Speaking of gutters. My house is two stories . The way the yard is built ,it ends up being 3 stories on the back side and one story on the front. I could reach the front gutters OK , the back? I had to reach out the 2nd story window with a 10 foot shepards hook looking thing to get to the gutters. Could not reach the 3rd floor gutter at all. I have a lot of trees. The best thing I ever did was to have all the gutters covered with Gutter Guardian. You know, those covers that would let the water run in ,but not leaves or pine and Maple "thingys" They guaranteed they would not plug up or they would come out and clean the gutters. They have been on the house for 3 years . No problems and I haven't been on a ladder since. Pricey but worth every cent. The company home office is out of Atlanta, Dixie Home Builders I think.