I recently bought a property that I share a shed with the guy next door; There is a wall that separates the two sheds, but they share a roof, and apparently the previous owner of my side was a cheapo; I observed that the shed roof had been redone but only one side of it had been updated.
The friend had a sweet, gray shingle roof! My side had an ugly, ancient brown shingle that was coming off in locations.
I talked to the friend about updating the entire roof. The guy had just paid for a new one 4 years ago… He didn’t want to do it again. I didn’t want to have one side be slightly ancient plus one side be brand new, what about when the guy wanted to update again? Mine would be totally new. I decided to just replace the entire roof of the shed. It was a shed after all, not an entire house. The cost of the whole roof wasn’t bad. The only snag was getting the friend to agree on a roof with me. The guy of course was totally good with super lavish, high end opportunities for no cash. I had to find a way for him to meet me in the middle of a more reasonable cost. I ended up picking a moderately priced shingle roof that is a black. It looks way better now that the roof is all updated plus new; Now the two of us share a solid roof all the way through. I entirely wish my nice friend and I didn’t share a shed. It is kind of discouraging that stuff like this I need his permission for.