On Lafayette Square's Second Empire townhomes, the mansard's steep face, the transition to the flat roof behind it, the built-in (box) gutters, and the decorative cornice are the usual leak points — water finds the seams in ornamental metal and old flat-roof membrane long before the slate face fails. These are details a generalist can miss. Routed routes your request to a verified city pro experienced with historic mansard and flat-roof combinations, so the repair targets the real entry point.

The target is under 60 seconds from submission to the introduction call. Your Lafayette Square request routes to one verified St. Louis city contractor exclusively — there is no shared lead pool or dispatch lag. The pro who calls is the only one who received the request. It is a real callback target rather than a guarantee, since live conditions vary, but the exclusivity is what keeps a Lafayette Square repair request from sitting in a marketplace pile after you submit.

It can for anything street-visible. Lafayette Square has strong local historic standards, so exterior repairs to slate, cornices, and ornamental metal are typically done in-kind to preserve the look, and your matched pro plans accordingly. Hidden flat-roof and gutter repairs proceed normally. The verified contractor pulls any required City of St. Louis permit and knows the district's expectations. Hidden work — flat-roof membrane, flashing, and gutter repairs behind a parapet — is generally not street-visible and proceeds normally, while the matched Lafayette Square pro pulls any required City of St. Louis permit and plans visible work to preserve the home's character.

Yes to both. Routed is free for Lafayette Square homeowners; the contractor pays for the introduction. Every network contractor is verified for active general liability insurance and applicable license and permit compliance before receiving requests. Missouri issues no statewide contractor license, so City permitting is the relevant check. Routed does not background-check contractors and does not claim to. There is also no membership, booking, or markup fee from Routed of any kind — the entire cost of the Lafayette Square repair is whatever you and the matched pro agree to directly, and you are free to decline that quote.

No. One verified contractor receives your Lafayette Square request, and Routed never resells your number. One submission, one purposeful callback. If you submit twice from the same phone and ZIP within 24 hours, the requests merge into the original, so you will not get duplicate calls. This is the core difference from national lead marketplaces, which resell a single form fill to several contractors and turn your number into weeks of competing sales calls — your Lafayette Square repair request simply never enters that market.