Most of our roof looked good, but after the storm, we needed one entire section replaced. I started looking around for quotes on roof repairs. There was a large branch on the roof, and part of that branch had broken through to the attic. We had several people come to the house to look at the branch, but only one of them was honest. He said it wasn’t our job to call for roof repair quotes. We should call the insurance company and they would get an insurance adjuster to the house to total all the damage. He thought we would need a new roof, and the insurance company would pay for the roof replacement or roof repairs; depending on what the insurance adjuster decided. I thanked him for being honest and called the insurance company as soon as the man who did the quote for the roof repair left. The insurance adjuster told us we would probably need a new roof when he saw all the damage that was done. He thought we would need new struts in the attic, and he noticed damage to the house that we hadn’t. After the insurance adjuster was done with his paperwork, we asked if we could use the company that had told us to call him. I explained how we had called to get quotes for roof repairs. He told us it was our decision who we used. Since that company was on their list of accepted roofing companies, he told us he would call them and get an estimated time for repairs. I didn’t know we would stay in a hotel while they made the repairs, but the insurance company paid for it.
The roofers were running late.
I was expecting the roofers to arrive by 6 AM.
I knew I could greet them, find out how long it would take to put the new roof on the house, and give them the down payment, while not being late for work.
When 6:30 arrived and I hadn’t yet seen the roofers, I was worrying. I had a 7:30 AM meeting to attend, and since I was the general manager, I had to be there. I called the number on the business card the roofers had given me, and asked when they would be arriving. The man seemed to be confused when he asked if I was sure I had called the right roofing company. He said he had no appointments at this address. I had the card in front of me with the date and time written on it. I told him his roofers were to be there by 6 AM and it was now almost 7. I couldn’t wait much longer. He asked for a phone number where I could be reached, so I gave him my work phone number. I was just finishing up with my meeting when I got a phone call. It was the roofing company. He said someone had written the wrong date on the appointment book. They had the roofers scheduled for the following week. I thought the roofers were running late at 7 AM, but now the roofers are running a week late. I wrote the appointment on my work calendar, so I didn’t plan any meetings or make appointments that couldn’t be canceled.
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Do I need a contractor for roof repairs?
I wanted some simple roof repairs made to the apartment building I owned. There were some leaks that were minor, but I wanted them repairs before they became a major repair and not just a nuisance. I had never owned rental properties before, and I always did the repairs on my home, so I wasn’t sure of the protocol for doing repairs on an apartment building. Since it was a five-story building, I figure I needed a contractor for the roof repairs, but I wasn’t sure. I called a roofing contractor and told them what kind of building it was, and asked if they could repair the roof for me. He wanted to come to the apartment building and check out the situation. When he saw it was a flat top roof, he wanted to know what was underneath the roof. Were there more apartments or storage space? I showed him the apartment floor. He didn’t like the idea of needing to take any of the roofing. If there were leaks, it could be between the walls, and he pointed out areas where the roofing was lifted. I was thinking roof repair was going to turn into a roof replacement. I thanked him for the information and said I would be in touch with him. I called two other roofing contractors, and they all said the same. I was probably going to need a new roof and not just roof repairs. I asked all three companies to come back and give me a quote for the roof and asked how much it was going to cost.
He was going to pay for the new roof.
My son doesn’t think he should be held responsible when he ‘accidentally’ does damage to the house. He thinks that since he lives with us, we should pay for everything. Last year, my husband and I were at the shore on the 4th of July. My son, being twenty-five, should have been capable of staying home alone. He wasn’t a teenager, and we thought he could be an adult. We were wrong. He invited a bunch of people to our house, and they were setting off fireworks. No one was watching where they were landing after going off in the air, but we knew where they landed. Our neighbor and best friends called to tell us the fire company was at our house. The fireworks landed on the roof of the house and set the shingles on fire. Luckily, they had all our information and called us right away. I called our son and told him to call the insurance company, but he waited until we got home. I had to have a new roof on the house, and he was lucky the fire company was only two blocks away, or the house would have burned down. I told our son he was going to pay for the new roof. He insisted the insurance company would pay for the roof, but I shook my head. The insurance company was going to sue him for the damage if it was up to me. He should have been more careful. Since the police already knew what happened, they wrote our son up for the damage and shooting off fireworks within the town’s limits, which was a definite no-no. He couldn’t believe we were going to make him reimburse the insurance company for the new roof.
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The neighbor’s son shot holes in our siding.
I gave him the evidence and told him it was up to him to refute the evidence.
When I found out a neighbor gave his six-year-old son a BB gun for his birthday, I went ballistic. Who in their right mind would give a six-year-old boy something that could be potentially dangerous? Although the kid didn’t hurt himself, he shot holes in my brand new siding. I took pictures of the siding and showed it to the boy’s father. He insisted his son couldn’t do such a thing. I showed him a picture of the kid pointing the BB gun at our house and our dog. He told me he would pay for the damage if I could prove his son did it, but he didn’t think the pictures were proof. I called the police, and they came out to investigate. They found BBs inside some holes, where they got stuck in the insulation. There were BBs on the ground, and the vet dug a few out of our dog and the cat. I took a handful of BBs, the police report, the vet bill, and the estimate to have the siding repaired, over to the neighbor’s house. I gave him the evidence and told him it was up to him to refute the evidence. He didn’t know how I could prove the BBs came from his son’s gun until the kid came flying out of his bedroom. He took one look at the dog and me, and ran back into his room. I thought that was enough proof to have him pay for the repair to the siding and to pay my vet bill. If he didn’t think it was enough, I would take him to small claims court.
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My husband and I had recently invested in a rental property. When we bought the house, it was in good condition, but things changed. Some of the local boys thought the house was abandoned and started throwing rocks at the windows. Even though what they did, wasn’t right, I was once a kid who had brothers with a lot of extra energy. The only thing we could do was get someone to give us an estimate for window replacements and door replacements throughout the building. I called one company, and they offered to go to the building. They said they would meet my husband there the following Saturday at 8 AM. My husband was working, so I went in his stead. When the man from the window replacement company showed up, he looked right past me and asked where my husband was. I told him he could talk to me about window replacements, but he didn’t act like he wanted to talk to me. I explained my husband was working, and he asked if there would be a better time for him. I laughed. After explaining to him that my husband and I were a partnership, and if he couldn’t talk to me, I would look elsewhere. He suddenly became very chatty. Although his pricing for window and door replacements was reasonable, we went to another company. My husband didn’t like it when people acted like I was just a stupid woman when I took care of our business decisions. The other window and door replacement company was cheaper, and they were easier to work with.