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Dealers in our area include: HotSpring, FreeFlow, Jacuzzi, Caldera, Sundance, Dimension One, Nordic, and Bullfrog.Might anyone have any advice for me? I'd like to have some concrete information ... a minimum/maximum budget (even in my head - yes, I know how much cash I have obviously, but perhaps I will finance some depending on what the price turns out to be - it is so hard to plan for anything when I don't even have a starting point), some hard and fast "must haves," some optional "would be nice" features, and then some specific brands/models I should look at and wet test. I'm counting on all you hot tub veterans to help a girl out. Pretty please?Thanks so much,Sandy.
Sandy, Don't forget to budget in things like an electrician, a spa pad... we even had to replace our window with tempered glass to meet our city code and have our patio cover bonded to the spa.
Do your self a favor and call hot tub dealers from Florida and California. Tell them that you live in a town near that spa location and ask for a price. They will give you the price over the phone and you can use that as a way to gauge how much the tub really is. For example, I recently purchased a Caldera Salena Tub. Im from NJ and dealers around me wanted between $9000.00 and $10,000 for the tub. I called a Caldera Tub Dealer in California and found out I could get the same tub for $8100.00. I then had a base idea of what the tub was worth and how much profit they were trying to make off of me. With this information, I went back to my dealer and had them shave $600.00 off the price. I got it for $8,400 which is kinda of unheard of in my area. Hope this helps you.