Accidental New Roof - Opinions?

[Aladdin M.]

I woke to what initially was a funny call; I was told from the crew rehabbing a house in Indianapolis, IN that a new roof was accidentally installed on my house by another crew working for another rehabber.

They said that they came to the property and the dumpster had been filled with debris that was not theirs and they went to inform the roofing crew that they would have to pay for for using our dumpster.

The roofing team then figured out that they roofed the wrong house.

My team let me know that the other rehabber was looking for the cost of the materials only (which is thoughtful) as remedy, but my initial reaction is that this issue is between him and his GC and if anything, they owe me for any charges for overfilling my dumpster.

I am seeking an attorney's opinion currently, but would love to post this and see what Bigger Pockets thinks about this interesting scenario.

Thank you!

[Chris C.]

it would depends if you were planning on reroofing anyways.  If you were planning on reroofing and the cost of the materials was cheaper than your quote, then just pay for the materials.

however, if the roof was fine, and basically they just replaced something that did not need replacing, then yes, the issue would be between the other roofer and his GC (but i would eat the cost of them filling up the dumpster, as the cost probably wouldnt be worth the fight)

Just my 2 cents