DO NOT DUE BUSINESS WITH RICK
SALINAS OF OCEAN POOLS, aka oceanpools-tx.com,
austintexascustompools.com, 4896 Engadina Pass
Round Rock, TX 78665
Buyer
beware This guy is a Crook!!!!
This horrible experience started
mid November and now May 15, 2011 I have
to get another pool contractor to fix and finish this still unfinished job.
Rick Salinas is a smooth talker telling you how good of a job he will do, his
experience in Austin / Round Rock area and he has his own crews no
sub-contractors.
1st lie. He does not have his own crews ! He does not pay his subs! On 2
separate occasions sub contractors came to my door for payment and upon getting bids for another contractor to finish
this job, I was told by 3 or more people in the industry that most wont work
for him because this. 2nd lie.
45 days to complete the job. Almost 6 months later he has refused to finish the
job. Now I only paid as progress was done but he asked me for money to
purchase equipement. 3rd lie. Never
purchased the equipment. Told me he had it on numerous occasions, then 2
weeks ago said he was ordering the equipment??? I never received the
equipement. Every word that has come out of Rick Salinass mouth was a lie. After I hired a attorney who wrote a letter demanding they finish or be sued,
he brought in another contractor named Josh Salinas of Dreamskapes (dreamskapes.com) (austin-poolbuilders.com) to try to
finish the job. Josh said all the right things but 1 month later virtually
nothing has been done. Josh stated he was always waiting for money from Rick
and that many of his subs would not show up for ridiculus reasons and that many
feared they would not be paid. Of the work Josh was responsible for ALL
MUST BE RE-DONE! The tiles were not put on correctly, not level,
not enough thinset to assure that the water would not leak into the gunite
behind. The concrete decking was poured to shallow to allow cool deck product
to be used to be level with the coping. They poured it as if we were using
stone not cool deck. Now more concrete must be poured to fix the job. The
grading of the deck was also wrong and concrete must now be cut to add drains.
The 2 different contractors noticed these problems a few seconds after walking
in the back yard. Incompatence! The
bottom row of rocks for the waterfall must be redone because it was not
properly waterproofed behind. They were supposed to pour a concrete pad for the
pool equipment but actually put in some sort of concrete like plastic pad which
is a joke. They broke my neighbors fence and did not repair it. I am going to
great lengths to expose this crook so another unsuspecting family doesnt have
they dreams crushed by him. If you have any questions feel free to contact me @
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