Incredible and Amazing Swimming Pools
This Incredible and Amazing Swimming Pools is a guest article by Brian Thibault, CEO of International Listings LLC. He owns a international real estate listings site.
Have you thought about adding a pool to your home? Or, if you have a pool, have you wondered how you might alter the design to fit your lifestyle? Pool designers and home owners have taken pool designs to another level recently, bringing pools indoors, adding fountains and fire pits, and creating shapes and landscapes that imitate small, private lagoons. And, as you’ll see below, at least one home owner decided to change a pool into something else altogether.
Incredible and Amazing Swimming Pools
In the spirit of adding an essential element to your home (water), a tool for relaxation (beautiful decks and scenery), and a means to stay fit (swimming), we offer some of the most beautiful pool designs found on the Internet. Additionally, we made a few calls to the Incredible and Amazing Swimming Pools designers listed here to bring you some ballpark prices on what it would take to replicate some of these ideas. Although most pool builders and designers are localized, they do not mind a call for help or for ideas when you decide to make the leap into a new residential pool. You can contact those builders and designers through the links connected to the pool descriptions.
The list below is in no particular order. While the sites are numbered, the numbering does not indicate that we favor one pool design over another or that they are listed in order of value.
1. Australian Delight : What caught our attention to this pool is the seemingly endless scheme to its design. Partly informal, yet dripping with elegance, this pool is just one of many redesigns and builds offered by Renovations Perth and New Pools Perth. This western Australian-owned company specializes in unique pool designs and landscapes, and they can redesign or newly design a custom pool to suit a particular lifestyle and budget. They specialize in the use of Nylex Aqualux, a product that won’t chip, crack or flake and it resists algae and fungal growth. Additionally, its multi-layer construction protects against damage caused by UV rays. Glance through their portfolio to fire up your imagination. Their styles range from a mix of Roman classic to cabana to an amazing waterway such as the one shown here.
2. Waterfall Pool: This pool, built as part of Kodiak Home overlooking Corner Canyon in Draper, Utah, is an amazing feature for its attached home (view more photos of the home through the link). The rock walk includes a climbing feature and the pool is fourteen-feet deep, so swimmers actually can dive from the top of the rock formation into the pool. The back yard for this home is small, and the designers fit this pool into the yard and still provided the owners with a lawn. Kodiak Homes is Salt Lake Valley’s newest premier builder, and the homes are
built with natural materials and with refined taste. A pool like this, according to Kodiak Homes, can easily absorb $400,000 from your wallet. But, how can you pass it up?
3. Genesis Pool and Spa: This company works out of Austin, Texas, building pools with a personal touch. They also deal with rough landscaping situations like the one shown here, with a slope that many homeowners would dread to own (let along mow!). The rock, which is plentiful around the Austin area, is not the issue here – it’s the landscaping and the ability to provide a pool that is easy for the owners to maintain. Additionally, Genesis offers complete packages that include the swimming pool, spa, landscaping, patio, outdoor kitchens, waterfalls or water and fire features, and decks surrounding the pool or spa. When you’re going all out like this, it might be wise to choose a company that fulfill all the tasks involved in that project. This pool, which was built in 1999/2000, would go for about $110,000 today in the Austin area. If you live in an area where rock would need to be shipped, the price might skyrocket.
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