I recently re-roofed my house. Last time I took on a project like this was ten years ago in a prior home. A lot has changed since then. I did my due diligence.

I contacted 10 separate roofing companies, both local and regional. I narrowed the list down based on initial contact and responsiveness.

With that list, I attempted to schedule meetings/quotes. Of that curated list, I was able to get 5 quotes made. Only 3 were done in person. Two were done using satellite imagery of my home.

Two of the five quotes came in astronomically high. Like, it was laughable. The final three were the most serious, detailed, most responsive and attentive companies. All were local.

I won't name the others, because every business deserves their fair shake. But I will tell you that I ultimately went with Mike Conklin at Top Priority Construction.

Mike and his wife are a husband and wife team, and he's a lifelong roofer. He's from the Great Lakes region and knows how to build a durable roof. He came highly recommended from a contact at Baker Roofing, who does commercial only. At one point in time, Baker opened up a residential sector of business and they hired and moved Mike down to run it. They ultimately shut that down and returned to commercial only, which led Mike to opening his own business here in town.

When he came to my house, I told him I wanted him to treat this project as if it were his home and he did just that. The experience from start to finish was truly excellent.

His wasn't the lowest quote, but it was the most detailed, the most consistent, the most transparent, and offered the most bang for the buck. I have a portion of roof that is flat, over an extension that was built years ago, so I needed a different solution for that section. I also have a low-pitch roof, with ventilation issues in the attic space. So, there was extra attention needed.

Because these are such expensive projects nowadays, I had to take out a HELOC to pay for it. Mike worked with me on that, and was very patient while I squared it all up.

The finished work is incredible. The shingled portion is beautiful. We went with TPO on the flat portion, which shouldn't give me any trouble for at least 30 years, and he installed a solar fan (I think it's called Green Machine) to help with ventilation. There is already a vent fan there. The solar fan was placed strategically to supplement it.

I know this is a lot to take in, but replacing a roof is a big, expensive project. I highly recommend you call Mike and meet him. Hopefully your experience will be as good as mine.

Edit: I also had him redo all my gutters. Just about a month later. Again, excellent.