New roof - Before and Afters

The new roof is *almost* finished... close enough that the most of the tools have been packed up and removed, and the yard (including the dog pen) is my own again.    In celebration of this big event, I thought I'd show off with some before and afters.

The front, before:

The Messy Stage:

And done very nearly almost done.

The wee little section of roofing on top of the fireplace chimney in the back will be finished in a few weeks.  (Long story that I won't get into).   Overall, though, I love it.  I think it adds tonnes of character to the house, and I'm pleasantly surprised at how well the colour blends with the siding.  I'm really happy.

Unfortunately, apparently many of my neighbours are not.  The roofer told me today that the city has received (and forwarded on) multiple complaints about it.  So many, in fact, that two city inspectors have come out to check it out, and reviewed the material specs.   The complaints were mostly about suspected breaches of building codes, but I suspect that the real source was that people don't like change.  It bothered them that my house wouldn't fit into the cookie cutter mold, so they came up with whatever complaints that they could think of to try to stop me.    Thankfully, the roof is well within building codes and done right, so they didn't succeed.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I think it looks good.  It's different, but I don't think it's an eyesore.  Obviously, there's nothing to do about it - I'm certainly not going to have it torn off and replaced with asphalt roofing - but I'm bothered that so many of my neighbours are upset.  I'm also kind of ticked that they went behind my back and tried to cause me trouble.  For now, though, my hands are tied.  All I can do is enjoy the new roof, wonder who made the complaints, and try not to look too gleeful the next time there's a major hail storm and all the asphalt roofs need to be repaired.