history: I had a leak in my roof, that was causing major damage.  No matter what I did to the roof (including replacing), the leak continued.  Another person came out to look, and said it was because nobody checked the chimney.  He put a gutter around the stone chimney and I have had no leaks since! After a full year of trying to get a leak fixed_comma_ I got help from a neighbor's roofer_comma_ who "knew a guy."  He said the guy didn't work on roofs_comma_ so I was confused! That makes no sense.
current: Exactly!  The roofer told me that since I replaced my roof and the leak was still there, the problem had to be my fireplace chimney.  He said stone chimneys often develop leaks.  As it turns out, this chimney guy fabricates a type of gutter for chimneys to keep the water from running down the rock.  For $300 he made and installed the "gutter" on site, and I have had NO leaks!
next: That seems like a good price.