After all said and done here what I agreed to:
17’ by 28’; 75 ft perimeter; 333 sqft, 10,600 gallons;
3-deck jets; 3- hydro therapy jets; 1- 4 foot sheer water fall
(1) Hayward 2 Horsepower, 2 Speed
(1) Hayward pump Horsepower TBD to run therapy jets and water fall on separate pump
(1) Hayward 60 sqft D.E
(1) Goldline Salt system
(1) Polaris 280 w/ booster pump
(1) Hayward Aqua-Pod w/ P4 controller
Pebble Tech - Pebble sheen (Turtle Bay)
12" raised pool with 18" raised back beam wall (16" wide coping)
Excavation, forming and sand bagging is included in the pool base price. Rock excavation is included
1/2†Rebar tied on 10†Centers with a four bar beam and additional bars at all high stress areas if required.
144 sqft decking
All Flagstone on raised walls, decking, topping and coping sealed with 40sk sealant
1/4 point buy down of my loan rate ($450 value and considerable interest savings over life of loan)
5x8 sundeck
(2) in pool benches (spa jets behind bench)
$38,900.00
Excavation has begun I'll put more pictures later but for now this is where it is going to go..............
17’ by 28’; 75 ft perimeter; 333 sqft, 10,600 gallons;
3-deck jets; 3- hydro therapy jets; 1- 4 foot sheer water fall
(1) Hayward 2 Horsepower, 2 Speed
(1) Hayward pump Horsepower TBD to run therapy jets and water fall on separate pump
(1) Hayward 60 sqft D.E
(1) Goldline Salt system
(1) Polaris 280 w/ booster pump
(1) Hayward Aqua-Pod w/ P4 controller
Pebble Tech - Pebble sheen (Turtle Bay)
12" raised pool with 18" raised back beam wall (16" wide coping)
Excavation, forming and sand bagging is included in the pool base price. Rock excavation is included
1/2†Rebar tied on 10†Centers with a four bar beam and additional bars at all high stress areas if required.
144 sqft decking
All Flagstone on raised walls, decking, topping and coping sealed with 40sk sealant
1/4 point buy down of my loan rate ($450 value and considerable interest savings over life of loan)
5x8 sundeck
(2) in pool benches (spa jets behind bench)
$38,900.00
Excavation has begun I'll put more pictures later but for now this is where it is going to go..............
Good luck to you, it looks like you are going along pretty good so far
I feel your pain about how long it takes. We are also under construction, we signed late in April and excavation began early July and we are waiting for the electrical to pass 
(hopefully tomorrow). On a good note, I don't know if you are getting Diamond Brite or not but I did some research (I am no expert) and the application manual states that it should be applied after the gunite has cured for at least 28 days. So I guess that is one reason to wait. Hopefully, you will be swimming soon. :-D
