TIMOTHY J KENNEDY ENTERPRISES

Excellent Job.

|He did a great job

The four bids that I received for the job ranged in price by almost $100,000. I am not kidding about this.....almost $100,000!!! Tim's bid was closely matched with another company, but Tim was offering better quality materials, batten and counter batten system and a total replacement of box gutters with copper vs a 'repair' of the gutters. No comparison. Tim is also the ONLY roofer who came to the house AND was the person who was actually going to do the work! Being a very particular person who happens to also be very protective of my 1915 house, this meant a lot to me. I was terrified. Not only of the cost, but also in hiring someone to do such a huge job that I had never worked with before. I had to have three sides repaired at once due to the leaking, so I could not just hire for one side and 'see how it goes'. I chose Tim for a few reasons: professional detailed bid, quick response, price, better warranty on work and most important, he seemed to be a true craftsman and very conscientious. I made the right choice, the 'new' roof is PERFECT! Properly done and replaced correctly. Low breakage rate (1-2%) and perfectly straight, as it should be. I was fortunate enough to have plenty of tiles on hand since the previous owners had replaced the garage roof with shingles and saved all the tiles. However, it is worth noting for those of you not quite so fortunate that the bids I received put a charge of $5 or more per tile, so breakage rate IS important and every roofer should give you an estimate of their breakage rate. Also, I had one company, who said they do tile roofs, tell me they have a 50% breakage rate...can you imagine? Tim consistently went above and beyond when confronted with lousy repairs, poor design elements and everything else that a 80+ year old roof can throw at you. He took his time and did it right. He kept me informed on everything and was great about answering my one million questions. He only works with an apprentice, not a large crew, so the work took longer than it would with larger roofing companies, but I was good with that. I will always take a craftsman over a crew of 'bang it out asap'. Tim noticed a few design flaws that were affecting my windows (I have a finished attic with windows) and he came up with a great solution. All rotten wood replacement was to be billed above the bid on an time and material basis, expected, considering no roofer really know what they will find under there. He was fair in his additions and was sure to let me know every time we added to the cost. He is absolutely fair in his pricing, never once did I feel 'nickeled and dimed to death'. Tim is now the ONLY person I will let up on my tile roof. Period. If you want your roof repaired right, if you hate half efforts, do not hesitate to call him. His price is reasonable and he is an excellent roofer. He is even going to repair a flat roof I have, beating out other roofers' bids.