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dpb

wrote:
Got up on my roof for the first time since I purchased a house, and
noticed that a second story "bonus room" doesn't have any shingles on
it, just a layer of asphalt. The slope of this section of roof is low,
and you can't see it from the ground. Is this normal?

No, of course not...sounds like a roofer didn't finish and may have
just missed a section since it doesn't show from the ground previous
homeowner never went up to check...

How long since you closed? What sort of disclosure/pre-closure
inspection was done? Unless you signed off as "accepted" a statement
that removes seller from obligation of full disclosure you may have
some recourse for getting that portion of the roof completed with at
least a cost share from the seller.

Unless it is actually of low enough slope to qualify as a flat roof
(which I doubt on a dwelling unless it was an addition, not original
construction), it's almost surely adequate pitch for asphalt shingles.