- Hire only licensed contractors.
- Check contractor’s license number at www.cslb.ca.gov or (800) 321-CSLB.
- Get at least three bids.
- Get a written contract and don’t sign anything until you completely understand the terms.
- Pay 2% or $200 down, whichever is less, for swimming pool projects.
- Don’t let payments get ahead of the work.
- Don’t make final payment until completion of the final plastering phase of construction, and until the installation or construction of equipment, decking, or fencing required by the contract has also been completed.
- Don’t pay cash.
- Keep a job file of all papers relating to your project.
