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Latest post on 10 September 2015 - 17:21

Pools By Design Sorry to come in on this so late. I had a pool installed by Pools By Design just over 2 years ago and it looks nice. That's about as far as it goes. The control panel has fallen apart, the light has not worked properly for a year and no one can fix it. Everything else has already been replaced by me. Pools By Design does not even condescend to answer my emails begging them to come and repair problems although I will pay and they are frankly rude. Don't go there please!

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Latest post on 05 January 2015 - 09:02

We got ours totAlly redone by Aquascape, very efficient, were there from 7-6 every day, knew what they were doing and we are very pleased with the end results. Do you have a number for them? I can't find them. Currently speaking to Poolsrus, poolsbydesign and Silverfox. They only do the pool and subcontract the landscaping to other companies.

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Latest post on 28 November 2014 - 09:51

We got ours totAlly redone by Aquascape, very efficient, were there from 7-6 every day, knew what they were doing and we are very pleased with the end results.

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Latest post on 28 November 2014 - 09:17

Bird, I feel your pain. You don't feel any pain yet? Believe me, if you go ahead with this, you soon will. Here's my advice, FWIW: A) Find a room with some nice cool tiles. Lie down and scream. This is a critical part of the process. You will be revisiting it often. B) You have to decide between a cement pool or a fibre glass pool. As far as I've gleaned, the advantages of a cement pool is that you have a lot of design flexibility, it's a solid structure and the tiles won't fall off every five seconds. A fibreglass pool has limited designs, is prone to pressure from the surrounding sand and suffers from tile loss. However, the big advantage is that it doesn't necessitate four months of guys living in your garden. C) Once you've decided between fibre glass and cement, you can then select whichever companies specialise in each option. You should probably aim to meet with at least three. D) After multiple discussions, you will receive quotes. The quotes will continue to escalate to absurd levels, devoid of any relationship to the low cost of labour here. See point A). Repeatedly. E) You will start to dream about living somewhere with no sand, no pools, no prospect of four months of workers in your garden. You will fantasise about immediately moving to Switzerland, and the work hasn't even started yet. You will also become oppressively aware of just how long the building nightmare is going to continue. Months. And months. And months. See point A) F) Oh, and then there's the paperwork...... see point A) Thanks, this made me laugh! And think! Thanks everyone for the feedback.

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Latest post on 03 November 2014 - 13:22

We had a terribly designed pool that came with the property. After 5 years of suffering it, we decided to replace it end of last year. We went with fiberglass after seeing the neighbour spend roughly 12 months building and rebuilding it to fix leaks etc. So far, very happy with the choice as it was quicker and as a user, you don't see a difference. Tiles these days are fairly good and seem to stick to the pool. We went with Pools by Design and they were quite good. They dug up the old pool, and then dug further to put in the new larger pool. During this time, the fiberglass pool was being built and tiles being fixed. New pool was lowered by crane (quite cool) and then the garden was dug up everywhere to install the pipes for the filtration system, heater, drainage system etc. It took a 1-1.5 months till the pool was lowered and a further 1-1.5 months before everything was dug up and filled back. The chiller (which chills and warms and works like a fridge using a condenser) was AED 18k and so, we installed just a heater for 3k. Unlike the chiller, the heater drinks electricity and the bill is quite steep and so we use it very sparingly in winter. We dont care about the warmth of the water in summer, so that's fine. Plan for 2-3 months for the end to end process - it will not take less.

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Latest post on 03 November 2014 - 11:55

Fibreglass is much quicker. We used Pools by Design, very efficient and helpful and we have a great pool.

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Latest post on 03 November 2014 - 10:31

does it take 3 months for a fiberglass pool to be installed as well? it seems a very long time.

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Latest post on 02 November 2014 - 12:39

Hi Bird We had our pool installed earlier this year and would not be without it. It's an infinity pool and we had a heater / chiller installed so the temperature can be adjusted dependent upon the time of year. It was pleasantly cool throughout the summer and is warm now that the temperature is beginning to drop. To be honest our water bills are not too high and I have not really noticed an increase in the costs relating to the heater chiller which is meant to use less electricity than a heater only. The approvals process was pretty desperate but if you manage your expectations , build in around 3 months , and then three months for the installation , you can remain sane. For us it was worth the pain. We used Silverfox for the installation and now their affiliated company MAK pools for the maintenance and have not experienced any problems so far. The pool was finished in April. I find MAK pools very responsive. Like many things in Dubai the process was not without its angst and discussing with other people going through the same thing on our development there is no perfect company out there. I can say that our swimming pool so far looks great and we have not experienced any issues. The price was comparatively reasonable too. Hope that helps !

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Latest post on 02 November 2014 - 11:24

Also FWIW - shallow pools - even large ones - have warm, even hot water in the summer which is not pleasant.but then deep pools are a worry with children. You may not get the cost of it back when you sell.

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Latest post on 02 November 2014 - 09:39

Bird, I feel your pain. You don't feel any pain yet? Believe me, if you go ahead with this, you soon will. Here's my advice, FWIW: A) Find a room with some nice cool tiles. Lie down and scream. This is a critical part of the process. You will be revisiting it often. B) You have to decide between a cement pool or a fibre glass pool. As far as I've gleaned, the advantages of a cement pool is that you have a lot of design flexibility, it's a solid structure and the tiles won't fall off every five seconds. A fibreglass pool has limited designs, is prone to pressure from the surrounding sand and suffers from tile loss. However, the big advantage is that it doesn't necessitate four months of guys living in your garden. C) Once you've decided between fibre glass and cement, you can then select whichever companies specialise in each option. You should probably aim to meet with at least three. D) After multiple discussions, you will receive quotes. The quotes will continue to escalate to absurd levels, devoid of any relationship to the low cost of labour here. See point A). Repeatedly. E) You will start to dream about living somewhere with no sand, no pools, no prospect of four months of workers in your garden. You will fantasise about immediately moving to Switzerland, and the work hasn't even started yet. You will also become oppressively aware of just how long the building nightmare is going to continue. Months. And months. And months. See point A) F) Oh, and then there's the paperwork...... see point A)

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Latest post on 01 November 2014 - 21:44

Can anyone recommend a company to install a pool. Thanks

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