About Affordable Home Solutions
About Us
Affordable Home Solutions is a roofing contractor in Falls Church, Virginia, founded in 2021 by owner Kyle Dotson, serving homeowners across Northern Virginia and suburban Maryland.
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(301) 861-7445
Licensed VA Class A #2705084385 · MHIC #142051 · Insured
Our story
Why I Started Affordable Home Solutions
I grew up here in the DMV. I've been on roofs since 2017.
I started Affordable Home Solutions in 2021 because I kept seeing the same thing happen to homeowners: companies competing on price, cutting corners on materials, chasing the sale with no pride in the work they were selling. I left my first company because I got sick of watching my boss shortchange people to pad his profits. I just wanted to give people a roof they could count on. That's still the whole idea. We've grown, and we've put roofs on more than a thousand homes across the DMV, but only because we do the job right and tell people the truth.
I still get something out of driving through a neighborhood and seeing our work on a house. This is my community. These are my neighbors, and this is my way of giving back.
I truly believe what makes us different is that we care about the people we work with and the homes we work on.
- Roofs installed
- 1,500+
- In the trade
- Since 2017
- Founded
- 2021
- Team
- 30+
Our mission
Restoring Homes and Building Futures
We don't treat people like numbers. That goes for the homeowner paying for the roof and the crew installing it.
For the homeowner
Somebody's Biggest Investment
Your house is the most expensive thing you'll ever own, and the roof is what keeps the rest of it dry. So we tell you the truth about what it needs, and we show up when it matters. If there's a storm coming in tonight and you've got water getting in, we'll come out and stop it. We're not checking first whether you signed anything.
For the crew
A Career Somebody Can Count On
Our crews get steady work and they get paid on time, which sounds like a low bar until you've spent a season in this trade. Everyone here is somebody we're responsible for developing. When a laborer comes to us green, our job is to hand him the skill and the tools to support his family, and to make this a place worth staying.
We genuinely believe in helping people. A little kindness goes a long way.
How we quote
What Happens at Your Kitchen Table?
You get two complete roofs to choose between, priced, in writing, in one sitting, and you get them the same day we inspect. One take-it-or-leave-it number isn't a choice, it's a price with an ultimatum attached. Even when insurance has already approved the claim you still see both, because the approved scope is a budget and not a decision about your house.
Standard
A complete TAMKO Heritage system
A full tear-off, the deck inspected and repaired, and every component a roof system needs. Not the cheap version of the roof, the shorter-warranty version of the same roof, and it is usually the one that lines up with what an insurance claim already approved.
Platinum
A matched TAMKO Titan XT system
Every component made by TAMKO and matched to the shingle, which is what qualifies the roof for a 160 mph wind warranty, 50 years of material coverage, and 25 years of workmanship coverage that TAMKO stands behind rather than us. It transfers with the house for 20 years.
Both of them start in your attic
We inspect the attic and measure what intake and exhaust the roof actually has before we price anything, because most manufacturer warranties are void if the ventilation is undersized. That's not an upsell. Where the numbers don't work we add the vents and soffit to fix it, and we show you why. More on how attic ventilation works and on what separates the two packages.
Payment structure is a separate conversation from which roof you want. See roof financing options.
What we are best at
We Overturn Denied Roof Claims, and Almost Nobody Here Does
In Texas, working a public adjuster is routine and every roofer knows how. In Virginia and Maryland it's not. There are only a handful of public adjusters in these two states who take roof claims at all, and most roofing companies here have no relationship with any of them. We work with one of the biggest, and we've got an appraisal process that we run on claims other people have already given up on.
So when we knock on a door and the homeowner tells us they've been denied three times, we're usually able to get it overturned and approved. Partial approvals are the same story: a carrier approves one slope and declines the rest, and we document the declined slopes and get the scope corrected so you're not left with half a new roof. If the approval still doesn't cover the whole job, we finance the difference.
None of that changes what I said above. Insurance is a way to pay for a roof. If your roof simply wore out, no carrier owes you a new one, and we'll tell you that instead of filing a claim that goes on your record and pays for nothing.
Credentials
Licensed in Both States, Certified by the Manufacturer
TAMKO Diamond is the one worth understanding. TAMKO is one of the six major shingle manufacturers, and it names Diamond contractors by invitation: we are one of three in Virginia and one of five in Maryland. That certification is what lets us back a qualifying system with up to a 50-year material warranty and a 25-year workmanship warranty. It's not a badge we bought.
MHIC #142051
Maryland Home Improvement Commission
VA Class A Contractor #2705084385
Virginia DPOR
TAMKO Diamond Contractor
TAMKO Building Products
GAF Certified Contractor
GAF
Owens Corning Preferred Contractor
Owens Corning
BBB Accredited, A+ Rating
Better Business Bureau
Virginia requires every Class A contractor to designate a licensed qualified individual, so our Class A license is held through our designated license holder instead of in the company name. That's how the Commonwealth structures the license. Look up #2705084385 and it's us.
The team
Big Enough That Someone Answers
We run over 30 salespeople and a full back office out of Falls Church, and that exists for one unglamorous reason: your call gets answered by a person. Roofing is a trade where the most common complaint isn't the workmanship, it's that nobody ever called back. Our office phones are staffed Monday through Friday and our crews run Monday through Saturday.
The size shows up in the schedule too. Most roofs go on in 3 to 5 days from contract to final walkthrough, one-day installs are available on qualifying homes, and we tarp the same night when water is actually coming in, because stopping the water is a different job from fixing the roof and it shouldn't wait on an estimate.
Our office
6402 Arlington Blvd, Suite #1030, Falls Church, VA 22042
(301) 861-7445Straight answers
Work We Turn Down
A contractor who says yes to everything is telling you he needs the work more than he knows the work. Three things we say no to, so you find out here instead of on the phone.
- Flat residential roofs
- Almost always a row house with several layers already on it. It's not the work we're set up to do well, so we don't take it. Flat commercial is different, and we do that.
- Washington, DC proper and Baltimore City
- We work the suburbs on both sides of the Potomac. That's where our crews are, and it's where we can hold a schedule.
- Gutter repair
- We install gutters and leaf protection, usually alongside a roof. Repairing somebody else's run is a different trade and we'll say so.
- Roof repair
- We replace roofs, we don't patch them. If your roof has life left we'll tell you that for free and point you elsewhere for the repair. Storm and hail damage is the exception, because that runs through an insurance claim and it is work we do.
Where we work
Both Sides of the Potomac, One Crew
We hold licenses in Virginia and Maryland, which is what lets us run the whole DMV out of one Falls Church office instead of one side of the river. Same inspection, same warranty, same crews, whichever county you're in.
- Fairfax County, VA
- Loudoun County, VA
- Prince William County, VA
- Montgomery County, MD
- Prince George's County, MD
Our people, in their words
Homeowners Remember Who Showed Up
In our Google reviews, homeowners name the person. Brock, Kevin, Rama, Ross, Lukas. That's not something a company can ask for.
We had our roof replaced last month by AHS and the process was great. Kevin Diaz came out and did a great job with the initial roof inspection and walk through of the process. Rama did a fantastic job with explaining the options and costs and getting everything setup and then keeping on top of everything. The crew was friendly and professional and did an excellent job with the install and the cleanup. Finally, Lukas Turner was great with the post install inspection and walkaround.
Just completed the final process for a new roof constructed by AHS. I was thoroughly impressed with AHS’s personnel specifically Brock Doctson. He took us through the entire process from talking to the insurance company to physically coming to the house for payment when needed. He explained the entire process in great detail and was very attentive in following up and answering any questions. AHS should be very proud of his work ethic. Will recommend this company to anyone.
We just got our roof repaired with Affordable Home Solutions and we love our new roof. Ross came to our house to look at our roof and immediately told us to get in contact with our insurance while he was there. Throughout the process he was always checking in about the status and was patient with us as well. We had a leak one night and I let him know, next day he was covering the roof with a tarp where the leak was coming from.
Ready for a Free Roof Inspection?
We inspect the roof and the attic, document what we find, and put both packages in writing the same day. No cost, and no obligation to book anything. Still have questions? The common questions homeowners ask us first are answered on our home page.