What if the HOA denies my chosen material?

Ask for the specific provision the denial relies on and what would be approved. Boards usually can tell you the acceptable range, which is what you then send to contractors.

Can the association require a specific contractor?

It depends on your governing documents and on whether the roof is common area. Ask the board to cite the provision.

Getting an Orange County HOA to approve your roof

In much of Orange County, the roof decision involves a board. Doing the steps in the right order keeps you from paying for a roof nobody approved.

Establish who is responsible

In attached condominium projects the roof is frequently common area and the association's obligation. In detached planned developments it is often the owner's. Your CC&Rs answer this, and the answer changes who pays.

Submit before you sign

Architectural approval of material, profile, and colour usually has to come before work begins. Signing a contract first can commit you to a product the board rejects.

Quote against the approved specification

Once you know what is permitted, have every contractor bid that exact specification. Otherwise you are comparing products you cannot actually install.

Build approval time into the schedule

Review cycles take weeks. A contract with a start date before approval lands is a scheduling problem you will pay for.

Frequently asked

What if the HOA denies my chosen material?: Ask for the specific provision the denial relies on and what would be approved. Boards usually can tell you the acceptable range, which is what you then send to contractors.
Can the association require a specific contractor?: It depends on your governing documents and on whether the roof is common area. Ask the board to cite the provision.

Written by Frankly's consultant, who has spent 10+ years in the roofing industry and now reviews estimates for homeowners only — no roofing work is sold here.

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