[NickatNite]

Hello Las Vegas members! I recently relocated to LV and am going to be building a modest single story in Tuscany Village off Lake Mead Pkwy. Even though they have a great community pool, I work from home, I'm single, and the backyard is very visible from the great room and master bedroom, so the backyard actually is a part of my interior design plan.

I've read just about every relevant thread concerning pools in LV on the forum, and I now am light years ahead of where I started as far as knowledge goes.

However, every time I learn something it seems to create more questions. Such is life. So please chime in on as many of the following topics as you have knowledge on:

- If you've had experiences with pool builders, who were they and how did it go? I belong to Angie's List and there's hardly anything to go on.

- Given the current state of the economy, should I expect to get a better deal?

- When is the best time of year to start construction in regards to total cost?

- Did you have them design your entire back yard (mine is about 28 feet deep and 55-60 feet wide) or just the pool and related features and handle the remaining areas yourself or use a landscaper? Pros and Cons of your decision?

- What type of pool did you have built, why did you make that decision, and are you glad or unhappy with that decision? And how old is the pool?

- Anything you can think of that is important to consider from deciding to build a pool through maintaining your existing pool.

Feel free to respond to as much or as few of the questions as you like, it's all greatly appreciated. And pictures of recently completed projects with cost might even get you a round of golf some day!

Thanks in advance! -Nick

[yellowsnow]

If I had it to do over, I would design the whole thing at once and get it all done at once. It's a huge dirty mess and it's best completed quickly. Also you will have the benefit of running all the irrigation/water/gas lines at the same time. I would also suggest solar heat, salt water, an electric cover, and the most efficient pumping/filtration system available.

I can recommend BND for plastering, they know what they are doing and have been in the business forever. I can't recommend my contractor. He wasn't bad but I do have some issues with what he built. I ended up with a firepit that's too short for most people and the lovely iridescent mosaic tile I paid extra for is coming off 1 tile at a time.... The rockwork he did was excellent and the solar works quite well. The travertine patio is beautiful as well. I spent about 40K on my backyard and I still have a lot of work to do. I didn't put in a new pool, all of this was renovating an old pool.

[Spraynard Kruger]

Originally Posted by yellowsnow

If I had it to do over, I would design the whole thing at once and get it all done at once. It's a huge dirty mess and it's best completed quickly. Also you will have the benefit of running all the irrigation/water/gas lines at the same time. I would also suggest solar heat, salt water, an electric cover, and the most efficient pumping/filtration system available.

I can recommend BND for plastering, they know what they are doing and have been in the business forever. I can't recommend my contractor. He wasn't bad but I do have some issues with what he built. I ended up with a firepit that's too short for most people and the lovely iridescent mosaic tile I paid extra for is coming off 1 tile at a time.... The rockwork he did was excellent and the solar works quite well. The travertine patio is beautiful as well. I spent about 40K on my backyard and I still have a lot of work to do. I didn't put in a new pool, all of this was renovating an old pool.

It sounds stunning. Pics would be nice.

[Farmgirlok]

I know this is not what you're asking about, but IF ONLY I had it to do over, I would NEVER ever put in a pool to begin with. Too bad they are not like boats.......your two happiest days.......when you get it and when you get rid of it.

[airics]

Originally Posted by Farmgirlok

I know this is not what you're asking about, but IF ONLY I had it to do over, I would NEVER ever put in a pool to begin with. Too bad they are not like boats.......your two happiest days.......when you get it and when you get rid of it.

i'm assuming you don't live in Vegas.