Cape Cod Roofing & Siding

Skip was very prompt in coming out to provide a quote. This is when the promptness ended. From the Fall of 2013, our project was not completed until late into the summer of 2014, I will provide exact dates below. We discussed at length what we wanted to have completed on the home, and he drafted up a quote based on that. While it was a jumbled mess that really did not get everything we discussed written in the contract, I figured I would take him for what he told me and the recommendation of the friend.
His crew started with replacing the roof, which was probably the highlight of the job. The old roof was removed and the new roof was put on. He claims to have used a magnet to pick up the old nails around the property. I would be lying if we picked up less than 2 kids beach pails pull of them. Glad I did not have any young ones running around and I was up to date on a tetnus shot.
And while when first talking, he said, he had been working in New England for 35+ years they work in all kind of weather, he did not start on the siding for six months. Being a property that rents during the summer months we wanted to ensure that any and all work was completed long before we had a renter. His communication was horrible during this time. Anyone interested I can share emails from this contractor.
Long story short these are the facts. I signed a contract on 10÷7÷2013. On 10/​16/​2013 he stated he was «readying to go, need to pull permit» and asked for $ 5,000. On 12/​11/​2013 was the first day that the roof was worked on. And on 7÷11÷2014 the siding was done, for this small, single family home. From the day the contract was signed to the day that the siding was complete was 277 days.
Additional frustration was that Skip removed all the siding and then contacted me about the trim work, asking who was going to do the trim on the home. The home sat for days, without shingles on it, as we tried to figure out where we went wrong. We discussed at length what he was going to do for our trim, yet, because he never put it in the contract he chose to wait until the home was exposed to see what our plans were. After trying to find a contractor to do trim, he then offered several options for additional costs that he could provide for trim work. Why these were never presented initially, goes along with the way he operated the entire time.
He showed his true colors when he wrote an email stating that he no longer will take or receive phone calls from me. A great way to deal with someone who has thousands of dollars of your hard earned money isn’t it?
Now it is April 2015 we still have yet to receive the warranties for the products installed on our home.
Lessons learned from this experience.
I will never use Cape Cod Roofing and Siding.
Get a start and an end date from a contractor.
Get everything discussed incorperated into the quote.
Ask them who will be performing the work. To our surprise when checking on the progress of the siding one day, we found a lone contractor doing the siding, with a truck that read «Better Homes Home Improvment» when we had contracted with Cape Cod Roofing and Siding and never once were told that a sub contractor would be performing work.
With this home we have had many projects completed. I have spoken with many people during and after the experience of dealing with him. Skip was the least professional person I have ever dealt with. While the home looked good in the end the frustration of dealing with him is something I would not wish on my worst enemies. He impacted more than half of our renters, and we lost substantial income by offering refunds to our valued renters.
I will gladly explain at length to anyone why NOT to choose Cape Cod Roofing and Siding. Please do not make the same mistake we did.

Very professional. The few did an outstanding job and cleaned up our property afterwards. They placed tarps around the house to protect the landscaping. I would highly recommend them.