Plan it. Price it. Fund it. Build it.

A plan on your own lot and vetted contractors, before any builder hears from you.
Independent. No paid listings, no one contacts you.
Your project
Starts with your address in Step 1.
1

Site plan

A to-scale picture of the property with the pool placed, drawn on real imagery of the lot.
LotWe find your lot in the county's property records from your address. SetbacksWe look up your town's setback rules. DrawingYou place a pool to scale on real imagery of the lot and finish the drawing.
About 10 minutes. Every builder prices the same drawing.
Never shared, and no one contacts you.
Open the site plan
2

Contractors and quote requests

1Research, done for you
The county's records, the state's filings and four review sites, read together for each contractor.
LicenseWe check each contractor's license and complaint history with the county. RegistrationWe confirm the business is registered and active with the state. ReviewsWe compare their review patterns across Google, Yelp, Houzz and Facebook.
Every claim shows its source. No rankings, and no one pays to be listed.
2Quotes you can compare
We write one quote request, addressed to each contractor you pick. It carries your project details, your site plan when you have one, and the questions worth asking before anyone quotes.
Each builder prices the same job, so quotes are comparable.
Start contractor research

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Steps 3 to 7 are still being built. Swipe a card to see what its step will do, and ask to hear when it opens.
3

Quote comparison

Coming soon
Every quote you receive, side by side, with the follow-up questions each one raises.
Upload what comes back
Northline Pools
PDF · 6 PAGES
Harbor and Stone
EMAIL
Clearwater Custom
PDF · 3 PAGES
Upload the PDFs that come back, or paste a quote from an email. Every bid lands in the same line items.
Side by side
Line item
Northline
Harbor and Stone
Clearwater
Excavation, shell
$31,200
$28,900
$34,600
Decking, coping
$12,400
$9,800
$11,950
Equipment, plumbing
$8,750
$9,400
$7,900
Fencing
$4,200
not listed
$3,900
Electrical
included
$2,600
not listed
Total
$56,550
$50,700
$58,350
A gray line is not a zero. The quote does not mention it.
The questions each quote raises
Harbor and Stone. Fencing is not listed. Excluded, or included under decking?
Clearwater Custom. Electrical is not listed. Who pulls the electrical permit?
Northline Pools. Excavation includes rock removal to what depth?
Every gap or outlier becomes a question to send back before choosing.
4

Financing

Coming soon
The monthly cost of each quote under a HELOC or a loan, from your real figures.
One quote, two ways to pay
QUOTE TOTAL $56,550
Home equity loan
15 years, 7.5% fixed
$524 a month
$37,800 in interest over the term
HELOC
8.4% variable, 10-year draw
$396 a month
Interest only during the draw; repayment follows
Runs on a quote total from Step 3. Rates are illustrative and dated when the step opens.
What a rate change does
6.5%
$493
7.5%
$524
8.5%
$557
The same 15-year loan on $56,550 at three rates. Each bar is the monthly payment.
FROM STEP 3 · NORTHLINE POOLS · $56,550
Built on the quote you pick. Choose another and every scenario updates.
Nothing here is a lender offer. It is arithmetic on your numbers.
The loan calculator is live now.
5

Contract review

Coming soon
Your contract read clause by clause, with the ones worth questioning flagged before you sign.
The contract, clause by clause
4.1 Scope of work
7.2 Payment schedule: 50% at signing Flagged
9.3 Completion: 120 days, weather permitting
12.1 Change orders by verbal approval Flagged
14.0 Warranty: shell 10 years, equipment per maker
Each clause is read for what it commits you to. Two are flagged here.
What each flag means
7.2 Payment schedule. Asks how much is due at signing and what work it pays for.
12.1 Change orders. Checks that changes need your written agreement before work goes ahead.
A flag is a question about the clause, not a verdict on the builder.
Questions to bring to the builder
Can the payment schedule be tied to construction stages instead of the signing date?
Will change orders be written, with price and schedule impact, before work continues?
What does "weather permitting" add to the 120 days in a typical season here?
Ready to paste into an email.
6

Build support

Coming soon
A build tracked against its own schedule and payments, stage by stage.
Payments pinned to stages, not dates
CONTRACT $56,550
Contract signed
$5,65510%
Excavation
$16,96530%
Walls, floor and plumbing
$16,96530%
Decking and coping
$11,31020%
Liner and fill
Startup and handover
$5,65510%
Five payments on the Northline contract, each released by a stage sign-off. The calendar can slip; the trigger does not.
Week 6 of 14
STAGE 3 OF 6
Now
Walls, floor and plumbing
Started Sep 15. Backfill waits on inspection.
Owed at next stage
$16,965
Released when the town signs off the rough plumbing. Not before.
Inspection to book
Rough plumbing and bonding
Pinecrest building department, before backfill. About 5 business days out.
7

Pool maintenance

Coming soon
An upkeep schedule built from your pool's own spec, for as long as you own it.
A year, from this pool's spec
Vinyl linerSalt system16 × 34 ftPinecrest, CT
Opening late April
Summer rhythm May to September
Storm reset after heavy rain
Closing early October
Winter checks monthly
Five seasons, each with tasks that exist because of what this pool is: a salt system, a vinyl liner, a Connecticut winter.
This week
Clean the salt cell. Six weeks since the last clean; scale lowers output before it shows on the reading. because salt system
Check the waterline for staining. Before closing, while the water is warm enough to scrub. because vinyl liner
Raise alkalinity 10 ppm. The Sep 18 test read 70 ppm. Target is 80 to 100 before the cover goes on. because water test
Book the closing. Week of Oct 6. First frost here averages late October. because Pinecrest, CT
Each item names the part of the spec that puts it on the list.
Help shape it
Already own a pool?
This step is for existing pools too. The schedule comes from the pool's spec, whether it went in last year or twenty years ago.