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Who does townhome and townhouse roofing in the Twin Cities?

Modern Exterior Systems (Modex) roofs townhome and townhouse associations across Minneapolis and the west metro from our Eden Prairie shop. Multi-building shingle replacement, storm-claim documentation for the whole property, and phased scheduling boards can actually approve. 10-year workmanship warranty on townhome and association scope. MN License #BC762305. NRCA Member #1016569.

Updated August 2026 · Reviewed by Joe Dvorak, Owner, Modern Exterior Systems

Multi-family townhome buildings in the Twin Cities metro

How is townhouse roofing different from a single-family roof?

A townhome roof is the same shingle system as a house — the difference is everything around it. One roof plane usually covers four to eight units, so a single leak involves several owners and a board. Shared walls mean fire-separation walls run up through the deck and have to be flashed and maintained correctly. Staging is tighter, driveways are shared, and every unit needs notice before crews arrive.

That's why we quote associations differently than we quote a house. The roof work is familiar; the coordination is the job.

The three things associations get wrong most often

  • Roofing one building at a time for years. It feels responsible and it costs more. Materials, mobilization, and staging price better across a property, and mismatched shingle lots become visible from the street when buildings go on years apart.
  • Filing a storm claim building by building. Damage from one hail event should be documented across the whole property at once. Splitting it invites inconsistent adjuster outcomes on identical roofs.
  • Approving a lump-sum bid. A board can't defend a number it can't break apart. Ask for line items by building, and ask what happens if deck rot turns up once the old shingles are off — that's the change order that surprises associations.

Where the roof usually fails first on a townhome

Valleys between units, the fire-wall flashing at unit lines, and the low-slope entry or garage bump-outs that many Twin Cities townhome designs use. Those bump-outs are often a different system than the main roof — sometimes membrane over a pitched shingle field — and they're the detail a single-family roofer misses. We look at those first.

How does pricing work for an HOA or townhome association?

There isn't one format, and any contractor who quotes you a flat per-unit number before walking the property is guessing. How we structure a bid depends on the management company, the reserve study, whether insurance is involved, and how the association wants to phase the work. We've bid the same size property four different ways for four different boards.

What we hold constant is the format of the paperwork: line items by building, a written scope your property manager can circulate, and a stated position on deck rot before the tear-off starts — not after.

What we need to price it

  • Building count and unit count per building
  • Whether this is a reserve-funded replacement, a storm claim, or a repair
  • Who signs — board, property manager, or both — and what your approval calendar looks like
  • Any prior roof work, and whether original shingle documentation still exists

Warranty on association work

Townhome and association scope carries a 10-year workmanship warranty, plus the manufacturer's material warranty on the shingle system. That's different from our single-family residential work, which carries a lifetime workmanship warranty. Multi-unit buildings see different traffic, different ownership turnover, and different maintenance patterns, so we scope the warranty to match. We'd rather state that plainly up front than have a board discover it in year twelve.

If hail is the reason you're reading this

The association files its own claim — we don't file it for you and we don't negotiate with your carrier. What we do is document the damage across every building at once so your adjuster sees one consistent record instead of a dozen unrelated inspections. Our hail damage guide and Twin Cities hail history cover which storms hit which zones, which matters when a board is trying to establish a date of loss.

Townhome and association roofing questions

Modern Exterior Systems (Modex) roofs townhome and townhouse associations across Minneapolis and the west metro from our Eden Prairie shop — multi-building shingle replacement, storm-claim documentation across the whole property, and phased scheduling. Association scope carries a 10-year workmanship warranty plus the manufacturer's material warranty. MN License #BC762305, NRCA Member #1016569.

There is no single per-unit number, and any bid quoted before walking the property is a guess. Pricing depends on building count, roof pitch and complexity, whether the work is reserve-funded or a storm claim, and how the association wants to phase it. What stays constant is the format: line items by building, a written scope your property manager can circulate, and a stated position on deck rot before tear-off rather than after.

Townhome and association scope carries a 10-year workmanship warranty plus the manufacturer's material warranty on the shingle system. That differs from our single-family residential work, which carries a lifetime workmanship warranty. Multi-unit buildings see different traffic, ownership turnover, and maintenance patterns, so the warranty is scoped to match.

Doing one building a year feels responsible and usually costs more. Materials, mobilization, and staging all price better across a property, and shingle lots drift over time — buildings roofed years apart can read as mismatched from the street. Phasing still makes sense when reserves require it; the point is to phase deliberately rather than by default.

Yes. We bid to whatever format the management company and board need, and we've structured the same size property several different ways depending on who signs and what the approval calendar looks like. Tell us who signs, when the board meets, and whether this is reserve-funded, insurance, or repair, and we'll match the paperwork to that process.

Valleys between units, the fire-separation wall flashing at unit lines, and the low-slope entry or garage bump-outs common in Twin Cities townhome designs. Those bump-outs are often a different system than the main roof — sometimes membrane over a pitched shingle field — and they're the detail a single-family roofer overlooks. We inspect those first.

Get a written scope your board can actually vote on

Free property assessment. We walk every building, photograph the roofs and the flashing details, and send a line-item scope by building — something a property manager can circulate and a board can compare against other bids. No pressure. No same-day close.

Aerial view of Twin Cities multi-family townhome buildings
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