Q. Describe the most common types of jobs you do for your clients.
A. The common type jobs are pools with spill over spa and natural rock waterfalls.
Q. What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A. Do plenty of research on the contractor. Check for license, Insurance and how many years they have been building pools etc
Q. If you were a customer, what do you wish you knew about your trade? Any inside secrets to share?
A. What I wish you to knew that not all pools are built with the same quality. Price should not be the main factor in choosing a contractor.
Q. What questions should a consumer ask to hire the right service professional?
A. Questions that should be asked:
1. How many years in business?
2. What is the amount of in house labor vs.
subcontractors
Q. What important information should buyers have thought through before seeking you out?
A. Important information to think about is:
1. Access- what kinds of access to you have to your
project area?
2. A general budget.
Q. Why does your work stand out from others who do what you do?
A. I have been in the pool building business for over 30 years. My average employee has been in the business for 12 years and we take great pride in our workmanship.
Q. What do you like most about your job?
A. Taking on new challenging projects and meeting new people is what I like about my profession.
Q. What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A. The question that gets asked the most is how long will it take to build our pool? Pools varies from project to project, the average is 4 to 5 weeks.
Q. What do you wish customers knew about you or your profession?
A. Unfortunately, there are a lot of shady businesses in our trade and they need to seek out someone with lots of referrals.
Q. How did you decide to get in your line of work?
A. My father was a pool contractor and I started working with him at the age of 10.
Q. Tell us about a recent job you did that you are particularly proud of.
A. Our most recent job was an elaborate shaped pool with a raised spa and thin set rock features.
Q. If you were advising someone who wanted to get into your profession, what would you suggest?
A. Right now with the way contraction is being hit so hard I’m not sure I would get in this profession.