Blue Haven Pools: Think About Building a New Pool in Wintertime

It’s raining, snowing, and cold outside, so building a new swimming pool is likely the last thing that’s on your mind, right? But maybe it should be. In fact—according to Blue Haven Pools, a leading swimming pool contractor—the off-season may be the perfect time to start thinking about a new backyard pool.

Why? Because you can get ahead of the crowd—the rush of other homeowners who plan the construction process during the spring and early summer months.

Think of pool construction kind of like commuting home from work through a busy city. It’s harder to do when everyone else is trying to do the same thing as you are.

So, instead of starting your building project during “rush hour,” why not start earlier, when there’s likely to be higher levels of attention and fewer pool customers competing for on the building schedules.

During the winter months, pool contractors may have more they can offer. When it’s the busy spring and summer months, a slew of pool buyers come out of the woodwork to start work on a new pool.

With an inground concrete (gunite/shotcrete) pool, the construction process involves multiple phases and takes time. As a result, construction crews are slammed with projects, and plenty of other customers are vying for your builder’s attention.

However, in the off-season, you may find that a pool builder’s client service levels rise to optimal levels. In some cases—because there’s less work for their crews—builders may even be able to complete your project more quickly.

And because there are fewer pool buyers on the market shopping builders, you just might even negotiate a better deal or barter for some value added on your pool contract.

The months between September and January—the off-season in most regions of the country— may be the best times to optimize your pool-building journey

 

This may be particularly true if you have any special requests for custom features or a complex design that will require greater project supervision. The same goes if tricky backyard building conditions warrant unique special handling during pool construction.

Building in winter can also be advantageous if your home is out of the way. Say you live 100 miles to 150 miles away from the pool company’s home base operation. The long trek may not make the project as worthwhile for your contractor during the busy months; after all, that’s when they likely have many other closer-to-home clients needing their services.

Of course, you can’t go wrong with an expertly-designed pool any time of the year. But if you want to boost the odds of arriving at your destination faster, easier, and with greater value, consider breaking from the herd, and kick off your pool construction when it’s cold outside.