Still no itemized quote from the cheapest pool builder...this PB has been in business 30 something years and I can find no bad reviews on him... here are the email type quotes I have received from him.
attached is the pool you showed. I can fancy it up a bit after we discuss the cost and see if you plan on proceeding. It has a cleaner, 2 led lights, chlorinator, vacuum line, approx. 780 feet of decking, auto IQ control on phone, 4 sprays; tear out deck; an 800 dollar inclusion if you want to have one foot of stone on back side; variable speed pump ; 3 year parts and labor warranty on Zodiac equipment. Pricing based on accuracy of plan measurements.
We can add a led light and return or an led bubbler. The price is 53675 before the extra light.. a led light is 450.00!or a bubbler light kit 900. It changes colors
Pool Specifications
pool 32 x 16 3 ft. 6 or 4 ft to 5 ft. However you choose, with tanning ledge as drawn and steps on side of left from patio.
..we are the same except our deck came to 700 sq. ft.
Base pool
..same except 2- led lights included and white plaster can have added blue quartz for no additional charge
Hydraulics..
...we are the same except we use 2.6 in suction pipe for the main drain and plumb each skimmer independent with 2 in sch. 40; all pipes are outside the pool shell for easy access if repair is necessary. They are NOT piled on top of each other as in a bundle.
Maintenance
They replicate us with the exception that we balance and treat your water for the first 2 weeks.
Additional:
I have a salt system included; $1800. hundred dollars for electrical allowance; 4 deck sprays included; IQP4 Zodiac remote control for phone included; pool cleaner included with booster pump; vacuum line; remove your existing wood deck; 1 foot of allowance of 400 for stone on back of pool wall.
Our price, as sent to you is 52,975. We can add the colored led light with bubbler if desired. It would be 600. plus the cost of a transformer.
This is after I asked about his gunite shell psi and warranty...
4 returns.. not sure what psi is.. shell guaranteed to be capable of holding water as long as you own it. Same as Moore head. They have same contract.
This is after I complained about not being able to get an itemized estimate...
We don't print out our info until you sit with us, discuss everything, and are ready to sign a contract. Everything is include we spoke about but we don't make our proposals public because others 'have taken our schedules and included things which are unique and propitiatory to us on their plans implying them to be part of their work.
At our office everything is written and presented in contract terms. Normally, we don't show our plans until we meet at the office. We bid a lot of jobs and ususally sign them, but we have found the ones's we lose are because someone else shopped the plans and prices. If you see our facilities and proposals, you will understand why I say we are the most professional and trustworthy builder in the arklatex
This one worries me...he DOES use all his own people and no subcontractors and says this is why he is about $15K cheaper than everyone else...What do you guys think?
