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Sunnyside sits in one of the best pool climates in Georgia. From late April through October and often well into November the heat and humidity around Waycross make a backyard pool less of a luxury and more of a practical decision. You’re not buying a pool for two months of use. You’re buying six to seven months of your family actually spending time outside, on your property, without driving anywhere.
The flat, sandy coastal plain terrain in Ware County makes a lot of things easier when it comes to excavation. But it also comes with real engineering considerations particularly around drainage and water table depth, given how close Sunnyside sits to the Okefenokee drainage basin. A pool that isn’t built with that in mind can shift, crack, or develop hydrostatic pressure problems years down the road. Getting the design and engineering right from the start is what separates a pool that holds up for thirty years from one that becomes a problem.
Beyond the daily enjoyment, a well-designed inground pool in a warm-climate Georgia market like Ware County adds an estimated 7 to 10 percent to your home’s value. Buyers in this part of the state actively look for homes with pools and they’re willing to pay for them. That’s a real return on a real investment, not a guess.
We’re based in Douglas, GA Coffee County, right next door to Ware County. Douglas and Waycross are neighboring county seats connected by US 84, which means we’re not an out-of-area contractor learning your terrain on your dime. The soil profiles, the drainage patterns, the flat coastal plain conditions around Sunnyside we’ve worked in this environment for decades.
Our company was formally established in 2014, but the team behind it brings more than thirty years of hands-on experience in concrete, plumbing, and pool construction. That experience is what makes the difference when something unexpected comes up mid-excavation and in construction, it always has the potential to. You want someone who’s seen it before, knows how to handle it, and tells you about it before it becomes your problem.
We handle every permit, every inspection, and every step of the Ware County approval process so you don’t have to make a single call to a government office. That includes Environmental Health coordination for properties on private septic systems, which is common in unincorporated Sunnyside.
It starts with a conversation about your property, your lifestyle, and what you actually want your backyard to do. From there, we move into the design phase and this is where things get different. Instead of handing you a sketch and asking you to imagine the rest, we build a full 3D rendering of your finished pool. You see the water, the patio, the water features, the landscaping integration all of it, before any concrete is poured. If something doesn’t look right, we adjust it. You don’t commit to anything until the design is exactly what you want.
Once the design is locked in, we handle the permitting. Because Sunnyside is unincorporated, your pool permit goes through Ware County’s building department not a city office. If your property is on a private septic system, we coordinate Environmental Health approval before the building permit is issued. This is a step that catches a lot of homeowners off guard when they’re working with builders who don’t know the local process. We handle it as a standard part of the job.
Construction follows the approved plan. We work in concrete gunite specifically which gives us design flexibility that fiberglass shells simply can’t match. Custom shapes, beach entries, tanning ledges, integrated spas, infinity edges, water features all of it is possible because we’re building from scratch, not dropping in a pre-formed mold. When construction wraps, we schedule the final inspection and walk you through everything before we consider the job done.
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Custom pool design means the shape, depth, features, and finish are all determined by your lot, your preferences, and how you plan to use the space not by what fits a manufacturer’s catalog. Sunnyside properties tend to have more outdoor square footage than urban or suburban lots, and that’s an opportunity worth designing around. A pool that fills a corner of your yard is a different outcome than a complete outdoor living environment that makes your entire backyard functional and enjoyable.
Water features waterfalls, deck jets, bubblers, fire-and-water combinations have to be engineered into the pool from the beginning. The plumbing and structural elements that support them can’t be added as an afterthought once the concrete is cured. If you want them, the conversation happens at the design stage. Same goes for infinity edge pools: the vanishing edge effect is created through precise hydraulic engineering, not geography. A properly engineered infinity edge works on a flat Ware County lot just as well as it does on a hillside it just has to be designed correctly from the start.
Landscape pool integration, outdoor kitchen connections, and patio design are all part of what we bring into the design conversation. The goal is a backyard that functions as a complete space, not a pool sitting in the middle of a yard with nothing connecting it to the rest of your property. That’s the difference between a pool you use and a backyard you actually live in.
Yes and because Sunnyside is an unincorporated community, your permit goes through Ware County’s building department, not a city office. That distinction matters because the process, the contacts, and the timelines are all county-level. There’s no city building department involved.
If your property is served by a private septic system which is common in unincorporated parts of Ware County you’ll also need Environmental Health approval before the building permit can be issued. This step confirms that the pool’s placement won’t compromise your existing septic tank and drain field. It’s a routine part of the process, but it’s one that out-of-area builders or less experienced contractors often don’t flag until it causes a delay. We handle all of it as part of our standard project management permit application, Environmental Health coordination if needed, inspection scheduling, and final approval. You don’t make a single call to a government office.
Custom inground concrete pools in the Ware County market typically range from around $60,000 on the lower end for a straightforward design to $100,000 or more for pools with custom water features, infinity edges, integrated spas, or full outdoor living space buildouts. The final number depends on the size and shape of the pool, the features you include, the materials selected for the finish and coping, and the complexity of the site work on your specific lot.
What we won’t do is give you a low number to win the job and then walk it back with change orders once construction starts. The pricing conversation happens upfront, in detail, based on your actual design not a ballpark that shifts later. For a Ware County homeowner making this kind of investment, knowing what you’re paying for before you sign anything isn’t a bonus. It’s the baseline.
From signed contract to a finished, swim-ready pool, most custom inground concrete builds run between three and six months. The range comes down to design complexity, how quickly the Ware County permitting process moves, site conditions on your specific lot, and weather during the construction window.
The flat terrain around Sunnyside generally makes excavation more straightforward than sloped or clay-heavy lots further north in Georgia. That said, southeastern Georgia gets consistent rainfall spread across the entire year, and weather-related delays are always a possibility regardless of season. What we control on our end is communication if something comes up during the build that affects the timeline, you hear about it from us directly, not after the fact.
Yes but the key is that water features have to be designed into the pool from the beginning, not added on later. The plumbing lines, the electrical, and the structural elements that support a waterfall, grotto, deck jets, or fire-and-water feature all need to be engineered into the original plan. Once the concrete shell is poured and cured, retrofitting those systems becomes significantly more complicated and expensive.
This is why the design conversation matters so much before construction starts. If you know you want a waterfall or a bubbler shelf or a fire feature at the water’s edge, we build that into the 3D rendering so you can see exactly how it looks and functions as part of the overall pool design not as an afterthought. Sunnyside lots tend to have the outdoor square footage to make a full water feature build genuinely impactful. The design phase is where you figure out how to use that space well.
The core difference is design flexibility. Fiberglass pools come in pre-manufactured shapes you pick from what’s available, and the size and form are fixed by the mold. Concrete pools are built from scratch, which means the shape, depth profile, entry style, and every structural detail is determined by your design, not a manufacturer’s inventory.
For Ware County homeowners with larger lots and specific design goals a freeform shape, a beach entry, a tanning ledge, an integrated spa, an infinity edge concrete is the only material that makes those things possible. There’s also a longevity argument: a properly built concrete pool in southeastern Georgia’s climate, with correct drainage engineering for the coastal plain terrain, will outlast a fiberglass shell by decades. The upfront investment is higher, but you’re building something that isn’t going to need a full replacement in fifteen years.
For a Sunnyside homeowner, the math is more favorable than most people expect. In warm-climate Georgia markets, a well-designed inground pool adds an estimated 7 to 10 percent to home value above the national average because buyers in this part of the state actively seek homes with pools and can use them for the better part of the year. Sunnyside’s Humid Subtropical climate means you’re looking at six to seven months of comfortable swimming weather annually, which changes the cost-per-use calculation significantly compared to a northern climate with a three-month season.
Beyond resale, there’s the daily reality of living in southeastern Georgia summers. The heat and humidity around Waycross from June through September are serious. A well-designed backyard pool isn’t a status item it’s how your family spends time outside without leaving your property. For homeowners who plan to stay in Sunnyside long-term, that combination of daily enjoyment and real property value return is what makes a custom pool one of the more defensible home investments you can make.
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