Gutter Cleaning for Rental Properties in Rockford, IL

Why rentals need a schedule

Overflowing gutters on a rental tend to surface as something else: a wet basement, a stained ceiling under an ice dam, a sagging run over the porch. By then the cleaning is the cheap part. A standing schedule, one visit after the leaves fall and one after the spring seeds, keeps it predictable and keeps tenants off ladders. NIOSH counts more than 500,000 ladder injuries treated each year, and nobody wants one of them on their property.

What landlords should ask for

• Before and after photos of each run, and of any damage found.
• Repairs priced and held for your approval, not done on the spot.
• Debris hauled away, since the tenant may not have yard waste service.
• One invoice per property, with the address on it.
• Notice to tenants before the crew arrives, usually through you.

Duplexes and older rentals

Many Rockford rentals are older two-story houses and two-flats in neighborhoods with mature trees, which means taller ladders and more leaves. Census figures on renters, housing age and 2-to-4 unit buildings for each town are on the service area pages.