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Roofing contractor in Indianapolis, on the south side

Our shop is in 46227, in Perry Township. We reroof, re-side and rebuild decks in Southport, Homecroft, University Heights, Glenns Valley and Edgewood, and take calls from every part of the city.

The neighborhoods we work in most

Perry Township did not start as one place. It grew around a handful of small communities, and the houses still carry each one's era.

Southport

Southport was platted in 1852 and is still its own excluded city, with a little over 2,100 residents in 2020. Little Buck Creek runs through the north end of it.

Homecroft

Homecroft began in 1923 on 150 acres bought by Frank Gates and his son Oliver. The Homecroft Historic District, listed on the National Register in 1996, is mostly one and one-and-a-half story bungalows, Craftsman, Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival homes with brick or stone veneer. Those roofs are small and steep, with dormers and chimneys, and they reward a careful flashing job more than a fast one.

University Heights

University Heights wraps around the University of Indianapolis, roughly between Hanna, Madison, State and Lawrence avenues. It was named in 1902 and most of its houses were up by the 1960s, in the middle-class styles of the early 1900s through the 1950s.

Glenns Valley and Edgewood

Glenns Valley goes back to Archibald Glenn in the 1820s. Edgewood started out as Stop 7 on the interurban line. Both filled in during the township's big growth years, when its population nearly tripled between 1950 and 1970.

What we do here

Roofing crew working on the roof of a brick ranch house
Our crew on a brick ranch reroof in the metro.

Three ZIP codes, three ages of house

Perry Township as a whole has a median build year of 1977. Split it by ZIP and the picture gets sharper.

46227: median 1971

Our own ZIP. Half the houses here went up before 1971, which puts most of them on a second or third roof and often on original fascia. Soft decking under old shingles is a regular find.

Census ACS 2020 to 2024, table B25035

46217: median 1990

A newer slice of the township. Many of the original builder roofs from this era are now past the 20 to 30 year life a home inspectors' chart gives asphalt shingles.

Census ACS; InterNACHI life expectancy chart

46237: median 1995

The youngest of the three. These homes are reaching their first full reroof, usually along with the gutters that came with the house.

Census ACS 2020 to 2024, table B25035

Indianapolis permits, briefly

Residential permits in Marion County run through the city's Department of Business and Neighborhood Services. Its homeowner permit guide says reroofing and residing need a permit, and then lists exemptions: replacing an existing roof or siding is exempt when a contractor listed with the city does the work and follows the posting rules.

That exemption has limits. It does not cover a change in the roof's shape, a heavier roof covering, heat-applied roofing, or replacing structural members, which the guide defines as a rafter or more than 128 feet of decking. Gutter work is exempt outright, and so is a deck with no part of the floor more than 30 inches above grade.

Beech Grove and Southport are excluded cities inside the county, so we check those addresses separately rather than assuming the city rules carry over.

Recent storms near us

From the National Weather Service Indianapolis event summaries for the south side.

  • June 25, 2023: hail estimated at 1.5 inches just north of Southport.
  • May 7, 2024: quarter-size hail reported east of Southport.
  • March 30, 2025: dime-size hail at Homecroft.
  • February 19, 2026: three-quarter-inch hail east of Southport.
  • March 13, 2026: non-storm wind gusts to 62 mph at the airport, with shingles blown off homes and an apartment building in Marion County.
  • June 11, 2026: an 18-inch tree uprooted west of Homecroft.

If one of these hit your street, read how we handle storm damage claims.

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