I also wanted to comment at this stage, that the original designs I had drafted up in the OP have been altered significantly.

Major changes for anyone following this thread;


  • I opted away from an infinity pool style for a couple of reasons the primary one was that I wanted a deck around the entire perimeter and an infinity pool is far more eye appealing if you have a view across a valley or a skyline.
  • The deck area will be half composite wood and half cement as we want to put potted plants on the deck and setting them on composite wood seemed risky long term due to warpage.
  • The pool bar area in the OP will look similar but the roof will be slanted and the poles will be round
  • To the left we had a pad made for the Jacuzzi we had that we will move to the pool area.
  • The pool will not be cement and tile as originally shown, it will be a custom Fiberglass mold. This is far more economical and suits our needs.