In April of this year, during a storm, we lost a number of shingles, and in the middle of the night woke to find water dripping from our bathroom ceiling, and also from the light fitting in our little walk-in clothes closet.
Looking into the loft space, next morning, I could see the sky on one side of our roof, where it adjoins one of our neighbours (they're townhouses), along with places where a lot of light was coming in.
Having had problems twice before (it's a Mattamy build), we decided this time to find a good roofer, and called in Mr. Roof Repair.ca The man who came spent some hours replacing a number of shingles, and repairing other parts of the roof, after having looked in our loft first: which didn't impress him, and more than me. After a number of hours work, and a lot of discussion, he left after explaining that the roof was considerably below standard and, in my words (not his) the work of a cowboy or cowboys. A number of standard things which he believed were required had not been done properly, and a layer of insulation sheeting (my words, not his) that he would have expected to see, was not installed.
We discussed having a brand new roof, as it was bad, to say the least, and it's a question now of when we shall be able to afford to have it done (very expensive), with 3/8" ply boarding to replace the 1/4" existing base. Bearing in mid that I know nothing about roofing, I can only say that the pictures of the state of the roof showed a lot of missing shingles and other damage and things missing. The photo's were taken to show us how badly the roof was constructed and as part of an estimate for a new roof. I'm afraid I cannot copy them for you.
Incidentally, my 4 stars for the recommendation part above is simply because the work is so expensive, and many could not afford a decent job. The actual work they did was excellent!
[As for Mattamy, the builders, I'd give them less than one star and will do so If I can again find their review, which averaged out at less than 4/10, with many scares of 1/10, which I would also give!].