A vision of what $400K would build you?

[junglegeorge12]

Prices are all relative. I know when my family does contracts in DC, $400k would be a small one. This was a pretty extensive project most likely. Lots of specialty items will do that.

I like aquitori's idea, except for the chagois, why buy them when there re some great kohakus out there?

I know down here in the center of Bayamon, an empty acre of land goes for $4-7 million. So with 4.4 million, you too can own a pond here! My family owns 3 houses in that area, and aren't selling until they are valued over 10 million each. Amazing thing is they look like crap and were purchased for under 100k/ea, it's just the location, I wouldn't live in any of them.

[kingkong]

Something like this. Picture credit Martin

[xiaohuang7]

for $400K, i would definitely want a few banks for these...

http://www.sunlightsystems.com/produ...l_brochure.pdf

[JosephandGabby]

$400,000 for a stinkin' pond?!? If that sounds like a good deal to you, then I just happen to have a handy dandy bridge to sell you. Only $25,000 in unmarked bills and it's yours!

I mean, I love this hobby, but dang...

I'd kill myself if I ever blew that much on a glorified hole of water.

[aquitori]

Quote: Originally Posted by JosephandGabby $400,000 for a stinkin' pond?!? If that sounds like a good deal to you, then I just happen to have a handy dandy bridge to sell you. Only $25,000 in unmarked bills and it's yours! I mean, I love this hobby, but dang... I'd kill myself if I ever blew that much on a glorified hole of water.

Well the crazy thing about it there are people out there who would do it.

[cocoyboy]

Outdoor to indoor with a sliding gate like at marineworld to keep them in for the winter. And a lot of bubbles too!

[junglegeorge12]

$400k is not that much nowadays. A small swimming pool which takes easy filtration and water treatment can run 100k easy. So I am not so sure why the big responses over that dollar figure.

Take a normal backyard swimming pool, triple it's size, add large landscaping rocks and features, a river or two feeding it from the filters, huge pumps for the filtration, bakki showers, huge bilfiltrations, ozone systems, heaters, and a nice sitting a viewing deck area and you got 400k easy.

Look at the size of the pond in the posted video, my guess is 300-500k just for the cement and block work. Filters etc on top of that. It is bigger than most houses and takes a huge amount of cement and rhebar and block. Cement is $75/yd here. Plus $100 a truckload. Then all your piping, and 4" and 6" pipe and fittings are expensive! Now add aeration and a heating system and autofill, ozone, automated controls and warnings system, etc. A professional automation system for a large pond with good warnings and quality equipment runs 20-30k wholesale. Uninstalled. You want my brother to quote you what Johnson system on your pond to keep and your kio safe, warm and happy would run? hehe. I didn't think so. It takes a highly specialized professional a week just to write the accompanying software and a team of four to implement other elements of it and write the software for that and then integrate it all......or you buy a lower grade system with crazy wiring and controls everywhere that run independently and are a wiring and maintenance nightmare. When you go pro the price goes waaaay up.

[joe bauer]

agreed that $400,000 isn't much for a first class koi pond. but what if you got a cost from the contractor and he started and it ended up $400,000 over the original price he had given you.

[junglegeorge12]

$400,000 over budget? With or without my permission?

[KoiCCAPW]

Around here $400,000. will get you a dinky 2 bedroom condo, if you're lucky a small patio you can have a whiskey barrel full of goldfish. Not so lucky, a balcony.
Price is very relative.
But that much over budget, seems a lot. Unless there were a lot of changes. Do you think the customer is the type to change their mind a lot?