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Pete, excellent advice. A person's home is one of their biggest investments and also their home. Some contractors do not like to get permits, could mean band things. Were I live, re-roofing does not require a permit. It also pays to ask around for recommendations of builders. Also you can check the contractor's board for history of complaints.
Advantage of permits, is that you have a 3rd party, the county/city engineer looking at your project.
We are in the process of a pretty major remodeling and re-roofing of our home. Having some building experience I sub-contracted some of the work. It saved me a lot of money going this route. The down side is that I am slow on doing what I can do. We enclosed a breezeway (36 x 12) and added a walk-in closet/storage area (8 by 20) w/ exterior door to hot tub to the master bed room. By doing what I can do and sub-contracting we are saving about $50K from having a contractor do it all. If I had the money, that would be a good choice, have the contractor do it all and being in Hawaii while the job is being done.
Great story and a good reminder to protect you home from pests.
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