We hired this guy a year ago. He gave my husband a quote of $150 but when he came over , because of the trees overlying the pool, he decided it was $180. My husband immediately saw this guy for what he was and wanted me to ditch him but I was wanting to get our green pool in shape in time for summer. This guy gave this whole speech about how detailed he was and how things would be completely dialed in. I should have listened to my husband.
So many red flags ... The guy wanted $500 to clear our green pool which I thought was a bit much but I paid it. I also was taken aback by his demand that we have to buy our own chlorine tabs on top of what we'd be paying for the pool service which , granted , we only had 2 other pool services , we have NEVER been asked to do. I stupidly had offered use of the chemicals we had and he WILLINGLY took that but didn't reimburse us for this , but you can make absolutely certain that he CHARGED US A PRORATED SERVICE FEE and double charged us. When I pay leslie's pool time to clean my green pool , they don't charge an additional fee. Then he charged me an additional $75 for spring conditioning which was never told me he was going to do.
We also asked him to fix our pool shark. We paid $270 for the replacement parts of the sweep. After the repair , we noticed the attachment point of the shark to the pool was bubbling, indicating a leak. We told him about this so he came on our usual service day ( when we'd expect him to do the cleaning ) and spent 15 minutes reattaching the shark connection correctly. Now the important thing was this was the day he would have normally cleaned. I don't think he realized my sister and I were watching him. Did he do ANY sweeping ?? NO . Not only did he not do the sweeping of the pool but he charged me $20 labor for fixing what should have been fixed to begin with . Why would you not do the sweeping and have the nerve to charge labor ? Especially since the shark was leaking because he didn't connect correctly ? I was DONE by then and fired him after only one month. I could not WAIT to get rid of him.
Now you might be thinking , who is this Karen who is writing this a year later especially when he has so many 5 stars . This guy from THE FIRST WEEK was BEGGING me to write a review on yelp. He would text me again and again asking me to do a review. Number one, how am I going to review you after only one week? I also had a feeling that this guy was really overcharging me and I knew I was going to fire him anyway so I wanted to wait . If you're wondering why he has all these 5 stars, this dude actually offered me $10 to do a review. I have the receipts if you want to see. I feel like he thinks people will be too embarrassed to tell their truth. This review has been on my to do list for some time because I wouldn't feel right if he continues to overcharge and not do the work he is paid to do. So please, if you think he is overcharging you , he probably is. Our new pool service is amazing ! There is no nickel and diming and they do a great job. We pay the same rate , they come and do the pool and even give us a chemical report. And guess what, we're not expected to provide our own chlorine tabs . What a scam. read more