We just finished our pool on June 5 2023 with Barr Pool and the experience was great!
We had 4 companies bid out our pool and the prices varied by about $20,000. Barr was not the cheapest but not the even close to the most expensive pool builder. So why did we pick Barr Pool? When we met with Mark (Owner) compared to the other companies you feel like you are being treated by someone who cares about the service and large investment you are about to make. He is the owner and it is a local family business. Mark fielded our numerous questions during the quote process and during the design/layout phase, he was extremely knowledgably and he did not try to pressure us to upgrade if not needed (2 of the 4 other companies tried to have us purchase unneeded products). The Barr Team was responsive, timely, and professional during the entire process. This is a long process but worth it. You have the waiting list phase (ours was 10 long months), the staging phase (bring equipment over to our house about 1 month), and construction phase (8 Weeks). Mark told us up front that they will show up and complete the work needed and then bounce but they stuck to the agreed timeline.
There are 3 different teams I worked with during the construction. Mark (Main POC and general contractor), Walter and Manuel they did majority of the detailed work. The framing, electrical, gas, hooking up all the equipment, anything major going into the pool these two accomplished and did above the bar outstanding work. The concrete/excavation crew was done by Simon's concrete and when they showed up big things happened. We went from grass in our yard to a dirt hole the size of our pool with the initial framing in 8 hours, 20 yards of concrete in a 8 hours, a team of 6 people that worked some hard labor and exceeded at it. The only negative was they left my yard a mess with the excess concrete dumped in the corner. I addressed this with mark and it was taken care of immediately.
As of today we are one week into the pool being finished, 3 pool parties completed, and we are completely happy with the outcome of the pool and with the selection of Barr Pools. I have referred 3 people to them and would highly recommend them if you are considering building a pool. I will do an end of season update of this review in October. If you have any questions or comments shoot me an email and I will be happy to talk more in depth with you.
Cheers! Josh read more
