subject: How To Choose A Builder For Your New Backyard Swimming Pool [print this page] Because of the collapse of the housing market, fewer Americans are as mobile as they used to be. Instead of selling their existing house and buying a new one, people are staying put and making much-needed improvements to their own properties. "Staycations" are becoming the norm rather than the exception, and homeowners are making the changes that make staying at home more pleasurable. If building a new backyard swimming pool is on your "staycation" agenda for home improvement, you need to be careful when it comes to choosing a builder. Here are some tips to help you take the plunge with confidence.
Pool Building With Landscaping in Mind
Too many builders seem to just swoop right in and install a pool with seemingly very little consideration of its esthetics in relation to the yard's landscaping. Although any pool will add value to your home, the quality of the workmanship combined with artistic and careful attention to incorporating the pool into the landscape will add even more. You don't have to build something extravagant if you don't want to: the pool just shouldn't stick out like a sore thumb nor look like it doesn't belong. Choose a builder who shares your philosophy vis a vis your own overall landscaping vision.
Individual Attention From Beginning to End
When you hire a volume-based pool installation company, you will simply not get the individual attention that you expect with this kind of investment. Choose a building company that prides itself on sticking with a project and whose owners care enough to give constant individualized attention through all stages: conception, design, construction, completion.
Licensed, Bonded, and Insured
Protect yourself and your interests by dealing only with a reputable pool construction company that is licensed, bonded, and insured. There really are fly-by-night contractors who will dig a hole in the ground, take your money, and then leave it unfinished! You also don't want to be held liable for any injuries that may occur on your property during building: make sure the company and its workers are insured. If you have questions about a particular company, contact the BBB and your state's division of consumer protection.
A backyard swimming pool not only adds beauty and value to your home, it will also be a gathering place for your children and all of their friends as well as yours: do it right the first time.
