In September of 2014 I was having some leaking of my roof after a big branch fell on the roof. I assumed that the branch made some holes in the roof. I made calls to over 20 roofing companies, only 2 of which returned my calls. I learned that they were all very busy in the fall and that also there had been a destructive high wind situation in Auburn Hills, and most of the roofers were out there. Of the two roofers that actually showed up, one gave me an estimate from the ground (i.e. never went up on the roof to actually see what the damage was.) Forget him! The other person came over, went on the roof and said he would call me with an estimate. Despite several calls from me, he never responded. I was desperate to get my roof fixed before winter, so I went to the Home show and talked to a very pleasant man there from All Point Construction in Allen Park. (Not to be confused with All Points Construction in Troy, a separate company). He directed me to speak to Tom about getting an estimate. Tom wasn’t very friendly, but then he had been at the Expo for several days, which can be tiring. He came out the next day, Oct. 13, got up on the roof, looked it over thoroughly and gave me an estimate: $2850 for tearing off and replacing the shingles in the valley and part way onto the family room, including the installation of water/ice shield underneath and replacing shingles on other parts of the roof. I thought that was way too high, but I was desperate to get it fixed, so I signed.
By the time they started the job a few days later, I had hurt my knee and couldn?t walk out into the yard to see what they were doing, so had to trust in Tom. By the time they were done with the work, I was able to hobble out to the yard and noticed that they had removed my ridge vent!!! I was furious. I paid a lot of money to get that ridge vent installed to correct an air flow problem in the attic years before, and they removed it!?! And did so without asking me! And with NOTHING in the contract about it??!! And then Tom had the gall to ask me to pay him for the job right then? He was always difficult to converse with, now it was even more difficult. I told him that I would not pay him for the job until I got someone from the City of Royal Oak to come out and see it and advise me. He kept bugging me until I shut the door in his face and told him to go away! He left, but on his way home he called to tell me that he would be back in a couple of days to reinstall the ridge vent. I thought that was an awfully quick change of attitude. The next AM I called the Royal Oak city inspector and she looked up to see if they had pulled a permit. Ha! No permit!! No wonder he had such a quick change of heart. He was at the office an hour later pulling a permit! He came back and reinstalled the ridge vent and I paid him. Big mistake. I should have gone up in the attic first to check on the ridge vent. It looked OK from outside, but inside the attic the opening still had shingles over it, so it is not functional as a vent. Someone suggested I make them come back and fix it. H*** no! I do not want to see Tom again ever. He has no conversational skills and is very unpleasant. The woman in the office (Brenda?) is very nice, but that doesn?t make my roof any better. Now what? Do I have to go up in the attic and cut out all the shingles and hope I don?t cut too far? After paying them $2850? In February when we had a lot of ice build-up, I had leaking inside my house right where they put (supposedly) the ice/water shield. I had to pay another company to come over and fix it. I feel like I got screwed over twice. I wonder if they would have done the same thing to a man? Do not use this company.
