Verified Company
Do not recommend.
Paid ~$50,000 deposit on a ~$135,000 pond project. Contractor (Ryan with Bulletproof Pond & Lake) showed up and worked for one day, then abandoned the job claiming the soil was unsuitable—the same soil I paid him $6,800 to test.
I later hired an independent Arkansas civil engineer who confirmed the soil was suitable for a pond (34% clay). According to the engineer, the real issue was the contractor brought the wrong equipment and lacked the knowledge and experience—not the site conditions.
Ryan also represented himself as a licensed contractor in Arkansas, which I later found was not true.
End result: major property damage from clearing, significant financial loss, and no pond.
They are a professional marketing company with very little knowledge of pond building. What’s worse, however, is the dishonesty and willingness to walk away with other people’s money.
Proceed with extreme caution.
Reply from Bulletproof Pond And Lake
Alex, this review contains false and misleading statements and leaves out key facts.
We evaluated the site and confirmed it was suitable. After that, you cleared the land. Once that happened, water began coming out of the ground and made the soil too wet to build the pond as designed.
We offered multiple options to adjust the project and still make it successful, but those options were declined. As a result, the project could not be completed as planned, and moving forward would have resulted in a failed pond, which we will not build.
When site conditions change and a project cannot be completed to our standards, we stop work rather than move forward with a result that will not succeed. Costs for mobilization, testing, and initial work are covered in our agreement and were applied accordingly.
This situation is being handled through the proper channels, so we cannot share all details publicly. We stand behind our work and our decisions. If you have questions after reading this, feel free to contact our office directly.
We evaluated the site and confirmed it was suitable. After that, you cleared the land. Once that happened, water began coming out of the ground and made the soil too wet to build the pond as designed.
We offered multiple options to adjust the project and still make it successful, but those options were declined. As a result, the project could not be completed as planned, and moving forward would have resulted in a failed pond, which we will not build.
When site conditions change and a project cannot be completed to our standards, we stop work rather than move forward with a result that will not succeed. Costs for mobilization, testing, and initial work are covered in our agreement and were applied accordingly.
This situation is being handled through the proper channels, so we cannot share all details publicly. We stand behind our work and our decisions. If you have questions after reading this, feel free to contact our office directly.
