Aaron came over to give me an estimate on the deck. I saw that his truck said "Decks and Roofs". I asked him for an estimate on the roof work, which other contractors, in the past, either "Hemed and Hawed" over or never actually got around to doing. He looked at it, said, "That's no big deal. We can go up and do that." I'm not afraid of heights, so I climbed out a window and watched his guy work -- he was amazing. He was very neat and careful in removing the old sheathing, and very skillful in rebuilding the sheathing. I couldn't believe it when called to get the matching shingles, rather than using something from the back of his truck. In the end, the original problem was fixed, sagging in the area was gone, and it looked --perfect-- visually.
After seeing that work, I asked Aaron about a problem on the steep, high, main roof. It had been patched years ago -- but never properly repaired and was a time-bomb. I wasn't home this time, but the results were, again, absolutely fantastic. The shingle match on the outside was perfect and everything lay flat and tight. And, from the inside, the sheathing was perfect. I don't know how he did it from the outside. But, other than the fact that the wood is new, you can't tell it from the original.
Before it was over, the project came full-circle, and I had them do the fornt porch we had originally discussed, including the stairs. I did not have a porch before, so Aaron had to design it from scratch, without us even having the benefit of an old porch as a starting point for the discussion. I also had some fairly peculiar requirements in terms of how I wanted the stairs to work, how I wanted it to interface with the house (I wanted an exisitisting covered entry area raised and incorporated into the porch), and I wanted it free standing. The result was truly beautiful. Aaron was dramatically good about asking me about all of the decisions and helping me to figure out what I wanted. He was great, always smiled, and was eager to please -- even about little things I pestered him about during the construction -- He even went out of his way to do what I wanted -- even when I changed my mind about how I wanted the stairs to work mid-construction.
All of the projects were executed quickly once started. He showed up with huge teams to move the materials, and had a crew the right size for each job, so that everyone was working hard and the job moved lightning fast -- but no one was standing and loitering around.
This guy is definitely on my list for roofing -- and porches, too. A+++++++
I cannot imagine a better contractor.