Roofing fun

A little over a year ago, my wife and I solicited bids to repair two flat roofs on our house. Going through the phone book, we got a number of no-shows or shows with no bid. Finally, we ended up selecting St. John's Roofing because they gave us the lowest bid. A couple of weeks later a family of Mexicans (Mom, Pop, Junior, Sis, and Lil Sis) showed up at the house and over the course of a hot Saturday they put the roof on. That would be the end of the story except we had someone else put on some new gutters and the roof started leaking and molding. After much ado, we got someone to come out to the house and "fix" the roof with caulk and then after much more ado, we got them to come out to the house and fix the ruined ceiling. You can imagine how happy we were when we saw mold appearing in the same room after we had just installed a brand new hardwood floor. Calls to the roofing company have not been answered for the last two weeks. We finally checked with the BBB and found that there have been a *number* of complaints about them to which we have added.

Moral of the story: Some times the lowest bid isn't the cheapest.
Moral of the sotry part deux: Our experience with contractors recommended from Angie's List was much better than this one. I hate to sound like a commercial, but the difference is really obvious from this side of the fence.