My neighbor’s roof…

My next door neighbor is a “famous” general contractor in Park City, who until recently, has been building multi-million dollar houses in the most prestigious areas of town. Great reputation. Yet, you wouldn’t guess this if you looked at his home that is in serious need of maintenance. Talks about the cobbler that has no shoes! 

The house was built in 1988 and he purchased it in 2004. The roof is made of wood shingles that are now all twisted-dry and have seen much better days. In addition to being a fire danger in of itself, the roof is covered by trees that have extended all over upon its surface, not a good idea either in terms of fire propagation. 

The other day, I talked to his girlfriend and she told me that her man is now sailing in the middle of the Atlantic ocean and she’ll soon meet him, along with their 16 year old son, in the Azores and the three of them will keep sailing into northern Europe. She said they will have young folks in their house while they’re all away. 

I said, “It’s good to have someone in the house in case there are leaks and other issues…” She answered, “As a matter of fact we’ve got some huge roof leaks and we’ll be re-roofing it soon!” The next day I looked at their roof on my house side and noticed some huge tarped area and other patches that had been recently placed to address the leaks. 

I probably would have addressed that detail before navigating the Ocean, but I guess we all see things differently!