Albert W. came to us through a referral, and his roof came with a wrinkle a lot of Melbourne homeowners know well: an HOA with an architectural review committee. Nothing comes off the roof until the committee signs off on paper. We handled that paperwork for him, replaced a 52-square roof as part of our roofing services, and he never had to chase a form. If your neighborhood works the same way, this is how it goes.
The HOA approval, handled by us
I run the office at Hippo, so the paperwork side of a roof usually lands on my desk. For Albert’s community, the committee wanted the shingle product and the color in writing before it would approve anything. We put the submission together, sent it in, and waited for the approval to come back. Albert’s part was to pick the color. He chose Rustic Black, a traditional architectural shingle look that fits the neighborhood, and the committee approved it without a fight.
What the job included
This was a full tear-off, not a layover. The crew stripped the old roof down to the deck, checked the two-layer plywood deck underneath, and rebuilt from there: new drip edge at the eaves, and the gutters detached and reset so they sit right against the new edge. At 52 squares this is a big roof, so it took some planning on material delivery and crew scheduling. That is our job, not the homeowner’s.
How Albert paid
Like most of our retail customers, Albert paid in stages: a deposit at signing, a second payment when the material was delivered, and the balance when the job was complete. He was never paying for work that had not happened yet, and I think that is how it should be.
What I would share with any HOA homeowner
Ask your roofer to handle the committee submission, and ask for it early. The approval is usually the slowest part of the whole project, not the roof itself. Get the product and color in writing, keep a copy, and you will not be the one explaining the roof to the committee later.
The result
A roof that matches the neighborhood, cleared the HOA the first time, and a homeowner who did not have to learn how an architectural review committee works. You can read what other Melbourne homeowners say about us in our reviews.
Thinking about a new roof and wondering what your HOA will say? Book a free roof visit and we will sort out the paperwork with you.
