We first worked with Brian Allendorfer Company three years ago when we had some bad roof leaks in our condo building. We had 3 contractors come out to give us an estimate. Two of the three of the contractors said "yeah we can replace your limestone caps" you'll be all set after that. Brian went above and beyond and pointed out several issues that needed to be addressed. He immediately pointed out "Oh I bet you're leaking from here and there" , and yup he was right. The guy knows leaks. Over the next few months Brian gave our building several options for doing the repairs, he met with our board and condo members to answer their questions and concerns too. He was patient and helped us figure out how to finance this large project. It took awhile for us to get the project started and finished (weather, etc), but I think that's just the nature of working outside. The majority of the work was done over a year ago, and since then we haven't had any issues with the repairs, no leaks. Over the winter in 2021 we had an INCREDIBLE amount of snow the melted in the course of 1-2 days. The rapid melting caused us to have a waterfall in our building's garage. During that time Brian's crew was stretched thin responding other leaks (I'm sure other buildings had similar problems during that time). After sending him a video of the water fall, he was able to send someone that day to mitigate the issue. We also have a proposal from his company to address the root cause, a project we plan on doing before the next winter. After doing several projects with Brian he's my go to go for repairs and he's a trusted vender for our condo building. I'm not being paid for this review, I wasn't asked to write it but after reading the negative reviews I felt that I needed to share my experience. read more

I hired B. Allendorfer Roofing for a leaky roof repair (1K), and it lasted almost exactly 12 months before leaking again. When I called to have it fixed, they quoted me $3,600 to repair the same area they had worked on before. They do not guarantee their repair work, which is unacceptable. Terrible service, poor accountability, and no sense of responsibility for their own work. I would not recommend them to anyone looking for reliable roofing. read more

Brian is a good salesman, but a very dishonest businessman. We have had his company replace a few different sections of roofing on industrial building over a period of years. It seems that Brian always tried to gain some kind of leverage to force us into giving him more work to do. We constantly had to work to resolve mechanics liens that were filed against our properties because Brian wouldn't pay his vendors - even though we paid him in full. He wouldn't resolve the liens until we agreed to give him a deposit toward additional work. This man cannot be trusted. STAY AWAY!!!! read more

As a Landscape Architect, I have been working with Brian Allendorfer Company, Inc. for over 5 years on a variety of high-end custom projects including roof decks, pergolas, decks, privacy screens and more. Not only do I recommend them to my clients, I have also hired them for my own home. Brian's extensive expertise in everything roofing blended with Scott's highly skilled craftsmanship in construction makes for a perfect combination. read more

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I honestly am just disappointed with this company. I sent an email for an estimate on July 3 that ended up in their spam box apparently because I didn't get a response until July 14. I was happy to hear from them regardless of that (technology happens) and was told they would come to the property on July 21. They did come. I heard nothing more. Keep in mind that's almost three weeks of me shopping around elsewhere already, and I wasn't going to just wait until they finally got around to responding. Yesterday I told them we hired someone else (which we did). We got MULTIPLE estimates within a matter of days. One contractor with a boatload of five-star reviews got me an estimate within 24 hours. I waited a week for this one. I was never told an estimate would take a week to get here, only, "I should be there Tuesday afternoon." As frustrating as it may be when contractors tell me, "Hey, we can't get to it until _______________," it at least gives me a general idea of how long I'm waiting. But if I already waited two weeks for an email response, I definitely was not going to wait all summer to get a follow-up email. I noticed all the debating with other lower reviews on here, but that doesn't bother me much. There are two sides to every story. It seems like this company ALWAYS has time to respond to low reviews. If they put as much energy into their work as they do on review sites, it would be a helluva organization. But this was just a matter of a follow-up email. "I was there. We will have your estimate to you by ____________." After I canceled, then I was told they were "working on getting a quote." I'm still not clear about whether they were worth the wait. I saw this company's contact info from a prior management company and hoped for the best. I just felt like if it took this long just to get an estimate, I can only imagine what it would be like to get a project done. read more

Great company. They got my budget down perfectly and had excellent service. Thanks to your team, glad I found you guys!!

This company did a demo/buildout for me and my ex wife. A new master bedroom with all the extras, walk in shower with seating for 3, toilet, a bidet, double sinks, mirrors everywhere, and even a urinal. The room turned out awesome! Unfortunately the marriage went to shit. Now I enjoy the room with whoever I please, whenever I please. Thanks for the great room, it's pretty much all I have left. I love women and they seem to love me and my master bedroom! read more

We needed a full tear-off and replacement for a Lakeview 2-flat and the team B Allendorfer was excellent. Professional, but more importantly... experienced and detail oriented. We had 4 quotes, reviewed all, and do not regret working with these folks. Important to note, like all other roofers, scheduling did take a while... but based on my 'research', that seems to be a reality for all roofers. Highly recommend! read more

I am writing an updated version of my previous review of the company. While the entire staff was courteous throughout the whole process, after paying more than $3000 and two rounds of fixes my roof is still leaking. I personally reached out to the owner Mr Brian Allendorfer for a third follow-up. While he was prompt in his initial response and promised to send a crew to check for a third time, the third visit never happened. My further inquiries towards him and his crew were also ignored. So now not only my roof is leaking, my wallet is also much lighter than before for no reason at all. I understand that fixing roofs can be complicated. But the issue here is the company's inability to follow up on its services and deliver a satisfactory product. Would encourage prospective clients to look elsewhere. read more

I am sorry to have to write this review. This company came out in late April after a tree fell on my garage. They repaired the garage roof but not the obviously damaged gutters. When they left with the gutters not done, they said they needed to provide me with a separate quote for the gutters. Annoying, but I dealt with it. I paid the 50% deposit for the gutters but months have gone by with no show/no call. I called them multiple times. A few times, I was promised they would be out by the end of the week, or the next week or whatever, but no. Never. It is now July. Now they aren't answering my calls at all and won't return messages. On my final call, I requested a call back to return my deposit. Crickets. I had to contact my credit card company to protest the charge. Not good. read more

Used Brian's company several years back to replace our roof. They did a great job then so called them for some garage ceiling repairs caused by ice build up. Not only did they do a great job fixing that, they ended up helping us resolve a water problem we had for years no other company we contacted knew how to fix. The work was quick, efficient, and excellent on all levels. We highly recommend them for any work you need done. Brian and Scott were great to work with. read more

I used Brian Allendorfer Company to replace two HVAC units in my business. I went with them after receiving quotes from two other companies. Brian Allendorfer Company's quote was the most reasonable and the staff, in my experience was the most professional. My contact was Scott who was knowledgeable, polite, and always available to answer questions and concerns. He made the experience comfortable from start to finish. I am very happy with the work that Brian Allendorfer Company provided and plan to use them again for future needs. read more

I had an amazing experience with this company. I replaced my roof 6 month ago on 3 flat in Bucktown. Crew did great job and Brian in the office was always available to answer any question I had. So far the whole process from beginning to start was smooth, with out any complication. It took them two days to tear off existing roof and put brand new. After job was completed they cleaned everything. I forgot to write a review for them, but today when my insurance adjuster and siding contractor was inspecting the house for hale damage they mentioned that roof was done very well, but they saw a soft spot and told me that I should contact contractor. I called Allendrofer and told them about soft spot on the roof, so they coming on Friday to look at it. No questions asked, they will come take a look and fix whats needs to be fixed. True professionals!!! read more

I recently had this company do our second floor bathroom. Just beautiful! There were a couple of things that needed some tweaking after it was done but they kept coming back til it was done. Have to say that their estimator Scott Is a great guy with a great attitude as was Marcio..thanks. read more

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I was the president of our Condo Assn for 17 years & we needed some waterproofing done on our building. Someone mention that Brian Allendorfer Co is an excellent company. And they were right! When I first met Brian, he was so knowledgeable about what needed to be done & so easy to talk to (not your typical sales person ). Although his quote was a little higher than another quote we got, we decided to use Allendorfer Co. I can't say enough about Brian & the work that was done. His workers were always on time, polite,hard working & clean. Brian came by often to make sure everything was going ok. We ended up using them for several other projects including maintaining our roof. We have a quote with them now for another waterproofing job. I would recommend this company to anyone who needs a big or small job that will be done once, done correctly & you'll be happy with heir work! read more

We had a leak in a flat section of our single-family residence roof and the Brian Allendorfer Company accessed the damaged area and determined that the section of roof needed to be replaced due to water damage to the sheathing. They provided a fast quote and were able to work our smaller job into their schedule even with the effects of COVID19 on their workforce. The crew that performed the work was very professional and was able to complete the job in one day. They also did a great job cleaning the area and did not leave any trash or debris behind. Would definitely use this company again and would recommend to others for roofing needs. read more

I'm so disappointed with their non-responsiveness. They installed a rooftop patio several years ago and a few of the wood boards have started to rot. I called and they sent someone to look at it and take pictures, but now no one will return my phone calls. It's been over two months since I first contacted them and the problem has only gotten worse. This isn't what I would have expected from this company, based on my initial experience with them when they installed the deck and a new roof. read more

Great experience from start to finish. Scott was great to work with.

Called twice in the past 27 hours asking for a call back to get an estimate on our roof repair and garage roof replacement. No call back, so no work for allendorker & co. from me. Man I'm getting tired of dealing w/trades people! read more

We hired Allendorfer to do a project at our condo building. I've been trying to provide some reviews of contractors I've worked with in the last year or so. I was the condo board president, so I ended up having to call multiple contractors to get bids on various projects. I'm sort of sick of people on Yelp complaining about family businesses not calling back right away. These are relatively small companies, they're not huge multinational organizations that can return all calls right away. If you're hiring a roofer or plumber or whatever, yeah, it's annoying if they don't call back right away. The trick is to get the cell phone of the person who comes out to do the quote or the manager when they're doing the project. Then you're not calling the office, where they may not have a full time person anyway, and then needing to get a call to someone in the field. Realize these guys are climbing on roofs and stuff all day. Sometimes they can't answer the phone. It's not like an office job. Anyway, I'd rather hire someone who's BUSY, not someone who's sitting around waiting for the phone to ring. We got 4 bids for the new roof on our condo. Allendorfer was about $3K more expensive than the other bids but clearly explained WHY. On a $15,000 job the extra $ was worth it. Especially for something paid out of condo board reserves with the remainder split among 6 people. They came out, got the work done, cleaned up the mess. When I sold my condo last month, the buyer's inspector told me that the roof was perfect. I wish they were a little cheaper but you pay for quality and experience. read more

This firm left our condo assoc in the lurch with the work contracted for not completed. They seem to be slow-playing while we attempt to work toward a resolution. read more

Great Roofing Contractor, we were building our new home and he was the most competitive pricing and he did an excellent job of scheduling and getting his crew out to get the job done. Roof looks fantastic. Crew was fantastic workers. It has been a year and half since the install and everything is solid. I dealt with Brian the whole way. Great communication, great person and definitely a pleasure to deal with. read more

Since I am the one without a job I get to meet and greet with any contractors when we need work for our place. I decided to call this company to get an estimate for our damp garage since they are right around the block. After taking one quick look at the interior of our garage roof the first words out of his mouth were "You need to have this all replaced". It was at about that point that I started zoning out of the conversation. I don't feel that our roof needs to be replaced and I don't want to spend the money doing it. The inspection continued and he suggested several other things such as tearing down the three cinder block privacy walls on top of our garage. I made it clear that we wanted to retain those walls for a future deck. Most of the jargon and the descriptions that I was given, it felt like it was over my head. I'm a girl, I'm not a roofer, speak to me in layman's terms, please. Well we just got our estimate for the work required and the total comes to over $11,000. I think not. read more

Bad business practices and very high prices - manager/owner is pretty absent and doesn't know what is really going on....STAY AWAY FROM THEM! I got ripped off. read more

We had worked with the Brian Allendorfer Company in the past and had great results with the repairs they did on our roof. Unfortunately, this winter we had severe damage caused by ice dams which caused water damage in 2 rooms of our home. (I should point out the roof dams were not a result of anything wrong with the roof but a result of the particular pattern of weather events.) The Allendorfer Company could not have been better! They were immediately responsive, even though it was a weekend when the damage occurred. Brian personally sent two teams over the weekend - one to remove the snow from our rooftop and the other to begin the process of drying out the wet drywall, insulation, floors, etc. We used the Allendorfer Company for the entire reconstruction process, which included new insulation, drywall, painting, electrical work, and sanding and refinishing hard wood floors. We could not have been happier with the level of service and responsiveness. The house now looks better than before, and with their help we've put a great plan in place to prevent this from ever happening again. Highly recommend Allendorfer Company and will definitely be using them in the future. read more

Thank goodness for Brian Allendorfer Company. I live in a 6 unit condo building which is just over 10 years old. The flat roof was of poor construction and last summer one of the 3rd floor units began sustaining significant damage due to water coming in from the roof leaks. We realized we needed not only a new roof but also a rebuild of the 6 foot masonry parapet. As a self-managed condo association, we had no less than 8 different roofers and masonry companies bid on the roofing and masonry re-work. From the outset Brian Allendorfer Company stood out. Brian provided a very detailed masonry and roofing estimate. He came to several of our evening condo meetings to answer various questions. More than that, he and his team were able to deal with some particularly difficult and picky residents. I think many companies would have walked, but Brian continued to work with us. Many Chicago area condos sustained hail damage in early 2011, so they were backlogged as it was, yet he continued to work with us. Brian was able to get our 2-week long project in before winter set in, a true feat given the length of time our association spent vetting and working through the various proposals. I can't say enough how glad I am we chose Brian Allendorfer Company to do the work. He and his team were professional, always positive, and very responsive throughout the process. I would highly recommend Brain Allendorfer Company for any roofing and masonry work. read more

I have dealt with this company since 1998 when we bought our first house in Chicago. The inspector did not himself get on the roof and told us to get a roofer to see if we needed anything. Windward Roofing told us we needed a whole new roof right away for $5000. Allendorfer looked at it and told us all we needed was a little flashing around the vent stacks and skylight (for about $200), and that the roof would likely last us another 5-7 years before it needed to be replaced. That's when Allendorfer won my loyalty and gratitude, because even if I got up on the roof myself, how would I have been able to tell what it needed? Eventually, the company repaired some gutters at that house, and then, when we bought a much bigger house out in Evanston, they replaced our roof there. (But, again, they did so only when it needed it; initially, Brian himself inspected our roof and told us we had a couple of years left on it but that when it was time, we would need a complete tear off because we were already at the three-layer limit.) About a year after they replaced the house roof, I had them re-roof the garage. And this year, when a tree damaged part of our roof and gutters, I had them fix that, too. My experience with Allendorfer is, yes, their prices are at the upper end of the scale, but that it's a matter of getting what you pay for and I am unwilling to take risks with my roof. Their estimate for our Evanston house came in higher than the competition's, but their estimate was also way more thorough, detailed, and intelligible than anyone else's. They have always shown up when they say they will, are scrupulous about cleaning up after themselves, and all of their workers are courteous and professional. I have never had a complaint about any of the work that they've performed for me. read more