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Variables like shingle over shingles, remove old shingles, replace whatever, etc. can vary widely.
Here in SC for a roof on a newly built 1500sq ft home (not sure on roof square footage but guestimate about 1800sq ft), simple two peak roof (like a T shape), 25 year shingles. Can be had for about $2.5K labor and materials. Yes, about $2.5K. One supervisor (bossman), 2-3 shady/druggie looking guys on the roof, and 2-3 days of work.
As part of our HOA Reserve Fund preliminary funding study, I did have reason to recently enquire about this from the fellow (bossman) roofing the new built homes. Even with adding stripping, some roof material replacement, and new roofing felt, I suggested we consider it to be $4K per house (todays dollars) for budgeting reasons. Reroofing is included in our HOA dues.
Low cost for a licensed crew that isn't a few fly by nighters who you'll probably never see again, after your roof starts to leak in a few years is about $4000 for a 28 square roof (about average sized). Yes I do roofing and am not pulling numbers out of thin air. BTW this also includes use of drip edge which is code in SC now. Average cost would run you about $6,000 for a 28 square roof and of course you can go a lot higher. Often contractors will go high on their estimate if there is an insurance claim too as insurance companies almost never pay them what they submit the estimate for. They expect to be given a couple of thousand less than what they estimate. BTW the cost is also for architectural roofing. Almost no one uses 3 tab anymore except the penny pinching house builders. Architectural shingles cost a couple of dollars more per bundle, but are at least twice as thick as 3 tab shingles, are much more hail resistant, and usually have a limited lifetime manufacturer warranty, rather than a max 25 year manufacturer warranty, which wouldn't be covered by hail damage, which is a major problem here for roofs. Also if you go with the unlicensed crew with no insurance, business license, or permit you're putting yourself at risk for liability if someone is hurt and fines, as well as the risk of having an inspector or police officer stop the work when half your roof is torn off until you get into compliance. I probably don't need to tell you what kind of damage can happen when half your roof is stripped off and you spend a week or two with water coming into your house.
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