Thanks for your opinions
He never mentioned at the outset
I think he screwed up amd took away too much dirt. We have a 750 (at least that is what we contracted for) sf pool with 8 ft deep end for diving board. frankly it is free form and I don't think it is 750 sf-- might be but seems smaller.
He just finished plastering today making the pool substantially complete 16 days after the contract called for it.
We were surprised with the additional up charge for diamond bright midnight blue plaster (never said the darker colors would be more when we initially contracted for the diamond bright upgrade of $2000). A few weeks ago he hits us up for another $1375 bc he claims midnight blue is more expensive.
THe pool, fence, pavers, hot tub, etc all through him totals $75k and considering he promised a finish date by 6/1, then essentially guaranteed 6/23 and now it looks like it will be 7/2 with everything complete, we are put off by his penny pinching.
Because he was so late we asked for two free pillars for free. He agreed though I believe he mentioned that the paver company gives him two pillars per 500 sf of patio and we have 1100 sf.
We still owe him about $11k with $5k due today but I came home after plastering.
That is the story