We did the bid process here. It is too late now, the hole is dug. You make a mistake and you pay... It really needs to be done right the first time,
I know the feeling. My property already had the pond when I bought it. Mike Otto said that it's a great pond, except that whoever built it did not slope the shoreline quite enough and the shallow shorelines will lead to a bigger battle fighting aquatic vegetation along my shoreline every year. He said it's relatively cheap to do when you are building the pond, but to go back and do it now would be pretty costly. So you're right....getting it right the first time is so important.
