1) Gold Medal: was in the middle on price, but have a great showroom and sales person (Erik Gieger) was very professional 2) Robertson Pools: Long standing reputation and did a good job of explain what things were and how the process works. Liked them. Fair pricing. 3)Riverbend Sandler: really good people, almost went with them. Probably should have. Fair pricing, professional and good showroom. 4) Summerhill Pools:fairly responsive and reasonable pricing. 5) McGee Pools: Owner came out to meet us, never heard from him again. No response to emails or calls 6) Puryear Custom Pools: very nice people, fair pricing and professional. Came close to using. 7) Another small company that I can't remember the name of. We evaluated all the quotes and visited each of their showrooms (something I encourage you to do). We had them explain their building process to us and timelines. Erik was very professional and GM had a very impressive showroom that demonstrated what they could do in building our pools. Their first price to us was over 20% higher than any other company (which should have deterred us). We told them that their pricing was not competitive so they came back on price and were now roughly 10% higher. We went back and forth a few times and honestly we were considering Riverbend (which we probably should have used), but my wife liked Erik and their showroom is very impressive. They also had so many references, should have called them ;-) My wife is an attorney so she modified the contract, which was set up on a draw system that gives them % of the money during different checkpoints during the building. The one thing that saved us was that she set up their final draw to be ONLY AFTER the punchlist was completed. The other key lessons for us here were to make sure exactly which equipment they were using (They are horrible about substituting cheaper stuff), agree exactly how much decking you want (they charge a fortune to add so estimate high and give back if you don't need), make sure you know your sewer and gas lines are nowhere near your pool or include moving in the price and pick exactly the stone/tile/finish you want as costs increase exponentially after contract is signed. They final piece was that they estimated completion to be around 2 months...wow, that was wrong! They had given us a complete planning book that showed how each step was supposed to work, it turned out to be a joke. They showed up to sketch out the pool and we met our foreman (Gene Hunnicutt nice guy, completely incompetent and they source of many of our problems so if you really are going to use them you don't want him on your project). They marked out the pool and the next day the digging crew came. This part was actually very painless, sadly this is where the good experience ends. They finished in two days with a huge hole in the yard and our fence open, this would remain this way for the next FIVE months...in the digging process, they stacked all the dirt up against our side fence and also ran over the fence them removed from the back (shattering it). They next step was to come and put in the rebar that frame the polo and spray in the gunite for the pool. This is where started seeing the real mistakes. When they designed our spa, they promised us a Captain's Chair (which is basically more jets in one area that helps you back), but unfortunately the foreman missed it on the plans and it wasn't put in. They also designed our tanning ledge too small so that you couldn't even lay on it without falling into the deep water. We called their attention these two mistakes (the foreman didn't notice they forgot the captain's chair). They literally stopped work on our pool and vanished for over four weeks. Our backyard looked like a warzone with trenches all over the place and trash literally everywhere in our yard. Made for a nice Christmas dinner to look out at that. I've enclosed pictures. We had to keep the doors locked so that none of the kids would go our there as one kid actually hurt himself by falling over the trash. They finally came back in January and admitted they messed up on the captains chair, but were not willing to add it as required them to remove some of the gunite and relay the pipes. We finally agreed they would give us a bit of a discount on the firepit we were thinking of adding and moved on. It was fairly contentious and they were not willing to work with us (they knew we had a hole in our yard). They extended the tanning ledge, but charged us for it (even though it was their mistake). Through out the process, they would tell us, we come next week and it was a crapshoot whether they did or not. it became a running joke in the house (we work next week). The next phase was supposed to be the decking, which they had told us during the selling process that they come out and mark with us using spray paint so we get it right. Unfortunately, like everything else they told us, it didn't happen that way, they came out and put rebar in for the deck and completely got it wrong. It was not designed according to the drawings (one area had less than 1' around the pool and the firepit was against the fence). We called them that night and told them what happened (the foreman was MIA again) and they told us that it was already in and if we wanted to change it was going to be $15per ft, which was a 100% premium from what they had charged us in the original proposal (they kill you with change orders). The discussion got very hostile and the owner, Josh Sandler, got involved. He was a complete jerk, he told my wife that he was a big company and we could either deal with it or they would walk off the project. We ended up having to pay part of the difference (for their mistake) and the foreman came out to mark the changes with spray paint. He still did it wrong and was trying to short us on deck (surprising how every mistake was in THEIR favor), fortunately I checked it and went out remarked it giving us what we paid for (I knew their lack of attention to detail would help me) and they never noticed and did the deck as it should have been done all along (yet costing me another $1K). Sadly they had grossly miscalculated the size of the deck needed for our BBQ area so we have a bar that you can't sit at half of it because it was so close to the edge of the deck that you would fall off the deck and down the hill the created. We had to pay another $1K for someone to come and fix later (they would never come back and fix this). Pictures attached. Finally in March (5 months after start), they put the plaster in the pool itself and as usual had no focus on quality, they sprayed it all over house so we had to have someone come out and clear it off our stucco. They put in our LED lights, but of course, cheated us again and put in smaller SEVI lights even thought the contract said full LED. Two of them were broken and didn't get replaced for another three weeks. Our pool didn't get filled with water until mid April, a full six months after we started. We literally had our backyard full of trash for more than 5 months!! The only that saved us and got them to finish the project was that we had changed their contract to say the final payment would not happen until AFTER the punchlist was complete so it forced them to give us our pool remote (which they tried to avoid), remove trash (which was literally all over yard), fix broken stones around the pool, correct improperly installed equipment and put our fence back up (which they tried to put up the broken one). Overall, what I can say is they are the two different companies in how they treat you, the selling part is excel"},"url":"https://www.angi.com/companylist/us/tx/frisco/gold-medal-pools-and-outdoor-living%2C-inc-reviews-2079348.htm"},"position":2},{"@type":"ListItem","item":{"@type":"LocalBusiness","name":"Eva Bauer","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressRegion":"OK","addressCountry":"US"},"review":{"@type":"Review","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"S G."},"reviewBody":"Eva is a real piece of work. She is very well known in Coppell, so we selected her to be our listing agent on our $800K house after meeting with her a couple of times. She talks a great game. We signed a contract with her to be our listing agent for 60 days (she told us, she could sell our house in less than 2 weeks). She recommended a price that seemed a bit high to us, but she was the expert. She showed us 4 comps to validate her price, which ultimately we followed. Her camera team came in and photographed the house (this they did very well), it was beautiful house and she managed to capture its true image well. However, this is where things start to go South. We put the house on the market on a Tuesday and had four showings the first weekend. Which again sounded great. Strange thing, no real feedback from Eva (positive or negative). We have another showing the following weekend, then it goes absolutely quiet. We didn't have another showing or hear from Eva for over 3 weeks. We thought something happened to her. We quickly learn that Eva's specialty is collecting listings, not selling them. She absolutely had no ideas for us on what do and would take a week to return phone calls. Through out this process, we had virtually no feedback. Then she comes to us and says, put a seller's bonus in 1% of sale price. Little did we know at this point that one of her friends had a client who already told her that they had been waiting for our house to go on the market for 6 years and that they really want it (and had come and seen it already that Saturday). They come to see it again and give us a very low ball offer. She advises us to take it, really? Who side are we on here? We of course, do not and counter close to our listing price. They counter again and half way up from their initial offer. We give them another 1% off the house and they accept. Through out this entire process, Eva is telling us to take what they offer us. If we had listened to her, we would have lost over $50K... She disappears again. We meet the buyers during the inspection and they are nice people (Doctor) who share the story of how they saw the house on the way home from breakfast and that they told their realtor "THE HOUSE" is on the market, we want it. We get their punch list and it has some reasonable items and a few "lets see what we can get them to pay for items". Once again, Eva tells us, we should just do it all. We counter them back with a reasonable request and they, of course, accept it. As I get to know him, he shares with me that the two agents are friends and that our agent was helping "telling them what they could get from us" and had already spoken when she got the idea to put the bonus in (which we find out that she really had never posted so other agents could see it, but just shared with her friend). The day the house closes, her assistant calls my wife and rudely demands for the "staging items" to be pull together for her. The staging items consistent of two hideous red towels my wife hid, a $5 plastic bowls and fake looking fruit that we put in a bag (all from Target). Again, we don't hear from you for weeks and you have to stalk us to get $20 worth of stuff back (you just made $40K on the house!!!). We literally never heard from Eva again. Shocker...if you have ever seen American Beauty, Annette Benning's character is a very good representation of the person that Eva is. In sum, she made no effort to actually sell the house, we found out that many times she actually didn't call other agents back and stood up several agents when they did come to show our house and ultimately worked against us during the closing process. She exemplifies the image of low-life real estate agent. She took our money and never even bothered to say thank you. There are so many good agents out there (we compare to the agent who helped us find our new home - Pari Faroodi who was utterly amazing) that you should never waste your time and money with someone with such low scruples as Eva Bauer.
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Real Estate Service reviews from real Angi homeowners in Grove, OK
Last update on October 15, 2025
Stephanie N.
1.0
01/2021
DON’T USE THIS COMPANY!!!! DISHONEST AND WILL OVERCHARGE YOU! Dennis Steele, Best Quality Roofing, and Freylin Fuentes, Fuentes Contractor Services These companies way overcharged us! they work together on various projects. $11,700 on a 1500 sq ft home? Come on! I have family that did an 1800...
S G.
2.0
10/2014
First of all, building a pool is not for the faint of heart. We knew that going in to the process so were very diligent in getting quotes from multiple companies and spending time with each of them. We had a rough design of what we wanted and key features that were important so we used that...
We had worked with him several times in the past and had mixed results, but wanted to give another chance to put in some faucets in our home (three different bathrooms). Previously he had successful hung a few big screen TV for me, but messed up hanging a large mirror that fell and ripped a...
Welcome to the future of real estate valuation solutions with Akrivis. We combine innovation and evolving technology with our exclusive network of photography contractors to deliver accurate real estate valuations in less than five days. No stress, no fuss, just fast and reliable property values.
"Hired to do valuation of a manufactured home - not on land. Gave appraisal comparison properties included land. therefore not an accurate valuation. Thought salesperson understood nuance. "
Melissa P on October 2025
Welcome to the future of real estate valuation solutions with Akrivis. We combine innovation and evolving technology with our exclusive network of photography contractors to deliver accurate real estate valuations in less than five days. No stress, no fuss, just fast and reliable property values.
"Hired to do valuation of a manufactured home - not on land. Gave appraisal comparison properties included land. therefore not an accurate valuation. Thought salesperson understood nuance. "
Heart Land PRO Realty assists clients into buying residential, land, and commercial properties. Call our real estate company in Ada, OK, for more details.
Heart Land PRO Realty assists clients into buying residential, land, and commercial properties. Call our real estate company in Ada, OK, for more details.
AMERICA’S MOST TRUSTED SOURCE FOR DEBT AND CREDIT SOLUTIONS. CreditGuard of America, Inc. is an independent, nonprofit credit counseling agency that is committed to providing innovative solutions for simple to complicated debt and credit issues. CreditGuard provides credit counseling and debt management along with free financial education to consumers throughout the United States, using state-of-the-art technology and superior customer service.
AMERICA’S MOST TRUSTED SOURCE FOR DEBT AND CREDIT SOLUTIONS. CreditGuard of America, Inc. is an independent, nonprofit credit counseling agency that is committed to providing innovative solutions for simple to complicated debt and credit issues. CreditGuard provides credit counseling and debt management along with free financial education to consumers throughout the United States, using state-of-the-art technology and superior customer service.
I work hard to provide my clients with the most positive real estate experience possible. A vital part of today's real estate industry is technology, and to that end I provide my clients with state-of-the art web tools and marketing. It's just one of the
I work hard to provide my clients with the most positive real estate experience possible. A vital part of today's real estate industry is technology, and to that end I provide my clients with state-of-the art web tools and marketing. It's just one of the
I feel that having the right real estate agent means having an agent who is committed to helping you buy or sell your home with the highest level of expertise in your local market. This means also to help you in understanding each step of the buying or selling process. This commitment level has helped me build a remarkable track record of delivering results.
I feel that having the right real estate agent means having an agent who is committed to helping you buy or sell your home with the highest level of expertise in your local market. This means also to help you in understanding each step of the buying or selling process. This commitment level has helped me build a remarkable track record of delivering results.
We create abstracts of title on land in Pushmataha County Oklahoma. We can process all of your closing on the property you wish to purchase, we can work with any lender in the United States.
We create abstracts of title on land in Pushmataha County Oklahoma. We can process all of your closing on the property you wish to purchase, we can work with any lender in the United States.
At ERA Real Estate, our Muskogee, OK real estate agents use their in-depth, local knowledge of Muskogee, OK to deliver all of your home buying or home selling needs. You can easily search for Muskogee, OK real estate and narrow down choices by filtering by price, bedrooms, or property type like single family, condos or town homes. But we don't just help you find a house, we provide you with all of the Muskogee, OK real estate information you need, including mortgage calculators, Muskogee, OK school data, and Muskogee, OK home values.
At ERA Real Estate, our Muskogee, OK real estate agents use their in-depth, local knowledge of Muskogee, OK to deliver all of your home buying or home selling needs. You can easily search for Muskogee, OK real estate and narrow down choices by filtering by price, bedrooms, or property type like single family, condos or town homes. But we don't just help you find a house, we provide you with all of the Muskogee, OK real estate information you need, including mortgage calculators, Muskogee, OK school data, and Muskogee, OK home values.
Tom Bush is Business Development Director for Home Place Real Estate. As a sales associate he has successfully completed many transactions, both listing and selling properties. Tom feels that communication is critical in helping clients navigate their way through a real estate transaction. Having helped start and build several companies including two stock exchange companies along with his marketing and training skills. Tom has been a great asset to Home Place and its clients. Tom is married with children and grandchildren. This helps him relate to the needs of those seeking to find a home. As a foodie, Tom’s hobbies include cooking, gardening, reading and travel.
Tom Bush is Business Development Director for Home Place Real Estate. As a sales associate he has successfully completed many transactions, both listing and selling properties. Tom feels that communication is critical in helping clients navigate their way through a real estate transaction. Having helped start and build several companies including two stock exchange companies along with his marketing and training skills. Tom has been a great asset to Home Place and its clients. Tom is married with children and grandchildren. This helps him relate to the needs of those seeking to find a home. As a foodie, Tom’s hobbies include cooking, gardening, reading and travel.
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Real Estate Agents questions, answered by experts
Adding a detached garage can increase the home's value by a healthy amount, provided it's well-constructed, permitted, and inspected. The return on investment for a detached garage depends on the structure's size and function, as well as its quality. On average, consumers who add a detached garage can expect their home's value to increase by between $12,000 and $36,000.
If the appraised value comes in lower than an offer, a buyer will normally be able to back out because a low appraisal can prevent a mortgage from going to underwriting. The buyer can also try to negotiate for a lower sale price or offer to put down more cash to bridge the appraisal gap.
While there's not a lot of definite research, some experts suggest that an in-ground or wall-mounted basketball hoop can add value to your home by increasing curb appeal. In addition, having a basketball hoop is an attractive feature of a house since it promotes physical activity, especially for children.
If installing board and batten fixes an issue with the home, it could increase the value, but it isn’t commonly installed for that purpose. Board and batten is an aesthetic choice and, like most aesthetic choices, will do little to raise your home’s value. That being said, certain design elements can help attract more buyers, even if your home’s price won’t see a noticeable bump.
A kitchen remodel can increase home value significantly, with a return on investment (ROI) ranging from 50% to 80%. A well-executed kitchen remodel that enhances functionality, aesthetics, and energy efficiency attracts more buyers and commands a higher selling price. Smaller remodels can have a higher ROI, since less cost is invested than what would go into major or complete remodels while still offering valuable enhancements.
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The Grove, OK homeowners’ guide to real estate services
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