madiba

Just signed the contract with Premier pools in carlsbad. Ron Detrich (the contracter) seems to be on top of things and was happy to draw 5 different designs for us before we were happy. California pools were also responsive. Ask for Christian, his grandfather owns the company. Jim from Sundancer pols in Escondido was also very impressive but a bit expensive. Companies to avoid: Dream pools, Mission pools. Good luck! I'll let you know if Premier mess up or not. P.s. Now seems to be a good tme to put in a pool, the companies are desperate. I used 5 differnt bids and showed them to each contracter and basically told him to beat the price.

I live in North San Diego County and am about to put in a medium sized pool. I have got quotes from about 5 companies and the most attractive seem to be Premier Pools (Ron Detrich) and California Pools (Christian) I belive that Premier is headquarted in Sacramento and California somewhere in LA. Both bids seem to be about equal and I have similiar feelings about the individual's promise on how he "is the best pool builder in the world". Are either of these companies to be avoided or used? Please any help would be great. Oh anything thing is that I was told is that this is the time to get a "deal" because the companies are feeling the effects of the economic downturn and might be more willing to lower construction prices? With this in mind, I feel like both companies are really putting the "squeeze" on me with regards to adding that little bit extra and going over my budget. The extras I want: solar, water feature, pebbletec etc. are important, but they all seem unable to fit everything in and leave out one item everytime. This causes the quote to always be about 2-3 thousand more than I want to spend. Frustating to say the least.