Halstead Roofing

On 12/11/18, I wrote a review about my experience with Halstead Roofing and gave the owner, Stephen Halstead, a D rating. I am changing my rating to an F, because I am still waiting for Halstead Roofing to fix the (2) active leaks that I identified in my first review. In addition, Stephen Halstead has yet to respond to installation issues that were outlined in an independent roofing inspection report that I shared with him in December 2018. The last time Halstead communicated with me was on January 30, 2019, and he told me at that time that he still had not read the report. Once again, he promised to fix the active leaks, and that was the last time I heard from him. Halstead Roofing does NOT stand behind their workmanship. Do not hire this company! I paid him close to $70,000 for a substandard job, and he could care less.

I hired Stephen Halstead Roofing in the Fall of 2015 to replace an existing wood shingle roof that had started to fail after 30 years. Halstead Roofing is a local roofer whose signs I saw (and still see) in the neighborhood on large vintage homes. He gave me a competitive price. I did not see any reviews for his work either pro or negative. Therefore, I thought that the risk of a bad job was minimal, so I hired him. After less than 2 years, many of the wood shingles have started to cup and curl, so, I hired a Roofing Inspection Company to determine why. It is likely that the problem is occurring because a cedar breather was not used between the sheathing and the new shingles and/or the shingles were not properly installed. There were also a few other potential installation issues that the inspection report revealed. One month ago, I sent a Certified Letter and I also emailed a letter to Stephen Halstead along with the inspection report. In the meanwhile, 2 leaks developed inside my house. I texted Stephen Halstead about the leaks, and he sent someone over to investigate, but was not willing to set up a meeting with me to discuss the issues in my letter when I spoke directly with him about the leaks. His worker blamed my chimney for the leak and said the worker "sealed" my chimney. Mr. Halstead has not communicated with me exactly what "sealed" means, and he has yet to send me photos of the chimney that were taken and/or more details on the repair, even though I asked him to do so more than once. To date, he has shown no interest in addressing the issues in the inspection report, so, I giving him a negative review until he makes good on his workmanship. I will update my review if and when he responds to my concerns and fixes the problems. I paid him $70,000 for the new roof.

Stephen Halstead misdiagnosed a leak multiple times, caused significant damage to my property, cost me tens of thousands of dollars out-of-pocket then stopped returning my calls, texts, and emails. It still leaks today.