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A lot of homes in Melville were built in the 1950s and 60s ranch styles, split-levels, and splanch layouts that have been updated over the decades but still carry original roof decks, aging underlayment, and flashing systems that weren’t designed for the winters we’ve had lately. When those systems start to fail, the damage doesn’t announce itself. It shows up as a ceiling stain in February, granules collecting in your gutters in the spring, or a lifted shingle you spot from the driveway after a wind event.
Getting that fixed properly means more than stopping the visible leak. It means finding out why the leak happened whether it’s a failed flashing around a chimney or skylight, ice dam damage along the eaves, or underlayment that’s simply reached the end of its useful life. A repair that only addresses the surface leaves the underlying problem in place, and you’ll be back to square one by the next nor’easter.
For a Melville home worth $800,000 or more, that’s not a gamble worth taking. A thorough repair, done once, with documentation you can actually see, protects both the structure and the investment you’ve built here.
We’ve been working on roofs across Melville and Suffolk County for over a decade. Our business is owner-operated by Alban Hoxha, who is personally involved in every job not as a figurehead, but as the person responsible for the outcome. Customers reach him directly. He explains what’s wrong in plain language, not roofing jargon. And when the job is done, you get photo and video documentation of everything that was done, including what’s underneath the shingles because you deserve to know what was actually fixed on your property.
Every person who works on your Melville roof is a Home Team Construction employee. No subcontractors, no unknown crews showing up at your Country Village colonial or your Knickerbocker Knolls split-level. That’s not a standard practice in this industry most contractors hand jobs off but it’s how we’ve operated from day one. We’re Suffolk County licensed, fully insured, and verifiable in the public HIC database before you ever pick up the phone.
It starts with a call. You describe what you’re seeing a stain, a missing shingle, water coming in after a storm and we schedule an inspection at a time that works for you. A lot of Melville homeowners are commuting to the Route 110 office parks or into the city during the day, so we work around your schedule, not ours.
At the inspection, we get on the roof and find the actual source of the problem. That matters more than it sounds, because a leak rarely originates exactly where it shows up inside. We check the flashing, the underlayment, the ridge, the valleys, and any penetrations like vents or skylights. Then we give you a written estimate everything included, no line items that appear after work starts. No surprise charges for plywood, underlayment, or disposal.
Once you approve the work, our crew handles it start to finish. For anything beyond a minor patch repair in the Town of Huntington, we pull the appropriate permits through the Town’s building department that protects you at inspection time and when you eventually sell. When the job is done, you get a full photo and video record of what we did and what your roof looks like now. If the damage was storm-related, we help you document it for your insurance claim so nothing gets left on the table.
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Roof repairs in Melville cover a wide range depending on what the inspection turns up. The most common issues we see on the housing stock here particularly the ranch and split-level homes throughout Country Village and surrounding neighborhoods are ice dam damage along the eaves, failed step flashing at chimneys and dormers, cracked or lifted ridge caps after wind events, and underlayment that’s deteriorated to the point where it’s no longer doing its job. We fix all of it, and we fix it with materials rated for Long Island’s full four-season weather load.
For homes with low-slope sections over garages or additions common in Melville’s older ranch layouts flat roof repair is a separate process that requires different materials and techniques than a standard pitched roof. We handle both. If you’ve got a section of your roof that holds water after rain, that’s a drainage and membrane issue, and it needs to be addressed differently than a shingle repair.
Missing shingle repair, storm damage repair, flashing replacement, and emergency weatherproofing are all part of what we do. If we get to your roof and find that the damage is more extensive than a repair can address, we’ll tell you that honestly with photos to back it up rather than patch something that won’t hold. The goal is always a fix that lasts through the next nor’easter, not just the next dry week.
It depends on the scope of the work. In the Town of Huntington which governs Melville ordinary maintenance and minor repairs typically don’t require a permit. But if you’re doing a full tear-off and re-roof, or if the repair involves structural elements of the roof deck, a building permit is required through the Town of Huntington’s Building and Housing Department. The Town now has an online permit portal, which makes the process more straightforward than it used to be.
The reason this matters isn’t just bureaucratic. Unpermitted work on a home in Melville can create real problems when you go to sell buyers’ attorneys and home inspectors will flag it, and it can hold up or kill a closing. It can also affect your homeowner’s insurance coverage if a future claim involves work that wasn’t properly permitted. When we do jobs that require a permit, we pull it. That’s part of the service, not an add-on.
It varies based on what’s actually wrong, but to give you a realistic range: minor repairs like a missing shingle or a small flashing fix might run a few hundred dollars. More involved repairs ice dam damage along the eaves, a section of failed underlayment, or multiple areas of lifted or cracked shingles can run anywhere from $1,500 to $4,000 or more depending on the extent. What you should watch out for is a quote that seems unusually low, especially after a storm. Melville gets targeted by out-of-area contractors after nor’easters and summer wind events they offer a fast, cheap fix, take the insurance payment, and are gone before you find out the repair didn’t hold. A written, itemized estimate from a licensed Suffolk County contractor with a verifiable HIC license is your best protection against that scenario. We provide that before any work starts.
Ice dams form when heat escapes through your roof deck usually because of inadequate attic insulation or ventilation and melts the snow sitting on your roof. That water runs down toward the eaves, where it’s colder, and refreezes. Over time, it builds up an ice barrier that forces water back up under your shingles. From there, it finds every weak point in the underlayment, every gap in the flashing, and every nail penetration.
This is especially common in Melville’s older housing stock. Ranch and split-level homes built in the 1950s and 60s were constructed before modern insulation and ventilation standards, and many of them still have the original or only partially updated attic assemblies. If you’re seeing icicles hanging from your gutters in winter, that’s a warning sign. If you’re seeing water stains on interior ceilings in late winter or early spring, ice dam damage is one of the first things we check for. The fix isn’t just patching the leak it’s addressing why the heat is escaping in the first place.
The honest answer is that you need someone to actually get on the roof and look, not just assess from the driveway. That said, there are patterns that point toward repair versus replacement. If the damage is isolated a section of failed flashing, a few missing shingles after a wind event, a small area of underlayment damage repair is almost always the right call. If the shingles are losing granules broadly across the whole roof, the deck has soft spots in multiple areas, or you’re seeing daylight through the attic in more than one location, replacement is likely the more cost-effective long-term choice.
For Melville homes, the age of the roof matters a lot. If you’re on a 20-year architectural shingle roof that’s 18 years old and you’ve got a leak, a repair might hold for a couple of years but you’re close enough to replacement that it’s worth having an honest conversation about timing. We’ll tell you where you actually stand, with photos of the deck condition and underlayment, so you can make an informed decision rather than a rushed one.
First, stay off the roof. After a nor’easter or a summer wind event, the surface can be wet, debris-covered, and unstable. What you can safely do is document everything visible from the ground photos of missing shingles, damaged gutters, debris on the roof, and any interior damage like ceiling stains or wet insulation in the attic. That documentation matters for your insurance claim, and the sooner you capture it, the better.
Call a licensed local contractor for an inspection before you call your insurance company, if possible. The reason is that an experienced roofer can identify damage that isn’t obvious from a ground-level look lifted shingles that look intact but have broken seals, flashing that’s shifted, or underlayment that’s been compromised. Going into the adjuster conversation with a detailed contractor assessment puts you in a much stronger position than relying solely on what the adjuster finds. We help Melville homeowners with this documentation process as a standard part of our storm damage service not as a separate charge.
Suffolk County maintains a public database of licensed Home Improvement Contractors you can look up any contractor before you hire them. A legitimate HIC license in Suffolk County requires passing a mandatory exam, which is a higher bar than Nassau or most other counties. If a contractor can’t give you a Suffolk County HIC license number, or if that number doesn’t pull up in the database, walk away.
Beyond the license, look for a contractor with a verifiable local history not just a website that appeared after the last storm. Check that their reviews are specific and mention real details about the job, not just generic five-star ratings. Ask directly whether they use subcontractors or their own employees. Ask for a written, itemized estimate before any work starts. A contractor who’s been working in Melville and the surrounding area for years doesn’t need to chase storms to find business.
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