Our own crew keeps gutters clean here. We flush every downspout and test the flow, haul the leaves away, and send 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 roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have been booking Westland houses through the spring and fall visits for years, and that is when most of our customers call.
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 it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Most companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per run, but a per-foot figure hides the things that actually drive the time on a ladder, so we quote the whole house. Residential properties in Westland are quoted by stories and square footage, and commercial properties get a separate quote, so say which one you have when you call.
On our jobs here, the things that move a quote are the ones the crew finds once they are on the ground. A third story, or a roof too steep to walk, means the work is done from a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder, and that changes the setup. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline at the back of the house. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves, which take longer to clean, and guards that we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Flushing, a water flow check at every outlet, and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Homes vary, and the cases we have cleaned here show how the same house can come in differently from one year to the next. On one of our jobs, the gutters had a heavy buildup at the corners and the clogged downspouts had to be cleared at the elbows, which meant the crew spent extra time on the flush before the flow test passed. That is the kind of detail that shows up on the phone call once we hear the three things we ask about. If you are not sure about your house, send a photo of the front and we will tell you what we see. Good drainage keeps rainwater away from your home, and that is the whole point of the job. A gutter that holds leaves and debris is one that sags and lets water spill over the front edge. A clog at the elbow is the usual cause, and a leak at the seam usually follows. We would rather spend five minutes on the phone than give you a number that changes on the ladder.
| 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.
Most of our customers book two cleanings a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. When we open a gutter here in May we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the pipe elbows, and by November the leaves have turned into a wet mat that holds water against the fascia, which is where a leak usually starts. On houses that skipped the fall visit, we see runs that have sagged under the weight by March, with the fascia behind them starting to rot. That is the clog that costs the most to fix later.
Under heavy tree cover, we see customers on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles, twig fragments and grit pack the outlets between visits and the rainwater has nowhere to go. With few or no trees, a single visit in late fall is usually enough to keep a clean run. Near a busy road or a construction site, the grit collects faster and a blockage can form between visits, which pushes the schedule closer as well. Guards slow the buildup, but a gutter system still needs the surface cleared each time, so the schedule still applies.
Westland MI gets a real freeze, and that changes what the fall visit is for. Once the first ice forms, the trapped water at the eave turns into ice dams that lift shingles from underneath, so the point of the November visit is to have the runs clean before that happens. Our crew checks that each run is clean, where the water exits, and whether it is flowing away from the house. After the first visit we tell you which schedule your lot actually needs, and you can adjust it from there. Booking cleaning and maintenance in spring and fall is the simplest way to keep the schedule without thinking about it. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the calendar.
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 across Westland and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we have cleaned homes in most of the neighborhoods here. Our gutter services cover gutters and downspouts from the first run to the last outlet, and gutter cleaning services are booked the same way for residential and commercial work. Booking is simple: you give us the stories, the rough size of the house and whether trees hang over the roof, and we give you an estimate by phone or text. If it is easy, send a photo of the house front so we can see the roofline before the crew arrives. The lead time depends on the calendar, and we will tell you the first open date when you call.
The calendar fills in two busy windows, the late spring visit and the late fall visit, so it is worth booking early for those months. The gutter cleaning process stays the same at every visit, and keeping runs clean between visits is what the schedule is for. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. The crew works outside, and our customers get photos of every run before the truck leaves, so you can see the work whether or not you were there. For a homeowner who wants reliable gutter maintenance, the simplest thing is to set the spring and fall dates once and let the crew keep to them.
Gutter cleaning is most useful when it is done on time, before the leaves and the water do structural damage. A clean rain gutter moves rainwater away from the foundation, and a clogged one lets it run down the siding and into the soil at the base of the house. Regular gutter cleaning is how you protect your home from water damage, and our crew keeps the same schedule for each house so the notes from one visit carry to the next. If you would like to clean your gutters through the seasons, call (866) 435-6328 and we will set up a date that fits.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and how much buildup is in the gutters. We give it over the phone or by text, and it is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers book late spring and late fall. In spring we clean out seeds and pollen, and in fall we clean the leaf mat off before the first freeze, which is when the runs start to sag.
Same-day slots come up when the calendar allows it, and most open dates come up within the week. We confirm the date when you call so you know when the crew will be there.
No. The crew works outside and does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and we work around the landscape beds so nothing gets trampled. We send photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes, every pipe is flushed and flow-tested at the outlet. If a line drains underground, we check that water is leaving, and clearing a buried line is a separate job that we quote before we touch it.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep the leaves out but the needles, seed casings and grit settle on top and mat into a paste. We clean off the surface and check that water is still getting in.
If a clean gutter still spills over the edge after heavy rainfall, the problem is usually slope, capacity or outlet size rather than buildup. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. The number we quote is the number we charge. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before any work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
