I thought about building my own pool without the help of Bella Pools before I saw their web site. I have seen so many horror stories though and did not want to be one of them. I also did not want to have to quit my job just to oversee the construction! The prices that Bella was able to get for me was much lower than the estimates I was getting to do the project alone. I also was having a hard time getting sub contractors to work with me since I only have one pool for them to work on. My pool is not just a plain pool, I have a lagoon style pool with rock waterfalls, pavers and screen enclosure so I wanted to make sure the quality was what it was supposed to be. I would reccommend you do what I did before I made my decision, check how well you are able to locate all the sub contractors, you do not want to get halfway through the project to find out you cant find someone for a paticular step or that the wait to get them is a long time. Also, before you start construction check thre price with pool contractors, hiring it yourself and Bella Pools. We just could not find some of the trades wanting to work with us and the ones that did where to high of a price. Please keep us posted and goog luck! I wish I knew how to put up a photo of my pool on here to show you!