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Lee County officials have publicly stated they expect the county’s population to double within the next ten years. Real estate in Leesburg has already been appreciating faster than 90% of other Georgia cities averaging over 6% annually for the past decade. A custom inground pool built on your property right now is not just a lifestyle decision. It’s a well-timed one.
But the investment only works if the pool is built right. Leesburg sits on Georgia’s Coastal Plain, which means your backyard is sandy loam soil not the red clay you’d find further north. That distinction matters more than most contractors will tell you. Sandy loam drains well, but it shifts. It moves with seasonal moisture changes. A pool that isn’t engineered specifically for that soil profile can settle unevenly, create drainage problems across your lot, or develop structural issues within years instead of decades. We build concrete pools with reinforced steel and design them specifically for the ground they’re going into. Our pools hold up in these conditions in a way that fiberglass shells or vinyl liner pools simply don’t.
Beyond the structure, there’s the season. From April through October seven solid months Leesburg’s humid subtropical heat makes a backyard pool the most-used space on your property. For families with kids, that’s not a luxury. That’s where summer actually happens.
Deep Waters Pools was founded in 2014, but the experience behind it goes back more than three decades. Our founder spent 30+ years in concrete, plumbing, and custom pool construction across southwest Georgia before starting this company not because it was a good business opportunity, but because he watched too many families in this region get burned by contractors who took large deposits and delivered something far short of what was promised.
That’s why we exist. And it’s why every project starts with transparency: published pricing ranges, a clear design process, full permit handling, and a policy of stopping work to communicate if something unexpected comes up rather than pushing through and billing for it later.
Leesburg and Lee County are part of the territory we know well. We understand the Coastal Plain soil conditions that define construction in this part of Georgia. We’ve navigated the Lee County Planning Commission’s monthly permit cycle. And we know what families in communities like Quail Valley are actually looking for when they invest in a custom pool not a catalog option, but something built specifically for their property and their life here.
It starts with a conversation about your property, your goals, and your budget. Before anything is drawn, we want to understand the lot its size, its drainage characteristics, and how the pool will integrate with the outdoor space around it. In Leesburg, that means paying attention to how your sandy loam soil sits, how water moves across a flat Coastal Plain lot, and what the finished space needs to look like in order to work with your home, not just next to it.
From there, we move into design. Every project includes detailed 3D renderings before any ground is broken. You’ll see your pool the shape, the water features, the deck, the surrounding outdoor living space as a finished visual before we ever pick up a shovel. This is where adjustments happen, not after construction. You review it, refine it, and sign off when it’s exactly right.
Once the design is locked, we handle all permitting. Lee County’s Planning Commission meets on the first Thursday of each month, with applications due the last Friday of the prior month so timing matters. We manage that calendar so your project doesn’t lose weeks to a missed submission window. After permits are approved and inspections are scheduled, construction begins in the sequence that makes structural sense: excavation, rebar framework, concrete, plumbing, finish work, and final inspection. You’re kept informed at every stage.
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Pool design at Deep Waters is not a menu you pick from. It’s a process that starts with your lot, your home’s architecture, and how you actually use your outdoor space. For Leesburg homeowners especially those in higher-end subdivisions where homes are built to a standard the pool and surrounding outdoor environment need to match that quality. A fiberglass shell dropped into a hole doesn’t do that. A custom concrete pool designed from scratch does.
Every project includes 3D pool renderings so you can see the finished space before construction starts. Custom water features spillovers, waterfalls, deck jets, bubblers are designed as part of the pool, not added on as afterthoughts. If you want an infinity edge pool, we engineer that into the structure from the beginning. If you’re thinking about landscape pool integration plantings, hardscape, shade structures we incorporate that into the design conversation early, because the best outdoor living spaces are planned as a whole, not assembled in pieces.
Safety covers are included standard on every build. In a community where more than 60% of households have children under 18, that’s not a selling point it’s just the right way to build. Pricing for custom concrete pool projects in this region typically runs $50,000–$85,000 depending on size, features, and site conditions. That range is published upfront because you deserve to know what you’re working with before the first conversation.
Lee County sits on Georgia’s Coastal Plain, which means the soil under your Leesburg property is primarily sandy loam not the red clay you’d find in north Georgia or the Douglas County area. Sandy loam drains better than clay, which reduces some of the hydrostatic pressure concerns that plague pool construction in other parts of the state. But it also shifts and settles more readily, especially with seasonal moisture changes across southwest Georgia’s wet winters and dry summers.
That movement is exactly why concrete is the right material for this area. A concrete pool built with a proper rebar framework and engineered drainage is designed to stay put in Coastal Plain conditions. Fiberglass shells can float or shift when hydrostatic pressure isn’t managed correctly in sandy soil. Vinyl liner pools are vulnerable to any ground movement and require liner replacement every 8–15 years regardless. If you’re building a pool in Leesburg and you want it to hold up for 30+ years without structural issues, the soil profile here is one of the strongest arguments for going with concrete from the start.
The design process starts with a detailed conversation about your property and what you want the finished space to look like not just the pool itself, but the full outdoor environment around it. We look at your lot’s size, grade, drainage, and how the pool will relate to your home’s architecture before anything is drawn.
From there, we produce full 3D pool renderings that show you the finished backyard as a complete visual pool shape, water features, deck materials, surrounding landscape, and any outdoor living elements you’re incorporating. This is not a sketch or a rough concept. It’s a detailed rendering you can review, adjust, and approve before construction starts. The reason we do it this way is straightforward: the gap between what a homeowner imagines and what gets built is the most common source of regret in pool construction. The 3D design process closes that gap before it becomes a problem. For a project in the $50,000–$85,000 range, you should be able to see exactly what you’re building before a single shovel hits your Leesburg backyard.
The honest answer depends on a few things: the complexity of the design, site conditions on your specific lot, and critically where you are in Lee County’s permit cycle when the project kicks off. Lee County’s Planning Commission meets on the first Thursday of each month, with permit applications due by the last Friday of the prior month. If your application misses that window, you’re looking at an additional month before the project can move forward. That’s not unique to Lee County, but it’s a real factor that affects your timeline, and we manage it so you don’t have to track it yourself.
Once permits are approved, a standard custom concrete pool build typically runs 8–12 weeks from excavation to final inspection, depending on design complexity, weather, and inspection scheduling. Projects with extensive water features, outdoor living integration, or more complex site conditions may run longer. We give you a realistic timeline at the start of the project not an optimistic one that we quietly revise later. If something during construction affects the schedule, you’ll hear about it from us before it becomes a surprise.
All three types of pools exist in the market, and the right answer for your property depends on what you’re trying to build. Fiberglass pools are pre-formed shells they come in fixed shapes and sizes, and they’re dropped into an excavated hole. They’re faster to install and often cheaper upfront, but they limit your design options significantly. You can’t build an infinity edge pool in fiberglass. You can’t create a truly custom shape. And in Lee County’s sandy loam soil, a fiberglass shell that isn’t installed with precise attention to hydrostatic pressure management can shift or pop over time.
Vinyl liner pools are the most affordable option upfront, but the liner itself needs to be replaced every 8–15 years which adds a recurring cost that compounds over the life of the pool. They’re also the most vulnerable to ground movement of any type. Concrete pools cost more upfront and take longer to build, but they’re the only option that gives you full design flexibility custom shapes, infinity edges, integrated water features, any finish you want and they’re built to last 30+ years in Coastal Plain conditions when they’re engineered correctly. For Leesburg homeowners investing in a property that’s appreciating at 6%+ annually, the long-term math on concrete is hard to argue with.
In warm-climate markets, inground pools consistently add measurable value to residential properties industry data puts the figure at roughly 5–8% of home value for a well-designed installation. In Lee County specifically, that number carries more weight than it would in a slower market. Leesburg real estate has appreciated faster than 90% of Georgia cities over the past decade, averaging over 6% annually. You’re not adding a pool to a stagnant asset. You’re adding it to a property in one of southwest Georgia’s most actively growing counties, where local officials have publicly projected the population will double within the next ten years.
That said, not all pools add equal value. A custom concrete pool with well-designed outdoor living space quality decking, integrated water features, thoughtful landscaping adds more than a basic installation. Buyers in communities like Quail Valley, where homes list up to $739,900, are looking for a complete outdoor environment that matches the quality of the home. A pool that was clearly designed as part of that vision, rather than dropped in as an afterthought, is the version that moves the needle on resale. The design investment matters as much as the construction investment.
We do completely. Pool construction in Leesburg involves coordination between the City of Leesburg’s building permit process and the Lee County Planning and Zoning Department, located at the T. Page Tharp Governmental Building on Starksville Avenue North. Depending on your lot and the scope of the project, there may also be engagement with the county’s environmental health office for drainage and site planning requirements.
In Georgia, the law requires that pool construction permits be pulled in the licensed contractor’s name not the homeowner’s. If a contractor ever asks you to pull your own permits, that’s a clear signal they may not be properly licensed, and it shifts legal liability for the project onto you. Deep Waters Pools is a fully licensed Georgia contractor. Every permit goes in our name, which means we’re legally accountable for the build from start to finish. We track the Lee County Planning Commission’s monthly submission deadlines, manage all required documentation, and coordinate inspections so your project moves forward on schedule without you having to navigate county offices or state licensing requirements on your own.
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