Hi OH

We are having glass pool fencing across the patio and the deck infront of the bedrooom. aross the lawn and down the side of the house it will be Aluminium. I'll post a piccy with the Aluminium pool fencing in place in the next coulple of days.

It should be finished by the end of next week if all goes to plan. I might wait a couple of days for the Solar to do it's job before I dive in but i'll get my toes wet asap.

MenAtWork

Looks good MAW, it's great to see the progress.

So, when's the pool party....??? ;-)

It sounds great!!!!!! I am sooooooo jealous!!!!

I am STILL in the UK where I summer has been crap. Having your own pool sounds wonderful. I was under the impression that new builds tec were not allowed to have pools coz of the water shortage-is that true????

Hi Floss,

I think it depends where you live but here on the sunshine coast we are not that short of water. We had 400mm of rain last week and our local dam is pretty full (80% + )

Some places that are short are insisting that if you have a pool you full your pool with water trucked in and that you have a rain water tank to collect top up water. I'm not sure what its like outside of Queensland.

did u build your home or buy it?

Thanx 4 the info-sounds funny having water trucked in!!! after the crappy summer we have had I'm sure they have some spare water up in the midlands-lol
I have visited surfers....do the sunshine & gold coast have a tropical climate?

We bought the house. We planned on buying a house with a pool but really liked this house so thought we'd build our own.

I think the sunshine coast is officially subtropical in winter most days have been pretty good with most days having a maximum around 20. We've only been here since march so I can't tel you about summer just yet.The gold coast has been much drier than the sunshine coast lately.

Some local areas had 1000mm of rain in 2 days last week, so there is probably a bit spare round here.

Missing the UK yet? Good luck in ur new home-and new life !!

Nice pool MenAtWork. I also like the way you have integrated it with the house.

I have received a quote for $22K to build a 12x4 m concrete pool 2 metres deep. This compares to a fibreglass pool at $32K.

The $22K consists of:
$4K Excavation
$2K Concrete
$5K Concrete forms
$5K Tiles (materials but excludes grout)
$6K Cost of laying the tiles (labour)

They have not come back to me on a more detailed breakdown of the $32K yet to compare like with like but its the same size but with a shallow end of 1.35 metres. The costs of solar heating etc are excluded from the $32K but are according to the brochure "negotiable" so must be where they gain the most profit?.

We may also be getting a better rate because the excavator will be doing our basement garage and the concrete forms and concrete supplier is doing the main house/s.

Have you any pics of the finished pool now?

MAW,
Can't wait to see the finished project. It has given us food for thought when we buy in Perth. OH really wants a pool. Thanks for all of the info

I wasn't sure anyone was still reading this.

The pool was delayed by a couple of weeks by bad weather and another couple of weeks by a highly unreliable electrician.

It's pretty much done now apart from some landscaping and a fair amount of planting.

Stunning! Not much more to say but enjoy......

Carol

didnt think anybody would still be reading.......we like to see it all the way to the end

Fantastic pool mate

hi

Looks fantastic.
Which company did you use?

It's gorgeous!

What are those trees you have planted on the left of the picture?