After doing business as along as we have, we learned some key pieces of information that help us improve our estimating system. There are certain times where you may need an estimate done on a home that you do not own, for example a real estate agent or appraiser.

This is fantastic! We would love to help you out, but please understand for us to send an employee out to estimate a roof that you do not own, or have the authority to make any decisions on replacing, we must charge you for the job. Often time’s people are looking for a “quick fix price,” or the lowest possible replacement cost to sell a home, with no intention of getting the work done themselves. In this event we must pay our employees to do the work, so we charge a fair price of $200.

• When you are not the owner of the house that you need an estimate for, it puts us in a position of not being able to completely inform the homeowner of crucial information regarding their roof. People like Realtors have no authority to make decisions on a roof they do not own, and we would have to rely on them to pass along important information on your roofs condition.
• Running a large scale roofing company comes with many in-house costs associated with being able to give free estimates. With a large company overhead it is important to remember that we have expenses such as, truck costs, gas, employee salaries, rent, electricity, ect. $200 certainly does not cover many of these expenses, so please understand why we must charge a fee.
• An average roof inspection costs around $250, this is paying for someone to come out and preform a service. We provide this service to be free if you are the owner, with the hopes of being able to properly close a sale and deduct the $200 from the total cost of your new roof.
• By not meeting with the owner of the house we are forfeiting the chance to explain the numbers on the estimate, and why our service is better than the rest. We do not get to explain the quality of a roofing system or which materials we use, and the warranties we offer. To a realtor or non-homeowner, this information does not get properly passed along and we miss our shot to inform you.
• We like to educate our clients about their choices. There are also some roofing systems and materials that should be avoided AT ALL COSTS. We like to ensure our clients are not steered towards making a terrible mistake by another roofing company. The lifetime costs of a roof could end up costing you a lot more money in the long run if you just go with the cheapest quote.