Roofer in Somerset, MA

Most Somerset homes are lived in by their owners. In the same 2020-2024 data, 6,475 of the town's 7,447 occupied homes are owner occupied, and 972 are rented. That is about 87 percent owner occupied.

Not every home is a single-family house. The estimate also counts 176 housing units in attached one-unit structures, 366 in two-unit structures and 414 in buildings with three or four units. Tell us what you have when you call.

The Census Bureau estimates the median value of an owner-occupied home in Somerset at $418,800. Whatever the house is worth, get a written estimate you understand before you sign anything. Landlords are welcome to call too.

Here is what we can say from the town's own pages. The town's Building Department reviews and issues all Building, Mechanical, Plumbing, Gas and Electrical permits. That page does not name roofing or re-roofing, and it does not publish a roofing fee or an inspection step, so ask the Building Department before you plan around either one.

• How To Apply. Permit applications can be downloaded from the town site, but they are submitted by walk-in, fax or mail. The town says it cannot process applications or accept payments online.
• What To Include. The town asks for the owner's signature or a copy of the signed contract, insurance certificates, license copies, plans and department sign-offs when they apply.
• Complete Paperwork. Somerset says incomplete applications will not be accepted or held, so all the required paperwork has to be submitted together.

Rules differ from town to town, and from address to address. We check the rules for your address first, so you know what applies before the work is quoted.

Somerset has a Historical Commission. According to the town's Historical Commission page, it works under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40, Section 8D to identify, protect and preserve the town's historical heritage and resources. It is an advisory commission. We found no local historic district in Somerset, which would have its own design review.

The page also says the Commission advises on any proposed destruction of buildings over seventy-five years old, under a town bylaw called The Preservation of Historically Significant Buildings, enacted at Annual Town Meeting on May 17, 2004. The page describes this as covering proposed destruction of buildings. We could not read the bylaw's full text, so we cannot tell you whether it reaches roof work. The page does not set out a rule about roofing materials.

If your house is an old one (about 1,415 Somerset housing units date to 1939 or earlier), ask the Commission what it would want to see. Or give us your address and we will find out before we quote.

Somerset has a lot of water around it. The town's 2018 Hazard Mitigation Plan describes Somerset as a peninsula within Mount Hope Bay.

The plan notes that the reach of coastal storm surge is limited to the shoreline areas of town. It ranks severe wind and the damage that comes with hurricanes as the second-ranked hazard, and it says a 1 percent annual-probability (100-year) hurricane strike at or near Somerset would be catastrophic, similar to the 1938 and 1954 hurricanes. The plan is dated 2018, and the town may have updated it since.

Surge is about water on the shoreline. Wind is what acts on a roof. For storm and winter questions, see our storm damage and insurance claims page and our ice dam guide.

We take roofing calls across the town, which uses ZIP codes 02725 and 02726, although Wikipedia notes both are now served from the central post office in the heart of town. Brayton Point, at the town's southern tip, is the one locality we could source by name.

Somerset is bordered by Swansea on the west, Dighton on the north, and Fall River on the east across the Taunton River. Bristol, Rhode Island, lies to the south, and the border runs through the middle of Mount Hope Bay. We work on both sides of the state line, so if you are on a street near the border, one call covers it.

Not sure whether the rules above apply to your address? Call (401) 593-1512 and we will check before we quote.

We go up on the roof, and into the attic when it matters, before we tell you anything. You get a plain read on what we found, whether it is a repair, maintenance or a replacement, and what the town will want to see. Request an estimate or call (401) 593-1512.

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