re: Anybody having a pool currently built

I own a stone company and do over 100 pools a year for one company in the Atlanta area. I will say that the pools we are on usually take 12-18 weeks to complete. Each pool is different though and some can be completed from dig to water in less than 10. It really depends on access, if it's hard access and it rains a lot, we might not be able to get materials for two to three days after a rain, while a nice flat well drained site is no problem. Weather does play a lot into the schedule. For everyday it rains, it adds about two days to the project.

Some supply issues can be expected also, but if the pool contractor gets with his subs early enough, that shouldn't happen. Anything over 18 weeks is really not acceptable, unless the weather has been bad or you picked out something unique.

Most pool builders rob Peter to pay Paul. Fortunately, the one I do a lot of work for doesn't do that.

Right now the Wife and I are sending them emails every week but last year leading up to Christmas it was multiple times a day as we had a big christmas party that had been planned for a year.

We had to get or own concrete contractor brought in to put in the deck chain wall so their guys could lay the travertine so we had a deck to stand on for the party.

That's unacceptable. Also, you should never be upside down on a build. The company I do work for gets draws at dig, shoot, deck, plaster, then 5% after completion. Crazy that you have paid more than what work has been done. 90% of pool builders are scam artist.

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Also, you should never be upside down on a build.

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Trust me, as a 25 yr banker that does construction lending too I get it. But not a single pool company up here will negotiate that. We did progress draws as you mentioned but the 10% we have left is only about $10k. No way we can get done what we need to get done for that.

Plaster, decking and equipment would be double that easily.

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Who are you filing a complaint with?

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The Pool Board, maybe?

I get it, but we are doing a 32x16 poor man’s pool that’s pretty plain Jane yard with easy access to the site etc etc. I get things go over, but don’t set expectations of 12-16 weeks in your contract and then be sitting at 30 weeks with no end in site.

The thing that pisses me off the most is that I’ve paid a business $100k so far and they don’t even have the common decency to return a phone call. A message even being left with the owner as I gave up on the PM returning a call a long time ago.