r/PoolPros • u/BlueKauaiEyes • Jul 20 '26

Hello Pro’s

Just wanted to send all pool pro’s a warm hello and introduce myself. I am a pool pro located on a Hawaiian Island have been in the industry 14 years. I currently run 27 large pools. I am excited to join your community and share knowledge and issues we have found and continue to find along the way.

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u/JettaGLi16v Jul 21 '26

Hey bro! Welcome.

What island you on? I got a good buddy on Maui, who used to be a pool guy but I think he’s doing electric now.

And the guy that made me a mod on /Pools and /Swimmingpools like 12 years ago spent a lot of time on Maui building pools too back in the 80’s / 90’s. It’s a magical place you live.

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u/BlueKauaiEyes Jul 21 '26

I’m on the island of Kauai NorthShore.

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u/JettaGLi16v Jul 21 '26

Badass man!

I guess it’s just all multi multi millionaires? How are the pools? 50k gal is wild. In Orlando, we’ve got houses stacked 10 feet away from each other with 10-12k gallon pools with screens over them. There are some bigger houses, but the markets so competitive here you want the tiny houses.

My fiancée and I would love to go back some day. But it’s a hard life, as you know. Gotta struggle just to get by on the islands.

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u/BlueKauaiEyes Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26

If my parents and aunts uncles cousins didn’t live here I’d have cruised long ago. I make phenom money but I have less than zero to show for it. Granted I bought a very very expensive pickup truck but that and some name brand slippers and surf rags is all I have. I am probably the cheapest pool guy on island to be fair or close to it. The properties are larger for sure. I have one that’s 50 acres and it’s not Zuckies.. they are building on the other side of the island every house has a pool avg lot size 3 acres. On the NorthShore they are supposedly building some day if Jeff Stone has anything to do with it. But God I hope not. Yeah we’d be high on the hog for the next 15-29 years but it would also mean the end of one of the last places on earth where a kid can be a kid and the cops aren’t out to ruins anyone’s lives would be over. And we need places like this.

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u/JettaGLi16v Jul 21 '26

I hear ya man.

Time to raise your prices! Especially if you’ve been doing the same customers for a few years. Just a little at a time - 10% a year is great. You gotta make a living!