I am in Austin TX. I fired my pool company. If I were you, I would go with Summit pool....I've heard good things about them and when we interviewed different companies, they sounded the best.

...Unfortunately we didn't go with them...and that was our mistake.

We interviewed just about every pool company there is.

Thanks, Barco.

Did you get a gunite or fiberglass pool?

We have a gunite pool built by Cody pool. I was happy with their work. I also know a couple of other people with a pool from Cody. We finished our pool late last summer. They were in the middle of the bids we got from 3 different builders.

I'll post a picture tomorrow.

I wanted to let everyone know about the terrible experience we have had with LIQUID ASSETS POOLS in Austin, Texas.

The company is managed by unprofessional people who do not know how to spell "Service"! The tiles in our pool are falling off after 3 months of construction. The filter pump is leaking and there are several cracks in the pool. Our pool DID NOT pass local Code inspection and Liquid Assets has failed to deliver on their contractual obligations.

We have no option but to take legal action against Liquid Assets Pools. DO NOT HIRE THIS COMPANY!!! Shoddy construction, horrible service and unprofessional project management.

We are in Austin and in the permit stage. We are not using any of the pool builders listed in this thread so far. We did interview a LOT of PB's and have ultimately decided on a smaller company that we feel very comfortable with. They are definitely not the cheapest, but like many say, you get what you pay for.

We're not far enough into the process at this point to really give you much input, but I will say a gunite pool in the Austin hills is pretty pricey compared to other markets.

Where in Ausitn are you located? If you would like more info, just ask.

Everyone I talked with in my neighborhood seems to be happy with Summit Pools I believe is the name.

TX Pools & Patios was our choice after meeting with about 3 others.

Price wise, we are in the neighborhood of $55k+ but we added a lot of options. Here are a few specs from the top of my head:

Grecian Lazy L design
103' perimeter
8.5 foot deep end
Diving board
7' spa
400K BTU heater
colored lights
400 square feet decking

We are still in the build stage and I have been very happy with them. We are about 3 weeks into it and they are finished with the coping and tile and are now onto the deck work.

If you are looking for a basic pool then I believe you should be able to get a 450 square foot pool in the $35K range give or take a few thousand.

Good luck to you!

We used national pools houston,tx they are currently expanding to austin and san antonio this company a class act. Very creative and delivered alot better than expected.

After extensive negotiations, Liquid Assets is taking the necessary measures to complete the repairs on our pool and pass inspection by January 15th, 2009.

Looking for a simple, cheap pool design in Austin, Texas and wondering how much it costs and how long it takes to build. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks for any help.

We just signed with Cody after interviewing a bunch of companies. I think we ended up with an ok deal. All were withing 2000 of each other and were willing to match other offers.

Mashmasher would you mind sharing your pool specs and cody pools bid?i am also meeting with 5 pool contractors and only one has given me abid so far.it would really help.
thanks.

Sure the bid is around 44k

approx size; 30' x 16'
Oklahoma flagstone coping
7' spa

It is a pain getting apples to apples bids. I would try to get them to be as close as to each other and had no problem showing them to the other guy saying beat this.

What other details do you want to know?

Thanks,
we are looking to build an aprox 15 x 30, 400 sq feet pool. No spa. stamped concrete decking.
did you go with pebble tech?any other specialty features?is yours around 500 sq feet?i am hoping to keep it under 32k.
any advice on who to get bids from?i have meetings scheduled with cody pools,oasis pools,custom crites pools and emerald pools.

Ours is pebble sheen with is supposed to be less abraisive than pebble tec. not sure about the sq feet of the pool. sounds like you have a good list, we also looked at Broadway pools.

I regret not going with Cody pools.

Good luck to you!

We signed w/Austin's Clearwater Pools. We are spraying gunite today and have been very happy with service and flexibility. Call Jose or Abel for a bid. (512) 791-7131. We too interviewed multiple PBs and found that specifying the exact list of what we wanted, then adjusting to fit our budget worked well. After calling references from 8 years to 6 months, their customers have been happy. Our pool contract: 32 X 18 pool, w/9X6 spa, 12' neg edge, gratto w/slide, tanning deck, 400' decking, Pentair VS pumps, color lights - $55K. Good luck! jeri

Poster on 3/10/09
Liquid Assets completed their contractual obligations on our pool on March 4th, 2009 only after we retained a lawyer, at our expense, for all negotiations.

Follow up on our pool experience with Liquid Assets pool Company. After several conversations with the new owner, Liquid Assets completed the work and our pool passed inspection.