McGilley Roofing & Construction Inc.

McGilley Roofing & Construction, run by owner Tom McGilley out of Saugus, has one of the deepest written records in the corpus for a roofing outfit — 54 reviews stretching from 2015 through this year, the vast majority five stars, describing jobs from single-day reroofs to full siding and carpentry projects. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration is active, and the BBB rates the company A+. The write-ups keep pointing to the same things: same-day or one-day roof jobs, careful cleanup, and Tom himself showing up on site. In an August 2025 review, a homeowner described McGilley's crew replacing half a roof's shingles, some rotten wood, two skylights, and a waterproof rubber membrane in a single day, at a lower price than a competing bid. In a 2025 review, another described Tom diagnosing a recurring flat-roof leak around a bathroom skylight and fixing the actual cause rather than just patching it. A 2024 review described the crew taking extra care to protect an in-ground pool during a reroof, and resolving dormer leaks that a previous contractor had been unable to fix. The record also shows some flexibility with customers on a budget: in a 2025 review, one homeowner said Tom kept coming out for repairs even though they couldn't yet afford a full roof replacement, and in another 2025 review, a customer described a storm ripping up part of their roof before their scheduled replacement — Tom came out the same day and fixed the damage at no charge, since they'd already committed to the larger job. The record isn't spotless. A 2024 review — the sharpest complaint on file — described a roof installed nine years earlier that started leaking, with other contractors identifying workmanship issues the company allegedly wouldn't address; the reviewer also said they were charged for extra wood to replace rot that wasn't properly done. A 2022 review described a smaller but real mistake: a plumbing vent removed and reinstalled during a partial reroof wasn't properly secured underneath, causing a leak within a week, though the reviewer described the crew coming back out to address it. For a straightforward roof, siding, or gutter job, McGilley has an unusually long, mostly consistent track record with the same owner on site — worth weighing against the rare account of a years-later dispute over workmanship.