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Roof Replacement Description 1129 Riverside Dr. South Bend, IN 46616 Lloyd H. Ketchum, Jr. The house and garage roofs were built in 1909, the year of their construction. Currently, both roofs leak, including the built-in rain gutter on the house. The rain gutter on the garage rotted out before we purchased the property. Exhibit 1 shows and aerial view of the property. Exhibit 2 provides the dimensions of the roof sections. The existing roof tile is vitrified clay Spanish -type tile. These are very brittle, and the underlay membrane leaks. For the existing roof to be repaired, it would require removal of all tile, replacement of the under lay membrane, and reinstallation of the tile, including replacement of those that broke during this process. The built-in rain gutter would need to be repaired. Midland Engineering from South Bend estimated the repair of the house roof only would cost $98,575. Midland Engineering proposal is included herein. The proposed roof replacement contactor is Metal Roofing Solutions, Inc., President Michael Burdine. They have provided a brochure, which is included herein with their proposed costs of $45,489. This included both the house and garage. The built-in gutter on the house will be repair and new down spouts installed. The garage has no remaining built-in gutter and new gutters and down spouts will be installed. We believe that an asphalt roof would be cheaper, but we found the proposed metal roof to closely match the appearance of the existing tile roof.