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With over 10 years experience in building swimming pools, we take care of the entire process from permit stage | city inspections and excavation to shotcrete, pool coping, tile, and plaster or pebble.

"Overall grade: “A”. Summary: Aqua Concepts rebuilt most of my pool (70-year-old, 20’x40’, 9’ deep maindrain, rectangular pool) from the rebar on up, replastered the pool, added new steps, pressure tested my maindrain, installed a split maindrain, and recommended a pool Startup party that I am very happy with. Time Frame: May-June 2021 (COVID time) Issues\Complaints: None My AquaConcepts contact: Chris was always available to answer my questions whether by text, phone call, or in-person visit. He did so in a timely manner. He also suggested alternate approaches and ideas that could be implemented during the rebuild. Very helpful. Background: Initially I planned only to replaster the pool. The surface looked OK except for a few “red spots” in the shallow end. Those spots turned out to be rusted rebar that had penetrated the plaster! This finding changed the entire nature of the job. AquaConcepts dug several “windows” into the plaster and it was evident that rust was widespread. To affect a reasonable rebuild price, they built a new rebar shell (say 6” above the old one), covered both rebar frames with shotcrete (at 3500 psi), bead blasted my existing tile (came out pretty good looking) and all this for half the price of a new pool (new pool of this size: 80-90k.) They also built the rebar shell for the new steps. (As I’m retired, I watched every step of the rebuild closely, asked lots of questions, and enjoyed the process)."

"We renovated our garage and turned it into an ADU. It came out beautiful. SES Builders was taking all of our needs in the project, they were there everyday, working hard, coming on time and providing the best result possible. We would definitely recommend SES to every person that is interested in a reliable company that will provide the best result for you in a great budget. They have an experienced team that cares about your project. Eli treated my project as he is renovating his own house. i had few changes, he did not charge me and I am thankful. My neighbor was renovating his kitchen close to the time I was renovating my garage, and he was really upset about the company for so many issues they had. I FEEL GRATEFUL! to find a great construction company these days is a matter of luck. Go with the reviews and see what most people think! If anyone would like to see my project, I invite them to take a look!"

"Exodus was wonderful , after quotes from many pool companies I decided to have SAMs company Exodus do the new construction on my pool. The price was excellent , but most importantly Sam had over 20 yrs experience in this field. He's men came here did a great job and my pool & concrete look beautiful ! I highly recommend this company, & would definitely hire them again ."

"We contacted California Smartscape to give us an estimate on redoing our front and back yards. They had been destroyed by putting a pool in and by a large tree in the front yard that damaged the hardscape. We spoke at length to Richard and Nick about our budget and our ideas for the yard. The proposal they came back with was within our budget and had all the elements we wanted. We were pleasantly surprised because we had contacted others and their proposals were way above budget and did not have the elements we wanted. The crews that came out to do the work were wonderful. They were professional, considerate and respectful. Steve was a great project manager who attended to things as they came up during the work. Ruben was a good crew supervisor. He had a good relationship with his workers. Now that our project is complete, we couldn’t be happier. The whole yard has been transformed into a natural landscape with easy to care for low water plants, low voltage LED lighting and drip irrigation. We even have a small artificial grass lawn in back! If you need landscape work, this is the company I would recommend."

"Work turned out really well.  We had subsequent problems with the gate, which likely were a design issue.  The guys returned promptly to fix.  The first time was free.  The second time I paid them.  I'm thinking of having them install another enclosure on the property.
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"I had a vast empty lot in my backyard, and my desire was to construct a smaller house on it. However, I found myself unsure of where to begin, and I wanted to hire a company that could handle the entire process seamlessly. I longed for a stress-free experience. When I reached out to Dezign Construction, they not only answered all my questions, but they also communicated in a manner that was easy for me to comprehend. As someone with limited knowledge of construction, understanding the city building department codes and regulations can be quite challenging at times. Fortunately, Dezign Construction simplified everything for me. They outlined the initial steps and took charge from there. I didn't have to take on much responsibility because they handled all the necessary calls and scheduling. They simply requested that I send them an email with my schedule, allowing them to arrange everything around my availability. I truly appreciated their flexibility! They completely took care of every aspect of the project. They were exceptionally helpful and readily available to provide updates whenever I needed them. Their expertise in the field was evident, and they proved to be outstanding at what they do. Although they may not have been the most budget-friendly option, the results they delivered were worth every penny. Now, I am the proud owner of a beautiful small home that I can either rent out or use as my personal studio. I am immensely grateful to Prosper and his team at Dezign Construction for their remarkable work."

"Recently had a consultation with US Home Developers regarding a new home construction project I was intending on starting. I spoke with Elaina and she kindly took plenty of time out of her day and walked me through the process. She gave me detailed information, and was very patient and understanding of the fact that I am new to the "housing game" and ultimately made me realize that building a new home might not be right for me at the present time. The fact that Elaina kindly offered me her time to provide me guidance and then tell me a new home build might not be right for me at the moment, clearly shows that you as a potential customer can expect US Home Developers will help you do what is right for you whatever that may be. Highly recommend you work with them, will definitely go back to them in the future!"

"Final update:  Anyone who has been read my original review will know that I had a lot of problems with my project.  I will list these below along with how they were resolved.  I still have concerns about this company's punctuality, lack of organization, and not keeping foremen or contractors on their job sites, which I think lead to a lot of the problems below. On a positive note, they were willing to go to great lengths to fix things, which is rare for a construction company.  For that alone, I can't review them too badly. They are not bad people, just too busy, maybe.  
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These are the major issues I encountered and how they were fixed.  Now that I look back at the list, a lot of it could have happened with any construction crew.  The one thing I think could have prevented many of these mistakes would have been if a contractor was on hand all the time to oversee the crews.  As I'm speaking to more people in the area though, that is apparently an unusual thing here in Southern California, especially with bigger companies that can offer warranties. I just moved from New Jersey and every contractor I've ever come across there did lots of work themselves and checked their job sites daily.
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So here are the the major issues I encountered and how they were resolved.  I am not including little things like gaps here and there I had to get the crews to fix as I saw them.  Keep these in mind with your renovations as there's a very good chance you'll encounter them too if contractors in this area really don't check their work very carefully:  
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1) Stone flooring wasn't laid out before installing.  We got travertine installed in a Versaille pattern.  Not laying tiles out ahead of time lead to a lot of tiles that had to be redone and a lot more trips to the tile store when we ran out of certain sizes.  This wasted a lot material and a lot of everyone's time. 
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2) Travertine was sealed without cleaning.  I actually found a piece of dog poop sealed onto the floor that the electrician dragged in. The crew also got sealer all over the baseboards, so there were spots that were shiny and had scuff marks sealed onto them.  It took two extra days of work to clean off and reseal the floor.  Some areas had to be regrouted.  It took another day or so for someone to sand off and repaint the damaged baseboards.  Getting the subcontractor to go after all of the dirty spots was like pulling teeth and they did a pretty mediocre job with the resealing (lots of sealant residue which I am slowly working off) because they couldn't follow the directions on the bottle.  They were not happy, I'm assuming, because the company was making them fix it for free.  I think letting them seal the floor was a total mistake.  I had originally intended to seal it myself but when the crew offered it and said I had already paid for it, I couldn't say no.  
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3)  Base shoe was installed on its side.  The hardwood flooring guy left expansion gaps that were much bigger than my liking.  I thought 3/8" base shoe would cover the gaps so I said yes to that base shoe but after it was installed, I find that it's installed with the long side down (3/4" of coverage).  It looked really weird; neighbors I brought in to look at the work noticed immediately.  The company made them remove it and install 1/2" base shoe in the correct orientation.  Some small gaps still needed to be caulked but this looks much better.  I wanted to have 1/2" quarter round installed, which is even less conspicuous but that doesn't come primed and I was told there was no time to prime and paint it before installation.  There was actually lots of time, in retrospect, (see stair nose discussion below, as this all happened at the same time).  It's stuff like this where having a contractor or someone else knowledgeable on hand, may have helped.  I think if you have access to a really meticulous flooring crew, its better to just have them pull off the baseboards and put the flooring underneath.  My neighbor had this done and it all looks flawless. I didn't even know this was an option before my flooring was put in.
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4)  Fireplace patching.  We had our fireplace surround replaced with floor to ceiling tile.  The same crew that did the floor tiling did the wall tile and related demo.  I don't think this was a great idea.  They cut away way too much of the baseboards and drywall.  They put up cement board for the tile but left a big gap between the cement board and the existing drywall.  The cement board and drywall were at a slightly different level, making patching really difficult. The baseboards run below the level of the newly placed tile, meaning its impossible to put a new piece without cracking tile.  Patching the wall and baseboard around the fireplace took almost 3 days, and it still looks messed up if you look closely.  They had to put some quarter around around the tile to cover the gaps and they had to cut little pieces of baseboard (which I had to track down, since they lost the pieces that were cut away) into funny shapes to fill the gaps.  I actually ended up using a Dremmel on one of the pieces myself because the one the guy was trying to wedge in there looked so horrible.  I feel like this was all done in the wrong order.  It would have made a lot more sense to do the fireplace first and redo the baseboard before laying that spot of tile.  I mentioned this to the subcontractors before the tile went down but they just blew me off.  I should probably have gotten the company involved earlier.  Again, it would have been nice to have the contractor keep the crew more organized.
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5)  Crown moulding.  The crown moulding around the fireplace was damaged during demo (easily avoidable, in retrospect) so we decided to build a cornice around the fireplace tile under which we would stick some lights.  They sent a painting/patching crew to do this along with the other cleanup (repainting baseboards, fixing the holes in the walls, etc).  This 6 feet or so of crown moulding stumped them for a week before I finally called it quits.  They never even brought the correct-sized miter saw!  They used up 32 feet of moulding that I had to buy to match what was up in my house.  When I saw them trying to cut the adjacent moulding with a utility knife rather than taking it down to cut correctly, I finally told them to stop working and leave.  The company seemed kind of oblivious during this process.  The contractor was like, "let them finish, it'll look good in the end".  I brought in a moulding guy to see how much it would cost to fix and he laughed out loud when he saw the cuts and pieces that were stuck up there, "Did you let your kids do this?" (my 6 year old could do a better job with his Legos, haha).  ESI ended up deducting the cost of the moulding and the cost for a professional moulding crew to come in.  I don't understand why a company that builds houses doesn't have access to a moulding guy, but oh well.  I am sure that it will look great in the end now that I got Art of Moulding involved.
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6) I had to stain my stair noses myself.  I was told the crew would be coming to do it on Monday (it was Friday).  So there would be no time to order matching ones from the hardwood company ($1000 and it would take a week).  I could pay the hardwood flooring crew to make the stairnoses but it would cost $2800 for that.  I found out blank stair noses only cost $300 and I had a weekend during which I could stain them, so I did it myself.  Turns out the crew doesn't come to install them until almost two weeks later; plenty of time for the factory stair noses to have gotten here.  We have tile on our stair risers and those had to be ins"

"I purchased this deal because I have thought about putting a bathroom in the top floor of my home in imperial beach. I need a design and they couldn't do it because I don't have an existing bathroom where I want one designed. I rated the experience as an A despite the fact that they didn't perform any services because they were incredibly professional and straightforward."