M L Contracting

I contracted to have a roof replaced. I was told they were in between jobs but could fit my roof in and it would take about a week. This was a nightmare from start to finish. They started work without a permit and knowing we were expecting days of torrential rain storms - they striped over 1/2 of the main roof and left with only a small tarp covering the wood. I had leaks in all of my second floor ceilings and all had to be redone - even leaks in closets! I specified a specific shingle in the contract, an 8 inch drip edge, 30 lb felt and a ridge vent. The only thing that (I think) they complied with was the shingle type - they put in a 4 inch drip edge, they put a cobra vent on the middle of the roof without cutting the hole, the reused the old flashing and they secured each shingle with no more than one nail. And each time I questioned them about something they had not done, the first response was to tell me I was wrong! After hours of conversation, LaForest would finally tell me that his lazy workers were responsible... He told me he ended up firing everyone and then doing the rest of the work himself, but even he had no clue how to put material on a flat roof. As you can tell, the workmanship was poor, but almost more frustrating is that they did not show up consistently to work. They damaged a fence post, dented siding and left nails and cigarette butts on the ground and discarded shingles in my bushes. I was fined by my fire alarm company because they kept plugging in their equipment and blowing my fuses - despite being asked not to - I finally got fed up and fired them 2.5 months after they started. Unfortunately I paid most of what they asked for because until I had someone else go up on the roof, I had no idea how much they had deceived me. I ended up spending over $2,000 to another contractor to have the most flagrant roofing errors fixed and another $2,000 to repair the inside leak damage. I can tell this is not the extent of the money I am out as I am going to have to get someone back this year as a bunch of shingles flew off the roof this winter. Please use someone else!