I think it's common now for contractors, roofers, etc. to charge exhorbatant prices, period. There seems to be less people around as time goes on, that are willing to do hard work and get dirty. Subsequently, such work is bringing a premium.
In your case, I don't know. Much depends if your roof has to be stripped, how many layers it has on it already, if it needs new sheathing, etc.
My son needed a roof on my old farm house that he now owns. I advised him to go with steel. He had a guy give him an estimate of a little over $12,000. I went over and measured it and the materials-cost came to $2800. Two guys could of easily done the job in four days. Seems that comes to approx. 64 man-hours - and amounts to $143 per hour - per man. Pretty good pay. Maybe I need to get back in the business. He got two other esimates, and both were around the same - including one from Home Depot that was the highest. I finally went over and helped him do it. Took us a couple of weeks, on and off since we couldn't spend full days on it.
When I was in the business, the highest contractors usually bid jobs as 1/3, 1/3, 1/3. Basically, 1/3 cost of materials, 1/3 labor, and 1/3 gravy. Even with that - a $2800 materials-job ought to cost $8400, not $12,000.
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