First, let me start by saying, I was a huge fan of Genco. I was a customer at the retail store frequently, recommended them to many people, and used them to service my pool (close it at year end, water issues, etc) many times.
With that, I will NEVER step foot in this facility again and they will never receive a further dime from me for anything related to my pool after this project. I chose them to install a new liner, a variable speed pump, LED light and converted my pool to salt water. It was one of the worst experiences with a contractor we've had.
I signed the initial contract on April 30th, had the liner picked out by May 3rd, and the project not fully completed until the 1st week of June. Up until the end of May, being generous, the company was only at our house for probably a total of 10 hours, before the bulk of any work was started. Where I made a mistake, I signed the contract with no time frames/completion dates listed on the contract.
Once the work did start, the communication was terrible. I was the one initiating the conversation as to what is going to happen and when, and when did I need to be home when the work started. Starting on a Tuesday, I was told they'd be there Wednesday. Tuesday night, received a text that they couldn't make it Wednesday, but they'd be there Thursday. Same thing Wednesday night and was then told Friday was a lock. I communicated that I would stay home from work and was assured they'd be there Friday. Friday morning by 9.30, after I already took a day off of work, was informed that they couldn't make it. I had to make arrangements to work from home the following Monday when work was transpiring.
I was provided multiple excuses as to why our project had been delayed, but frankly, it wasn't my problem. I would've been fine knowing that the project would take over a month, but there was no communication about time frames and expectations were never set or met. The person in charge of the project was frequently condescending towards myself and my wife, and even referring to my wife as 'outright rude' in a text message. Questions we posed were usually met with some form of attitude like we were inconveniencing them for even asking. One of the employees that came out frequently finally admitted to my wife that he was not a technician, but he was a pool designed; admitting that his job was to be at a computer designing pools.
Once the liner was finally installed and the pool filled, we had the new LED light pop out of the niche and float to the top of the pool. They came and fixed it, and literally the next day it popped out again. The pictures included look like they're the same picture, but they're from two different days.
After the second time the light was fixed, the liner lock started to pop out. The came to fix the liner lock, but it continues to need to be reset as it's popping out all around the pool.
When all the new hardware was finally installed (pump, salt system, control panel, and light control), the wiring is literally just laying all around the equipment with no type of cable management done, which I will go back and neaten up.
At the end of the day, I have zero confidence in the quality of work that was preformed. Once we started to get in the pool, we noticed multiple areas in the shallow end where there seems to be large rocks under the liner, which is very concerning. Considering the cost of this project, I feel we were not given the appropriate attention from this company.
I will never use Genco again and I will never recommend this establishment again. Even though some of the warranty on the work/hardware would be from Genco, I will pay another company if I run into issues in the future as opposed to take advantage of the warranty from Genco. read more