Clear the gutters and downspouts on an invited Benton Harbor home.

Clogged gutters on Benton Harbor's older homes dump water straight down foundation walls, feeding the basement damp and freeze damage that eat houses in lake-effect winters. Cleared gutters and extended downspouts are basic protection many elderly homeowners can't do themselves.

Where

Host-invited single-story home, Pavone Street block, Benton Harbor, MI 49022 · Open the map

Pay

$80 proposed

This packet is not funded yet, so this figure is a proposed price and not money waiting in escrow. If a buyer funds it, approved proof settles that price onchain. If nobody funds it, approved proof earns provable credit toward the work instead of cash — recorded, and readable any time at vealth.net/labor/credit/(your wallet). You see which before you claim, never after.

Proof

Before/after gutter photos plus flowing downspout

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level

entry

Open until

2026-10-17

Posted by

0x034F…6c89

The creator wallet. Its signature is what approves proof and settles the wage.

How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.

Steps

1. Confirm the host's invitation and check that all gutter runs are reachable within the 6-foot ladder limit or from the ground with tools.
2. Scoop and bag leaves and debris from the reachable gutter runs.
3. Flush the downspouts with a hose until they run free.
4. Check that downspouts discharge at least three feet from the foundation and add extensions where they don't.
5. Photograph the cleared gutters, running downspouts, and extensions with GPS and date on.

What counts as done

• Before/after photos of the gutter runs
• Photo of a downspout flushing clear
• GPS-and-date-stamped photo of extensions in place
• Host confirmation note

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.

The standard this serves

Weatherization Readiness. Weatherization readiness is the survey that turns a cold, expensive-to-heat home into a fundable plan. Following the Department of Energy's program, the surveyor maps where the house leaks air, which attics and walls lack insulation, what fresh-air path must follow the tightening, and which safety checks must clear first. Mastery looks like a walkthrough that ends with a package a weatherization crew can price without a second visit. This packet is one piece of one such survey, done carefully and written down, so a real family's real house gets closer to warm.