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Originally Posted by Rique
I'm no expert, but I know it's definitely going to cost you WAY more than 20K for a pool. I have a friend that instead of outsourcing everything to a company got all the various contractors on his own and his 10,000 gallon pool ended up costing him a tad over 40K. Then I also have a friend down in OC that just had hers done, and it's along the lines of what Easton posted, and hers ran her 90K... so definitely you'll be spending more than 20K, especially since you live in Phoenix, where those things are in high demand.
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He should be able to get what he wants for close to 20k. I have a 18 x 37' , 18k gallon, pool that I had Shasta Pools build 3 years ago and it cost me 30k. I don't have any waterfalls, rock formations or fancy tiling so that kept the cost down. Instead I upgraded the pump/filter and got in ground cleaning along with a pebble tec surface and lots of extra decking. The in ground pop up head cleaning system was the best decision I made. The pool cleans itself and has been almost maintenance free for three years. Even after a big monsoon wind storm, I can come out to the pool in the morning and it will be spotless.
I have two close friends who went the route of trying to build it on their own by outsourcing each segment of the pool build to sub contractors. In the end, I saw hardly much of a discount in their total build cost. They had to put in a lot of time directing each sub contractor and ran into problems trying to get them to coordinate with each other at times. Plus you have a bunch of small individual warranties rather one umbrella warranty from a single company. They ended up with beautiful pools, but tried to skimp on the cleaning system and now have nothing but headaches.
Now is a good time to get a deal on a new pool with the rough economy and new home builds way down in the Phx area, pool companies are willing to deal for your business. I strongly recommend you go with an established company who has been around and not the lowest bid. Phoenix is notorious for high turn over in pool contractors, and you can bet many will be going out of business this year. I had an excellent experience with Shasta Pools, they have been around for decades and any warranty related issues that arose were immediately dealt with by them.