--- title: Custom Inground Pool Builder | Whitby & Durham Region description: Custom inground concrete pools designed around how you live. Infinity edges, integrated spas and smart automation, built across Whitby and Durham Region. --- [Skip to content](https://privateparadise.ca/pools#main-content) [![PRIVATE PARADISE - HRZ13](https://privateparadise.ca/hubfs/PRIVATE%20PARADISE%20-%20HRZ13.png)](https://privateparadise.ca?hsLang=en) - [Landscapes](https://privateparadise.ca/landscapes) - [Pools](https://privateparadise.ca/pools) - [Maintenance](https://privateparadise.ca/maintenance) - [About](https://privateparadise.ca/about) - [Careers](https://privateparadise.ca/careers) - [Contact](https://privateparadise.ca/contact) - [Blog](https://privateparadise.ca/blog) [START HERE](https://privateparadise.ca/free-consultation?hsLang=en) # **Your Refreshing Private Retreat Awaits** A custom pool should feel intentional — shaped by your home and the way you gather outdoors. Private Paradise designs and builds custom concrete pools across Whitby and Durham Region — as a design-build firm, where your designer and your construction team are the same company. From first concept to final fill, every detail is designed to integrate seamlessly with the surrounding landscape and structures. [Let's Talk](https://privateparadise.ca/free-consultation?hsLang=en) [View Pool Projects](https://privateparadise.ca/portfolio?hsLang=en) ![landscape lighting](https://privateparadise.ca/hubfs/AdobeStock_1178755033.jpg "landscape lighting") ## **Form, Function, and Flow in Balance** ### BUILT AROUND THE WAY YOU LIVE - Tanning ledges for slow afternoons. - Deep ends for real swimming. - Integrated spas for evening wind-downs. - We design pools around how you actually use your space — not just how it photographs. ### STRUCTURE THAT PERFORMS - Proper excavation. Reinforced construction. Engineered drainage. - Material transitions that are precise and durable. - A pool should hold its lines, its finish, and its function for decades — not seasons. ### INTEGRATED AS ONE ENVIRONMENT - Pools are strongest when they’re not standalone features. - Decking, coping, lighting, outdoor kitchens, and planting are designed together — so sightlines are clean, circulation is natural, and the entire environment works as one. ![62 Highland Ave 009](https://privateparadise.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/62%20Highland%20Ave%20009.jpg?width=2000&height=1338&name=62%20Highland%20Ave%20009.jpg "62 Highland Ave 009") ## Precision, Materials, and Long-Term Performance - Custom inground layouts shaped to the property - Infinity and vanishing edges for elevation-driven sites - Integrated spas, waterfalls, and subtle water movement - Premium finishes selected for durability and cohesion - Smart automation for lighting, heating, and filtration ## A Clear Path to Completion 1. Share Your Vision 2. We Design and Manage the Details 3. Enjoy a Finished Space That Feels Complete Through disciplined planning and consistent communication, your project moves forward with clarity and confidence. Pools & Water Features ## How Our Pools Are Built \[CONFIRM every line in this section — I have written it to reflect standard high-end concrete pool construction, but these must match your actual specification exactly.\] - **Structure** — Steel-reinforced concrete shells, engineered to the site's soil and water table. \[CONFIRM: gunite, shotcrete, or poured — and rebar specification.\] - **Excavation and bearing.** — Dug to bearing, not to depth. Sites across Durham vary from heavy clay to sand and rock, and each changes what the shell sits on. - **Hydrostatic and drainage management.** — Groundwater is a real factor on lakeshore properties in Whitby, Ajax, and Pickering. Relief valves and perimeter drainage are engineered in, not added when a problem appears. - **Plumbing and mechanical.** — \[CONFIRM: pipe sizing, number of returns, main drain configuration, equipment brands you standardize on.\] - **Finishes.** — \[CONFIRM: plaster, pebble, quartz, tile — and what you specify by default.\] - **Automation.** — Smart control of lighting, heating, and filtration, integrated with the rest of the property's systems where it makes sense. - **Winterization.** — Ontario pools live under ice five months a year. Closing and opening protocol is part of the build conversation, not an afterthought — \[CONFIRM: whether you offer this in-house or through your maintenance division.\] A pool should hold its lines, its finish, and its function for decades — not seasons. Everything above is why. Pools & Water Features ## Water Features - **Waterfalls and natural stone cascades** — built into grade change rather than applied to it - **Sheer descents and spillways** — architectural water movement integrated into wall and pool structure - **Reflecting pools and formal basins** — stillness rather than motion, sited to hold a view - **Fountains and urns** — scaled to the space, plumbed and wintered properly - **Koi and natural ponds** — \[CONFIRM: whether you build ecosystem ponds, and at what scale.\] - **Integrated spas** — designed with the pool or standalone, sited for the season they are actually used Water brings stillness, movement, and a sense of escape. Sound is half of it. A feature placed where you sit does more for a property than a larger one placed where you only look. Not every property wants a pool. Almost every property benefits from water. Pools & Water Features ## Pool Building Across Durham Region We build across Whitby, Ajax, Oshawa, Pickering, Bowmanville, Clarington, Scugog, Brock, and Uxbridge. Building a pool here means building for a climate that freezes hard and thaws fast. It means municipal permitting, pool enclosure and fence-compliance requirements that vary by municipality, and — on many Durham properties — a water table and clay soil profile that determine the engineering before the design is even settled. Most pool projects begin the season before they are built. We recommend starting the conversation in winter or early spring, with construction launching in late spring. How much does a custom inground pool cost in Ontario? + \[CONFIRM: your honest starting range and what moves it.\] Cost is driven by size, shell construction, finish selection, decking, mechanical specification, and site conditions — particularly grade change and access. A pool on a flat, open lot and a pool on a sloped lakeshore property with an infinity edge are different projects at different numbers. We establish preliminary budget expectations at the first consultation, before design begins. How long does it take to build a pool? + \[CONFIRM: typical timeline from design start to swim-ready.\] Design, engineering, and permitting run ahead of construction, which is why the season before matters. Once on site, the sequence is excavation, structure, plumbing and mechanical, decking and hardscape, finish, and fill. Do I need a permit for a pool in Durham Region? + Yes. Every Durham municipality requires a pool permit, and fence or enclosure requirements are enforced before the pool can be filled. \[CONFIRM: any municipality-specific detail you want to include.\] Turnkey permit applications, engineering, and approvals are handled as part of our process. Concrete, fibreglass, or vinyl? + We build custom concrete. Fibreglass and vinyl are legitimate products at lower price points, with real trade-offs in shape freedom, depth, integration with hardscape, and lifespan. Concrete is what allows a pool to be shaped to the property rather than the property being shaped around a shell. Can you add a pool to a landscape you didn't build? + Yes — and the integration is the hard part. Decking, coping, lighting, grading, and planting all have to resolve against work that already exists. Pools are strongest when they're not standalone features, which is why we design the surrounding environment at the same time. What does a pool cost to run each year? + \[CONFIRM: realistic annual operating range for heating, chemicals, electricity, opening and closing in this climate.\] Smart automation, a well-specified heater, and a proper cover materially change this number. When should I start planning? + Winter or early spring for a build the same year. Design, engineering, permitting, and material sourcing all happen before excavation, and the good build windows fill. ## Pool Projects We’re Proud Of Explore recent builds and see how water can reshape a property. [View Our Work](https://privateparadise.ca/portfolio?hsLang=en) ## Create Your Escape Plan If you’re considering a significant outdoor transformation and want a team that brings structure, experience, and thoughtful execution, we should talk. [Start Here](https://privateparadise.ca/free-consultation?hsLang=en) ### Our Mission We are not just building landscapes; we are creating careers for skilled tradespeople and trusted relationships with homeowners. Private Paradise is committed to providing a culture of excellence, where craftsmen can grow and succeed while delivering world-class outdoor environments for clients who demand perfection. 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