Last year I bought a home in Ojai with the original roof, which, at 32 years old, was fast heading towards the last round up. I could see a couple of leaks on my ceilings so I started getting estimates.
Everybody else I talked with tried to sell me on getting a new roof immediately. Gilbert Esquivel of Aztec was the only one who gave me choices-- he said that his best guess was that the roof would hold up through one or two more rainy seasons, although not much beyond that, and he gave me a low-cost option to do a quick fix to stop the one leak we knew about-- unlike the other guys, he was able to immediately locate the source and knew how to fi it.
I should say that his estimate was about 20% lower than the others.
Anyway, I decided to go ahead with the new roof, and Gilbert got me on the schedule and had his guys here working five days a week without missing a day until the job was done. He kept to the written estimate, apart from replacing some rotted wood and an extra feature (solar tubes) that I decided I wanted midway through the job.
His crew was polite and hardworking and just generally a pleasure.
I kind of regret that, since is the only roof I have in Ojai, I'll never need Aztec's services again. I wouldn't hesitate a moment to work with Gilbert on another project. read more