When I bought my house 7 years ago, the building inspector said that the roof would need replacing within a year. Needless to say, after 7 years the shingles stated falling off with each windstorm. I consulted Homestars and contacted several top-rated roofers.
Russ from Smart Roofing was very prompt and knowledgable and explained all my options to me. Apparently, my roof had a layer of old wood shingles along with two additional layers of asphalt shingles (which probably explains why it looked so bad, but didn't leak). There was also some soffet repair that was needed and Russ wrote this into the quote along with a cost.
As I was happy with Russ' servivce and price, I called and indicated that I would like to accept the quote including the upgrade shingle ($350 extra).
My new attached neighbours expressed interest in replacing their roof too, so contacted Russ and agreed a quote to get it all done at the same time with the same shingles.
The work:
Quality work throughout. The entire job took 4 long days with the guys working hard, long hours, often to 9pm. Cleanup was excellent and the finished product looks fantastic.
Issues:
Small issues, but a little annoying. The lead time turned out to be double the estimate communicated by Russ. Nothing communicated.
The soffet work detailed in the contract was not done and Smart Roofing seemed surprised that there was additional work to be done. Smart had to wait until Russ returned from vacation to clarify, even though it was clearly written in the contract.
Several weeks later, soffet work was completed to the expected high standard.
Overall:
The issues were minor and the work did end up being completed to a very high standard (which is all that really matters). The price was very competitive and fair. I would not hesitate to recommend Smart Roofing to others (I have already recommended them to my other neighbours).
- Approximate cost of services:
- $7,000.00
- What could this company do to improve their services?
- Communicate updated Lead time. Complete all work outlined in the contract all at the same time.
- Any advice to offer fellow homeowners facing a similar project?
- Confirm all work to be done when contractors arrive on site.
- Company Response
Hi Andrew,
Thank you for taking the time to post a review, we like to hear all our customers, and also we would like to thank to thank you for the referral.