HERITAGE ROOFING LLC

Edward Brown, doing business as, Heritage Roofing LLC sued us for the unpaid balance of $1,016 on a contract for repair of our garage. As stated in the "OPINION AND ORDER at a Session of the Court in the City of Grosse Pointe Farms, County of Wayne, State of Michigan on 08/04/2015", we alleged 'numerous defects in the work including failure to replace defective/rotten roof boards, large gaps and jagged holes between roof boards, no cross ties, improperly installed gutters, and misaligned shingles. [We] also provided photographs to support [our] position.' The presiding judge writes, "THE COURT is of the opinion that [we] had the right to withhold final payment until the defects in workmanship were corrected. Contrary to Plaintiff's position, [we] made Plaintiff aware of the problems but Plaintiff was unwilling or unable to remedy them. Plaintiff has not sustained his burden of proof by the preponderance of the evidence, and, therefore, THE COURT is entering a verdict of No Cause of Action." Needless to say, we would NEVER recommend this business to anyone.

Although the shingles look great, the roof leaked around a skylight and I only noticed this a year later when the water finally made its way down to my office on the first floor. In addition, the power vent he recommended and installed has not worked all summer. I've called 3 weeks in a row to discuss this and left a message each time. But now it's been 4 weeks and he still has not called back. I forgave the fact that one of his workers signed his name in black on top of the white shed dormer for all to see; and the fact that snow now slides down and dams up like never before because of the material installed on it; and the fact that his workers popped the stack and dropped something down it, which not only cracked up the drywall inside the upstairs bathroom, but also backed up the toilet and shower in the basement. I can forgive all that, because things happen. But failure to respond to phone calls when there are serious problems is not a business practice I'd recommend (August 2006).