GCing my own pool????

[PoolDoc]

Ben Choi moved from the home with the pool 4 or 5 years ago; I don't think he's done much with it since then.

[waste]

Welcome to The Forum!

What kind of pool are you wanting to construct?

[freeflydenny]

Welcome to The Forum!

What kind of pool are you wanting to construct?

Thanks,
we just want a basic 32x16 free form pool with a spa. Quarts stone coping with a 6 inch raised bond beam in the back, gray plaster, a 5ft reef step and 400 sqft of decking around half the pool. My yard is generally flat and I will have the fence down and ready to roll for them. I had a trusted pool company who a lot of my friends used and he they can do it for $36,000 which is fairly cheap. $31,000 if he was just the consultant for me. If I can save 10,000$ on this I'm definitely up for the task. If I'm only saving 5,000 I would rather not attempt it.
I started calling around to get bids and 90% of the contractors I left messages with never got back to me, so I can already tell this wont be easy.
Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

[waste]

For 31 v.s. 36, I'd let him do the pool and save yourself 20 worth of headaches.

If you want to save ~ 50%- you could GC it yourself, but would probably loose a good % of any warranty that the pro would provide.

$5000 is 'small' v.s. the time and energy spent dealing with the subcontractors yourself, it's a decision you have to make, but we'll be here to bounce the choices off of.

[freeflydenny]

AWESOME! thanks
I'm still doing a lot of research trying to make the decision. I think the hardest part is going to be finding trustworthy good contractors. I will keep the forum posted.
Thanks for the input.