Cameron Miller
3 years ago
I rarely write reviews but when a company goes above and beyond my expectations I am compelled to let people know. I realize this is long, but hopefully it'll be helpful. I'm remodeling a home built in the late 80's and it had quite a few problems. I'd obtained seven estimates for the roof work. I wanted a contractor with a great reputation, fair pricing, and someone who - and I realize this is very subjective - really 'got' my roof. It isn't complex, but whoever did it before made several mistakes and I didn't want those repeated. I'd also heard several horror stories from my neighbors who'd had roof issues. So, only licenced, bonded, insured contractors. From each I requested costs for just repairs and costs for the entire roof to be reshingled.
From the first, Brown Roofing impressed me. Craig Brown showed up on time! After six estimates that was a big deal! Some didn't show up till 2 days after their appointed time! Craig was on my roof for about 15 minutes. When he came down he gave me a full report and told me if I only made repairs, it would cost X but in his opinion I'd be wasting my money. The shingles were deteriorating (which I knew) and I'd just need more repairs soon. Then he provided a quote for the entire roof. VERY reasonable. Thousands less than competitors. YMMV, but I was impressed! Since I'm doing this myself (no insurance involvement) I worked with Debbie in the office for all the payment issues. She was awesome as well! She provided all the info I needed, followed up with people, emailed the estimates, and provided all the answers to my questions prior to the job starting.
They called the day before to let me know when they would be there and the show started right on time. Everyone was working hard, but everyone was friendly. I had 2 layers of shingles and old paper to come off, they got it all cleared in a day. I had other issues most people may not (like getting other contractors working while the roof was off) but Brown Roofing worked with us to make it all happen. Julio was the site foreman and did a great job of making sure everyone was taken care of. Again, this was the first roof I've ever had repaired/replaced so I had a lot of questions. Two things in this phase impressed me;
1. They found several boards that were rotting due to the improper installation of the old roof and they replaced them without any fuss! They decided an area was not right, they cut it out, put in new wood, done. No calling back and forth, no hand-wringing, no Well, gee, that's gonna cost you XXX!! I'd read the contract, I told them it's okay to put new wood in if you need to, but I still expected complications. There weren't any. The job went very well! Much better than I'd anticipated.
2. In a conversation with Julio I'd made the comment that Wow! You guys sure are working hard! He smiled and said You're paying us to. I was very impressed by that statement. It embodied the whole experience of working with Brown Roofing. Very 'Customer' oriented. I've been working with a LOT of contractors over the years. Some act like they're doing you a favor by working for you. These folks treat you like a valued customer who's business is important to them. I can't say that about a lot of places.
The estimated time was 4-5 days and they finished in 3.5. They cleaned up! They hauled everything off! They were nice to the neighbors who came up to ask questions. The price was outstanding, the crew experienced and friendly, and the quality of the installation was great too!
2 - 3 weeks after they were done Craig stopped by again just to make sure everything was perfect. He said if I had any issues to just give them a call. I kinda joked with him that I had a big door at the stain shop that I needed to pick up. He said Let's go! THAT was impressive! I didn't take him up on it but I'm sure if I would have, he'd have cleared out the truck and we'd go get the door! It's THAT kind of company.