Just catching up on this thread. Our home is 3 years old. We had significant shingle loss. Unfortunately, we had major water damage INSIDE our home (entire lanai, 16x16 area of great room and section of master bedroom). Our roofer pointed out to us several large slashes in our felt paper (some were six feet long). We disclosed this to our insurance adjustor. Our concern is for the remainder of our roof (the undamaged portion) and whether or not the felt paper under those shingles is also slashed. Clearly, the reason we have inside water damage is secondary to the felt paper being slashed. Consequently, we hired a certified roof inspector to inspect the remaining shingles. He pulled up 3 random shingles and under 2 of them found irregular nailing patterns and over driven nails. We have a full report from him. We have many pictures of the slashed felt paper (not torn, slashed), improper nailing of shingles and damage to the inside of our house. We have contacted the Villages Warranty. Our roofer was Sacks roofing. We spoke with the owner of the roofing company who takes no responsibility. As we are out of warranty, The Villages also takes no responsibility. We have contacted an attorney but it is not enough money for them to bother. Our insurance company also will not bother going after the builder or roofer because it's not enough money for them to worry about. Meanwhile, we are out an $8,000.00 deductible (that's another story) and we have a crappy roof. The limit for small claims court is $5,000.00. Basically, we're just screwed and everyone who messed up goes on installing crappy roofs.
We love our home and we love living in The Villages but this is all so wrong and it seems there is nothing we can do about it. FRUSTRATED!!! I wonder how the Villages Warranty department would handle it if it was THEIR house.
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