Resurfacing a tired gunite pool — new plaster, new tile, new coping — is the job this Hudson, NH shop gets called for. The Better Business Bureau has the company open since 2003 under owner Charles C. Attardo, filed alongside the names Affordable Gunite Pools Inc. and Affordable Pools, LLC, and puts it at 23 years in business. Its own site claims 25 years of New England pool work and lists refinishing and replastering, gunite and concrete resurfacing, tile and coping, decks, spas, indoor and commercial pools, plus new gunite and vinyl-liner builds.
The finish is what customers keep describing. A 2026 homeowner had coping, tile and plaster redone across a fall-to-spring project and called the run from estimate to completion smooth. In a 2025 review, a customer who had spent three years looking for a restoration company described meeting Chris to go through finishes, then a full scope — demo of tile, coping, plaster and an old brick patio, replaced with stamped concrete, new tile and a pebble surface — that ran on the schedule he was given. A 2024 reviewer singled out the coping and tile replacement and the crew cleaning up at the end of each day. On the service side, 2025 reviews describe a commercial pool leak traced and repaired and a failed heater fixed quickly. Google shows 4.5 stars from 22 ratings across a record running 2023 to 2026.
What goes wrong, goes wrong after the crew leaves. A 2025 two-star review on a roughly $30,000 replaster and tile border reported cracking and gaps in the grout and an underwater leak that the return visit did not close, along with frustrating calls to the office. A 2023 customer said tiles began falling off within a year and that warranty calls went unanswered. Another 2025 reviewer said problems surfacing six weeks after the job were met with blame-passing. The BBB grade of A- carries the reason on its face: one complaint filed and not resolved, on a profile that also states the business is not BBB accredited.
A 2024 four-star customer liked the pool and the sales walkthrough but said questions came back half-answered — the same theme. The website calls the crew licensed and certified without publishing a number or a certification name, and New Hampshire does not license pool contractors, so there is nothing there for a state registry to confirm. For a gunite replaster, tile and coping job in southern New Hampshire or greater Boston, they are a reasonable call; before signing, get the warranty in writing — what it covers on plaster, tile and grout, for how long, and who picks up the phone — and a named contact for the job.
