Prices published
Twenty repairs priced. Gutters by the linear foot. Roof packages by the square. Decking at $90 a sheet with the first five free.
A homeowner who can check a price cannot be taken advantage of on it.
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The Woman Who Lost Everything Twice
Hurricane Ike came through in September 2008. Four months later, in January 2009, I started in roofing — canvassing neighborhoods where the damage was still everywhere you looked.
I remember one house in particular. The homeowner came to the door and told me what had happened, and she was in tears.
Someone we believed was impersonating a roofing contractor had taken her check — for the roof, the fence, the A/C condenser and the interior repairs. He made promises about getting it all fixed quickly, and then he was gone.
When she called her insurance company, she found the check had already been cashed. There was nothing anyone could do.
She had lost her roof to a hurricane and the money to fix it to a stranger. And she was still living in the house.
It broke my heart to see what a dishonest contractor could do to somebody. I have thought about her for seventeen years.
And here is what makes it worse
Texas does not license roofing contractors
There is no state register to check. No license number to verify. Anyone can print cards, buy a truck magnet and knock on a door in a damaged neighborhood, and there is no official way for a homeowner to tell the difference.
We still hear versions of this every week — a roof that failed within a year, and a contractor whose phone no longer connects.
So the burden of proof falls on you. Which is why everything below exists.
In 2013, Jennifer and I founded JC&C Roofing Company. Four years in the trade had shown me exactly what I did not want to build.
No middleman contractors. No salespeople working on commission. The owner on the quote and accountable for the work. Prices published, so nobody has to guess whether they are being taken advantage of.
Thirteen years later, and more than 5,000 roofs, we have never had a complaint filed against us with the Better Business Bureau. That is the number I care about most.
