Congrats!!!! Wish we were there...just starting here. Beautiful pool. Tina

Oasis is right! I love the tropical look! I wish I had a tree like that to block my neighbor's view deck :(

Very, very, nice. Have fun swimming!

Very nice! Enjoy and have fun :)

Oooh very pretty .. nice lines to the pool and LOVE the decking!

Looks great! I like the decking pavers and colors. ENJOY!

Thanks, everyone! We had our first pool party today... and it lasted nine hours! Fired up the grill and got some water toys and a cooler full of cold ones... We've been lucky the water hasn't been too yucky like some of the start-up stories I've heard... Still a muddy mess around the pool but hopefully we'll get some grass in there soon...

Who was the "consultant". Did they line up the subs or were you on your own for that?

Hey Chulaman,

We did it with a company, Bella Pools, that will either do a full pool build or a consultant deal for less. Everything went smoothly b/c we had a lot of control over each stage of the build-- we paid the subs directly, but Bella Pools gave us bids from different subs they worked with, and we chose among the estimates or picked subs on our own. For example, we did the electrical work ourselves. You still go over the design with them but take all the permits yourself to get stamped and phone in the inspections-- that was really the only extra work. It ended up being much cheaper than it would have been if we'd gone with a company for the exact same thing, as we got several estimates from salesmen from other companies before we decided to go with this company. It was a leap of faith at the beginning because you pay a "consulting" fee, but they ended up being extremely reliable. You can check out their BBB rating for that.