Hello,
The end product satisfied us and it should for the amount of money invested. I will give kudos to the folks who constructed our spa. Darren was great and professional. As for the process of getting this project moving, I was very disappointed at times. I invested many hours, days, months, and finally a full year to get it done. The details are expansive so I will have to abbreviate this review. The crew seems like they know how to build a spa but the project management was my sore spot. If you go with ad tech, or the other name they go by, northwest pools and spa, please make sure you clarify exactly what you are getting and what work they will do and what work will be left up to you to do. I blame myself for part of this, but hey, I haven't had many hot tubs built, first time...but if I had known, I would have approached this differently. Please note you will be responsible for all electric, gas, and venting of equipment. To give you an idea of what this means, our quote was about 20k to build this hot tub(seemed like a great quote) but all of the extra work was about 9k and that was having a father n law who did most of the electrical. So, the price quote is only about 60% of what it's really going to cost you, and they dont really come out and tell you just how much additional work is required beyond their part. I was like ok, run a gas line, get the electrical panel fired up and they take care of connections. None of that was the case. I had to make all final connections to equipment and venting, which was a feat, lots of codes and permits that weren't part of the contract. Also, dont opt to excavate your own spa, not a good choice of mine :(, very upsetting. With all that said, we love our hot tub, we think it looks fantastic, (even though the project manager never complimented it herself) If you go with this company, you might get what seems like a good price quote but be clear on what you are getting. And it could take a very very long time to get completed. My favorite quote from the owner, and I applaud his honesty. "You were my most abused customer" what can you say to that....I just said, finish the darn thing. read more