What to do when a roofer in Illinois rips you off?
Richard D asked:
Back in 2004 I paid over $2,000 for a roof leak repair. Yes, I was ripped off by Gasca Contracting – but at the time I thought I was getting a new roof – not a replacement of three squares. Anyway, the roof still leaked. So another $3,000 and 50% of the roof was a tear-off and redo. Well, Bob Gasca subbed the job to someone else. They in turn subbed it to someone else. That person skipped part of the tear off, did not do part of the roof, and made the leak worse. Ridge vents were crooked, and the entire job was not up to code.
Back in 2004 I paid over $2,000 for a roof leak repair. Yes, I was ripped off by Gasca Contracting – but at the time I thought I was getting a new roof – not a replacement of three squares. Anyway, the roof still leaked. So another $3,000 and 50% of the roof was a tear-off and redo. Well, Bob Gasca subbed the job to someone else. They in turn subbed it to someone else. That person skipped part of the tear off, did not do part of the roof, and made the leak worse. Ridge vents were crooked, and the entire job was not up to code.
It took almost a year to have the roofer I paid – and I thought was doing the work – actually look at the shoddy roofing job his sub-par sub threw together. He had the same sub redo it. Again, they skipped part of the roof, and did not fix the leak. Two more tries – and a three subs later – they finally did the portion of the roof they kept skipping. And the thing STILL leaks. No return calls, no solution.
Bob Gasca is in New Lenox, Illinois – I’m in Oak Lawn, Illinois. I’ve been fighting this for three years and I’m still putting out buckets whenever it rains heavily. Any ideas or suggestions?
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I live near there and because of the rain I should be mopping something up now too. We have the BBB you could file a complaint with, try to have a mechanics lien put on him and I would talk to someone that deals with fraud. Lisa Madigans office? Take pictures now so you’ll have proof. Good luck, it’s not suppose to stop until tomorrow night,
Yes, that’s good advice. Complain to the Better Business Bureau (and also ask if he has other complaints filed against him). Also, you can contact the state contractor’s board and see if you can report him.
Did you have a written contract with him when he first came to work for you? In my state, contractors are required by law to do this. Call them, tell them your situation, and ask what recourse you have and what you can do.
You may, if other avenues fail, be able to take him to small claims court. Especially if you have a written contract and have kept track of your efforts to get satisfactory closure to this fiasco.
I’m sorry you’ve had to go through all of this.
When you get to the place that you can get it done right, the following page on home roofing may help (it branches off to other pages on different materials):
Hope this helps.