Ready, set, go!

We signed the contract on March 17th. John, the sales manager, said the pool should be ready within 8 weeks, if the weather permits. The pool design was submitted to the city the week after, because the engineer was out of town, and once he was back, it took him a couple of days to put everything on the paper. About a week later a tree person from the city came to look at our backyard. He noticed a little tree growing behind the fence, and said that he would put a note on the permit that the pool is in the close proximity to that tree needs to be excavated manually. How is that possible? No idea. But apparently this was not a problem at all, since on March 28th we received a phone call from the pool office confirming that permits are signed off, and that Michael, the work manager, will be contacting us soon. This was Monday. On Tuesday we went to the pool office to look at tiles (still working on what tiles to select) and Michael was there. He and John were discussing that the pool should be dug next week because the soil has still not dried from the heavy rains we had for the whole week just a several days ago. However, they are ready to come over and remove the old concrete that we need to replace with the new one to build a patio. I asked whether this would be a loud type of work and received a positive answer. So we asked them to come at a certain time, because we work from home and cannot be on conference calls with loud external noise. John and Michael promised to warn us every time some loud work will need to be done. The next day, which is yesterday, Michael called us to warn that the crew is coming. It was a good timing. They showed up 20 minutes later: John, Michael and the concrete removing crew. John gave them very detailed instructions on what to do and how to do in order not to damage the house. He also told them not to drill close to the house, because someone else will come and remove concrete from there manually. Well, nice attitude! Indeed, a person named Roberto, who appeared to be the building lead, came and broke concrete with some non-automated tools wherever it was close to the house and the pole that holds the patio roof. The drilling guys also removed our fence gate and put it at the patio door to protect it from the concrete pieces flying in all directions. Nothing has been damaged so far :) They promised to return today to move the broken concrete pieces closer to the fence from where a truck will remove them later. So today they showed up, just an hour later than promised, at 9am, vs 8am. Not bad. Two other people came at 8am. Apparently those were the landscaping crew who came to disconnect the irrigation system pipes to save them for the later. It was right on time. This team works separately from the pool company, so we had to coordinate their work on our own. The next step is expected next week, and it will be for the management team to come and spray the shape of the pool on the ground for us to confirm if we like it. Apparently we can change the shape, the size and the location to some extent up to the last moment. Cannot wait!