beautiful, clean, fantastic.

Thanks, we heard Kelly doesn't do pools this far south. We have a meeting with BA to go over his design. We are looking at about a 38 - 40' pool, free form, 5 - 8 gal waterfall with jump rocks, spa, tanning deck, 7' deep at the deep end. We are also doing an outdoor pool house and kitchen at the same time. Just way too many decisions.

Thanks everyone!!! I think I am going for the arctic white. I just had a guy come by who owns a pool service co. The pool ctr. hired him to clean the spa of the calcium build up from the water sitting stagnant during the remodel. He clearly is very knowledgeable on pools, and he said to pick the pebble sheen. He said if I plan to be in the house for a long time, that the pebblesheen is the way to go. He said it is a much better product and he thinks I will notice the speckles in the other product. He also suggested adding 5% blue quartz. He said he was just at a hotel pool with that combo and it was striking. He also said the blue quartz would look good with the tile and it makes the water just a little bit bluer. He is also going to service my pool. I am really happy I met him, because finding someone who can work the computer and understand the pool is difficult. He showed me how all of his clients are on his iphone and he can constantly monitor their pool conditions. Since I am redoing this pool so soon, I dont want to make any mistakes, so I will just bite the bullet and pay for the PS.

"My experience here is that the pool neither hurts nor helps you when selling." Of all the homes I have bought and sold, in only two cases did I desire a pool - in all of the other cases I did not want a pool. Interestingly, the pool I bought in San Diego got little use because the average summer temperature there was 72 degrees and thus the pool temp was 72. Even then, utilities were so high that heating it was a real negative. That said, no winterizing costs, maintenance cost very low as every wannabe surfer dude wanted a pool cleaning route and worked for peanuts. The pool I had in Northern VA got lots of summer time usage with out the need to heat, but there was winterizing expenses and no surfer dudes. All in all, I would not remove a pool for selling purposes based on my experience.