Frisco Roofer - Inspection Miss
Just last month someone was selling their home in Starwood off Lebanon in Frisco. The home inspector had noted a few pieces of ridge vent that needed to be replaced as they were damaged pretty bad, so the homeowner needed a Frisco roofer. A very easy repair that would cost no more than a few hundred dollars. The homeowner selling the home contacted us to come out and give an estimate for the repairs.
The roof was well over five years old and in an area that had been through several hailstorms in the last several years. We gave the owner the estimate for the repairs that the inspector found but let them know their entire roof was damaged from hail. They said it wasn’t their problem as it wasn’t noted on the inspection report, and they were just wanted to close the sale.
The insurance claim on the roof and collateral damage would have been around $45,000 or so. Now the new owner has a damaged roof that probably won’t be covered by their insurance company as its existing damage. There is a good chance they get lucky once another storm rolls through and the claim will get processed off of that storm, but they will have to wait until then to file a claim and hope for the best.
Frisco Real Estate Growth
The Dallas – Fort Worth metroplex has seen tremendous growth in the last ten years and continues to grow at a staggering rate. DFW jumped from the sixth largest to the fourth largest metro area this past decade. The metroplex is forecasted to gain roughly another 1.4 million residents from 2020 through 2029. With all this added growth to the metroplex there is a lot of buying and selling of homes. For the majority of people their house is the largest purchase they will make in their lifetime.
Most home transactions have an inspection that happens prior to closing but we still recommend getting a Frisco roofer to perform an inspection. Home inspectors have two to three hours to inspect the house from top to bottom and might not know everything to be looking for on the roof. In the last month we have had several houses that the damage was either vastly under reported or over reported.
Blistering a lot of times on roofs can be mistaken for hail damage as it looks very similar. Frisco inspectors mistake daily for it being hail and a lot of unexperienced roofing contractors mistake it for hail. Blistering is not covered by insurance carriers and is very typical in Frisco, TX because of the extreme temperatures we get.
If the roof and attic have proper ventilation you can mitigate much of that but can still happen. We did a Plano roofing inspection recently where a different roofing contractor claimed a Plano roof had major hail damage and needed a full replacement. Although sometimes it can be mistaken for hail this blistering was very light and seemed to intentionally mislead the homeowner.
The majority of roofing contractors will perform the inspection for free and give you the peace of mind that your future roof is in good shape. If you would like an honest assessment by a Frisco roofer, please feel free to reach out to us or one of the other reputable companies.