We had a great experience dealing with Joe Jiminez who gave us our quote. Please read the full review and possibly make your experience the same.
To begin with, we had a leak and after researching, getting quotes, dealing with salesman etc, it was getting old. No one really stood out. From other companies we received outrageous bids, bums bidding for dollars, people badmouthing other companies, people with bad mouths, high pressure salesman... you name it. I just was not going to sign on the dotted line until I was comfortable. By the way, I am a contractors nightmare client. I was a contractor for 10 years and am now a in financial sales. I research and pick things apart so they are detailed and perfect until everything is understood by all parties. I am very thourough and not for everyone, it works for me.
So, Kyko was one of the first quotes we recieved. We recieved a very professional folder, detailed info, warranty info and a sample of the underlayment they use, alot of photos of why our roof failed. No pressure, very polite rep whom I referred to earlier (Joe Jiminez). I let him know we were getting quotes and would talk it over and let him know when we were ready. He was thorough, educated us as to the process of scope of work and gave us no pressure. The educational part came in handy. See, he told us the cement tiles were in great shape and may last 100 years, longer than either of us. He said the tar paper underlayment will need replacing from time to time but the expensive part can be reused. He also was very detailed in his measurements as the tiles ran off and we're not installed correctly and the leak was caused by poor craftsmanship on the initial construction. Thin lightweight paper without the proper overlapping from sheet row to row. We took the estimate and his card.
For 4-6 weeks we got quotes from other companies and ran across every sales pitch imaginable, leading Kyko as the best value.
My neighbor also got a quote from Joe. He is also a contractor (non home building) and had another company do his as a preventive measure but said nothing bad about his interaction with Kyko or Joe, just someone he was introduced to. It will come up again later in the review.
I booked during their busy time so there was a slight wait to get started but it was worth it. We were kept informed a few days prior, the crew showed up early and quietly began setting up without making noise, started making noise at the time we agreed on since it was the hottest time of the year. They finished in about 2-3 days total. They replaced all the felt with a thicker version that should last 30+ expected years, realigned the rows of tiles, replaced the wood strips, replaced the vents and flashing, painted and installed a birds top flashing (per code). It really was a great job. All that I had to do when they were done is return the invoice with a check. There was no nickel and diming, no extras, not even for what happened below.
Here is the cherry on top, we had a leak that prompted the call to Kyko initially, the guys foot went through the rotted corner of the board and through our cathedral ceiling drywall. Not really their fault, we had a feeling the water damaged it. Within 30 minutes Joe called me, apologized and said they will send out a drywall guy at the companies expense. Granted it went from a small broken seam to a 2 foot hole but I was floored they did not try to blame it on the soft wood. I would have the expense anyway. We were happy. We were not invoiced until after the roof was done, drywall was fixed and Joe called to make sure we were happy. We paid the invoice in full as agreed to avoid any finance charges and still refer Joe to friends and family who have also used him with simular results, in turn they refer him out as well.
About 2 weeks after they were all done I saw the neighbor who chose to go with another contractor, he said it looked great and he watched the guys work quickly and said they were super clean. It was nice to hear because I was at work for almost all of the job. I explained the drywall situation and he said given the opportunity again he would have used them (Kyko). It came down to a few hundred dollars and in the end, he paid more. I'll elaborate, I paid a few hundred more on the roof but my warranty was twice as long, he had to pay a painter to paint his bird stop after the roofers had left, and paid another roofer to inspect the job when they were done where he found a few things that should have been addressed.