Custom Pools

Why Choose K&K Landscaping for Custom Pools in Bucks & Montgomery Counties?

Complete Design Flexibility

Concrete pools can be constructed in virtually any shape, size, or depth, making them ideal for both traditional and highly customized outdoor living spaces.

Exceptional Durability

The reinforced concrete shell creates a strong, permanent pool structure designed to provide decades of enjoyment when properly constructed and maintained.

Custom Features

Incorporate built-in spas, tanning ledges, beach entries, benches, steps, swim-up seating, water features, and other elements directly into the pool design.

Premium Finish Options

Choose from a wide variety of interior finishes, tile, coping, and surrounding hardscape materials to create a pool that complements the architecture of the home and surrounding landscape.

Ideal for Complete Outdoor Living Projects

Because every pool is built specifically for the property, gunite and shotcrete pools can be seamlessly integrated with patios, retaining walls, outdoor kitchens, fire features, landscaping, lighting, and other outdoor living elements.

How Does K&K Landscaping Install Custom In-Ground Pools?

1Design & Planning

Our process begins by developing the pool’s size, shape, location, elevations, features, and overall relationship to your surrounding outdoor living space. We refine the design before moving into engineering and permitting.

2Engineering & Permitting

Required construction documents, engineering, and permit applications are prepared and submitted. The process varies for each individual Bucks & Montgomery County municipality. The local municipality, soil conditions, and impervious space stipulations will determine the amount of permitting and engineering required. Construction begins once the necessary approvals and permits have been obtained.

3Layout & Excavation

The approved pool design is carefully laid out on the property before excavation begins. The pool is then excavated to establish its final shape, depth, steps, benches, and other structural features.

4Steel Reinforcement & Rough Plumbing

A network of reinforcing steel is installed to form the structural framework of the pool. Plumbing for returns, drains, skimmers, water features, and other pool systems is also installed.

5Gunite or Shotcrete Application

Concrete is pneumatically applied around the reinforced steel framework to create the structural pool shell. The material is shaped and finished to establish the pool’s final contours and features.

6Curing & Hardscape Construction

The concrete shell is allowed to properly cure. During subsequent phases, coping, tile, patios, masonry, equipment, utilities, and other surrounding outdoor living features can be installed.

7Interior Finish & Filling

Once construction is nearing completion, the selected interior pool finish is installed. Typical interior finishes are a plastered finish either in standard white, colored, pebble or quartzite. The pool is then filled with water and the equipment is started.

8Startup & Project Turnover

Once the pool water is balanced and the equipment is tested, the completed installation undergoes a final quality-control inspection. We then provide our clients with an overview of pool operation, equipment, and ongoing maintenance.

The Investment Range for In-Ground Custom Pools in Bucks & Montgomery Counties

A custom in-ground pool in Bucks County or Montgomery County, Pennsylvania by K&K Landscaping typically represents an investment of approximately $80,000 to $300,000+.

Because every gunite pool is designed and built specifically for the homeowner, property, and their desired features, the final investment can vary significantly from one project to another.

A more straightforward pool with a traditional shape, standard finishes, and limited additional features will generally fall toward the lower end of the range. Larger pools with premium finishes, integrated spas, water features, extensive decking, and other custom elements can reach or exceed $300,000.

What Affects the Cost of a Custom Pool?

Size & Depth

The overall dimensions, depth, water volume, and amount of excavation and structural material required all contribute to the cost of the pool.

Shape & Design

Traditional rectangular pools are generally more straightforward to construct, while geometric, freeform, and highly customized designs may require additional excavation, forming, steel, and finishing work.

Interior Finish

The selected interior finish can have a significant impact on the final investment. Options can range from traditional plaster to upgraded quartz and premium pebble finishes, along with a wide variety of waterline tile selections.

Custom Features

Features such as tanning ledges, built-in spas, benches, grottos, waterfalls, scuppers, fountains, beach entries, and other custom elements can transform a swimming pool into a complete backyard experience while increasing the overall project scope.

Heating & Pool Equipment

Pool heaters, heat pumps, upgraded filtration and sanitation systems, automation, variable-speed pumps, lighting, and other equipment selections will affect the total investment.

Pool Covers

Cover options range from traditional seasonal and safety covers to integrated automatic pool-cover systems. Automatic covers typically represent a larger investment but provide additional convenience, safety, and protection.

Pool Decking

The size and material of the surrounding pool deck are major components of the overall project cost. Options may include stamped concrete, concrete pavers, and premium natural stone.

Ultimately, the investment in a custom gunite or shotcrete pool is determined by much more than the pool itself. Our design process allows us to understand your goals, property, preferred features, and budget so we can develop a pool and surrounding outdoor living space that brings your vision together.

The Timeline from Free Consultation to First Swim in Bucks & Montgomery Counties

A custom in-ground pool is a significant project that requires careful planning long before excavation begins. With K&K Landscaping, from your initial consultation to your first swim, most projects take approximately 6–8 months to complete. This timeline includes conceptual design, revisions and material selections, engineering, municipal permitting and approvals, site preparation, pool construction, hardscaping, landscaping, and final inspections.

While the actual construction phase represents only a portion of the overall timeline, the design and approval process is essential to ensuring the project is properly planned before breaking ground. Timelines can vary depending on the complexity of the project, municipality approval times, weather, material availability, site conditions, and the scope of surrounding outdoor living improvements.

For homeowners considering a pool, we recommend starting the design process well before your desired swimming season. Planning early gives our team the time needed to thoughtfully design, permit, and construct your backyard so that when it’s finished, it’s ready to enjoy.