3 months ago, we had a roof put on our 1200 sq ft place here in TV. Had a few estimates from the other high end roofing companies in the area. When I say high end companies, I am talking about the ones that use their own equipment and employees to do the job and are local. Many of these roofing companies rent equipment and use subs to put the new roof on. I would imagine this would cause a vast inconsistency in work quality.
We narrowed it down to Batterbee and Skylight. Batterbee for some reason during their meeting with us hit us with a very high estimate. When we said no, he then said he could do better with a second estimate. When we said no, he then came back with a lower third estimate. It was kinda crazy as we started to feel like we were buying a car.
Then Skylight gave us one estimate with the same quality materials that Batterbee was showing us. Skylight ended up with the job and was around 20 percent less in price. It pays to get educated and shop.
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