Is $153,000 to build a custom pool a fair price?

This quote covers a comprehensive home addition and remodeling project, including an office and patio addition, along with various interior and exterior renovations. The project includes: **General & Planning:** - Engineered Plans: Provided by Top Homes Construction for exterior addition. - Architectural Drawings: In-house architect to draw 2D elevations and drawings (free of charge). - HOA Approval: Client to provide written approval if applicable. - Soil Compaction Test: Provided by Top Homes Construction if required. - Framing: All framing requirements put in place by architectural and engineered plans, completed by experienced framers. - Survey/Plot Plan: Client to provide for county submission. - Existing Home Builder Info: Client to provide for siding and roofing matching. - Site Cleanup: Daily cleanup included. - Costs Included: Material cost, labor, and permit. **Demolition:** - Front Steps & Pad: Removal of current front steps and pad. - Screen Room: Removal of front screen room. - Door Removal: Door leading to dining room removed for French door installation. - Window Removal: 2 windows from front of home, 1 window from laundry room. - Water Heater Removal. - Roof Removal: Small pad on front porch roof. **Foundation:** - New Block Foundation: 8x30 foundation built. - Slab: Compact filled and poured 4" slab for new front porch. - Roof Slope: Low slope roof from home corner to new addition for office room. - Office Space Extension: 10x10 extended office space (flush with new front patio). - Office Slab Addition: 100 sqft. - Front Patio Addition: 240 sqft. **Framing:** - Addition Framing: Follows architectural and engineering plans. - New Office Framing: 10x20 office (200 sqft), including all stud walls and baseplates. - Window Openings: Framing for 2 window openings (1 double window single hung front, 1 single-single hung window side). - Gable Roof: Framing to attach to existing roof. - French Door Entrance: Framing leading to dining area. - Ceiling Height: Estimated 8-10 feet. - Laundry Window: Removal and framing for siding replacement. - Porch Posts & Roof Structure: Framing for front porch and roof structure attaching to home. - Total Added Built Space: 440 sqft (200 heated living space, 240 patio space). **Windows:** - Stationary Fixed Window: Removed and new installed at front of house. - Double Vinyl Single Hung Window: Installed after removal of old single windows. - New Double Single Hung Window: Installed at front of office space. - New Single Single Hung Window: Installed on left side of office. - Window Rating: Vinyl DP-50 rated windows. **Exterior Finishes:** - Patio Posts: Hardie wrapped and painted posts. - Roof Shingles: To match existing home. - Soffit Ceiling: Vinyl soffit ceiling with vented soffit on overhangs. - Office Siding: Vinyl siding on exterior of addition. **French Doors:** - Client will provide door of choice. **Electrical & Split System:** - Electrical: Up to code for office space. - Split System: 1 installed to cool and heat office space separately from main home. - Office Lighting: 1 light with fan (client provides fan of choice). - Porch Lighting: 4 can lights. - Tankless Water Heater: Electrical up to code. **Flooring:** - LVP Allowance: Up to $2 per square foot for office space and laundry room. **Insulation:** - Installed where needed in laundry and office space. **Drywall & Paint:** - Drywall & Paint: Office space drywalled and painted. - Vinyl Removal: Vinyl removed in office space, new space drywalled, mudded, and painted. - Paint Color: Flat white paint included. - Hardie Posts: Painted white for patio. **Driveway:** - Area: Approx. 900 sqft, from street to addition and pathway to new front patio. - Material: 3000 PSI 4" concrete slab. - Inclusions: All prep, labor, and material. **Warranties:** - Split System: 10-year warranty for cooling and heating. - Workmanship: 1-year warranty. - Manufacturer Warranty: On windows, siding, and shingles (range from 15-year to lifetime).

This quote is for the construction of a custom in-ground pool with extensive features and associated landscaping. The inclusion of a slide, deck jets, and in-ground LED lighting around the pool deck significantly increases the project's cost and complexity. The project includes: - Pool Dimensions: 25-foot by 50-foot in-ground pool - Pool Depth: 9-ft - Decking: 8-foot side deck, 8-foot end deck - Pool Shape: Square deck corners with rounded pool corners - Swim Out: 3-foot wide swim out at deep end - Jet System: BADU Jet Turbo or Endless Pools (choice) - Shallow End Features: Tanning ledge with small entry staircase - Waterfall: Raised flagstone waterfall into pool deep end - Slide: Small slide from raised flagstone waterfall into deep end - Pool Cover: Coverstar Eclipse pool cover - Deck Lighting: Aluminum inground channel with diffuser for LED deck lighting - Pool Lights: Treo LED pool lights connected to Shelly S1 or Jandy nicheless pool lights (choice) - Light Transformer: Dewenwils pool light transformer - Control Systems: Home Assistant compatible control systems - Deck Material: Grey brushed finish concrete deck - Deck Features: Embedded fixed water jet fountains, accent lights for night swimming - Filtration System: Pentair or Jandy cartridge filters (choice) - Water Management: Auto-fill pool from house spigot - Equipment Area: Covered equipment area beneath downhill pool deck - Heating: Solar pool heating on alumawood pergola - Cleaning: Aiper Scuba X1 Pro Max pool cleaning robot - Grading: Six to eight inch lifts - Compaction: Sheep foot roller

This quote is for a pool build project. The work includes: - Pool construction - Tile work: Glass tile around the spa - Stone work: Adjacent to the glass tile - Stone wall: A 70-foot stone wall. Significant issues have been encountered with the quality of work, including: - Tile work: Excessive haze and leftover grout on the glass tile around the spa. - Stone work: Stone adjacent to the glass tile is constantly wet, suggesting improper sealing or water getting behind the stone. - Stone wall: Dried mortar smeared all over the face of the 70-foot stone wall.