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Relee sits in the heart of South Georgia’s Lower Coastal Plain, where summers stretch from late March through October. That’s seven-plus months of outdoor living and if your backyard isn’t set up for it, you’re leaving the best part of the year on the table. A properly built inground pool doesn’t just add a place to swim. It changes how you use your property.
The soil out here matters more than most people realize. Coffee County’s sandy Coastal Plain soil drains differently than the red clay you’ll find up in North Georgia, and a builder who doesn’t know this area can make costly mistakes in how a pool is sited, graded, and engineered. We’ve been building in these conditions for decades so the pool you get is designed for this ground, this climate, and this region specifically.
And because we build exclusively in cement, you’re not inheriting a fiberglass shell that can shift during a heavy South Georgia rain, or a vinyl liner that’ll need full replacement in eight years. Cement gets stronger over time. It holds its shape, holds its value, and holds up to everything Coffee County weather throws at it.
We’re headquartered in Douglas the Coffee County seat, just down the road from Relee. This isn’t a company that lists Coffee County as a dot on a regional service map. This is where we work, where our reputation lives, and where we’ve been building pools for over a decade with more than 30 years of combined construction experience behind us.
We’re family-owned, and that means something here. In a rural community like Relee, word travels fast. We don’t have the luxury of doing mediocre work and moving on and we wouldn’t want to. Every pool we build in this county has our name on it, and we treat it that way.
From the sandy lots off county roads near General Coffee State Park to larger rural properties throughout Coffee County and Relee, we know this land. We know the permit process through the county building office in Douglas. And we know what it takes to build something out here that actually lasts.
It starts with a conversation about your property, your vision, and your budget. No pressure, no upsell. We look at your actual lot the drainage, the sun angles, the yard dimensions and design a pool that fits where you live, not one pulled from a fiberglass catalog. Every pool we build is custom from the ground up.
Once the design is finalized, we handle the permit submission through Coffee County’s building office in Douglas. Relee is an unincorporated community, so all permits run through the county and we manage that entire process for you. You don’t have to figure out which forms to file or when inspections need to happen. We coordinate all of it.
Construction moves in clear phases: excavation, steel and plumbing, cement shell, decking, equipment installation, and final inspection. We keep you updated throughout no going dark for weeks, no surprises at the end. Once the county signs off and the water is balanced, you’re swimming. If you want to be in the pool by summer, the best time to start this conversation is fall or winter. The families who swim by Memorial Day didn’t wait until April to call.
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No two lots in Coffee County are the same, and no two pools we build are either. Your pool is designed around your yard its shape, its drainage pattern, its exposure, and how your family actually uses the space. That includes the depth profile, the step configuration, any water features you want, and the surrounding deck and patio layout. It’s all drawn for your property specifically.
Every build includes a custom-fitted safety cover sized exactly to your pool’s dimensions. This isn’t an aftermarket add-on it’s part of the project from day one. For Relee families with kids or grandkids, that’s not a small detail. A cover that fits perfectly provides real protection, not the false security of a generic tarp that gaps at the edges.
We also offer ongoing maintenance and free professional water testing once your pool is complete. New pool owners especially appreciate having someone local to call when water chemistry questions come up or when it’s time to open and close for the season. You’re not on your own after the build and in a community like Relee, where you can’t just drive to a pool supply chain down the street, that ongoing relationship matters.
Yes and because Relee is an unincorporated community, your permit comes from Coffee County, not a city hall. There is no municipal government in Relee, so all building permits, plan reviews, and inspections are handled through the county’s building office in Douglas. The process involves submitting pool plans, getting county approval, and passing inspections at key construction milestones before receiving a final certificate of completion.
This is something a lot of homeowners don’t realize going in, and it can feel overwhelming if you’ve never navigated it before. We handle the entire permit process for you from initial submission through final inspection scheduling. You don’t have to make a single trip to the county office or figure out the paperwork on your own. It’s included in how we run every project.
Most custom inground pool projects in this area fall somewhere between $25,000 and $100,000, depending on size, shape, features, and the complexity of the build. A straightforward rectangular pool with a basic deck will land closer to the lower end. Add water features, a larger footprint, upgraded decking, or a more elaborate design and the number climbs from there. We give you a clear, itemized price before anything starts no ranges that balloon mid-project.
One thing worth factoring in when you’re comparing costs: material matters over time. Vinyl liner pools typically need a full liner replacement every seven to ten years, which runs $4,000 to $6,000 each time. Fiberglass pools carry their own limitations in South Georgia’s soil and rain conditions. Cement costs more upfront in some cases, but it’s the only pool material that gets stronger with age and it won’t hand you a surprise replacement bill a decade from now.
Cement and the reasoning is specific to this region. Coffee County sits in the Lower Coastal Plain, where the soil is sandy and the summers bring significant rainfall and afternoon thunderstorms. Fiberglass pools, which are pre-molded shells dropped into the ground, can shift or pop upward when hydrostatic pressure builds during heavy rains a real risk in this part of Georgia. Vinyl liner pools don’t have that structural issue, but the liner itself degrades from UV exposure and chemical contact, and South Georgia’s long swim season accelerates that wear.
Cement is poured and shaped on-site, bonded directly to the earth around it, and reinforced with steel throughout. It doesn’t flex, it doesn’t float, and it doesn’t degrade the way other materials do. It also gives you complete freedom in shape and depth you’re not limited to whatever molds a fiberglass manufacturer offers. For a property in Relee where you want something that lasts 30 or 40 years without material failure, cement is the right answer.
From the time you sign a contract to the day you’re swimming, most projects run between three and five months though the timeline depends heavily on when you start. The permit process through Coffee County’s building office takes time, and construction itself moves through several phases: excavation, steel and plumbing, cement shell, decking, equipment, and final inspection. Each phase has to be completed and inspected before the next one begins.
The biggest mistake homeowners in Relee make is waiting until spring to start. If you call in April hoping to swim by June, you’re likely looking at a late summer or fall finish at best the permit queue fills up and build schedules get tight fast once the season starts. Families who are in the water by Memorial Day typically started their conversations the previous fall or winter. If a summer pool is the goal, the time to reach out is now, not when the weather turns warm.
It does and in a warm-climate market like South Georgia, the return is stronger than it would be in a northern state where pools sit unused for eight months of the year. Inground pools in warm-climate markets typically add around 7% to a home’s value on average. In Coffee County, where real estate listings actively highlight pool ownership as a premium feature and buyers are drawn to the rural lifestyle and outdoor living that this area offers, a well-built pool makes your property more competitive when it’s time to sell.
It’s also worth thinking about the long-term cost picture. A cement pool built correctly doesn’t require the recurring material costs that vinyl liner pools do. You’re not resetting the clock on your investment every decade. The pool you put in today is the pool your property carries for the next 30-plus years and in a market like Relee, where larger rural lots give you the space to build something substantial, that’s a meaningful asset.
The practical answer is accountability. A regional company that lists Coffee County as one of 15 counties on its service map doesn’t have the same stake in your project that a Douglas-based builder does. We operate out of the Coffee County seat our reputation is built entirely in this county, job by job, neighbor by neighbor. In a community like Relee where word of mouth is the primary way people find and vet contractors, that local accountability is real.
There’s also a knowledge component that matters. The soil profile in Coffee County’s Lower Coastal Plain is different from what you’ll find in other parts of Georgia. The permit process runs through the county building office in Douglas not a city hall. The drainage patterns on rural Relee properties behave differently than suburban lots in larger cities. A builder who works here regularly understands all of that from experience, not from a quick Google search before pulling a permit. That local knowledge shows up in how a pool is sited, how it’s engineered, and how it performs over time.
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