By building type
The hardest part of an HOA roof project is agreeing what the project is
Multifamily roofing is straightforward work multiplied by a decision-making process. A property with twelve identical buildings has twelve roofs of the same age that will fail on roughly the same schedule, which is a planning opportunity and, if nobody planned, a very large surprise.
What is specific about these properties
- Buildings age together. They were roofed at the same time by the same crew with the same material, so the condition of one is genuinely informative about the rest — which is not true for a street of individual houses.
- Mansards and steep decorative sections are common on this stock and are where the wind damage and the detailing problems concentrate.
- Residents are home. Noise, parking, debris, pets and balconies all need managing, and notification is part of the job rather than a courtesy.
- Damage inside a unit becomes a three-way conversation between the resident, the association and the contractor. Documentation is what keeps it civil.
- Insurance arrangements vary. Association policies, unit owner policies and deductibles interact in ways that are specific to the property's documents.
Phasing a property properly
Survey every building, not a sample
Exposure differs: the building on the windward edge of the property is usually in worse condition than the sheltered one in the middle, even at the same age.
Rank by evidence
Active leaks first, then condition, then exposure. A ranking anyone can read is what stops the sequence being decided by whoever complained most recently.
Check it against the reserve assumptions
If the reserve study assumed a service life the roofs are not going to reach, that is worth knowing several years early rather than in the year of the assessment.
Communicate on a schedule residents can plan around
Which building, which week, what to move off the balcony, where not to park. Most complaints on these projects are about surprise rather than about noise.
For a board, the most valuable document is a survey that says which buildings do not need work yet and why. It makes the ones that do need work credible.
Board or property manager with roofs coming due across a property?
Talk to us about the propertyWho pays for a roof on a condominium building?
Usually the association, because the roof is normally a common element — but the governing documents control it and they vary. The interior damage question is separate again and often lands with the unit owner's policy.
Can you work on one building at a time?
Yes, and that is the normal approach. Each building is a short project with its own notification and its own clean-up, which is far easier on residents than a property-wide site.
What about balconies, cars and landscaping?
They are part of the plan: protection below the work area, a parking arrangement agreed in advance, and a magnetic sweep at the end of every day rather than at the end of the job.
Do you provide documentation for a reserve study or a special assessment?
Yes. Photographs, condition per building and a remaining-service-life view are what a board needs to make and defend that decision.
All work is performed by licensed and insured local roofing professionals.