The Pool Boss recently installed our pool, and it was the best experience I have ever had with any…read morecontractor, period. From day one they were organized and thoroughly planned out, and they executed flawlessly. They overcommunicate in the best way: you have access to everyone's cell phones, they respond promptly, and if you have an issue, they are there instantly. The quality of the work is beyond top tier, and it's clear the entire company is 100% focused on client satisfaction. The only two issues we ran into were self-inflicted on our end. In both cases, Pool Boss was there the next day and fixed them. When I asked for the bill, the answer was, "There is no bill, we just want you to be happy." That tells you everything about how they operate. The team is outstanding: Matt, Dan, Lisa, Joanna, Tyler, Jadyn, William, and the owner, Chris. They define world-class service. If there were a rating above five stars, they would earn it. I wouldn't just say they're highly recommended; I'd say you would be making a huge mistake going with anyone else. The absolute best in every facet of the business: prep, design, price, communication, timelines, and quality. No one better.

All good very nice job the quality was excellent value was great for what the did! Looks like a…read morebrand new pool if we need we would call them again thanks for your service and time

ABSOLUTE SCAM ( I didn't want my general thesis to get lost in the body paragraphs)…read more I hired this company for a pool closing and new pool cover install. First, they scheduled and failed to show up on two separate occasions. Both times, I had to call the next day to figure out why they didn't show. Then, on the third attempt, the guy shows up with his two teenage kids to do the job since his coworker got sick. (Fine... it's a family business, I can understand it in a pinch) They install the pool cover and send me a bill that night for the remaining balance. The next day, I go outside to inspect the work and notice that they cracked one of my paving stones in half while working. (Again, I get it. Stuff happens. But they didn't even call to let me know) I confront them about the damage and their response is: "Oh, we were going to call and let you know but we forgot" We then agreed on paying the remaining balance once they come back and replace my paving stone. A few weeks pass and I get a nasty email saying, "we can't find a replacement stone, but you owe us money for the work we did." I decide to give them the benefit of the doubt. I pay them the remaining $600 and let them know that I found a replacement stone for them. As soon as they received my final payment, GHOSTED! It's been over a month now of me calling and emailing several times. No answer, and now I'm left looking for someone else to repair my brand new $10,000 paver patio Also, this is my first ever online review, and they are more than deserving of the honor

Very pleased with the quality of work, friendliness, and pricing of Paulisons! Oftentimes, the mere…read moremention of summer pool servicing sends a chill up the spine of an NJ homeowner, but I no longer have to worry about that after finding PPS! Thanks for the great work!

If we could give 6 stars we would…read more Royal Pools Construction was amazing. We had an old pool with a crack, so we needed an entirely new pool inside the old one. It was a major construction project with lots of complications. Jules at Royal Pools shepherded the project along, and she had my back every step of the way. Whether it was logistics or aesthetics decisions, she was there when we needed her. I felt she cared as much as I did about getting the job done and done well. Everyone we met was helpful and responsive. The finished pool is gorgeous.

NIGHTMARE!!!! -- DO NOT PAY THEM UNTIL THE JOB IS 100% COMPLETE…read more I live 1,000 miles away and hired Royal Pools to refurbish a pool at my elderly mother's house in New York that had basically turned into a swamp. They were the highest price but came highly recommended by neighbors and I didn't want to cut corners and take a chance. At their request, I made the mistake of paying them when the job was "almost done." In the time it took me to run to the store and come back, they packed up and left without finishing the job. Like other reviews have said, their attitude went from great to downright hostile the minute they had their money. I spent $25,000 to have this pool refurbished, and they left me with a pool that is unfinished, leaking, unable to properly circulate, and with no chemicals in it. It is now starting to turn back into the same swamp I paid them to fix. Now I have to take more time off work and fly back to NY to find a company to finish the job. If they'll do this to a 75 year old widow, I doubt they'll care about taking your money.

I needed to replace my existing hot tub. The staff were very helpful and I got a good deal on my…read morenew hit tub. I had some questions with the county permit and they called, cleared it up and saved me a lot of worry. I highly recommend Aquacare.

Very unreliable pool service we hire to clean our pool 1st the gentleman that came stated that he…read morecould clean the pool. Filled the pool up with water and put a chemical in the water for all the leaves and sediments to go to the ground we had hopes to use the pool atleast for a couple of weeks . We paid 1/2 of the service fee and didn't even get the bottom of the pool cleaned. We are Very disappointed with this company service.

Great guy very knowledgeable with his job. He replaced the pump and some pipes on my spa and a good…read morecleaning after it's been sitting unused for quite some time. And reasonable pricing. I gave him five stars highly recommended.

Things started well when he was asked to help us secure a new hot tub last November. We paid…read moreupfront for the hot tub. Then he asked us to pay the annual contract around Christmas 2025. We were reluctant but did it in light of the holiday season. We were told the hot tub would come multiple times. Sometimes it was valid (e.g., winter weather), others it wasn't. We were upfront about the location challenges, timing, coordination contacts. Long story short, after taking $11K from us, we never heard from him again around June. The hot tub never materialized. This is clearly a lesson in "if it's too good to be true then it's not". At first, we were concerned about him as a person and hoped everything was ok with him. Then after multiple outreaches from us and the person who referred him to us receiving no responses, we concluded that he was likely lying to us the whole time. The person who referred him to us also stopped receiving services as I was told Erik stopped answering him as well. I guess Erik lost multiple customers. To be fair, when we got a hold of him (infrequently between Nov '25 - Jun '26), he's a nice man and quite knowledgeable about hot tubs. However, there's no integrity in business dealing as he just stopped answering phone calls and texts. He asked for chances to make things right, and we provided chances. If he can't do something, just be upfront and honest! We filed a chargeback with our bank in hopes to recover the funds. We will be filing a police report for criminal fraud as it's over $10K and I will share it here so everyone can see all the texts, the invoices paid, and you can judge for yourself whether this is a trustworthy business or not.

Great local spot for all the pool and spa needs. Have been coming here many years. Prices are…read moredecent and the staff is very helpful. Always have parts we need for the pool filter on hand and a great selection of everything pool related.

How is this place still in business??! It must be the markups on the poor quality products, mixed…read morewith the expensive contracts they get for outright poor jobs they do. I gave this business thousands- all regrettable life lessons learned. They lie to you. Sleaze their way into you paying up, with them delivering wrong information and extremely poor work. They even lied they showed up to my house, when cameras show no one in sight for hours. I did pool liner with them: started coming off and they blamed anything they possibly can (water itself, the liner they themselves installed, and, the funniest one, the last installer which was them). When they ask you who did the last work- say a competing business or you forgot, and watch how quickly they point out all the wrong things done even they're the ones that did it. Their warranty is bogus but they're smart about avoiding any actually quality work and follow up. Schedule will keep extending. Dates will keep changing. People will show up for 30-45 min and scam you. They'll make problems much bigger so they can come back and take more money. They don't believe your photos, videos, or what you are seeing in your own home. They always follow their made-up delusions. The people who make the decisions and you give your money mostly to are not the people who do the job, nor do they show up to see anything. You'll find an extremely rude, unprofessional, and liar of a person named Darlene working you through the phone. The mostly behind the curtain guy is Dan- he will talk his 30 years of experience with you to get you to believe, and of course take your money. You will lose your money. You will face more problems in your pool and system than you started with. You will be lied to. You will regret your decision to worth with these slimy people. Go elsewhere. Do it yourself. Order online. Anything but conduct business with this company of liars and deceivers. You work hard, so take it easy and give your money and time to a more deserving business. Monarch is not it.

This company is super high quality. Not only are they excellent in customer service but also they…read moreare knowledgable polite, honest and they go the extra mile. Serviceman Joe was SPOT ON!!! Great company and I highly recommend them. Sincerely, Kevin B. Dorlon

Orange County Pools in New Windsor, NY - 0 Stars. Horrible experience over the entire process of…read moreinstalling a new custom vinyl pool with a fiberglass hot tub within the footprint of the pool. We dealt with Shane, who is absolutely useless. Knows nothing about the equipment he sells, could not remember anything we had gone over with him or the actual liner and products we wanted. We were doing stone coping and pavers around the pool. Told us we must use 12" coping. Luckily I waited to order the stone as when they installed the the pool walls and the hot tub (which was delayed by several month because they told us the wrong one was sent to them - an absolute lie as we had to chase them down up to the day before they were supposed to install it until they finally lied to us and tried to talk us into doing a concrete hot tub instead - which by the way they originally said they could not do). When they finally installed the hot tub 4+ months later, 12" coping would not cover the gap between the hot tub and the pool wall because they had measured incorrectly. (needed at least 14" coping). Then the hot tub was leaking from day one. Couldn't get the basics right - if it doesn't hold water, nothing else matters. They sent over someone who didn't know what he was doing and was just smearing caulk all over the one light fixture in the hot tub to try and fix it. After the 4th! visit to find fix the leak, we had to get a sonic leak detection specialist to find and repair the leak. Then one of the relays went out at the Pentair panel. We were now dealing with the owner of the company (Vinnie) due to Shane's complete incompetence (I can not stress enough how clueless he is..). Vinnie tried to claim it happened because the low voltage line was run in the same conduit as the high voltage line (this is not the cause) and it was our electricians fault and needed to go back to them. He didn't realize that HIS electrician had run it.. another idiot trying to offload his mistakes onto us. They sent a nice guy over to fix it and he replaced the relay, but said he couldn't test as he didn't know how, but it should be good as it was a new part - the first one was a new part also, you need to test it. I did it myself. They also ran the lines for surface mounted air control valves (for bubbles in the hot tub) right in the walk path and where you step into the hot tub. I spoke to Shane (Vinnie wasn't available) to tell them they needed to be moved (10 mintue job - pvc flex pipe) and Shane said I don't think you can do that.. The guy who knows nothing about pools, now has an opinion on pool plumbing. I told him it absolutely can be done, and WILL be done, I was asking them to do it as they had put them in the wrong place. He got back to me after talking to his techs and gave me a quote of $150 per hour to move. Thanks for nothing idiot. I did it myself in ten minutes, no issues. Shane also ordered the cover for the pool and hot tub incorrectly. He literally co do nothing right. We spent over 1 and 1/2 years dealing with their incompetence. The actual pool builders they outsourced to (believe they were called King Pools) were good. NEVER EVER think about using them, you will regret it like we did.

Purchased a Wellis hot tub and it was a nice investment . Shane, Jordan & staff very nice and…read moreacceptable of our phone calls regarding when delivery would happen . Delivery was excellent. We will get instruction when wiring is complete , it looks fantastic , we are so grateful & happy we put our trust in Orange county pools, I wish they would've put our purchase towards points but I guess we would've gotten too much product for free haha but you do earn points towards free pool supplies if you pay cash for your goods bought here , great variety of supplies