Our own crew cleans gutters at your home, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves and yard litter 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 hangs overhead, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Our gutter cleaning services are built for homeowners here, and we cover White Lake homes and the surrounding areas. A clean gutter is the simplest way to protect a home from water damage, and the spring and fall visits do most of that work. Call (866) 435-6328 to book.
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 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 give is the number we charge. Our gutter cleaning process starts there, so each homeowner knows the price before anyone climbs a ladder. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but we would rather give you one clean figure for the whole house.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk is what moves the price most, because the crew needs a boom or scissor lift and more time working up there. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down with a heavy buildup of matted leaves, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off of everything the crew pulls out are included and never billed as extras. Hauling everything away is part of the price, not an add-on. A clog that will not clear from the bottom gets worked from the top, and that is still in the quote. If something changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On a house with heavy tree cover, the first visit usually turns up a compacted leaf mat, a twig or two in the back run, plus at least one downspout running slow at the elbow, and that is why the total lands where it does. Before we give you a number we ask for the three things above and a photo of the front of the house sent by text, if that is easy for you. Once the runs are clean, the water flow is where it should be: away from your home instead of down the siding. Gutter maintenance is a simple thing to plan, and once we know what your gutter system is up against, the cleaning and maintenance schedule follows from it. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will walk you through the quote.
| 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, spring visits run late May to June, after seed and pollen drop. The fall visit lands in October or early November, after the last leaves, and that makes it the second of the two cleanings a year. When we open a gutter here in spring we find seeds, seed casings, pollen and grit packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sagging by March. A run that sags all winter is how fascia rot and structural damage start.
Heavy rainfall in May, June and July, our wettest months, pushes the most water through the system, so a blockage shows up fastest then. Under heavy tree cover, we see customers every three to four months, because needles and grit end up in the clogged downspouts between visits, and a clogged downspout is where a leak starts. On a landscape with few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough to keep the gutters clean. Before the wettest stretch, clean your gutters and the water leaves on its own. Gutter guards need less frequent cleaning, but the surface still needs clearing and the downspout still needs checking. A rain gutter that will sag fills in the first heavy storm, so get your gutters looked at before summer. If you keep your gutters on a schedule, most of the trouble never starts. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Call (866) 435-6328 to book a spring or fall 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 every neighborhood we serve, and our cleaning services in white lake cover the areas where we have worked most often. Our gutter cleaning service covers downspout flushing and debris removal, so the estimate covers the whole job. You get the quote by phone or by text from stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front if that is easy. Lead time depends on the season, and we confirm the date when you call. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, so booking early in those months keeps your slot. Call (866) 435-6328 to pick a date.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. White Lake homeowners who want a regular gutter cleaning schedule get the dates set once the first visit is done, so you only have to say yes once. Ask for a written estimate and we send it the same day you call. We clean residential and commercial properties alike, and residential properties get the same flow test. Our gutter services are priced from the job itself, not from the property type.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We will not put a figure on a page; the number we give you is the number we charge.
Across Michigan, spring visits run late May to June, and the fall visit lands in October or early November here in White Lake. A clog left through winter holds rainwater in the trough, and that is why we usually find sagging runs and ice damage by March. Keeping a clean trough is the simplest way to protect your home from water damage, and it starts with the fall visit.
Most slots come up within the week in White Lake MI, and we confirm a date when you call. Spring and fall fill first, so call early in those months to get a clean date on the calendar.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves, so you can see the clean trough for yourself. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. We flush every downspout, flow-test it, and check the outlet where the water drains. Our crew cleans gutters and downspouts as one job, so the water leaves the house in one pass. Clearing an underground drainage line is a separate job, and we quote it before touching it.
Yes, usually less often. On our jobs the debris sits on top of the guard and needles work through, so we clear the surface, flush the downspouts, and check that water is still getting in and the trough stays clean underneath.
If a clean rain gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, it is a slope or downspout size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a short video in the rain and we tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for it.
It should not. Anything that changes the job is raised and agreed before work starts, never after the crew is up the ladder.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
