I hired Cole's Pool Service in June of 2017 to service my pool weekly. My payments were always made on time thru 89 months of payment (over 7 years). This company primarily consists of father, mother, and son. Most of my interactions was with the son, who I never had issue with. But as far as the parents there came a situation they did not want to take responsibility for that I will explain in detail. In April of 2021I paid Cole's to acid wash my pool and replace my filter. During the acid wash, the pool was drained, requiring the unscrewing of the cap located at the deep end of the pool. Once the procedure was complete, the cap was supposed to be screwed back on. Prior to the acid wash, the son would occasionally vacuum the bottom of the pool without incident. But the first time he used the vacuum after the acid wash, the lid immediately came off. At that time I believed they had forgotten to screw it back on. I frequently asked the son when someone would be out to screw it back on, and usually was told to call his father, which I did several times. In August 2023 I asked Directv to relocate my dish from my roof to the side of my house, which happened to be where my pool equipment, including the filter, was as I was having a new roof installed and I did not want the dish on the new roof. During the move of the dish Directv dropped something onto the lid of the filter, damaging it. In September 2023 I requested Cole's to give me an invoice to replace the lid of the filter. I received that invoice on September 27th, 2023. I sent the claim to Directv to cover the cost of the damage. I received a check from Directv 3 weeks later and informed Coles I was ready to have the lid replaced.
From April 2021 thru November of 2024 I attempted numerous times to have the lid in the pool screwed back in. In September of 2024 I started calling the dad on a weekly basis, and got nothing but excuses. He first told me he would be out the following Tuesday or Wednesday and never showed. I called him to ask what happened and he said things came up but he would be there next week. Again he was a no show. So I called again, and he apologized and said he would be out next week. For the 3rd time there was a no show, and I again called him and he said there was an illness in the family and he'd schedule someone to come out the following week. For the 4th time no one showed. I called to ask him what was going on and he acted surprised saying he had set up a contractor to come out and fix the problem. And for the 5th time no one showed. The final straw came when he said he would put in a 2nd request with the contractor to come to my house, and for the 6th time no one showed. I had been more then patient and finally decided to hire another company to come out and fix the problem. They came out on November 7th and discovered the lid wasn't just unscrewed, the part that the screws went into was broken. It was clear that the father of Cole's knew this part was broken, and was just putting it off because of this. So I had to pay $274.59 to repair the issue. Once I had the invoice, I texted the dad to inform him of the issues, and told him I would need a check to reimburse me for the repairs. I also let him know I could provide a copy of the invoice if he would like it. He never responded. So I decided the only way I'd get reimbursed was to withhold monthly payments until that debt was satisfied. So I made no payments for 3 months. And the 4th month I made a partial payment on my bill, which is where the mother comes in. She handles the billing and called me to ask why I short paid my February bill. I let her know about the damages and the need to be reimbursed and that I hadn't made a payment the previous 3 months, which she was totally unaware of. At that point she asked me why they would be responsible for this repair. I again explained to her because it was their company that caused the damage. And this is why I referenced Directv. She said they had helped me getting an invoice to get reimbursed for the damage to my filter and that I came out ahead getting $350.00 and the invoice was only $274.59. I asked her what she was talking about, that I received the $350 for them to replace the lid on the filter, which they never did. She then said her husband made the decision I would not need to replace the lid because the damage wasn't going to cause any problem with my filters operation. I was livid that he would decide for a homeowner what he thought was best. I told her that money had nothing to do with the pool damage. She said she would call me back and didn't the rest of the day. Her son was supposed to be out that day to clean my pool and never showed. So I called and left them a VM firing them. If they do this to a 7+ year client who was never late with a payment, I wouldn't trust them to do this to anyone. I told them I'd pay those past due invoices and they get off with damaging my pool at my expense. Stay away from Coles Pool read more