Gutierrez Roofing Company

Julio Guiterrez is a consummate professional. He arrived promptly to inspect our leaking roof, clearly explained the situation and the products available. His advice was concise and accurate. We scheduled the replacement for a time when we were out of town, and we returned to find a beautiful job had been done. And there was not a scrap of debris anywhere.
A few months later another roof on our property failed during a rainstorm. Julio arrived the next day to inspect it, and was able to do the repair two days later. That repair took only two days to complete, and once again there was absolutely no scrap or debris left behind.
We could not be more pleased with Julio and his entire crew.

We had our roof replaced by Julio Butierrez’s crew about a month ago and were very pleased with the entire process. Julio was neither the cheapest nor most expensive bid but he did the best job of explaining what was included in his bid (including some things that others simply did not address or notice) and being flexible with some options (like gutter guards and additional venting). He was always there when he said he would be, on time, friendly, courteous and thorough and his crew was very neat, leaving things cleaner than when they arrived.
The attention to detail and care was particularly noteworthy — for example, all vents and pipes that extend up through the roof were masked off and painted with rust-​preventing paint that matched the gutter guards and coordinated well with the singles and a nice cricket to divert water in a poorly designed roof transition on an addition. Such touches are not to be taken for granted… in fact, the inspector spontaeously commented and complimented the work, indicating it was clearly done with more care and attention than most roofing jobs.
As is so often the case, there was the need for some additional work (decking needed to cover the original redwood planks on our century old house) but because we had discussed that potential, it was not a nasty surprise and he was open to negotiating on the solution and price.
While the test of time is really the best evaluation for any roof replacement, I have confidence in this roof lasting without problems for many years given the quality of the work that I saw here.

As an architect, real estate investor and broker, I’ve been working with Gutierrez Roofing for 15 years. Julio (the owner) has always been responsive, cost effective, and works on trouble shooting potentially expensive repairs. His customer service and product delivered is unparalleled in this industry. I highly recommend Gutierrez Roofing for any and all of your roofing needs.

I had a great experience with Julio and his crew. Julio was very responsive and did not try to oversell. He advised I replace one roof and do some patch work on another to extend it’s life. The crew was on time, courteous and most importantly clean. They covered where necessary and cleaned up each day. I had called several roofers, some never returned the call, others came and tried to oversell. They were priced fairly and his knowledge and responsiveness won my business. I will use Julio and his crew again and would highly recommend them.

Julio did a superb job on my roof. I would highly recommend him. His crew was always on time and courteous. They cleaned up thoroughly every day and left the work site in order.
His estimate was very competitive.
And best of all he found problems that needed attention that many others might easily have glossed over.
The final result is a really solid, great looking new roof.
And he’s a very nice guy. A pleasure to work with.

Can my roof last one more winter? (The shingles are starting to blow off).
Is the rain leaking inside the house? No.
Well, then, maybe another year — hate to spend money on the roof. No matter how much you spend on it, the roof ends up looking pretty much like it always did.
But the shingles are blowing off, aren’t they? Always wondered what was under them.
Interesting…
Friends with a new roof to call their own gave us Julio Gutierrez’s phone number, so we called him. He didn’t call us back. We learned that was a good sign: never hire a contractor who calls you right back.
Of course.
A month and two rainstorms later we called him again.
A week after that he called us back. Right on cue — I was nervous with the excitement of the moment.
The contractor was calling us back!
What we got here is a two story structure with a mansard roof. The top is flat, or it was supposed to be, with a slight pitch one way or the other — need scaffolding on three sides, and of course, everybody’s favorite, dry rot, has to be found and ripped out wherever it might be. Then make everything up there new.
So, we were all together on that. Julio put everything in writing. All we needed was my check to Julio and a building permit from Marin County — no problem, I paid the retainer and Gutierrez Roofing arranged the building permit — though I retained the privilege of paying for it: $ 298.
And what did I learn for $ 298? I learned that my house is in a «Fire Protection District» and must upgrade roofing/​siding materials to Class 1 Fire Protection standard. This means installing an extra layer of plastic-​looking stuff under the shingles. It costs more money and no one will ever see it, but it’s mine now.
Six roofers and carpenters demolished the old roof with appropriate pounding, sawing, and scraping, and scared my dog. He went to watch TV in the back room and stayed there. On the second day, one of the roofers stepped down and down and his leg came through the ceiling into the bedroom. An unusual sight — a leg hanging out of the ceiling.
Nobody on the job wanted to be the one to tell Julio about it. So, next day, my wife let him know. Julio called Michaelangelo. The fixer came immediately, fixed it, matched the new patch seamlessly to the XXth century ceiling in the bedroom, and was gone.
So what else happened? Really nothing remarkable.
The crew came to work day after day and worked quietly, diligently until the job was all done.
Julio kept in touch on the job, rebuilt the flat roof with a working pitch, installed new ventilation including those new fangled solar powered fans, and fixed a lot of stuff that couldn’t be seen until the old roof had been peeled off — like replacing wet insulation (who knew?).
I expected a walloping big bill for doing everything right. Nope. Julio stayed with the estimate (as amended for the building permit). That was it. The whole deal.
Even though most of the work is under the shingles or otherwise out of sight, it looks good, it is good and it’s a good thing Julio called us back.