I was looking for a in ground spa, I was referred to Sedona Spa's by California Pool's. Apparently they were the best at in ground spa's. That may be so, as I am not unhappy with my spa.
The problems started when we ordered the stacked stone in their office with
Shawn. We ordered Aspen from Coronado Stone, Shawn filled out the order,
we reviewed it and signed the order. Great you say...well, when their workers arrived at my house to install the stone, I looked at the boxes and indeed they said Aspen by Coronado Stone. And off the work I went...
Aspen has various shades of grey in it and it would go well with my gray pavers...When I returned from work, the stone was as red as the Rocks in
Sedona. From a distance it looked just ok, but when I got closer to inspect the workmanship, Wow! what a hack job! there was mortar sipping out between the stone on all three sides. Instead of installing the stone all the way up to the Travertine Cap, he just shot mortar in the gaps on all three sides. The installation looked absolutely terrible! Then it gets worse! The workers failed to cover my new pavers and they dripped mortar everywhere!
Shawn did come out and agreed that his worker did a terrible job, But he tried to make excuses for him. Nonsense! Shawn offered to have the worker come back out and clean it up, I said it could not be done without making a mess of the spa surround.
This brings us back to the Red Stone, I originally thought Shawn ordered it wrong, he did not. Then we thought it was a mis pack by the factory. Shawn talked to Az. Stone...Ross talked to Az. Stone and even to Coronado Stone. I even brought some of the red stone up to Az. Stone, the rep said it sure was red...Neither company would credit Sedona Spa the $400.00, thus Sedona Spa's would not credit me.
This brings us back to the terrible installation, it was my opinion Sedona Spa's should credit me $400.00 for the terrible installation, which I ended up having Sedona Spa's remove the red stone. I spoke to Shawn a number of times about who should be responsible for the terrible installation, he thought I should go up to Az Stone and pick something out. I said I would pay the difference between the Original $400.00 and the new stone, Shawn agreed. The new stone cost $900.00, so I would owe $500.00 towards the new stone. Sedona Spa's would comp the materials and labor to replace the stone. Great you say... Ross got involved and Shawn changed his story.
They didn't want to do business with Az. Stone anymore, so I went to DCI stone in Phoenix...By the way DCI was great! Their designer assisted us with selecting stone and we did. The new stone was $565.00, so my portion would be $165.00. Nope! Ross and Shawn spun this so I was going to pay for the new stone plus material and pickup and delivery. I said it was Sedona Spa's responsibility to replace the stone at their expense, because their worker did such a hack job and the stone had to be removed. Ross was trying to shirk his professional responsibility to make things right. NO NO NO! Not Ross.
We had many emails but no resolution, the conversation was heated at times. He even wanted me to pay the money up front, prior to doing anything. I refused to pay him a dime!
This may have been 1/100 1/1000 or 1/2000 issue. The bottom line is it should have been resolved in my favor. I spent over $14,000 on this spa!
all up front I might add, so I had no leverage.
I would never do business with these guys again and I would warn those of you out there, if you do business with Sedona Spa's do not pay them up front
wait until the job is done to your complete satisfaction, then write the final check. Write your own contract so you have protection, Ross Herman is unprofessional to say the least. read more