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[quote=Anonymous]8:43 here again.  To the OP, Lewis Aquatech does everything which is one of the reasons we chose them (also upon recommendation from a good builder friend of ours who uses them when he builds high-end homes).  They have a great design team as well as a team of landscape architects and will draw up a whole computerized plan that they present to you.  I met with 4 different pool companies and they were the only ones who were all-encompassing.  The rest only built the pool, then you had to hire someone else to build your patio, fence, landscape, etc.  Lewis took care of everything, all the permitting, inspections, etc.  Very professional.

As to neighbors who are leeches, we just don't have that problem.  We have great friends in the neighborhood who we invite over often with their kids.  They never let their kids come unless they're there too watching them.  If I invite just kids over, I assure parents that I'm in the backyard with the kids.  Our kids are older now so they don't have to be hovered over, so I can sit in the kitchen and watch them comfortably.

Our project began in the winter and the pool was ready by early June.  I would start talking to pool companies in the fall.  They are busiest in the summer (obviously), but a good timeline is to start meeting pool companies now, make your choice and begin the process in the fall so you have your pool ready by summer.

Our lot is a quarter of an acre, and we don't have a lawn anymore in the backyard.  We never used it and now it is pool, patio, landscaping, pathways, and a very large vegetable garden.  I realize this may turn off a lot of people who want grass for their kids to run around, but ours always preferred to go to the playground/fields that are walking distance from our house so they NEVER played in the backyard when they were little.  Now they LIVE in the backyard.  We have lots of small and large parties all summer long, including our annual 4th of July BBQ pool party!

I agree with the PPs who say to get a large pool.  We swim laps in it all the time.  Also, the PPs who say a pool is a ton of work must have had an older one.  As I said in my previous post, the new ones are so low maintenance.  We have a Polaris, which is a robot-vacuum that comes on automatically every morning and cleans the entire pool.  The systems are so high tech now that you can even control everything in your pool (lights, heat, water features, etc.) with an I Phone App!!  Seriously, very little work to do.  And be sure to get salt water.  Lewis told me that most of the pools they build now are salt.  No harsh chemicals on your skin and much cheaper and easier to maintain.

Again, good luck with your decision.  It's a very personal one that you have to make for your family.  We never regretted ours.

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