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Signed contract in July of 2020, and broke ground in August 2020 for a gunite pool in Clearwater, FL. Filled with water sometime in March of 2021, and still have yet complete an outdoor kitchen that was included in our build quote.

Pool builder originally quoted us three months from start to finish. The joke between the wife and I is when we passed the one year mark I was going to send the PB a happy one year anniversary card.
 
RDFBocephus said:
Signed contract in July of 2020, and broke ground in August 2020 for a gunite pool in Clearwater, FL. Filled with water sometime in March of 2021, and still have yet complete an outdoor kitchen that was included in our build quote.

Pool builder originally quoted us three months from start to finish. The joke between the wife and I is when we passed the one year mark I was going to send the PB a happy one year anniversary card.
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I find that sadly hilarious but doubt your builder would! Isn't your builder the one that tried to "help" the company that went under? I would be pressing him that HIS customers should come first (If I have the right builder in mind).
 
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TampaKathy said:
I find that sadly hilarious but doubt your builder would! Isn't your builder the one that tried to "help" the company that went under? I would be pressing him that HIS customers should come first (If I have the right builder in mind).
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Yes you are correct, and we're not happy with all the recent shenanigan's that we have been enduring,
 
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This year?! That may be close to a record.
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Yes. They hammered it out. I was really surprised. We still owe final payment and they still need to deck-o-seal. But we been swimming for 3weeks now. I told my wife " I wonder how long before they want that last payment"
 
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32x15 in-ground, plaster w/ spa

Contract signed: 10/16/20
Builder (Swan Pools) Estimate: Dig to start mid-December, completion by 12 weeks after dig (mid-March).
Dig Date: 4/2/21
Gunnite: 5/19/21
Preplaster Inspection Passed: 7/12/21

Not one thing done since then.
 
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Signed end of March 2021. Set for fiberglass install in August. Got pushed back into September. Go another push back into October. Pool set for delivery first week of October. PB said 2 week install from dig to finish. I pulled my own permits.
 
Vinyl liner pool with spillover spa.

Signed - 7/17/20
Took a month for the Engineer to complete the survey
Permits submitted - 8/18/2020
Permits Ready - 9/14/2020
Dig Date - 10/15/2020
Steel Walls and plumbing complete - 11/17/2020
Collar Poured - 11/25/2020
Equipment finished - 11/27/2020
Liner Installed - 12/13/2020
Electric Installed - 1/9/2021
Backfill - 1/18/2021
----------- Sat till March 28 2021
4/9/2021 - Stonework and concrete Decking complete

By June 8 2021 Everything else wrapped up (pool shed, sod, fence, landscaping, all final inspections)
 

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I'll play; not with an install, but an AquaBright application for our FG pool.

Signed contract December 20 and paid the deposit and was told it would be finished by end of March 21.
Started prep work May 10
Application finally finished May 21 but the heat application caused an old leak patch in the light niche to deteriorate and had to be partially drained again on May 24.
August 3 and still waiting on the final two punch list items (an eyeball return and brass cover plates as we removed the deep end ladder and chose to cap instead of digging up the tabby which we couldn't match)
It is amazing to me that we still owe him the final payment and he still hasn't returned for it. He has texted twice that he would be back, but still no appearance.
 
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otter86753 said:
I'll play; not with an install, but an AquaBright application for our FG pool.

Signed contract December 20 and paid the deposit and was told it would be finished by end of March 21.
Started prep work May 10
Application finally finished May 21 but the heat application caused an old leak patch in the light niche to deteriorate and had to be partially drained again on May 24.
August 3 and still waiting on the final two punch list items (an eyeball return and brass cover plates as we removed the deep end ladder and chose to cap instead of digging up the tabby which we couldn't match)
It is amazing to me that we still owe him the final payment and he still hasn't returned for it. He has texted twice that he would be back, but still no appearance.
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We had a couple of punch list items and held back more than the final payment on the contract. Supervisor grumbled, but they addressed the issues to get the $$. It has to be more than the cost of taking people off another job and finishing yours, or they'll never priortize your job.
 
poolnoobgrandma said:
It has to be more than the cost of taking people off another job and finishing yours, or they'll never prioritize your job.
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To be honest, I don't care if they never finish those last two items! I'll never reach out to him to come back to finish. The ball is in his court and the money is still in my pocket.
 
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joepaiii said:
Any idea of the percentage savings you had doing o/b? Do you have a thread?
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We ended up getting a bid from a builder from our plans for the entire pool. Their bid was $67,000. We spent right about $50,000 but we upgraded a few things from the plans, like quartz to micro pebble and tile. So we saved closer to $20,000. Here’s my build thread.

O/B in Gilbert, AZ for 2nd time

I finally get to start my build thread :). We just got our plans back yesterday and started getting bids today. 🥳 Background, back in 2006 we built our own pool, which we sadly only had for 2 seasons before moving. Our friend's brother consults o/bs, draws their pool, gets it engineered...
www.troublefreepool.com www.troublefreepool.com
 
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SoCal 33x16 in ground
3/19/21, signed contract
6/18/21, 13 weeks from signature we break ground with demo
6/30/21, demo/dig/rebar complete - 3 mos from sign
8/12/21, initial plumbing complete – 5 mos from sign
 
San Antonio PB
Estimated 4-4.5 months from excavation

Contact 1/18/21
Excavation 3/17-21/21
Steel/Plumbing 4/9/21
Gunite 5/5/21
Masonry/Decking 6/23-28/21
Sundek 7/28-30/21
Pebbletec 8/12-13/21
Fill 8/13/21

Actual just under 5 months with most of the delay due to unseasonably rainy weather.
 
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