One of the things we knew before we ever moved into the house was that the roof needed to be replaced. Our inspector of course pointed that out, but even a quick glance showed it was no secret the roof had more than its fair share of repair work needed.
Replacing a roof isn't a cheap task, so we budgeted accordingly. I got quotes from around town and after the first one about made my heart stop ($23,000!!!!!!), we found a reputable, reasonably-priced contractor to replace the roof. A big thanks to Ben Mathis and his team at Mathis Roofing for helping make our house more solid and for giving it a much-needed facelift! We chose some higher-grade shingles than were previously used and instead of going for a light gray/green like the roof previously was, we went with a charcoal color, which provides the perfect amount of contrast to the trim and paint on the house.
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After:
Now that we have replaced the roof, we will move on to some other projects on the exterior of the house in the spring. A few boards of siding need to be replaced, we need to tackle the "chippy-ness" of the paint, paint, landscape, and more! But for now, we are just excited to have a new roof over our heads.
