My head is spinning after reading on here for hours about pros and cons. I'd love some fresh opinions from you guys, you're all so knowledge and basically my pool idols.
-We aren't the least bit concerned about customizing shape
-We have a goldendoodle that thinks he's a fish
-We have two kids, live in Florida
We've had one company out for quotes so far that does all three pool types and has stellar reviews. His designer strongly steered us away from fiberglass due to cost, which with other companies we've briefly chatted with seems to come in under gunite, which is his favorite. He swears we don't need to be concerned about our dog in a vinyl pool as long as we teach him to use the plastic stairs to get in/out. If this is the case, we're having a really hard time seeing the value in a gunite pool that runs $10-15k more with them, considering the long term costs on top of that (replastering every 10 years at $8-10k?!), but it seems to be the fan favorite here by far too. So, what are we missing? We are so confused by the most basic decision. Please help!
-We aren't the least bit concerned about customizing shape
-We have a goldendoodle that thinks he's a fish
-We have two kids, live in Florida
We've had one company out for quotes so far that does all three pool types and has stellar reviews. His designer strongly steered us away from fiberglass due to cost, which with other companies we've briefly chatted with seems to come in under gunite, which is his favorite. He swears we don't need to be concerned about our dog in a vinyl pool as long as we teach him to use the plastic stairs to get in/out. If this is the case, we're having a really hard time seeing the value in a gunite pool that runs $10-15k more with them, considering the long term costs on top of that (replastering every 10 years at $8-10k?!), but it seems to be the fan favorite here by far too. So, what are we missing? We are so confused by the most basic decision. Please help!