Swimming Pool Design: How to Get Innovative Swimming Pool Designs at Affordable Cost.

Infinity pool

Infinity pool

Pool with decking

This is one of those simple swimming pool designs where features like straight lines and imaginative use decking has resulted in a stunningly attractive pool that really suits the chalet style of the house

Pool with decorated walls

Pool with double rectangle shape

Large simple pool

Liner Armee pool with beach

The attractiveness of this holiday home has been massively enhanced by installation of the liner armee pool with a sloping beach that is ideal for young children.

The pool designers use of irregular stone paving has been very effective at this installation

Pool with Mosaic paving

A very simple rectangular pool design with full width steps and imaginative use of planters has been turned into a stunning feature by the use of large areas of Mosaic paving.

Note the designers use of degraded timber decking panels that hide the submerged floating cover

Pool with palm trees on a peninsula

The palm trees on the peninsula that has been created around them provide an absolutely stunning ambiance to this pool design.

Deep water on one side of the peninsula and a beach on the other side round off the perfect scheme that the designer of the swimming pool has managed tp achieve.

Standard rectangular concrete pool

A simple rectangular pool is enhanced by the mature landscape in which it has been installed.

The pine trees at the back provide a stunning backdrop to the swimming pool

Rectangular pool with decking surround

Rectangular pool with full width steps

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Another very simple rectangular pool design full with steps that has been made more attractive by the provision of copings of contrast and colour with the surrounding paving.

The pool design use of old stone on the wall that separates the pool from the garden has also been very effective

Rectangular pool with infinity edge

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This infinity swimming pool design is stunningly attractive and shows how a very narrow site can be can be used tby the pool designer to create a large pool that still fits in very well with the surrounding garden and the house itself.

But there can be structural implications on steeply sloping sites like this.

Rectangular pool with Roman Steps in the corner

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Another simple rectangular pool design that has been provided with round Roman steps in one corner just at the right location for access into the pool from the house.

Just look at how this small economic pool installation really enhances the attractiveness of this holiday home that has been achieved by clever swimming pool design

Rectangular pool with Roman End and submerged floating cover

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The classic rectangular 10m x 5m pool design with round Roman steps at one end and submerged floating cover at the other - covered by decking

This is the most common type of rectanular pool design that is currently being installed in France and is extremely attractive in the right setting - like this pool design has.

Small pool in small plot

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This is a striking example of how a small plot of land - probably only about 25 m² - can be used to provide a stunning amenity swimming pool design.

There is only one way to describe this pool design - it is superb job by a very skilled pool designer.

Pool with timber copings

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Yet another simple rectangular pool design in the garden of a modern house has been made very attractive simply by the addition of quite unusual Roman steps and striking timber copings in exotic hardwood.

The pool designer has used the timber coping to enhance the modern appearance of both pool and house.

Pool with Columns

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Pool with classic paving

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This pool design has classic paving provided in reinforced concrete that has been cut into sections.

I like the way the pool designer has made the curved edge of the pool match the curved edge of the paving

Pool with brick copings

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Pool with kids in it

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No gallery of swimming pool designs would be complete without having a pool with lots of kids in it.

But this pool design has a hidden secret - look at the photograph below

Pool at night

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This is the same pool from a different viewpoint as the one above with the kids in it.

So by the simple inclusion of the right coloured lights in the pool design the kids play area can be transformed to an adult play area !! - by the click of a switch

Pool with palm trees

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Pool with Rocks

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Hi Will,

Thanks for your news letter, I really do look forward to them as I now wish that I had got yourself to install my pool, people should take on board what you tell then, especially about the pitfalls and in particular picking the right quote and builder, also to remember that the cheapest is never usually the best as I have found out, I have now paid this guy 46K with all the extra’s.

 I received a quote from you around February last year, but because of the distance went for an English builder who was slightly closer and a little cheaper, (Big Mistake). The starting date of 1st May passed and he eventually he got started on the 3rd of August and completed the pool on the 26th of November 16 weeks from start to finish, this might seem a long time but when you take into account he and his 2 men had all of September off and only worked a 3 day week I suppose it was not too bad, however they seemed to spend more time travelling than building a pool

Luckily because he was so slow I was able to take photos from when he started the PolyBlok 8X4X1.4 deep pool to completion, the reason I am sending this email is because of your email a few days ago in particular your video on PolyBlok pools, was I relieved that at least he had built the pool almost as you explained it, with the exception that he poured and laid the foundation and floor all in one, I know it was at least 500mm thick with steel reinforcing. My only problem is we have 80 square meters of paving all round the pool that he hasn’t laid a solid foundation for, so I am expecting problems there.

The last thing people should know and check up on is there company and VAT registration numbers, I now know that his company number is bogus and his payment requests always included the vat, I now know he has no vat number but has charged me about £3600. And the final straw was to find out yesterday that he failed to pay the local DIY or builders merchant at least 1000 Euro.

I have actually contacted the UK VAT fraud squad about this guy, and to be honest I don’t think they seem to be bothered about it, they haven’t even acknowledged my complaint.

Thanks again for your regular emails; I really do wish I had taken more heed of them, because you do give out sound advice.

Kind Regards

Tom O’Donnell 20th January 2010

Thank you to Bluepools for the lovely swimming pool you have installed for us. We are very pleased with it and this justifies our decision to choose Bluepools to do the installation for us. It has been a great success with our gite clients also, from whom we have had some very complimentary comments.

Best Regards
Kevin & Debbie MILLS

Bluepools built our pool and completely reshaped the old quarry in which it was built - we now have a magnificent facility for entertaining our family and friends

Owen Bull

Bluepools built our new pool in 2008 on a very steep hillside above our millhouse holiday home, near Angoluleme in Dept 16. It involved very deep foundations down into the underlying rock as well as suspended concrete slabs that support the sunbathing areas around the pool

Michael Brooks

I appreciated the answers to my questions and the time Luke spent at our initial meeting, going thriough the various options, with helpful suggestions and observations on our plans for our new pool at our holiday home near Tarbres. It was a relief to find a company that was prepared to offer a full construction solution including the terracing, steps and landscaping. I found the quotation very comprehensive, and useful to have an idea of the costs we might incur should ground conditions prove difficult - which they did!! Also appreciated Bluepools ability to overcome the difficulty encountered with the water table.

You were pretty accurate in terms of timescale for completing the project although there was an over run of three days because of the day or two later than advised start, the extra work involved in overcoming the water table issue, and the inclement weather towards the end of the final week.

Having been initially advised by Luke that an engineering project of this scale would undoubtedly create damage to the land surrounding the pool site, we were pleasantly surprised at how little damage had actually been caused. Overall, very happy with how everything has been handled, and would happily recommend Bluepools - especially now they're going to have a presence down that way.

Kind Regards

Andrew Lund-Yates

I would like to thank you for the way you handled the installations off the two swimming pools for me. You managed to start just after the selected time, proved to be totally reliable and finished in the time frame you had expected. The quality of the work was fine and you left everything neat and tidy after you had finished. I have good relationship with Luke and he has always been available to sort out any teething problems. I would like to wish you all the very best for the future.

Kind Regards Keith Trenter

When working on an old house there are always many unforeseen problems, and, like many other Brits, our house is old. So when it came to putting a swimming pool close to the house it was not surprising to find some complications. Bluepools proved themselves by recognising these complications and coming up with solutions.
Their ability to cope with these extras has made such a difference. Otherwise we would have been chasing around, spending time we really do not have, looking for additional artisans to do those unforeseen bits and pieces.
From the earliest stages, a test hole for the fosse septique soak-away, through to completion of the swimming pool Bluepools products and services have been good which means peace of mind for us."

Peter Butler

Hi Bluepools,

The pool has been brilliant and we have had an increase in the number of people wanting to visit as a result. But that is something we can put up with!

Caroline Jones

Dear Bluepools

Many thanks to you, Will and the lads for a terrific job, Amanda and I are really pleased with the result.

Tom Dodds

Hi Bluepools

I am at les Pesquies for a few days. We have a beautiful looking pool that several people have commented upon with admiration and expressed interest in having one themselves and knowing how we got it built. I have been happy to respond with two positive references for prospective clients.

Hamish Macdonald