it goes by square foot, the price is the same regardless of the shape...at least thats what our PB said

Custom pool quotes depend on many different aspects.You have to take into account the access you have for machinery,weather you will be hauling the dirt away or keeping it on site,what type of pool you are getting the estimate for(gunnite,fiberglas,ect),what type of tile they include,what type of plaster they use,how long the company is in buisness. How long they have been in buisness is important. It really does reflect in the price. You will pay more for that in S Florida because their are so many companies right now with no idea of how to run a pool buisness. They sell the jobs cheap and rely on building a lot of pools to make a profit wich never happens because things go wrong. A good number to use in PB for a pool that size is 225 dollars a linear foot(120 linear foot @ 225) plus decking(6.50 per square),permit(1000),saftey fence(16 per linear foot),sun shelf(450). Call Janet at Reffered Home Services . They are a company that has a list of contractors that are checked out for licences and track record.
Janet Smith
Referred Home Services, LLC TM
18935 Pond Cypress Court
Jupiter, FL 33458
561.401.4004 - Palm Beach County
772.402.9010 - Treasure Coast
561.236.1031 - cell
Janetrhs@comcast.net

Hi, from Boca Raton.
A year ago, we used Superior Pools. They are in West Palm Beach and Ft. Lauderdale. Slow with communication, but our basic 14x28 came out fine. No major problems. If we went with the next highest in price we would have used The Pool People. They are very reputable and have a nice showroom, have been around along time - I would use them if there ever was a next time (but I doubt it). Also, Ikes Pools have been around along time (Pools by Ike, something like that). The one to stay away from is Mirage Pools. Bad news.....we know first hand from our neighbor. They are always the cheapest and their build took FOREVER (despite being in the middle of the hurricane that year) but even beyond that...their experience was not good, they were lucky it got done.
Anyway, hope this is helpful.

You might want to look at Van Kirk,they been in business 35
years.Used them 6 years ago when I was in Broward with
good results.Awsome design and good price.
They do Palm Beach,but not Vero, where I`m at now.
Just finishing new pool with Louden Pools out of Ft Pierce,
very happy with them also.

Good Luck JR...

PS..My neighbor in Broward has a great pool from Suprior,
but thier salesman just rubbed us the wrong way.

Thank you all for your follow-ups. I have meet with Van Kirk Pools and will be meeting with The Pool People next week. Thanks Pebbleconcepts for Janet Smith's info. I will contact her when I narrow down the selections.

Thanks Again.

i probably went overboard and met with 12 builders in palm beach county. i can give you info on most of them. i can tell you how my current experience is going. van kirk will be higher. obviously avoid blue haven amd mirage. my nieghbor had a horrible experience with superior. you want to get somebody who is going to constantly oversee the subs work. alot of these companies you will just see a salesperson and the rest will be subs and the communication can be a challenge. e- mail me at shauneyrye@comcast.net and i can give you some more detailed info i discovered in the interviewing process.

Just finished a large project with VK, you can contact me to discuss if you haven't decided who to use yet.
skp1020@aol.com

We used Pool Time Services but they went out of business recently.
We loved Cushing Pool's designs, only reason we did not go with them is he doesn't do pebble tec, but he can draw up a beautiful pool.

regarding pool builders or pool contractors in the Florida area. I used Free Pool Quotes
and had an excellent experience. We got 4 free estimates from licensed and insured swimming pool builders and pool contractors

Here is a link that might be useful: Pool Builders available at FreePoolQuotes.com