Our records indicate the date that is listed on this complaint is inaccurate. The actual date of the original contract is March 17, 2010. The actual job was completed April 23, 2010. This information comes from the signed legal contract, and this customer’s personal checks for payment. The estimate and contract both clearly list the work that will be completed and flashing a wall was NOT included. This customer is being dishonest when she states that we charged her for work that was not completed. This is actual copy from our blank standard contract form: ***WE PURCHASE ALL MATERIALS LISTED BELOW: TEAR OFF ____ LAYER(S) OF SHINGLES FULL INSPECTION OF ROOF DECKING SPOT FELT AS NEEDED INSTALL NEW FLASHING TO VALLEYS AS NEEDED INSTALL 30 YEAR ARCHITECTURAL SHINGLES INSTALL NEW RUBBER BOOTS HAUL OFF OLD SHINGLES AND TRASH RUN MAGNET OVER YARD TO PICK UP NAILS ***ANY WOOD WORK IS EXTRA The customer initially contacted us by phone. When told that we normally do not travel to the area in which she lived, she offered information for re-roofing her home off of her insurance paperwork, including the number of squares that would be needed to complete the roof. We quoted her a price based on this information, without ever seeing the home. She chose not to install the entire new roof, stating that there was a new addition, which was roofed when the addition was built. She stated that there was a roof leak, and that she thought that it was coming from the original roof. I drove to Houston, and being unfamiliar with the area, had to use my personal cell phone to contact her for directions. I finally arrived at her place of employment with our standard contract, and she paid half up front, and we went over the contract. She signed the contract stating that she understood what was to be done, and how much money it would cost. She also initialed this same legally binding contract in three different places. At this point, we still had not seen the home. When our crew began roofing this home, our owner made the suggestion to this customer about possibly flashing that wall, for an extra fee. She declined. We completed the work as contracted, and were paid for the job. The customer was completely satisfied. Several months (and heavy rain storms) later, she called and stated that she had a leak in the same area where it had previously leaked, which was not roofed by us. Our owner drove the approximate 41 miles to this home, without charge. He explained to the customer that this leaking was not due to the new roof that we had installed, nor due to the roof on the new addition, that we did not install. It was in our professional opinion that the problem area was from the actual construction of the addition, where it adjoins the existing home, not the roof. Our solution to this problem area would be to install flashing to the wall, as he had suggested in the beginning. He told her how much it would cost to do this additional job. She told him that she couldn’t do it at that time, but would call him to come out at a later date. The customer, unbeknown to me, had kept my personal cell phone number and began harassing me at all hours of the day, night, and weekends. She would call at almost midnight, and leave long detailed messages on my voice mail. She even called on holidays, such as Mother’s Day, very late in the evening. This was very inappropriate in my opinion. She NEVER phoned the office with her complaints. I did try to phone her during appropriate business hours on several occasions. She did not answer her phone. I left her a voice mail in mid-June after our office had been closed due to the untimely death of one of our lead roofers. She phoned my cell, once again on July 24, a Sunday evening. From then on out, I did not return her phone calls, due to her actions. Our business offers 24 hour EMERGENCY service, but I did not appreciate the harassing phone calls to my personal cell in the middle of the night, on Sunday evenings, and holidays. Not one of these late night, holiday, and weekend calls were made during rainy/stormy weather, when her roof could have been leaking. She did have another person come to her home, to attend to her construction problems. She called the office, and I spoke with her. I was not furious that she had him out; I simply explained to her that she had voided her WRITTEN warranty, by allowing someone, possibly a competitor, on the roof. In competition, some people are not completely honest. It states very clearly in the warranty that if someone such as another roofing company, an individual such as a friend, or the home owner tampers with the roof, that the warranty is null and void. All customers are given a copy of this warranty. The customer put this man, who was supposedly another roofing contractor, on the phone with me, and HE STARTED YELLING. This was not very professional behavior. He yelled that we were in the fault on this matter. I told him to put her back on the phone, and that I was not going to argue with him. I spoke with her, and did become very aggravated, when she contended that we should have to pay the $220.00 plus sales tax that he charged her. No one ever promised the refund that she was demanding. I told her that I would check with the owner and find out what we could do. At this time, I was completely unaware that our owner had been back out to her home and offered to flash that wall for a nominal fee. This customer was price shopping and found someone’s price to repair the issue to be cheaper than our price. That is understandable. But, it is completely inappropriate to expect us to pay for his work and sales tax. This work was not necessary as she states due mistakes made by our licensed roofers and our unwillingness to correct the problems. The work may have been necessary because she refused to pay for and allow us to complete it as suggested. This choice that she made to have someone else “fix” the problem was due to her decision to not pay for the work as needed. We attempted to correct the problem, but not for free as she wanted. She declined our offer, not once, but twice. We would like to resolve this matter, but, it cannot be accomplished. This customer wants something for nothing. She even stated in one of her letters that her son is in college, and that she needs this money for his book fees. She also stated that her “son’s car died” and she could use the money to pay that bill. If she had just allowed our crew to flash the wall in the beginning, as suggested, none of this would have ever happened.