. If the fall visit gets skipped in Michigan, the first freeze can leave ice in the runs and the sag and fascia rot show up by March.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Most openings across Tittabawassee come up within the week, so call to get your gutters on the books and we confirm a date.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and drain outlet to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and the crew leaves the yard as clean as they found it.
Yes, every run and outlet is flushed until the water runs clean, and we check the whole gutter system, including that water is leaving at the outlet. That check is part of our gutter cleaning process and the gutter maintenance we do on every visit. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep out the leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit still settle on top and turn into a mat, and a landscape with tall trees makes it build up faster. We clear the surface and check that water is getting in, which usually makes the visit shorter.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, that water is not being carried away from your home, and the problem is usually slope or outlet size, not debris. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it actually is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. The price we quote is the price we charge, with no surprises on a clean invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
