Hey everyone, we are finally under construction! I have a few other threads out there with some design and planning questions, but all is decided and they broke ground last week. I got really busy so I am little behind on my construction thread, but here it goes.
To recap, we have a new construction home in Odessa, FL, in Asturia. Our home is a "Traditional Neighborhood" design, with the covered front porch, and an alley-load garage in the back of the house. We have a separate garage, with a little apartment above it, and a covered breezeway connecting the house to the garage. It's an interesting and unique design, especially here in Florida, but it raised some challenges when designing the pool. The back yard is essentially between the house and the garage, its about 40 ft deep, and while the yard is around 55-60 ft wide, we cannot utilize all that width because of the breezeway. I originally planned for a small pool in a sort of courtyard design, but my wife wanted a larger pool... hence the design questions thread:
New pool install in Tampa, need some help with design questions
All the questions and conflicts from that thread were resolved... which is another way of saying my wife got whatever she wanted and I acquiesced to her. But there are some great pics so check it out if you like pool design pics.
We submitted our package to the POA for approval and waited for them to respond. That took like a month... crazy long time. But everything was approved so we could begin construction. And our builder started right away... within 2 days we had the yard pre-grading done, all framing leveled. Two days later we had a hole dug, and all the re-bar and plumbing installed. I took pics but didn't get to post this thread until today. And today they are doing the shell... a day earlier than planned. So... the schedule is going well so far, I hope this continues!
Here are the pics, and please feel free to comment or ask questions....
To recap, we have a new construction home in Odessa, FL, in Asturia. Our home is a "Traditional Neighborhood" design, with the covered front porch, and an alley-load garage in the back of the house. We have a separate garage, with a little apartment above it, and a covered breezeway connecting the house to the garage. It's an interesting and unique design, especially here in Florida, but it raised some challenges when designing the pool. The back yard is essentially between the house and the garage, its about 40 ft deep, and while the yard is around 55-60 ft wide, we cannot utilize all that width because of the breezeway. I originally planned for a small pool in a sort of courtyard design, but my wife wanted a larger pool... hence the design questions thread:
New pool install in Tampa, need some help with design questions
All the questions and conflicts from that thread were resolved... which is another way of saying my wife got whatever she wanted and I acquiesced to her. But there are some great pics so check it out if you like pool design pics.
We submitted our package to the POA for approval and waited for them to respond. That took like a month... crazy long time. But everything was approved so we could begin construction. And our builder started right away... within 2 days we had the yard pre-grading done, all framing leveled. Two days later we had a hole dug, and all the re-bar and plumbing installed. I took pics but didn't get to post this thread until today. And today they are doing the shell... a day earlier than planned. So... the schedule is going well so far, I hope this continues!
Here are the pics, and please feel free to comment or ask questions....
