Adding a Swimming Pool to Hilly Terrain

[Galeana]

First, no lectures or comments on cost, maintenance, resale value of adding a pool; I have had 2 houses with inground pools and we simply like that feature.

We struggled to find an ideal house in Tucson area....took us from 2020 until 2023 (Covid stopped our house
hunting as we were living outside US and travel was too iffy for over a year).

We are admittedly picky; on average it has taken us 6 months to a year to find a new place (we've bought and sold 10 houses in the past 40 years).

We have a great 5 acre property in Pima with a really cool modern house that we love inside and out.

But it lacks a pool. We've been in it a year, though we spend alternate months at our 2nd home which is in Central Mexico and has a large pool.

We realize the rocky terrain presents challenges for an inground pool, and we don't want to waste time talking to franchise companies who only deal with standard-shaped backyard pools on flat parcels.

Anyone have a recommendation for a custom pool builder who has experience building interesting pools in hilly and or rocky neighborhoods??

[twowilldo]

Here, try these guys... as seen on TV:

https://lucaslagoons.com/

Could be fun, who knows?

[City Guy997S]

Originally Posted by Galeana

First, no lectures or comments on cost, maintenance, resale value of adding a pool; I have had 2 houses with inground pools and we simply like that feature.

We struggled to find an ideal house in Tucson area....took us from 2020 until 2023 (Covid stopped our house
hunting as we were living outside US and travel was too iffy for over a year).

We are admittedly picky; on average it has taken us 6 months to a year to find a new place (we've bought and sold 10 houses in the past 40 years).

We have a great 5 acre property in Pima with a really cool modern house that we love inside and out.

But it lacks a pool. We've been in it a year, though we spend alternate months at our 2nd home which is in Central Mexico and has a large pool.

We realize the rocky terrain presents challenges for an inground pool, and we don't want to waste time talking to franchise companies who only deal with standard-shaped backyard pools on flat parcels.

Anyone have a recommendation for a custom pool builder who has experience building interesting pools in hilly and or rocky neighborhoods??

Its no big deal but it will cost $$$$. Pool will be built on pilings.

[Galeana]

Originally Posted by City Guy997S

Its no big deal but it will cost $$$$. Pool will be built on pilings.

Money not a major issue. Got an leads on a company that can do this in Tucson area??

[heavymind]

Originally Posted by City Guy997S

Its no big deal but it will cost $$$$. Pool will be built on pilings.

Or terraced? I visited a commercial hot spring in mountainous Idaho that had multiple pools terraced on a hillside. I liked it, and kids were sliding like walruses from one pool to the other.

[locolobo13]

I thought Pima was in the Gila Valley?

[uaeebs86]

Originally Posted by locolobo13

I thought Pima was in the Gila Valley?

I think he meant to type Pima Canyon (in the Catalina Foothills of Tucson).

[locolobo13]

Originally Posted by uaeebs86

I think he meant to type Pima Canyon (in the Catalina Foothills of Tucson).

Doh! That makes sense. Thx.

[Galeana]

Pima COUNTY. 2nd largest county in AZ by population. Includes Tucson Metro.

[Greenvalleyfan]

Originally Posted by Galeana

Money not a major issue. Got an leads on a company that can do this in Tucson area??

Just pick up the phone and start calling pool companies in the Tucson area. You aren't the first person to encounter this problem. I had my pool installed last October with my new home build. I used Valley Oasis. My pool wasn't complicated, but Valley Oasis has been around a long time. The longer a company has been in business, the more they learn. Good luck! And, adding a pool in Arizona isn't going to be detrimental to resale.
It's Arizona...pools and Arizona go hand in hand