RJ Talbot Roofing & Contracting, Inc

RJ Talbot Roofing & Contracting, run out of Haverhill by owner Rick, has built a nearly spotless public record — 92 Google ratings averaging a perfect 5.0, and the reviews behind that number are detailed rather than one-line praise. The word that comes up again and again isn't "good," it's "fast": full re-roofs on large homes finished in a single day, a two-layer tear-off across a house and two sheds completed with zero damage, and a roof peak torn off in a windstorm fixed within 48 hours. The written record here runs 56 reviews deep from 2022 through mid-2026, with no negative account among them. What separates the reviews from generic praise is the specificity of the cleanup and the communication. Multiple customers describe crews sweeping the yard with magnets afterward and finding a single stray nail, or none at all; one former siding-and-roofing business owner, reviewing with what they called a critical eye, singled out Rick for catching a short ridge-vent and having it extended the very next day. Rick himself is credited repeatedly for walking homeowners through options rather than pushing the priciest job, and for taking on odd or overdue work other contractors wouldn't quote fairly — a skylight untouched since 1985, a chimney crown repair paired with a full roof redo, storm and tree-damage jobs handled within days of the call. The one blemish worth naming: in a review describing solar-panel coordination, a customer noted Rick's crew had to come back to rectify a leak that the original work hadn't fully resolved — he responded quickly when asked, but it's the rare account where the first pass wasn't the last word. Several customers also mention using Talbot for a second or third job years apart, which is its own kind of endorsement. For a full roof, a storm-damage repair, or an oddball job other roofers won't touch, Talbot's record is about as deep and consistent as they come. Get a firm quote and timeline in writing, as with any contractor, but there's little in the public record here to second-guess.