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Address: 7400 Beaufont Springs Dr, N Chesterfld, Virginia, United States, 23225-5556
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Singer / Kinnelon. N.J.
Design / Architect Phase (April – June 2018): 5 out of 5 stars. Our architect “Jay” was nothing short of fantastic. He was incredibly responsive to our needs & answered all of our questions fully and expeditiously. He truly sold us on the A&S experience and reinforced the notion that we made the right decision. As his time period with us came to an end, he transitioned the communications and “day to day” aspects to our project manager “Jeremy”. I was asked (very politely) by Jay a few times if I could leave a review, as A&S puts a lot of stock in their “drive to 5” star review. I let him know that I’d take care of it once everything completed and that was that.
Construction Phase (June – August 2018): 1 out of 5 stars. The transition from Jay to Jeremy started well enough and we did not think much of it. Jeremy started things off and talked to us about the construction process and what to expect. We did some prior research so knew that an area of our yard would be a construction zone and that we should expect it to be completely torn up as they move in equipment and materials for building...so we had no issues with that. The overall construction process took about 2 months. With each passing week we received less and less correspondence from Jeremy. Days would go by with no response to email or text. When I mentioned this being a problem, the response was that he was very busy and that my questions should be answered in the daily reports (which we never received). After the construction completed, I was pressed (annoyingly) for a review. I cited numerous, unanswered questions where serious issues continued to remain unresolved. To this day (May 2022), I still have open issues that I have since submitted to warranty (which they have been completely non-responsive, but I’ll get to that). I gave the construction phase 1 out of 5 stars because of very poor communication from our PM and severe quality issues that were not resolved.
Pool Start Up (August 2018): 5 out of 5 stars. Once the pool was filled, a technician, Mark, came out for the day to get everything fired up and educate us on our pool and operations. Mark was exceptional. He was incredibly knowledgeable and extremely patient with explaining everything to us. He actually had me record all of his lectures so that way I wouldn’t forget...to this day, years later, I still reference those videos because they are that good and informative! Mark really took his time to make sure we were completely comfortable with everything before he left. Mark never once asked us for a review, but rather that last thing he said was “if you ever have a question, day or night, pick up the phone and call me”. This guy was an absolute class act!
Pool Closing (2018): No issues
Pool Opening & Closing (2019): No issues. The pressure valve that is used for the mini jets and polaris was not working. The technician replaced it and that was it.
Pool Opening & Closing (2020): Upon opening the pool in May 2020, we had a very unpleasant experience. During the 2019 closing, apparently one of the technicians dropped their pocket knife on the pool step and then put the cover on. Once the cover was removed in May 2020 a very ugly metal and rust spot was left on our step. I had to have numerous conversations with A&S about this as they said “it wasn’t us”...which left me surprised because it was not my knife, and I was nowhere near the pool when they closed it. The “fix” that A&S provided was a guy coming out 3 separate times to scrub the stained area down. This left an off-colored spot on our step that to this day (May 2022) still exists. The pressure valve that was replaced during the 2019 opening was once again not working. The technician said that they always break and that he didn’t have any to replace it with. His feedback was to use the main filter pressure gauge to manage the polaris psi.
Pool Opening & Closing (2021): This was a very frustrating year. A&S “lost” our scheduled date for opening and closing. Which led to numerous calls and voice mails to reschedule. By dumb luck I finally reached someone and was able to get things scheduled. The opening was fine and had no issues...with the exception of a broken, now rusted pressure gauge from the previous year. The closing was absolutely awful. They simply did not even show up for the closing, and it took a frantic week of phone calls by me begging to get someone out to close the pool. All of this effort is tough to swallow when you have to do all of the work and beg someone to do their job that you pay over $1,000 for each year.
Pool Opening (2022): Once again, A&S did not have my opening scheduled. I called and left multiple messages to get it scheduled. Once again, dumb luck by calling at 0830 I managed to catch someone and get scheduled. The opening was not good. I was told by the technician that everything was good to go and there were no issues. The following day I turned on the mini jets and to my surprise, one of them was not working. The bottom line is that they did a half baked job at opening the pool correctly and never tested the mini jets for proper operation. After 2 weeks of more phone calls and messages, the technician finally came back out and got them working again. What was even more concerning about this opening is that the grout on the coping in the deep end has completely come apart. There are now chunks missing and this feeds back to my serious issues raised during the construction phase where there were hollow spots on the deep end coping and tile. I asked the technician about this and he said that it was not good and I should contact warranty. I submitted the claim to warranty on 5/10/2022 and received an automated response that I would be contacted in 3 business days. Today is 5/31/2022 and I have still not heard a word from A&S. Another issue with this years opening is that when I finally did speak to someone about scheduling my opening, I stated that I wanted to swap the halogen light for a multi color LED light. I was told that my request was logged and someone would get in touch with me the next day. Despite many follow up calls and messages, I never heard back and had to open the pool. The last thing is that the pressure gauge still remains broken and even more rusted out than before.
Overall: 1 of 5 stars: My rating for A&S overall experience is 1 out of 5 stars. There are aspects where A&S did a great job and I was completely satisfied. However, for the items that really matter (quality, value, customer service) I have found A&S to be severely lacking. If A&S actually reads this review, please do not insult me by posting a comment that you’d like me to get in touch with you to resolve my issues, as you have clearly demonstrated over the years that no one at A&S actually picks up the phone or responds.
It was my error in that I did not exam the contract as well as I should. I trusted this guy to complete the contract as we discussed. Turns out he did not check the small box that choose "waterline tile to be replaced", so they didn't replace it. Calls to regional management were useless.
When this pool was built, the company was Sylvan Pools, not Anthony Sylvan. It was done correctly and as planned. When the plasterers showed up, they were a subcontractor in a beat-up old truck with handwritten lettering of the company name. That should have been my first warning. I was able to see them work on the plaster only one day. On that day one of the workmen was walking around the new plaster with shoes rather than the padded covering required. I told the "boss" to get that guy out of the pool. In the process of plastering, they tore off some tile. They replaced it in a very crude and sloppy manner. I did much better work when I had to replace a few tiles.
I complained to the regional management about the horrendous tile replacement job they did (with pictures), but nothing was done. Now a few years later rust is coming up through the plaster, which tells me that in these spots the plaster was not sufficiently laid. In addition, the workers decided to plaster over the plugs in the bottom of the pool.
When my son decided to put in a pool, I advised him to go to another company and choose a liner instead of plaster. His pool is over 50 feet long and much easier to care for.
Also, our pool started at $87,000 (20x40) - we moved the pool very close to the house, already had a fence and a plot plan, no waiting for a loan, etc. so they reduced it to $80,500 (no heater at this time). They made a mistake on the code for the Sun porch inside of the pool so it had to go from 8' to 7'. They did credit $400 for that but that was a cost they avoided. Look to pay for a Pool Cover $5,000+ (although they knew what they did to me so far and made a deal for a $3,700 cover) and to fill your own pool. They include the minimum concrete around the pool so you pay for additional with their contractor along with any adds he has due to the property. You are on your own for the final property clean up with their trucks running in your yard. I'm sure there will be more surprises since we are just with a hole in the ground with gunite / coping. So far I'm at $90,700 (with Anthony) and another $4,300 to get a few more feet of concrete with more $$$ coming when the site guy comes out. Stay tuned for the rest of the costs so you will be more informed before you commit to just Anthony / Sylvan. I was actually told by Anthony that they are building my pool at "lightening Speed"!? I welcome Anthony / Sylvan to respond to this email so we can have an open discussion for everyone.
I would recommend Anthony Sylvan to any friend or relative and especially our team without hesitation.
Dale & Lorie Wathen
Southern Maryland
this is in Nevada.
We spent over 20,000 thousand dollars for a renovation and our pool looks absolutely terrible. Whatever enjoyment we once had relaxing by our pool is filled with disappointment and frustration from the horrific experience we've had with Anthony & Sylvan. It looked better before the renovation and if we could go back in time, we would not have pursued our renovation with Anthony & Sylvan for a number of reasons as follows:
1. Customer service is absolutely terrible. Our renovation was scheduled 6 times and their response was, 'we are short on supplies', 'we didn't know the renovation team didn't show up', 'our oversight', etc... And this was only if you even got a response. During the 6 times our renovation was re-scheduled half of the time we came home to find NOTHING was done. We emailed, called, texted and no response from their scheduler (Monica Francis).
2. The quality is absolutely terrible. After over 20K, you would expect quality work. Nope! There is consistent and visible discoloration. It looks like someone peed in our pool. They were told immediately and we were told, wait 3 weeks. Brush 2x daily. We brused 2x daily and we waited 24 days yet the discoloration persists. We contacted their managers, supervisors, directors, (Ashley Fretz and Corey Corenhhenour) and their response 'So and so is on vacation. This will have to wait until they get back'. Unreal!
3. They don't communicate with you or with each other. They make a mistake but won't own up. They volunteered to schedule water to fill the pool after the 6th time the plastering was re-scheduled. They communicated incorrectly and there was no water to fill our pool until well over 24 hours later and this was because the customer found the water.
4. They only want your money. We paid on time and in full and once we paid up, they forget about you. They were timely with their reminder requests for payment but can't seem to remind themselves of the customer service and contractual obligation they have. Loud volumes of negligence here!
5. They have not fulfilled their end of their contractual agreement.
Save your money and your anxiety for a better cause. Do NOT use Sylvan. If you are in Pennsylvania, go elsewhere - Try Blue Haven. I understand they at the very least ensure the customer gets what they paid for.