It’ s a bit of an obstacle to get to Seminole County resident Steve Mosley’s front door because the back of his roof is now blocking it.

He says that around noon on Thursday, wind gusts blew his 20-year-old metal roof from the back of the house to the front.

What You Need To Know

  • The homeowner says his roof survived three hurricanes

  • Experts say the average life expectancy of a metal roof is 40 to 50 years

  • Insurance Agents say to be cautious of companies and contractors coming to your home unannounced

“It’s been through three hurricanes, and didn’t have any problems at all,” he said, standing between his front door and the roof, which was hovering behind him.

His neighbors homes came out of the storm unscathed, if you don't count picking up pieces of Mosley's roof from their yards,

All he could say Thursday afternoon was, “weird.”

With hurricane season fast approaching, down trees and roof damage will not be uncommon during storms. Great Florida Insurance of Apopka owner Steve Gensolin says homeowners should be cautious on who approaches your home following a bad storm if damage did happen.

“If there’s companies that pop in when there’s a storm and pops out when they are gone, if something goes wrong you are going to have a really tough time getting it fixed or remedied,” Gensolin said.

Which is why he urges people to go through their insurance agents if their homes suffer any significant storm damage. 

The Mosley’s are already seeing visitors.

“I have had a couple roofers come by already,” Mosley said, as a roofer drops a card in his mailbox. “They say the metal might be hard to get right now. So they said it will take longer to get a metal roof put back on then shingles.”

Mosley said he is talking to his insurance agent and getting his claim started. 

With debris all across the yard and some water now leaking in the house, this he said he was still optimistic.

“Well, we are just happy we can stay here first of all,” Mosley said. "The second thing isl, it could have been worse.”

Florida's hurricane season — which starts on June 1 — is about seven weeks away.

With home sales soaring and prices on materials constantly rising, Gensolin suggested that it may be worth increasing insurance coverage to match the property value of a home, that was if major damage occurs during a storm, it will be fully covered.