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    3.0 (24 reviews)
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    third update Be clear ownership will not communicate and still awaiting resolution Google review and update Buyer BEWARE: Warranty Refusal and Substructure Failure Contractor: Lifestyle Fiberglass Pools of Northern California This review serves as an accurate record of a failed pool installation project (over $100k) completed less than one year ago. Substructure & Compaction Failure: The concrete decking has experienced significant failure (sinking over 3 inches in certain areas) due to the pool contractor's substandard substructure compaction and the breakage of a drain pipe during the original installation crew's work. Subcontractor's Position: The cement subcontractor used and recommended by the pool company confirmed that the problem is root-caused by the pool contractor's substructure and drainage work, and not his concrete installation. The sub declined further repair attempts as the underlying issues were outside his scope. Refusal to Honor Warranty: Despite being paid in full, the contractor (Brian Galvond, who has relocated to Arkansas) has refused all requests, both written and verbal, to meet and fix the warrantied failures. His written refusal was explicitly conditioned on me removing my original review--a clear violation of consumer protection standards and a practice known as "retaliation." Current Status: I have filed a formal complaint with the Contractors State License Board (CSLB) and a claim against the contractor's surety bond. Multiple reviews on Yelp and other platforms detail similar problems with prior projects from this company. If and when the warranted repairs are completed, I will gladly update this review to reflect a positive resolution. AGAIN, BUYERS BEWARE: Evaluate all public records before engaging this company.

    Best decision we made at our house was adding a "cocktail pool" installed by Lifestyle. The father/son owners are great to work with, the install was quick, they explained things properly, and the workers always left the job site clean. It's just my wife and I, so the size is perfect, and it can quickly turn into a hot tub for those cool nights.

    Brian and his team installed our "cocktail pool" as I like to call it in the summer of 2022. It went pretty quickly with inspections and install as soon as we got permitting. They were fast and always good about communication. Fast forward to today and Madison and Trey are still responsive when we have questions with equipment or maintaining the pool - even to sorting out a broken part, checking the warranty and picking it up and sorting out the repair. I've attached a photo of the 10x16 pool and the 3 foot wide concrete deck the team installed and how beautifully it all worked with the landscaping we did around it. Thanks to the team - Brian, Madison and Trey!

    crushed pipe next to good pipe to show the level of damage that they caused
    Sydara P.

    worst pool company you can ever work with. it is not possible to find a company that is worse than Lifestyle Fiberglass Pools. they took our deposit in order to get us on their books. we don't hear from them for 4 months. each time i try to call their office, Madison, their receptionist is the only person who answers. and she doesn't know ANYTHING. she can't tell you when they will start, where the parts are, who to call for info...NOTHING. cherry on top of the cake, she's got a bad attitude!! if you rub her the wrong way, she will tell you to kick rocks and you WILL get hung up on. Brian is the owner and is never available but he apparently was the only one that knew anything about anything. they finally started 4 months later, with 4 days notice. we live in a HOA community, they knew this, and i told them that i needed to know when they are starting so i can get HOA's approval and HOA will not give a blanket approval so they needed a start date. they started construction without HOA's approval. i come home to a hole in my backyard. and all i could do was pray that HOA doesn't fine me for starting a project prior to HOA approval. HOA fined me $500. during construction, they drove a big bobcat-thingy, over my sidewalk onto my lawn, without laying protective barrier for the bobcat to drive over. they cracked the sidewalk, took a big chunk out. i asked them to fix the crack, they said they are not responsible for any damages that they make during construction and that some damage should've been expected for this type of major construction. 1 yr later, CA gets its 1st major rain (NYE 12/31/22). our backyard is flooded, but we don't know why. after much anguish, stress, sleepless nights, we discover they had crushed the drain pipe with the bobcat as they drove it over our lawn with no protective barrier. we paid a landscaper to dig it up and replace the drainage pipe. that cost another $3350.

    Andrew W.

    Madison & Brian did a great job for us, and I would use them again in a heart beat! Here is why: We've owned a couple homes over the last couple decades, and we have used a few different pool builders each time, once for a "concrete pool for a "reshaping & remodel" (which at least is quicker to get the permit compared to doing a brand new concrete pool) and most recently with Brian & Madison of Lifestyle Fiberglasss Pools to install a reallly great Viking Brand Fiberglass Pool & Spa - see my photos of how nice this one turned out. So, after having done a couple of these big, messy jobs at the house we live at (and watched my friends, neighbors, and family do the same thing as well, with different contractors) I've learned that Pool Constuction is a huge, complicated, messy job. If you've ony done this once, you will probably think it was terrible, no matter who you used, mainly because of all the heavy gear that neeed to come onto and off of your property. You have to plan for this, and set your expectation, for sure. With all pool constuction projects, for instance, the heavy gear and trucks will be driving over some path to and from your back yard for many days and months. Yes, I prayed, with all pool installs I went through, that may lawn would be spared, and the flowers/shrubs/backtop/concrete too, but each time, yes, it was heavily trodden upon, and each time, I was sad I had to repace that area (lawn, backtop, flowers). But now I get it. It's part of the process, so buckle up, sweat pea, if you're gonna pulll the trigger on this serious type of construction :) Out of the folks I've used, Brian & Madison were the best, because: Choosing a fiberglass pool makes the permit process go so MUCH quicker. No engineering was needed, even on my hill slope shown in the picture. So much quicker than a concrete pool which needs serious engineering drawings and reviews. At our previous house we did a concrete pool remodel with a Pebble finish. I will never do a pebble finsish again. (We paid for the "smoothest" version of Pebble, but it still cut our skin and ruined our swim suits each time we swam.) Pebble is best for a pool you look at mostly, not as good for a pool for kids who play hard, etc. But, problem solved... the Fiberglass pool is perfect... smooth, and no one gets hurt now. Also, because it's not porous (like plaster/gunite/conrete pools) we have never had algae, ever! Amazing, really! Pool stays perfectly clean. Our other pool (concrete/gunite/plaster) was green during all those hot summer. (Granted the Pebble did help with that too, once we put that in - better than the plaster finish for sure - the Pebble helped reduce algae.) You'll probably notice that all pool buiders you are reffered too seem to be in demand. (Beware if they don't seem busy at all, in fact. So they will all say "If all goes well, it can take a few as three months", and ours took ony about six months total with Brian & Madison, even in the heart of COVID when so many factories were shut down! That's how quick it can go. The other two New Conrete Pool jobs I've observed took two years each, and cost twice as much as fiberglass in the long run. In fact, that's a good rule of thumb: The concrete pool will take you four times as long as you think, and cost you twice as much as fiberglass. (The fiberglass pool will only take twice as long as you estimate, and cost you exactly what you contract for, which is at least half the cost of the concrete pool.) Also, doing a concrete pool is so loud and dusty. The trucks and plaster gun and sanding etc is so deafeningly loud and messy, and takes many, many days - wow, I don't know if I can live through that process ever again, knowing that I can have a Brian & Madison do another fiberglass pool for me, if I ever move again! One more awesome thing is that the concrete patio came out really great, surrounding the pool - see the pics! These pics are three years later, stil looking great. (I have a neighbor, who did a concrete pool, and he is already having trucks back, one and two years later, to rip out and redo the concrete patio - yikes - zero bueno if that happens to you :) With Brian and Madison, we did a smooth concrete "coping" surround for the pool AND the hot tub, to make it match, and then used a "rough stone" pattern for the rest of the patio to help hide dirt and cracks - came out really nice with think (again see the picture). The fiberglass pool color is the Viking Pool "Ocean Blue" color, and the cement color was the "Sandstone" color which came out great. If you want it more grey, I would use the "Outback" color (that was our second choice). The stock, non colored cement probably looks fine too, but we like it just a little darker to hide dirt. All in all, it came out really great, and we'll use Brian and Madison again, if we ever move or do another house!

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    Brian and his team installed our "cocktail pool" as I like to call it in the summer of 2022.

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