We would NOT recommend Michael's Pools.
We paid over 38k for a remodel, more than we had anticipated, but we kept adding features- so we paid more. I told Mike, "As long as it's done 'right'", we'll pay the money.
It wasn't. See picture. When pool was prepped for plaster, the planter adjacent to the pool was leaking through pool wall. Mike said, "Well, to do it right we'll have to take all the plants out, clean it up and seal the inside walls." "It'll be an extra $900." Okay we said. To do it right, he said.
He came over the day before his plaster crew was scheduled to check the leak, and-- albeit better, it was NOT fixed. I emailed him the night before to say we really did want to move forward until it was fixed right, and he went off, " You know, it will be ok, I've been doing this a long time, etc., etc."
So there we are, yard ripped apart.and he adds, "You, know, if you want someone else to finish the work, I'll quit right now." A threat--holding you hostage on your own project. So, he plastered OVER the wall leak the next day. I have multiple email communication supporting the fact we wanted everything done RIGHT. 38K. Now it is landscaped -and we worry about the sprinkler/bubblers, and rain - blasting water through the pool wall leak that was NEVER fixed. $900 extra.
We also paid a substantial amount of the money towards a Pentair automation system. Lighting, spa, water feature, etc. When complete, I asked him how to get going with it, programming, etc. He said, "There's a phone number in your paperwork, you need to call them." $38,000, and he can't help ?? He was NO help at all. Clueless. I then had some one from another pool company, (to do an unrelated home warranty repair) help me who was great. He even called the Pentair rep. He asked, " So you are telling me the guy who did the remodel, for all the money you must have paid, didn't set up the Pentair system?" When I told him no, he said, "Flipping " unbelievable".
Now, all said, our BIGGEST takeaway if the fact that one evening, I called Mike. Thinking I'd probably get his voicemail, he answered in anger, "Do you know what time it is !!!? " Screaming, -- I had a question about the leak. He actually used some profanity, and hung up on me. I had him on speaker on my phone-- scared my wife. Profanity. He hung up.
$38,000 +. Beware. This guy has got a Jekyll and Hyde personality. read more