First investment digging pond

[Mark Daniel]

My wife and I bought 4 acres to put a mobile home on. We intend to live there for a few years while adding improvements and then sell it. We got a great deal on the land (Or so we thought) which gave us a good amount of equity. We were told it would be about 10k for the pond and pad. After closing we had a few bids done and we were told about 30k. Several people have said that sounds extremely high for the area I'm in and know people who have got it done for 10 to 15k.  I'm having  trouble  finding someone who's available two contractors said they wouldn't be available until June and two quoted 30k to do it now. Not sure if they're taking advantage of supply and demand since several contractors have said they cant even do a bid. Is this quote reasonable?  I'm in east Houston.