The short answer
Professional gutter cleaning in Southeast Michigan starts around $149 for typical single-story homes and scales with three factors: stories (ladder time), linear footage, and debris load. Two-story homes commonly run $175–$300. The number should include outlet clearing, downspout flushing to proven flow, discharge checks, and photos — not just a scooped middle.
The Baseline and What Moves It
Entry pricing starts around $149 — the single-story ranch with reachable runs and ordinary load — and three factors scale from there. Stories: second-story eaves multiply ladder time and safety overhead; two-story homes commonly land $175–$300. Footage: sprawling rooflines and multi-wing homes carry more run to clear. Load: a season's ordinary debris clears fast; years of neglect, seedlings included, price like the archaeology they are. Heavy-canopy lots sit naturally higher than open ones for the same house.
What the Price Should Include
The quote comparison only works if the service definitions match. Complete service means: runs hand-cleared with outlets prioritized, every downspout flushed until it demonstrates flow, pitch and hangers checked while up there, discharge confirmed to carry water away from the foundation, debris bagged rather than redistributed across the lawn, and before-and-after photos — because nobody should take two-story results on faith. A $99 quote that scoops the visible middle and skips the flushing isn't cheaper; it's a different, lesser product wearing a similar name.
The Cost of Not Cleaning
Context prices the service properly: fascia rot repair, foundation-side water problems, and the ice-dam interior damage that packed gutters seed all run from hundreds into thousands — the escalation our consequences guide maps. Twice-yearly service on the honest Michigan schedule costs a few hundred dollars annually against failure modes measured in multiples of that.
Where the Money Saves
Bundling wins: gutter service sharing a visit with a house wash or roof treatment shares ladder time, and the combined ticket beats separate bookings meaningfully. Standing schedules win twice — priority slots in the crunch seasons and no remembering required. And guards change the arithmetic entirely for heavy-canopy homes, per our guard-math guide: fewer cleanings forever, priced against the install once.
The Bottom Line
From $149, honestly scaled by stories, footage, and load — with the full service definition attached to every number. The quote is free, line-item, and back within 24 hours.
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