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Crafted for Lifestyle: a Family’s Dream Come to Life
This Mayfair pool was designed to complement a modern outdoor space, combining durability, comfort, and elegance. With thoughtful features and a refined finish, it’s a unique retreat that offers year-round enjoyment and lasting value.
Twice the Paradise
Mayfair gave the Sunset Resort’s two pools a much-needed refresh—fixing leaks, adding easy-access steps, and a ramp for everyone to enjoy. Now surrounded by lush gardens and tropical vibes, the pools are back to their best—perfect for a laid-back escape in paradise. Or twice the paradise, in this case.
A Pool for All Ages
Designed with family in mind, this elegant backyard pool features a generous tanning shelf and custom touches throughout. With a collaborative approach from start to finish, the result is a stunning, low-maintenance space that brings generations together.
Restoring a Mayfair Classic
This restored Mayfair Pool blends a fresh fibreglass finish with original details, creating a welcoming space designed for family connection and laid-back entertaining. A seamless upgrade that honours the pool’s past while preparing it for the future.
Multi-zoned Pool for active family Living
Designed for family fitness and relaxation with impeccable style, this clever multi-zone pool includes a lap lane, recreation area, elevated spa, and bridge-access cabana—brought together with beautiful decking, neutral tiling, by twin waterfalls cascading over dramatic walls.
The Most Tranquil Pool
Set in a rural corner of Auckland, this pool was designed to quietly blend into the landscape. With ocean green tones, imported Bisazza tiles, and a hidden pool cover, the finished result is subtle, elegant, and perfectly in tune with its natural surroundings.
Rising to the Challenge
Designed to work around a council easement and an elevated site, this Murrays Bay pool features a cantilevered weir, custom privacy wall, and seamless integration with the upper deck. The result is a private, elevated retreat that makes the most of the view—without compromising on form or function.
Spacious Luxury – A Striking Indoor Pool Build
A stunning indoor pool, this spacious design combines natural light, clean lines, and refined finishes to create a luxurious, year-round retreat for relaxation and recreation.
Water Meets Sky: A Backyard Escape
A modern pool designed to blur the lines between built and natural environments. With minimal fencing and a reflective surface, it draws the eye toward the ocean beyond—creating a peaceful, seamless connection to the landscape.
Elevated elegance in the Tuki Tuki Valley
Built to match the elegance and sophistication of the architectural home, this streamlined pool beautifully frames the dramatic Tuki Tuki landscape. With soft natural colours, frameless glass, and clean lines, it’s a refined outdoor feature designed for year-round enjoyment and uninterrupted views.
A fresh take on a family favourite
This Waikawa renovation transformed an aging concrete pool into a clean, modern outdoor space designed for relaxed family living. Featuring a durable fibreglass lining, extended lounging step, sleek terrazzo paving, and a fresh deck to the pool house, the result is a low-maintenance, high-impact upgrade made for everyday enjoyment and effortless entertaining.
Soaking in the Sounds
Set above the Marlborough Sounds, this custom fibreglass pool was designed to blend effortlessly with the existing home and its surroundings. With clean lines, frameless glass fencing, and an automatic cover for year-round ease, the result is a calm and elegant outdoor space—made for relaxing, entertaining, and soaking in the view.
Where resilience meets refinement
Perched in the Kaikōura hills, this sleek fibreglass pool pairs rugged construction methods with a polished finish that belies its strength. The region’s seismic conditions meant the homeowners did their homework to find the most resilient and robust pool options – and Mayfair’s proprietary construction and finishing methods fit the bill perfectly.
Drift House – A Seamless Coastal Escape
Set against the stunning backdrop of Marlborough’s beachfront, this pool was designed to complement a bold architectural vision—elevated, elegant, and built for entertaining. Just like the home itself, which floats above the dunes to capture sweeping ocean views, the pool was crafted to reflect the same refined functionality and effortless connection to its surroundings.
Inground Pools vs. Above / Semi-Aboveground Pools
What is the real difference? And what other options are there?
When considering a new pool, the first questions some homeowners face is “should I go with an inground or aboveground pool?" Surprisingly, the answer depends on far more than just appearance or budget. From custom pool design to unique installation methods like semi-aboveground construction, there’s more to this decision than meets the eye.
Let’s dive into what really sets these options apart…
Shaded Nook to Bright & Breezy Retreat
What was once a tucked-away retreat has been transformed into the centrepiece of the backyard—a place to gather, cool off, and enjoy the sunshine from morning to evening.
Pool Installer Vs Pool Builder
Planning to install a pool in your backyard? One of the first questions you’ll face is whether to work with a pool installer or a pool builder. While both can deliver a stunning swimming pool, they offer very different approaches. Understanding the difference is key to choosing the right pool solution for your home.
Dune Gazer
With style, safety, and serenity in mind, this pool transforms a compact space into a breathtaking retreat.
A Treetop Oasis
A treetop oasis, where bold engineering meets pure elegance.
Limited space, a gorgeous architectural home, a spectacular view, and a wish to keep the home cohesive with the surrounding nature all combined to inspire this incredible design.