Estimating the Cost of a REC POND: Bid Sheets W/ Brian

[@markmorgan5892]

I think I speak for everyone that has commented on here, that was awesome seeing start to finish on the business/bid side of things but would love to see just like a normal size waterfall and stream into a normal size pond. Nothing extravagant, just something the average person would purchase!! Thanks man I’m loving the videos u are doing keep up the awesome work Brian!!!!

[@DavidBono]

Hey that's my scape at 15:44! Nice to see it still has a home at Aqualand!

[@BitsOfInterest]

Not boring at all... This is what I needed to see to size my expectations. Of course I want it as cheap as possible and if a lot of that is just in height and depth that is great information 👍 PS I would like to see something slightly scaled down with maybe a 3 ft berm/jump rock and 6 ft depth so you can still have an adult jump into it. For diving it probably needs to have an 8 ft deep section somewhere?

[@ClayAlbright]

Enjoyed hearing how you would reduce the cost of this pond from 277k to 150k. It was very cool following your thought process. Would enjoy hearing more about the electrical side for pumps and lighting. Like hiding wires, planning for future editions, electric bills for homeowners, etc. And again, hats off to the editors of these videos. Good stuff! Keep "rockin" Brian!

[@shawn_baker]

Was nice meeting/talking to you yesterday Brian!

[@adrianfrancis8432]

Hey Brian, I would love to see more design and estimating. I am building up the knowledge to get into building the lifestyle for others.

[@danielkelley6223]

Great content and insight Brian! I'm really luvin the behind the scenes on the business side of estimating and pitching the pricing to make us all better in our markets. Keep up the content on bidding, designing, estimating, building outside the box and how you manage your day to day. Keep Living the Lifestyle.

[@jamiefarner4801]

Very cool!! That customer is so lucky to be able to have 2 awesome water features and on top of it designed by Brian!!! 💞

[@tonyaroth4784]

So thankful to see the behind the scenes thought process and estimate. Love the ingenuity!

[@billnauss4117]

Awesome . Really like seeing this side of the business.

[@avrob8412]

Love watching the behind the scenes stuff and the design aspect of the ponds.

[@kaitlyndipietro8776]

Really cool to see the process Team Aquascape goes through to bid a project!

[@SebbyAbbate]

More behind the scenes. Thank you.

[@vmontene]

Great job Brian! Nice to see all the details and behind the scenes that goes into building a pond.

[@michaelrbodner]

I really appreciated seeing what goes into this from bidding to building. Thanks! I have a small pond at my current home that was here when I bought the house, but I can't wait to move and find the perfect backyard for a bigger custom water feature with one of your certified pros!!

[@cashmiller6995]

This was so Helpful!!!! Thanku for taking the Time to show this......I Absolutely love your Channel man.

[@johnhildebrand8740]

Super informative! I would love to see the more basic bid info. Thank you!

[@jordanwitbeck7630]

Great video! Love to see the bidding process.

[@caryfriar2504]

I would love the see more on your design bid process. Thanks for being so real. I can relate to that.

[@jimjarrett8779]

I like seeing the behind the scenes information, I am always happy when you post a video.

[@petersvan7880]

Thank you Brian for this very interesting video and talking about the details. Also love the curved design touches. Greetings from Sweden!

[@t_time_for_2]

really enjoying the design aspect! keep it coming! :-)

[@stevenlane2641]

Very interesting video, would like to see more of the design and estimating work you do. Stay safe and well.

[@CallDerek]

LOVE THIS - Great info for Contractors by The Man, The Myth, THE LEGEND... Brian

[@bobbyknox9258]

Love these vids as much as you creating the features themselves. If purely for putting the people who think (and not just you guys) straight when they say something is way too expensive or (your ripping people off). Its all the hidden stuff that nobody sees. Great stuff Brian! 👍

[@joshortiz1576]

This was very interesting and informative!! My estimate was are 220,00-240,000. I would love to see others like this for sure.

[@ashlynevans1925]

I loved seeing the design and estimate process, I would like to see one for a more typical pond though.

[@morgancoombs9655]

Brian, still love this side of the business. Would love to see some new estimate videos. Especially for some smaller scale ponds. Maybe even using pond kits to give people an idea of how to figure out how much rock for a range of jobs. Thanks so much for all the content!

[@TheARGblue]

I liked this video. It’s neat to see the different aspects of the pond business.

[@colleenheitzler8670]

Math is NOT boring! Great vlog!

[@chriswilson5571]

The breakdown is super informative. Thanks

[@avrob8412]

Hope to see you guys in my backyard one of these days soon as I win the lotto.

[@chrismosodeen5285]

Can wait to see that pond built it looks really good.

[@mickeyscarborough289]

Great presentation, Brian!! I really enjoyed it and learned a LOT!!

[@nirvaanchandok9847]

Yes yes yes yes we need more videos

[@zippyz3916]

I'd love to see the product development aspect in a future video. Idea to design to prototype to production.

[@naturemanlee7080]

We want to see everything you listed. Keep it up I’m learning a ton from you Brian.

[@sharonkasper9015]

Lots of work going into making beautiful finished waterscapes.

[@bengoulart4121]

"The life of Brian" I love it, thanks for sharing. Swim ponds are the new thing now, jump on in the waters warm!

[@patriciasumic1517]

It was very interesting Brian it helped in giving me ab idea on whatit can cost for installing a swim pond Thankyou

[@MrStevebeech]

Excellent to see the fore thought that goes into all your hard work. Thank you 🍻

[@jangjiao1]

If i do not include the labor cost my guess wasn't far off. The whole design part was first hard to grasp for me, and imagening something like that and transferring it to paper is still very hard for me but i absolutely love number crunching. For me the part about your pricing was pretty much the best, since i rly do love numbers.

[@jamesjustanothergakoiguy1692]

very educational, I like

[@geostorm25]

What a unique project! 👍

[@njpondguy]

Brian, Maybe you could quote my pond in a vlog? 21x26x2.5' pond, skim cove with a 2-4k and a 4-8k pump, Biofall 6k on a 3' waterfall and an 8x10 wetland filter. Bunch of white LED lights, Auto doser and an ion gen. Moss rock boulder and river gravel. I'm curious what you would quote it at? Great vlog BTW! Keep em coming!

[@michaelhammer3863]

A day in the life. Great video!

[@davidcampbell4429]

Is there a video of the pond you guys settled on.

[@maureenraclawski8858]

This looks amazing!

[@mikemcelveen]

Love the video. Have you finished the two ponds, front and back? If so, can you link to them here? Can't wait to see them, the project sounds epic.

[@rivercrest-watergardens]

Awesome stuff!!

[@robertjoseph8162]

Love the estimates

[@TheOfficialSteelReign]

I guessed 225k and was still 50+ off 🤣 I dig the "going out and looking at the space, seeing what your creative brain comes up with and then seeing put on paper" aspects of these videos. The " actual cost breakdown" part scares the hell out of me but, I guess that's good to hear too so those off us like me, who lean more towards the ditch digger spectrum of your clientele, can see with a realistic eye what we can swing financially. For example... I can afford a puddle 🤣🤣🤣

[@davidbush5036]

Hey Brian! Has there been an updated Cost Estimate video since this last one?

[@belindafalgout1675]

I really like this video... Definitely shows that the price of these beautiful Creations are Justified!! I'd like to see a five-minute introduction of something like this on the smaller builds as well! 👍 I love your videos and from the whole team👍💝❣💝❣💝 Fantastic Work!... Art Work!😍

[@blackpepper8430]

Did this ever get built? And did you do a video of it?

[@Daihatsu_Hijet]

I love these videos!

[@The_CavemanOfficial]

Get in touch with OffTheRanch hes in desperate need of a water feature at his Abandonded Mansion

[@chasmanmugsy]

Very informative!

[@KeatonMartin-t3n]

How do you bid a water feature with spheres and aquablox .. simple 3 sphere design

[@mactownsend2890]

Hi Brian can you do a video on the products? I hear bioblocks, centipede, etc. Maybe touch on costs of maintaining a pond: how much will my electric bill go up? How much will fish food cost monthly? How much does an annual clean up cost, etc. Thank you.

[@nikoegavu3392]

Amazing information. What’s the name of the bid app you use?

[@pondandgarden]

Would love to know why you choose certain design elements for various yards. I understand budget plays a big role, but why would you choose one type of rock over another if the homeowner doesn't have a preference. Or why some ponds you design have a fish cave and others don't. Or how you know where to place the statement boulders and where the smaller ones go to get the most natural look.

[@billfreeman685]

Love this series of videos,very interesting, it's different. For the most part Aquascape ponds are 30"deep(ish) do you design true koi ponds which are much deeper and have bottom drains and lots of current.Keep up the great work.

[@davidsuydam4937]

Very interesting.

[@karahelmlinger4244]

Looks great

[@patsaunders6035]

Honestly, I loved the pond estimate alot!! 😅 and I can very easily understand and picture your drawing once you state what some of the lesser normal objects are!!! Hope to see you at the aquascape academy in 2 days! I'd love to pick your brain 🧠 😏

[@TEAMAquascape]

Looking forward to meeting you!

[@treysmith4067]

Wow, now I know why they are so pricey, thanks for sharing Brian!

[@julesdepaepe5581]

Best video!!!!😃😃😃

[@CoralMan24]

how do you price a normal sized pond for the average person something like 15 x 20 etc etc

[@Tom_Aquagardens]

It was fun! and very interesting!!... If I want to see more ponds I'll Just go watch The Pond Guy channel :) Thanks Brian

[@monikabredesen4273]

I like the drawings even if they are just for reference since the final product might change during build

[@DarrinsDaffs]

More Life of Brian? Yes, please!! Wouldn’t moving the play set further reduce the retaining wall? I’m just thinking that The kids will never grow out of the pond. They will certainly grow out of the play set!

[@themontephone875]

!we’ve got to get you to 1MIL subs

[@Snoogans2you]

That floating slide looks familiar...

[@DanLiese]

Brian that is awesome !!! What would it cost me to have you help me design and estimate cost of a epic pond feature at my new house (soon to be built in ~1.5 yrs) and I have perfect ground to build on with huge hillside to build waterfalls from. Dan from Ashaway RI

[@TEAMAquascape]

Hi Dan - You can get in touch with our team by filling out this form on our website: www.aquascapeconstruction.com/contact-us

[@davidcampbell4429]

I really enjoyed this video

[@m.a.1015]

Nice!

[@Jamesrcrowley80]

interesting!

[@certifiedbrokanic]

I imagine you need some type of contractors license to do this as a business. Should you be a Pool or a Landscaping contractor? I am in Hawaii and you need 4yrs of supervisory experience to get a CL.

[@atgcain]

WHAT A JOB !!! O. M. G 😵😖😩 how many of these jobs would you do say in 5 years, how long would that of taken (855 hours = 36 days ) now cut down in size and cost, and whithout rain. And what is a moss rock ? can that be found in the uk !

[@onehardhitta]

I saw all that you were calculating for that job and got defeated lol... is there a way if you haven't already, to do just a somewhat normal baseline job. One that average customers buy

[@RayWilliamJohansen]

What do these customers do for a living to be able to afford something like this ?

[@TEAMAquascape]

They build ponds 😉

[@chiccenhawkc]

👍

[@bradheuser1551]

thats alot of numbers :)

[@kathynorton8706]

Without watching the video just by the description and the size I’m guessing between 140 and 160,000

[@PaintWithMeLive]

I had guessed 250 to 325 depending on details.

[@Tom_Aquagardens]

Brian is a busy guy, can anyone comment and tell me how does he calculate how many rocks and gravel does he need in this pond?

[@iLLuzion1st]

If you google exactly that a bunch of formulas will pop up depending on the size of stone

[@omaralvarez7746]

120,000

[@Randy1743]

Just looking at the amount of tax on that project would make me feel dizzy.

[@Helveteshit]

That was a cheap tax in my opinion.

[@robertforrest7956]

Well, and that's a deep hole,😆 I was close to your estimate, my guess around $180,000.00 😏😁👍

[@inmotion81]

Alot that stuff is stuff that omg 8500 to remove dirt

[@bauminwi]

Palmyra! 😁

[@andygirone7442]

Do Cheetahs need coffee, Brian?

[@pondandgarden]

You're talking so softly at 5:00 am. LOL.

[@AnnaAnnaTT]

I love what you do but often your grand projects are way out of my league. The pond I can maybe cope with would be no more than 10 feet x 7 feet and 2 feet deep at the deepest level and NOT stocked with goldfish. I would prefer a faster fish that is small and maybe even one that is not too aggressive with lots of fish caves for them to retreat to. And a small waterfall - maybe first a little dribble between a small slit between two very close rocks then a final fall that not super grand but is perhaps no more than a 12 inch drop spilling over a flat rock between two framing rocks down to the water level of the pond. And a SLOW MOTION video, please, on how to position , connect and run some underwater lighting. And can the lighting be solar powered? And I do NOT want a pondless waterfall pond - i want a natural looking pond that has water at the front that I can see - and perhaps feed the fish at that edge at the front. And one shallow entry part for the local wild tree frogs - to make them feel welcome too. Then my SPECIAL PLEA: Please - i Would really like to see you connect a pond skimmer in SLOW MOTION and in SEQUENCE every step of the way - you lose me every time as you do it all so very fast. AND I would really like to see you connect a biofalls EVERY step of the way, please, and in SLOW MOTION in SEQUENCE please every step of the way - as again you lose me every time as you go too fast. Things that are elementary to you are complicated to me

[@ElkGroveRob]

Thanks for reminding me I will never be able to afford one. 😂😂😂😞

[@tomwilliams3631]

More quotes

[@chrisboyce2506]

100 thousand to 150 thousand probably more 🙂

[@FosterFarmsOk]

$125 dollars an hour for you labor. thats nuts.

[@corrosive72]

Holy chit guess i'm not getting a rec pond lol

[@TEAMAquascape]

Don’t give up on your dreams!

[@Christian-rn9le]

Check out kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGHciqZtbLt6ftE with @Atlantis water gardens shows a bunch of different size rec ponds and discusses cost in 2 part series with Alan @Deckers Pondscapes