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    $6,000 later....the finished product.

    While this review is mainly focused on the issue we experienced during our remodel, Solscapes was responsible for overseeing the work and final product. BLUF: Do not do remodel or repair business with this company (routine service has never been a problem). For larger jobs or repairs I would recommend one of the larger companies with in-house teams. We have a small pool spa in our yard. Solscapes had been handling our normal pool service since we moved about 1.5yrs ago. Our plaster had started to fail so we decided to seek out quotes for pebble. We spoke with Splashpools and Gardner, both of which offer in-house installers and carry a strong reputation. In discussing with Solscapes our desire to have the pool remodeled Jeff, Solscapes owner, asked if I would give him the opportunity to compete for the work as well. Solscapes bid was attractive and Jeff is a very nice and honest guy and again our pool service has been great. I would later learn that allowing Solscapes to use their network of contractors and subs was a mistake. Which is unfortunate as I had been happy with the company's service. From the beginning things didn't go to well. Communication wasn't exactly clear in terms of dates and times when I did get an update it was relayed through 3 people and often times ended up being incorrect by the time they made it to me. I recall at least 4-5 times where I had changed by schedule to be available only to have someone call midday to change the time/day. On the demolition day the team was to arrive early in the day to get started. Instead they dropped off 1 guy with a large, street-parked generator, a few jackhammers and a jug of water at 3pm. When I got home he was still jackhammering away well into the night (7-8pm). Our baby couldn't sleep and our neighbors were not happy. To top it all off the demolition team decided to remove the covers that I had placed over my furniture and pile debris on it. Yes, they uncovered the protected furniture and used those covers to pile hundreds of pounds of broken plaster onto. That mountain of plaster sat in my backyard the entire Easter weekend. Again, not a huge problem, but just seemed not well managed. Also, neither the yard nor patio were covered and I had to spend 2 days picking up chunks of plaster from my yard, patio and playground area. OK. That didn't go well. Perhaps the next batch of subcontracted day labor will do better. At this point I was furious and I left Jeff (Solscapes) know this wasn't a good sign. A few days later the tile guys arrived. They set the tile and left. My wife noticed it looked as if it dipped a little. We relayed that information to Jeff and the tile people returned, furious saying they'd been doing this for 20-yrs it was done correct. They came back, looked at it and left. I'm not sure if it's correct or not as I'm not a pool remodel expert. We'd later see that the either the tile guys or the pebble installers got something wrong as the trim tiles don't follow a consistent distance to the wall or the bench edge. So now that I had gone through demo hell and the tile, well, this is the comment from the owner of Solscapes: "It's not perfect, but as close as anyone could get." At this point I was so far into the project that I'd figure the rest would end up going wrong and in the end I'd have to lean on my JD-holding buddies to file a claim in SCC to get this truly rectified. Well they eventually showed up and installed the pebble. I've attached a photo so you can see the pebble in all its uneven and discolored glory. Isn't it along with the trim tile that doesn't quite follow the curve of the bench just BEAUTIFUL. Sigh. Lesson learned. The folks at Solscapes are nice people, but their expertise and understanding of pools doesn't go beyond checking and adding chemicals. Don't let them do anything beyond that. I also had them replace a motor that went out on my pool pump only to find the huge old motor and piping tossed in my trashcan. Not a big issue but indicative of the type of care and consideration you get when doing business with Solscapes. So after $6,000 (including the new motor) and lots of stress we are finally finished. The spa doesn't look good. Nothing during the process went right. And other then some messages agreeing with me that things didn't go well or don't look correct; there hasn't been an effort to make any of this right. And maybe there is nothing to be done here. Maybe the pool is suppose to be not "perfect" and the discoloring is just "good enough." I would buy that but I went and saw two neighbors who had their pool refinished by Gardner and their finish is uniform, their marker tiles straight and their opinion of the company was positive. Oh well in the end I learned a valuable lesson and I trust that this review will serve as cliff notes for anyone else considering Solscapes and save anyone else in Orange County from the long costly saga of having a pool remodeled with Solscapes.

    Our backyard. This is the bigger piece!
    Kelly D.

    Dealing with Jeff and his team was an absolute pleasure to be honest. At first communication was rough but my husband told Jeff how we were feeling and things changed. I think the communication was rough because of how busy their business is so they were behind. Either way, once the process started it was easy and nice. Jeff and his team are so friendly and work so hard it will amaze you! They came in and did our turf in our backyard in one day and they worked their butts off. I offered them water or snacks and they kept saying nope they are good. Very hard working guys and our turf looks absolutely beautiful! Drive by a house that had turf done by solscapes and u will see how awesome of a job they do. So impressed! Thank you guys!!

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    Christine R.

    What a great experience I have had with Solscapes! I am a Realtor and I had a listing in Anaheim that had a green pool (with creatures possibly living in it), and an overgrown front yard. I did a search on Angie's List and found that Solscapes does both landscaping and pool cleaning, they had great reviews so I thought that I would give them a try. I am very happy that I did. They brought the water back to blue, they made sure that everything with the pool was up to date, and safe. They redid the front yard, and put in low maintenence landscaping since we did not have a sprinkler system in place. Within a week of Solscapes completing their work we received an offer on the house. I received up to date pictures, and timely responses from Jeff and his staff. I trust Solscapes with all of my landscaping and pool cleaning needs in the future.

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