This guys real name is David M. Bishop. It seems that he may only be using his first and middle name "David Michael" in an attempt to mislead, given the reputation "David Bishop" has in the Austin area. We signed a contract with him in July 2019, one year later, in July 2020 our pool project wasn't even halfway finished and our yard was a disaster. In October 2019 he collected from us a very large periodic payment advance. After October 2019 through July 2020, he would have people come work on our project on average once every 6 weeks or so. Many times only doing a couple hours of work. In the meantime, $4387 worth of Travertine was removed from our driveway without our permission which we paid him upfront for. Apparently, he invoiced and collected from us, but never paid the supplier (SCP). Initially we believed his excuses about why his subs weren't showing up until we were able to make contact directly with his subs. In most cases they told us they were not showing up because David didn't pay them for the work they already completed on our pool. Given no work was getting done, we had no choice but to move on after a year. Which left us with a significant amount of work and materials we paid him for, that he did not complete. Our contract with him was under the name David Bishop Custom Pools. Based on our research he creates new business names regularly, such as Blue Grotto Pools. Seemingly to escape his reputation. If for some reason after your research you are contemplating using him to do your pool, I highly recommend not paying him ANY money upfront and paying his subs directly. Only pay him as stages are completed and hold back a significant % until full completion and inspection. Make sure you have a good lawyer to structure your contract accordingly. I just saw this website today, it is clear that many others have had a similar experience as me. http://donothiredavidbishop.com. I have no affiliation with this site and don't know the author, but it reflects my experience and others who have told me their first hand experience with David Bishop. read more