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When a pool is built correctly, you stop dreading May and start looking forward to it. From late April through October, you have a functional outdoor space that your family actually uses not a liability sitting in the backyard collecting leaves. That’s seven months of usable season in Lowndes County, and it’s one of the longest swimming windows in the entire state.
Remerton’s housing stock is older and lots run tighter than most suburban developments further north. That matters because a fiberglass shell comes in fixed sizes from a factory if it doesn’t fit your yard, you don’t get a pool. We build gunite pools from scratch, on your property, shaped around whatever space you actually have. Narrow yard, irregular lot line, tight setback none of that is a dealbreaker with custom construction.
There’s a financial side to this too. Median home prices in the Valdosta metro have climbed 9.5% year-over-year as of mid-2025. A pool adds roughly 7% to residential property value in Georgia. On a $175,000 home, that’s over $12,000 in added equity. In a market that’s actively appreciating, that’s not a splurge it’s a reasonable investment with a real return.
Deep Waters Pools is a family-owned gunite pool builder based in Douglas, Georgia, serving homeowners throughout Southeast Georgia including Remerton and the surrounding Lowndes County area. We were founded in 2014, and we brought more than 30 years of hands-on experience in concrete, plumbing, and pool construction before the first shovel ever went into the ground.
That combination matters more than most people realize. A decade-plus in business, backed by three decades of field experience, means you’re not working with someone still figuring it out on your property.
Every phase of your project excavation, rebar, gunite, plumbing, electrical bonding, deck work is handled by our in-house crew. No subcontractors, no handoffs, no strangers showing up mid-project. And because Remerton operates under its own permitting jurisdiction through Remerton City Hall completely separate from Lowndes County and the City of Valdosta we pull every permit in-house and manage every required inspection from start to finish.
It starts with a site evaluation and 3D design consultation. Before anything is drawn up, we take a real look at your lot dimensions, setbacks, soil conditions, access points. Lowndes County’s coastal plain soils behave differently from the heavy clay found in north Georgia, and we account for that before excavation begins, not after.
Once the design is finalized and approved, we file permits directly with Remerton City Hall. This is a step that trips up contractors who don’t know the area Remerton has its own permitting office, entirely separate from the county and from Valdosta. We handle that process in our name, schedule every required inspection, and keep the project moving without putting that burden on you.
From there, excavation begins, followed by rebar installation, the mandatory Georgia rebar inspection, gunite application, plumbing, electrical bonding and grounding under NEC Article 680, and deck installation. Our crew is on your property through every phase. When the equipment is running and the water is balanced, you get a walkthrough of how everything works and a custom safety cover is included as a standard part of every build, not an add-on.
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Every pool we build is fully custom gunite no prefab shells, no fixed sizes, no limitations imposed by a factory catalog. That’s especially relevant in Remerton, where older homes on smaller lots need a pool design that works around the actual property, not the other way around. Gunite gives you that flexibility. It also gives you a pool that gets stronger over time, as the concrete continues to cure and harden for years after installation unlike vinyl liners that need replacement every decade or fiberglass gel coats that degrade under South Georgia’s UV intensity.
The full scope of every build we undertake includes excavation, rebar installation, gunite application, swimming pool plumbing, electrical bonding and grounding, pool deck installation, and all required permits and inspections. We manage the entire permitting process through Remerton City Hall the correct jurisdiction for any construction work inside city limits so you’re never left guessing which office to call or what form to file.
A custom safety cover is included with every pool as a standard feature. In a dense residential community like Remerton, where properties sit close together and neighbors are nearby, that’s not a checkbox it’s the right way to build. The project isn’t done until everything is inspected, operational, and you understand how to use it.
Yes and this is one of the most important things to understand before hiring any contractor for pool construction in Remerton. Remerton is a legal enclave of Valdosta, meaning it is entirely surrounded by the City of Valdosta but operates as its own separate municipality with its own government and its own permitting office. Building permits for inground pools in Remerton are issued through Remerton City Hall, not through Lowndes County’s building department and not through the City of Valdosta.
A contractor who doesn’t know this distinction may attempt to pull permits through the wrong jurisdiction which creates real problems for the homeowner down the line, including issues at resale or refinancing. We pull every permit directly through Remerton City Hall in our name, manage every required inspection, and handle all code compliance under the International Residential Code and National Electrical Code with Georgia Amendments. You don’t have to figure any of that out it’s handled before excavation starts.
The short answer is that gunite gives you a pool built for your actual property not a shell manufactured to fit an average backyard. Remerton’s residential lots are older and often tighter than newer suburban developments, and fiberglass pools come in fixed shapes and sizes from a factory. If the shell doesn’t fit your yard, your setbacks, or your lot lines, you’re out of options. We build gunite pools from scratch, on-site, in whatever shape and size your space allows.
Beyond fit, there’s the durability argument. South Georgia’s climate is hard on pool surfaces intense UV, high humidity, and heat from May through September. Vinyl liners fade and require full replacement every 10 to 15 years. Fiberglass gel coats degrade over time in high-UV environments. A properly built gunite pool continues to cure and harden for years after installation, which means it gets stronger, not weaker, with age. For a homeowner in Lowndes County making a long-term investment in their property, that lifespan difference is significant.
For a custom gunite pool, most projects run between eight and fourteen weeks from permit approval to finished pool though that timeline depends on the complexity of the design, site conditions, and inspection scheduling. One advantage of building in South Georgia is the mild climate. Unlike northern Georgia markets that deal with hard freezes and sustained cold that can halt excavation and concrete work for weeks, the Valdosta and Remerton area rarely sees conditions that shut down construction entirely.
The biggest variable in timeline is usually permitting and inspections, not weather. In Remerton specifically, permits are issued through Remerton City Hall on a separate schedule from Lowndes County or Valdosta and Georgia law requires a mandatory rebar inspection before gunite can be applied, which must be scheduled and passed before the project moves forward. We manage the full permitting and inspection schedule in-house, which keeps the project moving without delays caused by missed steps or wrong-jurisdiction filings.
Custom gunite pool construction in the Valdosta and Remerton area typically ranges from $60,000 to $90,000 or more depending on pool size, shape, depth, deck design, and equipment package. That range reflects the full scope of a properly built pool excavation, rebar, gunite, plumbing, electrical, deck installation, permits, inspections, and a custom safety cover included as standard. It does not reflect a stripped-down base price with a long list of change orders added after you sign.
It’s worth putting that number in context for the local market. Median home prices in the Valdosta metro reached $241,000 with a 9.5% year-over-year increase as of mid-2025. A pool adds approximately 7% to residential property value in Georgia meaning on a home valued at $175,000, you’re looking at over $12,000 in added equity. Combined with Lowndes County’s seven-month swimming season, the cost-per-use math looks very different than it would in a northern market where the pool sits covered for five months a year.
Yes and this is exactly where custom gunite construction has a clear advantage over fiberglass. Remerton’s housing stock is predominantly older, with lot sizes and configurations that vary considerably from one property to the next. Fiberglass pools arrive from a manufacturer in fixed dimensions, and if the shell doesn’t fit within your setbacks, your lot lines, or your available yard space, there’s no workaround. You either fit the mold or you don’t get a pool.
We build gunite pools on-site from the ground up, which means the design adapts to your property not the other way around. A narrower yard, an irregular shape, a tighter clearance from a fence or structure these are design constraints that we engineer around, not reasons to walk away from the project. Before any design is finalized, we do a site evaluation that accounts for your specific lot conditions, soil drainage, and setback requirements under Remerton’s building codes. That evaluation happens before a single line is drawn, so there are no surprises once construction starts.
If you want to be swimming by Memorial Day, the conversation needs to start in January or February at the latest. The permitting process through Remerton City Hall, combined with design finalization and the mandatory rebar inspection required under Georgia building code, means there are real lead times built into every project before excavation even begins. Builders in the Valdosta area typically build up their project backlogs during late winter and early spring as homeowners plan for summer waiting until April to start the process usually means a late-summer finish at best.
The good news is that South Georgia’s mild winters make fall and winter a genuinely viable time to build. The Valdosta and Remerton area rarely experiences the prolonged freezing temperatures that shut down construction in northern Georgia markets, which means a project started in October or November can often be completed by late spring without weather-related delays. Homeowners who start the process in the fall frequently end up ahead of the spring rush and swimming earlier than neighbors who waited until the weather warmed up to make the call.
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