[mac6115cd]

What is the average price to have a swimming pool/spa installed? Who do you recommend? Would like to have it installed as we build. Haven't decided on what model, but am trying to get all the numbers up front. Thanks for any intel.

[Happinow]

Hi. I can tell you what we bought today but it's probably way more than you may want to do. We are putting a a 16x32 pool only. We put in concrete columns instead of the typical birdcage, we added about a 10 by 25 feet more of pool deck, we put a few upgrated accent tiles on it, 2 waterfall features and some ceramic scenes of tropical fish and coral which was about 25x40 inches on the "beach" part of the pool and added more tropical fish and shells on the steps of "beach" part of the pool. We also put a vinyl coated hand rail in and a hole for a beach umbrella on the "beach" part of the pool. This cost about $76,000. I'm quite sure you could put in a pool and spa for much less. We kinda went a little crazy but it's what we dreamed of so we got it. Good luck with your choice. We worked with T&D Pools and they will work with your budget and are wonderful to work with. Hope this helps.

[The Village Girl]

We are going to add a water element next year but for now we went for the tropical look.

What do think????

[Happinow]

Originally Posted by The Village Girl

We are going to add a water element next year but for now we went for the tropical look.

What do think????

You are too funny. I quite enjoy your humor!

[jsw14]

Nice pool VG. I've been wait'in to try out my scuba gear for 3 month's now......

[USNRet92]

VG...Looks like the perfect spot for "Frogs" Indeed love the humor!!
Happinow I so enjoy your moment to moment updates... Your soon to be Home sounds like a dream!
Ebsmom & USNRet92 "Hoping to be a Villager in 2012"

[jmac1031]

Hi, sounds like a wild ride thru the process. I might have missed the beginning so I am asking where are you building this beautiful home? We are building later this year..

[Happinow]

Originally Posted by jmac1031

Hi, sounds like a wild ride thru the process. I might have missed the beginning so I am asking where are you building this beautiful home? We are building later this year..

Hi. We are building in Sanibel on the golf course. This has been a wild ride but wouldn't change anything! What home are you thinking of? Welcome to my posts.

[jmac1031]

We will be doing a Begonia on lot 81 Silk Tree Terrace. When we visited last November, the day we left a lot came back on the market. We loved the setting. It allowed for the stretches we wanted..
My second career here is in real estate and it is all about Location.. We could not help ourselves and after a 3 hr hold expired, it became ours. We will build this fall and will probably put a long term renter in it( much to the chagrin of my wife). My wife has 2 yrs to get her retirement from GE... Your posts have been helpful. Have fun we will see you on the trails!

[graciegirl]

Love that pool VG.

[tainsley]

[QUOTE=The Village Girl;453952]We are going to add a water element next year but for now we went for the tropical look.

What do think????
I love it...but shouldn't the fish be inside the pool?



[IMG]http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff129/Angiefox10/Pool1_06-13.

[Happinow]

[quote=tainsley;454028]

Originally Posted by The Village Girl

We are going to add a water element next year but for now we went for the tropical look.

What do think????
I love it...but shouldn't the fish be inside the pool?



[IMG]http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff129/Angiefox10/Pool1_06-13.

Hi the fish are inside the pool. The beach area is actually a deck like area that is in shallow water so you can put a beach chair there and sit in the water. We thought it would be fun to put the fish there so they could be seen well. In deeper water, unless you go with a really huge design, which is big money, you can't see the fish very well. We wanted a pop of color without breaking the bank. The designs we picked were over 1,200 dollars. Didn't want to spend anymore. We saw this design in a photo on the beach area of a pool and it looked really nice.

[swimdawg]

Hey Hap....it's me, Swimdawg.

Now.......as potential 'friends' ....don'tcha think you should enclose that pool....maybe lengthen the pool by perhaps 30 meters or so...perhaps add a huge whirlpool for my friends...and of course, maybe a sauna?

Your house sounds bee-you-tee-ful.

Think about enclosing the pool and "stretching" it a bit, though....so I can get my 1/2 mile in every morning during the cool weather.

I knew if I waited long enough....I'd finally get my indoor pool.

I hate to think about going over to Village Girl's pool every morning. Just not into the "tropical" thing!

[eweissenbach]

We looked at a home yesterday in Sanabel with a pool. The pool with a waterfall and large birdcage added $43,000 to the price of the home.

[swimdawg]

Originally Posted by eweissenbach

We looked at a home yesterday in Sanabel with a pool. The pool with a waterfall and large birdcage added $43,000 to the price of the home.

Yikes! Looks like I'll be bringing my Dukes of Hazzard plastic pool that I had when my nephews would come to visit me up north.