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I dealt with every pool contractor in Palm Springs, and with ARCHITECTUAL BLUE, the OWNER made sure that I got what I wanted, but ALWAYS told me ways to spend less money.
The outstanding thing includes that within Palm Springs there is no more historical place than Sherman's Deli, and ARCH BLUE created THAT AMAZING OUTDOOR PATIO DINING, with a watering system for the outdoor flowers and that was 100% ARCH BLUE.
And it is not just businesses or homes: ARCH BLUE handles the most water design and systems for THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS (when he is at the many mansions throughout the desert.)
I wanted a Buddhist/Zen Garden, and the owner took me to a special place hidden behind a hill of desert sand and boulders: I GOT AN OUTDOOR LIVING ROOM WITH MATCHING GRANITE CARVED LOVE SEAT, MASTER CHAIR, FIRE PIT, AND UMBRELLA HOLDER!!!!
ALL FROM THE SAME QUARRY SO THEY ALL MATCH PERFECTLY!!
THE OUTSIDE ROUGH GRANITE FITS INTO NATURE, AND THE INSIDE POLISHED SURFACE HOLDS THE HEAT WHEN THE NIGHTS ARE COLD, and a gentle cooling surface when the weather is hot.
AND THIS IS BETWEEN TWO OF MY PALM TREES THAT HAVE GROWN TWO PER SPACE, and as a retired cop my pension isn't very high for the rising costs.
AN OUTDOOR LIVING ROOM is better than the MILLIONAIRES HAVE!!!
And it is not the fault of the owner that I went over budget: I fell in love with a CARVED SMOOTH TOP GRANITE LOUNGE CHAIR. And this is a place where the owner knew my income and intervened, because the lounge was so close to matching the granite of the other four, and I am good at talking tough people into going to jail without any injury, but my negotiation skills have saved people wanting to commit suicide, which happens in 44 years of being in uniform, where my training comes from the FBI, along with bomb squad threats, and even the security for the USC/Exposition Park 1984 Olympics working with the Department of Defense (DOD) protecting athletes and overseeing 3,000 Officers!
But I hate to shop, and I can't even figure out where my J.J. Newburry underwear is BECAUSE THERE ARE ROWS OF WHITE, but WHERE ARE THE ONES THAT I GREW UP WITH????
Twice I tried Macy's, and twice I had to do returns.
The point is that I am TERRIBLE WITH SHOPPING OF ANY KIND.
AND ARCH BLUE DID THE NEGOTIATING FOR ME, AND I GOT THE LOUNGE THAT IS ONLY IN DREAMS.
I was ripped off BY TWO CONTRACTORS IN A ROW, and then ARCH BLUE and Hal Hall came and rescued me, so that when I retire there will be a place where getting stabbed and shot (and having my spine broken in FIVE PLACES) I have earned many times over.
Mr. Hall generously repaired the inside that day laborers had destroyed by a contractor who had his CSLB License removed by the organization and in court, because I work in Los Angeles and couldn't oversee the work while protecting those who protest politely and those who PRETEND to demonstrate and commit burglaries.
And Matt, the owner of ARCH BLUE created history with my infinity jacuzzi and a waterfall pool, as well as a giant space for ME TO RAISE MONEY FOR OUR MILITARY VETERANS, which I can now do after retirement, thanks to Matt and Hal Hall.
DON'T MAKE THE MISTAKE I MADE TWICE IN A ROW by contractors THAT BOTH HAD THEIR LICENSES REVOKED BY OTHERS BEFORE I COULD RECOVER ONE PENNY. (I was warned by those officers who bought homes to be careful, and I still made mistakes, WITH ONE OF THE CONTRACTORS BEING A FELLOW FIRE FIGHTER.)
LEARN from my mistakes, and use ARCHITECTURAL BLUE who did an amazing irrigation (watering) system that is automatic, and A POOL THAT IS A SPECTACLE, because each person who servicing the rich stopped to look at the amazing ENTIRE BACK YARD DESIGNED BY ARCH BLUE.
And THAT says it ALL!!!!