Hi everybody. After being over priced with a few reputable builders in the area, I decided to take matters in to my own hands. It's been a deep dive over the last few months but I still have many questions and hoping to get answers from those experienced in here. We live in Placer County (Northern California) and I have my plans blown up (site/steel/plumbing.). Here's questions I'm looking for some help on:
1) Once you have your plans, do you get permit first before getting your bids? For Placer County, they want to see your list of subs which to me indicates get bids first, but what if your plans don't pass for permit?
2) How long did it take you to get all your bids? With the craze around pool builds these days, seems like it could take weeks if not months to get all your jobs bid out. Do these bids normally come in writing, and if so, do they normally come with a time frame (good for 60 days or so on.). After getting back to the sub to secure them, did you find any success offering a cash payment? If so, by what % was your cash discount?
3) Can someone please lay out the steps from start to finsish? I've seen what looks like plumbing done before steel, and steel done before plumbing. From getting plans, to getting bids, to getting permit to dig.....and so on.
I've enclosed a rendering of what the pool will (mostly) look like. I've reduced the bar stools to 3 from 4, and the steps on the Cabo deck and the step outs on the far side will be cut in different. That leads me to my last question for this thread, do the subs need the color renderings or the drawn out plans to provide your bid?
Thanks in advance, I'm hoping I can go down to the county this week to start the process (assuming permit comes before bids!)
1) Once you have your plans, do you get permit first before getting your bids? For Placer County, they want to see your list of subs which to me indicates get bids first, but what if your plans don't pass for permit?
2) How long did it take you to get all your bids? With the craze around pool builds these days, seems like it could take weeks if not months to get all your jobs bid out. Do these bids normally come in writing, and if so, do they normally come with a time frame (good for 60 days or so on.). After getting back to the sub to secure them, did you find any success offering a cash payment? If so, by what % was your cash discount?
3) Can someone please lay out the steps from start to finsish? I've seen what looks like plumbing done before steel, and steel done before plumbing. From getting plans, to getting bids, to getting permit to dig.....and so on.
I've enclosed a rendering of what the pool will (mostly) look like. I've reduced the bar stools to 3 from 4, and the steps on the Cabo deck and the step outs on the far side will be cut in different. That leads me to my last question for this thread, do the subs need the color renderings or the drawn out plans to provide your bid?
Thanks in advance, I'm hoping I can go down to the county this week to start the process (assuming permit comes before bids!)
