While we had a good experience at Goldfish, this is definitely a slow & steady wins the race type…read moreof teaching. We did Goldfish for nearly 4 years from the time my son was 18 months old to 5.5 years old. We nearly got up to a quirky dog paddle that my son could do before we were unenrolled due to my nonpayment (mom brain during Spring break, whoops.) Two of my son's swim teachers we got to know and love (Emily & Juquan) were incredible and I think really set the foundation for my son to try to connect the dots with swimming. While I think this is an excellent opportunity for brand new swimmers, I'm a tiny bit hesitant to recommend long term because it just took so long for my son to get where he's at today. We don't have a personal pool, only a community pool that's open during the summer. So maybe that's on me? Great staff, clean facilities, reasonable pricing for what you get but the learning model needs to revisited to get swimmers swimming faster.

I really like how structured the school is. The teachers take pride in getting the learners on to…read morethe next stages!

DO NOT use these people! I bought a living social deal from them several weeks ago, scheduled My…read moredaughters 2 sessions (today & tomorrow), drive 45 minutes to get to the designated pool. No one there knew anything about it or the people, tried contacting them first by text then calling and left message. Received one text back that they would contact the instructor immediately, then never heard back with multiple attempts to text and call and leaving messages. Very unprofessional!

I had a good initial experience after I got introduced to Laurisa Villiby (instructor/owner)…read morethrough groupon/living social. After that I purchased 10 additional private swimming lessons in 2015. Laurisa was pregnant at the time (which I did not know) so could not complete the lessons and after her delivery we probably had 1 swimming lesson. Then in October 2015, she texted me a picture of her swollen ankle saying she was injured and can't swim and winter hit after that so 2015 passed away. I told her no problem and we can continue in summer of 2016. Then, last year, I tried to contact her so many times via emails/texts/voicemails but there was no response whatsoever. Because I had a good experience initially, I recommended Laurisa to my family and my friends who gave her additional business and yet I got cheated. Laurisa still owes me 6 private lessons that had paid her for but she has never cared to apologize or even respond to any communication with me since 2015. She took my money and ripped me off. DO NOT USE HER!!! I would have given the business a negative rating here if I could since I have been cheated.

We chose HSC because we liked the idea of the float test. The kids work toward being thrown into…read morethe water with clothes on and floating on their back until they reach the edge. In reality, you just need to pay attention to whether or not your kid and their teacher are a good match. My son was with one teacher for almost year with very slow progress and no float test pass. I think it was due to the combo of teacher being more cautious type and my son being more scared type. He was a 4 almost 5 year old in a class with 3 years olds. Anyway, it was my fault for not paying more attention and switching him to another class sooner. He is did great with his new teacher and passed his float test (finally). We had to switch him again recently due to scheduling conflicts and I will be more attentive to his progress from now on.

My daughter has learned so much from going to Houston swim club. We tried a different swim school…read morethat was closer to our home but she did not learn anything at all for 6 months. The teachers at this other school were all high school students that didn't have much experience. We decided to take her back to her favorite teacher Mr Charlie at this location and so far she has progressed tremendously. The only thing I don't like is the parking is not that great since it's inside a neighborhood and you have to park in front of houses sometimes.

The manager is very rude and does not have skills to deal with clients. Several classes have been…read morecancelled and there are fees involved to reschedule classes that were cancelled by irresp instructors. Poor service and would not recommend this place!

Very good with minimal injury liability. I go here to work out and swim. I was stuck in a locker…read moreroom for 2 hrs.

I like to say I'm very happy I enroll my son for swim classes. He have gotten a lot better and less…read moreafraid of swimming on his own. Thanks Coach Jared

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Both my kids have autism, the instructors are so great and take there time with all the kids, I…read morefinally feel safe about if anything happened to them near water they would be able to get out of the water,

My eldest went to Wolfies through a partnership with Mays School just down the street when she was…read more4. They got a 30-minute lesson per week and I didn't see any of it since the school brings them there and takes them back. However, my daughter did like it so I kept them in mind and she was comfortable in the water, which is great. She's now 7 and I enrolled her and her 3 year old brother over the summer in the same class. Now, because I take them, I get to see it all first hand. First off, the staff are all helpful and attentive. No problems on that end. There's an annual membership fee plus $120 per month per person, though they do offer a free trial class before you make it official. The cost includes one 30-minute GROUP class (2-3 people) per week and if you want more swimming days, it's another $120 per day each week. I was going to shop around but my daughter liked Wolfies so we stuck with them. You drop them off about 5 minutes before their time slot and the teachers wind down about 3 minutes before the end of the time slot. Because of that, I wouldn't say it's exactly a full 30 minutes you get, but it's close. They do talk to you about your child(ren's) progress or any notes when you pick them up, which is nice. You make an account on their website and it's easy to mark an absence and schedule a make up. You can mark the absence up until the minute before your class begins so that's great. My only complaints: - Because my daughter started in the summer and we had the bad luck to choose a time slot with an instructor who would be leaving 2 weeks later, there were a number of weeks where their instructors kept on changing, especially when school started and one that seemed settled changed because of class conflict. That really set her back from getting promoted to the next level. - Within our 4 months at Wolfies, we've had 3-ish classes that were cancelled on their end due to accidents (vomiting/defecating) in the pool. In fact, 1 of those times, I was en route and the second, we were already there. You do get an automatic make up credit but it can be difficult depending on other commitments. I have both of my kids in the same time slot so I have to hunt for make up classes with 2 openings. - You'll need more than just 1 class per week to see results unless you've got easy access to a pool to practice in. They do offer special classes (every day during certain times of the year, private, and holiday camps) and I highly recommend those if you want to get your child that edge and have the financial means. I saw a marked improvement with my daughter after she participated in summer camp (albeit 3/5 days because she got sick the SUNDAY before - no credit/refund without a doctor's note, by the way) 2 months into classes. Her instructors (2 different ones) for the 2 classes after said she was ready to test to the next level, but then some cancelled classes and instructor changes later, she's now "almost there but not quite ready yet" which honestly irritates me a bit. Progress will feel stagnant eventually from when I've spoken to other parents unless you get in extra time. - Only the front office and upstairs room where parents can sit and wait/watch are air conditioned (but it's not very consistent). The pool, changing rooms and bathrooms are NOT and I am dripping with sweat after I help my kids out of their bathing suits and into their regular clothes. I don't mind too much about the pool area but those changing and restrooms are stifling with full on humidity and heat. The pool has these garage type doors that are opened and... I really hate summer. Hah. Pool area has some air flow so not as bad but not so much for those enclosed changing rooms.. - Thirty minutes isn't that long, especially if your class has the full 3 people in it. That's roughly 10 minutes per student and even less if one of them is upset. Instructors do try their best to give each student an equal amount of attention though. It's been 4 months and my eldest is still Level 2. To think she could have gotten promoted 2 months ago! They do the same thing in every class for that level so the content is predictable. We'll stay here until the year is up and go from there and I really hope she'll get promoted by then if not sooner. The good thing is my kids do seem to like it and the instructors try to make it fun and comfortable for those on the fence.

we started investing with these folks about 3 years ago and, so far, we have accumulated very small…read moredistributions. The worst is that the first investment we made is now about to give us a 65% loss. Yes, you read this right, 65% loss... LaVista Crossing, lead investor Brian Sutton. Can't wait to pull all our money (or what will be left of it I should say) from the drain they ended up in...

?????? Three multi-family deals. First deal made 100% in 3 years, small investment amount. Second…read moredeal, broke even after 3 years. No profit, zero return on 3 years, large investment. Third deal, four years and still trying to break even. four years no return, large investment. Note that the Leads that run these deals are paying them self's a Management fee. They earn a living off this. Their incentive is not to lose their money invested in the deal. BE VERY CAREFUL. Know that LU wants your membership money! Know that the Leads managing the deals can message the numbers to make a deal look more attractive than it may be. Last two deals, the expenses were largely underestimated!!!