STAY AWAY FROM ABOVE & BEYOND POOLS in NAPLES! The hurricane flooded our pool, ruined the…read moreequipment. We had used Above and Beyond pools to clean and maintain our pool. After the hurricane we had them do repairs at a cost of $15,104.78 to "completely drain, sanitize and refill the pool", replace the gas heater, motor pump, salt system, screenlogic pool control, and spa switch and paid them in full.
The day they were scheduled to do that work (Dec. 12, 2022) we had a medical emergency so we were not able to be here. We were never provided photos of the work done, or the condition of the pool - when it was emptied, or when it was refilled. I asked if sanitizing is the same as acid washing and still have not heard from them.
In Feb I fired A&B pools from maintaining my pool because they were not doing a good job - it looked bad, the tech never showed up half of the time, and one time when I did have contact with him he said he couldn't vacuum the pool because his equipment was broken. My husband felt sorry for the guy even though there were problems with A&B; the tech said he was going to be fired, which he was in January.
Collier County Utilities contacted me in March because of our extremely high water usage (since December 188k gallons!) Had a plumber check the entire house for leaks, and a landscaper check the yard and sprinklers - both were fine.
My builder checked the auto fill - which A&B pool neglected to check and it was badly broken and constantly running - so that was a major part of the water problem. Then had the auto filler replaced by a new pool company who also replaced the leaking filter - something else A&B neglected to take care of. The pool is badly stained and that should have been corrected with the cleaning by A&B pool.
Finally, to be sure all leaks were corrected, had a leak detection company check the pool. The part A&B had worked on that I paid for was leaking. In addition, pointed out something inside the pool - white circular spots in several places in the pool, one on the steps. These probably were there when A&B did work on the pool, so they failed to remove them properly, and never mentioned it to us. I've been told now that I may need to acid wash the pool, or even resurface it to remove these and have it look clean again!
I have called A&B pools numerous times since March and left messages asking about "sanitizing", and informing them about the leaks and the high water usage. No call back from them.
Then, I wrote a letter to A&B on May 26, 2023 to ask what "sanitize" meant, tell them about the leaks, and the high water bills. They have NEVER called me. All they do is send a bill telling me I owe them $1650. I got another bill from them today (with the words OPEN UPON RECEIPT written on the outside of the envelope) - no mention of the leak.
Their incompetence has cost me $1560 in wasted water plus I still have a leak I need fixed from their shoddy work so I will have to pay someone else to fix that!
I may also need to spend anywhere from $5k to $40k depending what the decision is about the spots they left in the pool.
My neighbors had the exact situation with their pool and they do not have the spots in their pool or any problems after from their pool company - different than mine. The A&B so-called cleaning of my pool had such a terrible result that it is costing me way more than it should have!
They are a horrible company!
