Thomas Burke Roofing & Gutters

A roofing business that traces its start to 1941 is unusual in any trade, and that is what the BBB has on file for Thomas Burke Roofing & Gutters — a Wakefield sole proprietorship, seven employees, run by Thomas Burke and also trading as Burke Roofing. The work spans the full roof: asphalt shingle, flat and rubber systems, plus gutters, siding, skylights and roof ventilation. Ice dam and snow removal are on the list too, which is the kind of winter call a North Shore homeowner actually makes. BBB has graded it A+ and the company has held accreditation there since 1996. The written customer record, though, is slim — three reviews across two sources, none of them dated. What they consistently describe is punctual crews, work finished in the window quoted, and jobs documented with before-and-after photos. One reviewer also described waiting roughly a month to get a start date. That scheduling lag is the thing to plan around rather than a reason to look elsewhere: for a non-urgent reroof or gutter job, ask early where you sit in the queue and get the start date in writing. Given how few written accounts exist, ask for two or three recent Wakefield-area references as well.