How to Evaluate Pool Companies When Every Proposal Promises the Backyard You Have Been Imagining

The decision to build a pool is exciting. The process of choosing among pool companies is not. Three proposals arrive. Each one describes a beautiful pool. Each one promises quality construction. Each one includes a rendering that looks like a resort. And the homeowner, who has never built a pool before and has no frame of reference for evaluating the differences between the proposals, is left making a decision based on price, personality, and which rendering looked the most appealing.

That is how most homeowners choose pool companies. And it is why some homeowners end up with a pool that exceeds their expectations while others end up with a pool that developed problems within the first two years and a backyard that never felt finished.