We've spent more than $10k at this company over the years and had a great relationship and service…read morefrom them. In a routine conversation with someone named Michelle regarding service she was rude and hung up on me. I called back and she did not apologize for hanging up or for her unprofessional attitude towards me. I let her know that she should go fuck herself for her behavior and that I would never do business with them again. Then I received a message saying that I was banned from their business. Fair enough. No courtesy or professional response from a company I've spent more than $10k at in the past 4 years. She needs to be fired.

Big Star Backyards is--hands down--the best spa purveyor in the Austin area. We shopped around to…read moredo due diligence, and not only were the prices better across the board at Big Star, but the sales guy we worked with (Chad) was WAY more knowledgeable. Turns out this is a family business, which makes sense why Chad knew the Jacuzzi system backwards and forwards. Probably been hearing about hot tubs since he was a kid. Also, he had just the right touch. He knew the products were quality, so he didn't pressure us or upsell. He let the products do the talking. He earned our trust and delivered on it 100%, including being responsive over text as I got the whole thing installed and set up. Service that really went above and beyond. The only thing I would add to the Big Star business model: a subscription plan to get the chemicals delivered automatically. Would love to set it and forget it, with my money going to a locally-owned, family-run business instead of Amazon. Support small businesses!

I have been trying for a couple of years to find a competent and reliable hot tub repair business…read more I accidentally trolled across this place and ended up leaving a voice message requesting contact. 2 days later after numerous texts and phone calls William serviced me hot tub. He was extremely knowledgeable and took time to teach me a lot about my tub. he fixed and was very pleasant to work with. This is the only place I will call from here out ! Thank you William. I always trust a repairman with roughed up calloused hands, that comes from more than answering phones and ordering parts. Bob Travis

Got a great used Jacuzzi at a good price. Friendly service, too. They worked with us to make sure…read morewe got the right tub for our needs, without overspending.

Unfortunately, a poor excuse for service after the sale. Purchased a Hot Tub from A-Tex 5 years…read moreago. Good use on a reasonably priced tub. Good part of story stops there. Hot tub stopped working mid-September so I called A-Tex for what I knew would be an out of warranty repair. Joseph responded to my inquiry and came to my home and verified my motor was dead on arrival and I would need to have a new one installed. I agreed and asked him to proceed, order the new motor and schedule the repair. Joseph stated to me the cost would be near $700.00. I again told him to proceed. He told me he'd call me later in the day to get the repair set up. SPRING FORWARD one whole week, not having heard back from Joseph, I sent him a text message and left him a voice mail...Never responded. SPRING FORWARD one more week. I called Joseph and asked him for a status of my repair. He told me another person needed to place the order and it would be two more days before we could "settle up" and get the motor ordered and he would call me back. SPRING FORWARD one more week. No return calls from Joseph SPRING FORWARD one more week (for a total of 4) I called Joseph and asked him for a status of my motor order and repair. Joseph's response was "Oh, "Danny is back in the office now and we can get the motor ordered". After learning that 4 weeks in the Service Team A-Tex had not moved the needle, I declined and let him know I would have someone else fix it. Upon hanging up with Joseph, I called the main number and spoke to a girl who told me the Service department at A-Tex "Sorta does their own thing, and she doesn't have any input with them." This is a sad but true story of how A-Tex treated me after the sale. I was lucky enough to find a local independent repair person who completed the job including ordering a motor and installation in 4 days. $200.00 cheaper than A-Tex quoted and some 26 days better than A-Tex. This may not dissuade anyone from buying from A-Tex, but maybe potential buyers may want to inquire about service after the sale. There are capable, independent and fair repair people available. Please research your BEST options when choosing a product that will eventually require service.

I am new to the area and bought a home with a hot tub. I have never had a hot tub before so I went…read moreto the store where the previous owner bought it to learn how to take care of it. Everyone there is so helpful and friendly especially Juliette and Miguel ! They are the best and took their time to help me get the chemicals I needed and also gave me paperwork and their knowledge on what to do and how to manage my new hot tub. You can even bring in your water for testing. I love this store and these 2 people are extremely helpful . Thank you!

HARD PASS. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND AT ALL!…read more Moved to a new house and shopping for pool service. Submitted an online request on their website Wednesday around 9 AM. Out of the 5 companies I submitted a request to, they were the 2nd ones I reached out to but the last ones to reach out back to me (excluding the auto-generated "thank you" text which the other pool companies sent as well). Lisa from the office called me Wednesday at 5:38 PM and said she could have a tech come out the next day to give me a quote. Jose came out Thursday around noon. He was super nice and professional. He said he would get me 3 different quotes for the 3 type of packages they offer by the end of the day or the next day (Friday) in the morning at the latest. By Friday at 4:25 PM, I had yet to receive anything so I called and spoke to Lisa and she said they'll send it over shortly. They sent 2 quotes (not 3) at 4:40 PM. Monday morning at 10 AM, I called to discuss the quotes for further clarification, especially since the links weren't working. Lisa said she's going to call Jose and call me right back. She never did. Tuesday morning at 8:28 AM, almost a week after I had initially reached out, I called saying they never called me back and asked to speak to a manager. She put me on the phone with Jose and he was a totally different person than the guy that came out to the house. He kept interrupting me and talking over me. He was rude saying I didn't know anything about pools (that might be true but this is not my first house with a pool and that's not something you'd say to a prospective client), and making excuses for their lack of responsiveness. If they're this bad when they're trying to earn my business, I can't imagine how bad they are once they do earn it. Reading some of their other reviews, I should've just never reached out to begin with. TLDR: Unresponsive, unprofessional/rude, overpromise/underdeliver. Ended up going with a different pool company that responded right away and was able to get me on the schedule immediately.

STAY AWAY!!!! If…read moreyou want incompetent workers, who leave trash on property, men who do NOT communicate things at all, dump unwanted sand all over your grass to smother the grass, ring the doorbell incessantly, look no further. They were tasked with emptying our pool's sand filtration system, and as per the line items on the agreement it SAYS 'remove sand and haul off property." So what did these guys do? They DUMPED the entire sand contents onto our grass property next to the pool house. I was livid. We were not informed they'd be doing this (nor did we want random sand spread ALL over our lawn!?), and then they just left like we wouldn't notice mounds of sand?! It wasnt even dumped in one spot, it was SPREAD all over our property like someone was building a sand pit. They left trash next to our pool and around our pool house area (zip ties, cut tubing, screws). I have a 1 year old who eats everything so as a mother, this is obviously insane someone would leave choking hazards around. Not to mention leaving trash in general is unbelievable unprofessional. It was packaging for the pool lights. Oh boy lets talk about that! They installed new pool lights, tested it extensively while here, only for my husband and I to try them out and realize 1 of them flickered like crazy and flat out stopped working. What on earth was this guy testing all that time during the day!? One guy came to do all the chemicals in the pool after fully draining it to pressure wash the pool, he didn't even have a vacuum to remove all the dang sand. He CLAIMS he was informed of it too late and he was already on his way. Don't care, unprofessional, yet again. You mess something up, you fix it immediately. Any respectable company would do this. It's been a week and they said they'd be back to vacuum up the sand on monday. Come Monday, did anyone show up? NOPE. Not even a phone call saying they cannot make it. I'm so pissed Ace Hardware has the audacity to display these guys' business on their front doors, btw. The Ace in Georgetown. Laziest worst communicating business I've ever encountered. These guys are the absolute WORST bothersome stressful group of men I've ever seen run a 'business'. I've lost sleep over how awful these guys are. UPDATE: they came today to "clean up the sand", check the photos. Plenty of sand still present. They clearly didn't vacuum it like promised. I saw the beardy employee just sweep it around looks like he used dirt and leaves to spread it around on top of the sand still present. This isn't even fine sand, it's incredibly thick! What a joke.

I would highly recommend Kingz Pool Services. I recently hired Kingz Pool to remodel my swimming…read morepool including replaster, replacing old lights with new LED fixtures, installing new tile, and repairing leaks in the spa. Luis, the owner, was incredibly helpful in explaining the process and working through options to stay on budget. I really appreciated how responsive and communicative he was during the remodel. He delivered what they said they were going to do in the timeline promised. His team showed up on schedule, and worked efficiently and professionally. Before choosing Kingz Pools, I reached out to several other contractors but either never got a call back, they didn't show up, or their bids were not reasonable. Kingz Pools provided a fair estimate, stuck to the agreed timeline, and delivered exactly as promised. If you're considering a pool remodel, I highly recommend giving Kingz Pools a call. They truly delivered a top-notch experience from start to finish and the pool remodel looks great!

As everyone has noted - Luis is a pro! Super responsive, professional, with fair pricing.... work…read morewas right on schedule, within the estimate, and looks great! A total pleasure to work with.

Buyer Beware I…read morepurchased a Dimension One spa from this location after being assured by the salesperson that it met my top priorities: reliability, strong customer service, and low maintenance. I made it very clear during the sales process that these were non-negotiable for me. In fact, I was already prepared to purchase a Bullfrog spa from another dealer but decided to stop here before making my final decision. HUGE MISTAKE!!!!  Unfortunately, I now know the salesperson misrepresented key facts in order to close the sale. After working with the service department six times over the past year, it has become clear that Dimension One has severe reliability issues (and has for a long time) and is no longer a viable brand. I've since learned the company is bankrupt and widely regarded as one of the worst options in the industry for the very criteria I emphasized during my purchase, and was known by the salesman.  I have owned this spa for over a year, and for the last six months it has not functioned properly at all. This is not a reflection of the service department, who have been professional and responsive. The issue is that I was sold a defunct product by a salesperson who knew the true condition of the brand. I regret trusting the information I was given and feel misled or defrauded into purchasing a product that does not align with what was promised. I strongly encourage potential buyers to do extensive research and proceed with caution before purchasing from this business.

We purchased a Dimension One spa from A-Tex, but our experience with them following that has been…read morenegative. When our spa cover, which we'd purchased new along with the spa, needed replacement after being damaged in a hailstorm, we ordered a replacement cover, but the salesman wrote incorrect instructions on the order form, resulting in a cover that didn't fit our spa. My wife spoke with the manager Chris, who said he would speak with the manufacturer and look for solutions. When we hadn't heard back from A-Tex for a week and a half, we decided to order a replacement cover from another vendor. Just before we were about to place the order, Chris phoned informing us that our "new cover" was in and ready for delivery, and asked us to pay half the cost. We told A-Tex that as long as they'd had the cover fabricated we would accept it, but would not pay for the new cover since it was fully covered by our insurance company. A-Tex agreed to this as long as we would pay a $75 delivery charge in cash. When the replacement cover was delivered, the first thing A-Tex's delivery people did was cut the old spa cover in half. The new cover turned out to be only half as thick and heavy as the first cover. Since the original cover was destroyed, we had no choice but to pay the $75 delivery fee and accept the replacement. When my wife spoke with our salesman and with Chris about these issues, Chris was extremely rude and said, "You've already taken enough of my time and I'm not talking to you any more" and hung up on her. Every step of the way, A-Tex's staff has been unresponsive, careless, deceptive and rude with us. We eventually brought the matter to the attention of our credit card company, disputing the charges on the basis of fraud.

I hired Cody Pools of Georgetown to build our dream pool on Lake Buchanan. Met with Mike in sales…read morewho took serious attention to details and created a render of the pool and spa in my backyard and discussed the options and features. The design and details (tile, coping, etc) were documented and so the journey began. Cody provided step-by-step details in both a binder and constant transparent communications. The build went smoothly and pool is awesome. Jody was the project manager and was consistently on-site to manage the many contractors from dig to operational. Both Mike and Jody were an awesome tandem who took all of the normal anxiety out of build process. With zero weather delays, the pool was operational in less than 2 mos. With Pool school included, I have the confidence of managing the operation and cleaning. With their warranty, I have peace of mind. Nicely done.

My husband and I bought a house back in December and decided that the only thing missing was a…read moreswimming pool. We did some research and then started our pool journey with Cody Pools. We met with Collin (the Designer) back in January and told him our ideas. It took about a week and then we met up with him to see what he came up with in terms of design and cost. He was great throughout the entire process. He was very knowledgeable and always answered our questions fairly quickly. My husband kept in contact with him the entire time. In February we met with Ryan (the site supervisor) about the construction of the pool. He was also very knowledgeable and explained what would happen throughout the construction process. My husband also kept in contact with him in case he had any questions. The construction process began in February. We weren't moved into our new home yet so the noise wasn't an issue for us but it's loud. Because we had fairly good Spring Weather the construction process went quickly. We were told that weather could delay the process but we didn't really have issues with the weather at that time. We went to our new home regularly to check on the progress of the pool which moved along quickly. Our pool was completed in mid May about a week before our move in date. So when we moved into our new home we had a completed swimming pool. It's great! We have used it multiple times and love that it was ready in time for the Summer. Overall Cody Pools did a magnificent job. Collin and Ryan were friendly and very helpful throughout the entire process. I love the outcome and look forward to spending a lot of time outside in our pool.

These guys are very professional and made the process as painless as is possible. I wanted a…read morefiberglass intentionally due to Texas terrain. It continually moves, so fiberglass is the smartest choice! I've added a couple of photos of what I've added after the pool was installed. Keep in mind your yard is going to be destroyed, so use it to your advantage and add some turf, pretty rocks, lights....... Fyi, GET a robot and add it into your add-ons/loan! Chump change! The vacuum they provide requires you doing 90% of the work, but a robot vacuum does the work for you.

We had the best experience with Aquamarine Pools of Texas from the salespeople (JP and Lissa) who…read moretalked us through all our options and answered every one of our questions to Jose and his crew who did the seamless install and treated our like their own to Angela, our contact person, who kept us so informed every step of the way and also answered our endless questions. In two weeks we had a fully installed pool which is just crazy! Aquamarine sent out their pool cleaner right after install and then Jason came out a few days later for pool school. We never had to call to find out next steps. If we could give them 10 stars we would! Everyone we dealt with was professional, knowledgeable and very helpful and made our first pool install experience so easy and enjoyable! Our backyard is a work in progress but watching them crane the pool over our house was a sight!

Just purchased a GMG Prime Daniel Boone pellet grill from Hot Tubs of Central Texas in Belton TX. I…read morecalled them about coming in and picking one up and found out the grill was on sale, and it comes with a free bag of pellets. I told them I would be by in the next few days to pick one up. THEN Kaycie called me back and said they would deliver it for free! I am so excited to get started. Received my grill at home in less than an hour. Thank you Kaycie! And thank you Hot Tubs of Central Texas!!!

From the owner: If you've always dreamed about having a hot tub, it's time to make that dream come true. Hot Tubs…read moreof Central Texas is a family owned and operated hot tub installation service in Belton, TX. We offer excellent customer service and affordable options for every family. Once you have a new outdoor living space, you'll need some patio furniture and a grill. We carry Summerset Casual outdoor living furniture in a wide variety of styles, and we also have charcoal, pellet and gas grills. Our friendly associates can answer any of your questions about our hot tub styles and the installation process. Call 254-572-8927 now to ask about our financing options.

I have owned 3 Hot Springs hot tubs and have bought them all from this company. The products are…read moregreat but the service has diminished over the years as detailed by other reviews. Recently my pump stopped working so I paid $175 for a service call and confirmed it was a bad pump. The technician installed a new one and after I put 400 gallons of water in it turns out the pump was bad. Prior to installing the tech should always turn the spindle to make sure it is not locked up. Should not assume products from the factory are always good. So I had to wait 3 days for a replacement and then refilled the spa again. Fortunately the pump worked plus we had spun the spindle in advance to make sure. My issue is after all of my time, trouble and expense all I was offered was a $70 credit on the labor cost. I asked them to at least sell me the pump at their cost and they refused. Again, my time and refilling the spa with expensive water is not inexpensive and still making a profit on the pump really is bad customer service...particularly for a customer who has spent over $30k on their products over the years and had referred others to them. Really disappointed!

Update: As suspected, this business has changed names to get away from the negative reviews of its…read moreservice after sale. The location is now called Texas Hot Tub Company. Buyer beware. https://www.texashottubco.com/