One of the roofing companies I contacted might just email me an estimate without seeing the roof?? [View all]

Is this common? I mean, wouldn't they need to measure and talk about types of shingles?? I guess they could get an idea of the area from looking up info on the house but I specifically said I need someone to take a look at the condition of the roof to see if I can go ahead a book the work but wait until Spring.

I have one roofer coming by for an estimate, tomorrow. I let this company know when the other one would be here, to avoid both showing up at the same time. Momentary silence, and then she asked me to be sure to NOT make a decision until I speak with their estimator, and she will let him know I'm getting other estimates. Then she said she didn't know if their guy would be coming by, or just emailing the estimate. He'd call or email to let me know. Weird. Doesn't seem like it would take that much time.

Both places have been in the area for years and have great reputations. I've already used one for other home improvement work so they do have a bit of an edge because I want to see if I can get some other stuff done, and maybe get a bundle discount.