Shepherd & Sons Roofing in Virginia

Shepherd & Sons Roofing in Virginia

Shepherd & Sons Roofing has been putting shingles on Virginia homes since 1996, long before most storm-chasing outfits had figured out which interstate exit to take. Bill Shepherd runs the company from the same address he’s had for twenty-nine years, and when you call, a live person picks up - even at 10 p.m. on a Saturday after hail has torn through your neighborhood. As part of the Locally family, every Shepherd & Sons job carries our guarantee: the owner’s name, a published address, and a license number you can verify before anyone sets foot on your ladder. The price Bill quotes on the phone is the price on the invoice. No surprises, no out-of-state plates, no voicemail loops.

Why Virginia Homeowners Choose Shepherd & Sons Roofing

Virginia weather does not give you a warning. One March afternoon the sky is clear, and by evening you’ve got oak branches through your ridge vent and water staining the bedroom ceiling. That’s when the trucks with Georgia and Florida plates start circling, knocking on doors with clipboards and a sense of urgency that has nothing to do with your roof.

Bill Shepherd has seen this cycle repeat for nearly three decades. He started Shepherd & Sons Roofing in 1996, and he’s been at the same shop ever since. His sons work the crew with him, background-checked and uniformed, and when Bill says he’ll be there himself, he means it. Here’s my cell, he tells people. I live twenty minutes away. Ask anyone on your street.

The 90-Day Done Right Promise is not a slogan on a magnet. It’s in writing on every roofing job, and it works like this: if something isn’t right, one call brings Bill back. No charge for that. He’s not routing you through a call center in another time zone or sending a subcontractor you’ve never met. The same person who answered your phone call is the same person who climbs up to check the flashing.

Bill publishes his license number and his address because he wants you to look them up. That’s the whole point. He installs GAF, CertainTeed, Owens Corning, IKO, Atlas, Tamko, and Boral - name the shingle and his crew has likely set it - but the product matters less than the accountability. A shingle warranty is only as good as the company standing behind it, and Bill Shepherd has been standing in the same place since before half these manufacturers changed their product lines.

He also offers something the storm chasers never will: a free second opinion on any written estimate, no-hassle upfront pricing, and no trip charge inside his own county. So you know the number before anyone touches your roof. For homeowners who have already been burned once by a phone quote that tripled at the door, this is not a nice-to-have. It’s the reason they call.

Backed by the Locally Family

Locally started in 1997 with a retired county extension agent named Ward Selby, who got tired of hearing the same story: out-of-state truck, wrong price, disconnected number. He wrote down what you could actually verify in five minutes - local area code, real address, owner’s name, license number - and made that the entire standard. We named the company for the word homeowners say out loud when they’re deciding whether to trust you.

Every Locally company lives by the L.O.C.A.L. code: Local roots, On time, Community first, Accountable, Loyal. For Shepherd & Sons Roofing, that means Bill’s sons are on your roof, his neighbors are his crew, and he’s going to see you again at the hardware store on Saturday. The Locally guarantee applies to every job across Virginia - the person who answers the phone is the person who shows up, and the price he says is the price you pay. No guessing who is accountable. Bill Shepherd puts his name on the work, and he answers his own phone.