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Most Leesburg residents commute to Albany and back every day. You’re putting in the hours, and when you get home, your property should actually feel like a place worth coming back to. A custom inground pool changes how you use your outdoor space not just in July, but from March through November. That’s eight to nine months of real use, in a climate that makes every other outdoor improvement feel like a compromise.
The families choosing Leesburg are here because of the school district, the neighborhoods, and the ability to own a home and property that actually means something. A gunite pool built to last 25 to 30 years fits that investment. It adds 5 to 8 percent to your property value on a home at Leesburg’s median of around $199,200, that’s real equity. In the new construction range where homes are moving in the $313,000 to $402,000 bracket, the impact is even more significant.
What you’re really getting is a yard that works. Not a yard you avoid from Memorial Day to Labor Day because it’s too hot to be outside without water. The pool is how you actually live on your property in southwest Georgia and a well-built one does that for a generation without asking much in return.
We started Deep Waters Pools in 2014 not because the market needed another pool company, but because Leesburg families kept getting burned by contractors who took their money and didn’t deliver. Our founder spent over three decades building pools in this region before starting the business, and that experience is the foundation every project is built on.
We’ve worked in the same southwest Georgia soil that’s under your yard in Lee County. We know what that clay does when it rains, how it shifts in a dry stretch, and what it takes to build a shell that holds up through both. That’s not something you learn from a manual it comes from building pools in this specific ground for years.
When you work with us, you’re not handed off to a rotation of subcontractors. One team evaluates your site, pulls your Lee County permits, handles excavation, plumbing, electrical, gunite, and decking and stays accountable from start to finish. In Leesburg, where word travels fast and reputation is everything, that accountability isn’t optional. It’s how we operate.
It starts with a site evaluation before any design begins, before any money changes hands. We look at your specific yard: drainage patterns, soil conditions, utility locations, equipment access, anything that could affect how the build goes. In Leesburg, that means accounting for the clay-heavy southwest Georgia soil that expands when wet and contracts when dry. If that’s not engineered for correctly at the start, you feel it years later. We’d rather solve it before the first shovel goes in.
Once the site is assessed and the design is finalized, we handle all permitting through the Lee County Building Inspection Department. That includes the building permit, the electrical permit, and coordination of every required inspection throughout the build. You don’t navigate county offices or track inspection schedules that’s on us, and it’s part of every project we take on.
From there, the build sequence moves in a coordinated order: excavation, steel reinforcement, plumbing rough-in, gunite application, tile and coping, deck installation, equipment setup, and water. Because one team handles all of it, there’s no waiting on a subcontractor to free up before the next phase can start. The standard residential build runs 6 to 8 weeks from excavation to water specific enough that you can actually plan your summer around it.
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Gunite construction means your pool is built to fit your actual yard not a pre-manufactured shell dropped into a hole. The shape, depth profile, features, and dimensions are engineered for your specific property, whether you’re on an established lot near the historic downtown corridor or in one of the newer developments going up around Leesburg. No two sites are identical, and no two pools we build are either.
The full build includes excavation, structural steel, plumbing with quality Schedule 40/80 PVC, electrical bonding and grounding to NEC Article 680 standards, gunite shell application, interior finish, tile, coping, and deck installation. Every pool we build meets Georgia’s International Swimming Pool and Spa Code requirements, including proper barrier and gate specifications and all of it is permitted and inspected through Lee County’s building department before we call it done. An unpermitted pool in Lee County creates real problems at resale and real liability in the meantime. That’s not a risk worth taking on a $60,000 to $90,000 investment.
Pool deck installation is part of the conversation from the beginning, not an afterthought. The deck affects drainage, safety, and how the finished space actually looks and functions. We build decks with proper slope away from the pool edge to manage surface water something that matters especially in a region where summer storms can dump significant rainfall in a short window.
Yes and it’s not optional. Pool construction in Leesburg falls under the Lee County Building Inspection Department, which requires a building permit and a separate electrical permit for every new residential inground pool. The state of Georgia follows the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, and Lee County enforces compliance with both state and federal requirements, including anti-entrapment drain covers under the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act and proper barrier installation to prevent unsupervised child access.
What that means practically is that multiple inspections happen during the build not just a final walkthrough at the end. Framing, plumbing rough-in, electrical bonding, and the finished structure all get inspected at different phases. Lee County’s building department also specifically verifies that contractors have current state certifications before work begins, so unlicensed operators get flagged early. We handle all permitting and inspection coordination in-house as a standard part of every project you don’t have to manage any of it.
For a mid-range custom gunite pool in Leesburg, you’re typically looking at $55,000 to $90,000 for the pool itself, depending on size, depth configuration, features, and the deck package you choose. More elaborate builds with water features, upgraded finishes, or larger footprints can move past $100,000.
It’s worth putting that number in context. On a Leesburg home at the area’s median value of around $199,200, a properly built and permitted gunite pool adds an estimated 5 to 8 percent to property value somewhere between $10,000 and $16,000 in equity. In the new construction segment where homes in Leesburg are actively selling in the $313,000 to $402,000 range, the return is proportionally larger. The pool is a long-term investment in how you use your property and what it’s worth not a line item to cut corners on. A poorly built or unpermitted pool costs more in the long run than it ever saved upfront.
The standard residential build with us runs 6 to 8 weeks from excavation through water. That timeline covers site excavation, steel reinforcement, plumbing rough-in, gunite application, interior finish, tile and coping, deck installation, and equipment startup. It’s a real number not a best-case estimate designed to get you to sign.
The reason that timeline holds is that one coordinated team handles every phase. There’s no waiting on a separate plumbing subcontractor to finish another job before your project can move forward, and no scheduling gap between the gunite crew and the deck crew because they’re different companies. In Leesburg’s climate, where you’re targeting a swim season that starts in March and runs through November, a 6 to 8 week build means a contract signed in late winter can realistically put you in the water by Memorial Day. That’s the kind of timeline worth planning around.
Gunite is the right answer for Leesburg and the surrounding area, and the soil conditions under Lee County yards are a big part of why. Southwest Georgia’s clay-heavy soils expand significantly when saturated up to 10 to 15 percent by volume and contract during dry stretches. That cycle of movement puts real stress on pool structures that aren’t engineered to account for it. Gunite construction, when done correctly, is built in place and reinforced with steel, which means it can be engineered specifically for the soil conditions on your site rather than relying on a pre-manufactured shell to hold its shape in ground that’s constantly shifting.
Vinyl liner pools require liner replacement every 8 to 12 years a recurring cost of $3,000 to $5,000 each time. In a climate like Leesburg’s, where a pool gets used hard for 8 to 9 months a year, that wear adds up faster than it would in a northern market. Fiberglass pools have a functional lifespan of 15 to 25 years before major repairs become necessary, and their sizing is limited by what fits on a truck. A gunite pool built to proper specifications lasts 25 to 30-plus years and is sized and shaped for your actual yard not a catalog option.
This is one of the most common concerns we hear, and it’s a fair one. Excavation requires equipment access through your property, and that process will disturb the area around the build site. What matters is that the contractor has a clear plan before the equipment arrives not a general sense of how it usually goes.
Before we begin any build in Leesburg, the site evaluation maps out equipment access routes, identifies any existing landscaping or irrigation that needs to be protected or relocated, and flags any drainage considerations specific to your yard. Southwest Georgia’s summer storm patterns mean drainage design isn’t a minor detail how water moves around your pool and deck after a heavy rain affects both the longevity of the structure and how the finished space functions. The excavated soil and construction debris are managed as part of the build process, and the deck and surrounding grade are finished with proper slope to direct surface water away from the pool edge. Your yard won’t look like a construction site forever but the planning that happens before excavation starts is what determines how it looks when we’re done.
Leesburg’s swim season runs approximately 8 to 9 months conservatively from March through November. Average July heat index values in the area regularly hit 109°F, and temperatures rarely drop below the mid-60s until late fall. That’s not a climate where a pool sits covered for half the year. It’s a climate where outdoor space without water is genuinely uncomfortable for a significant portion of the year.
Compare that to northern markets where a pool might be usable for 4 to 5 months at best. The math on a long-term investment looks very different when you’re getting 8 to 9 months of real use annually. Families in Lee County who chose Leesburg for the school system, the neighborhoods, and the property they can own here tend to invest in that property seriously and a pool is one of the few home improvements that pays back in daily quality of life rather than just at resale. The combination of Leesburg’s climate, its growing residential market, and the equity impact of a properly built pool makes the investment case here as strong as anywhere in Georgia.
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