Custom pool with a sunken seating area, raised water bowls, and a spa beside a wooded backyard.

Custom pool construction, built around the way you live.

Custom pool builders serving communities across Florida and Georgia. One experienced team from the first design consultation through Pool School.

A pool that feels like it has always belonged.

A swimming pool should complement your home's architecture, reflect your family's lifestyle, and become the place where everyday moments turn into lasting memories.

At Oak Wells Aquatics, every pool begins with thoughtful planning, expert engineering, and a collaborative design process. Whether your vision is a sleek contemporary pool, a timeless backyard retreat, or a complete outdoor living environment, we design and build custom pools that combine exceptional craftsmanship with long-term performance.

A modern swimming pool and integrated square spa, bordered by white coping and green artificial turf.

Find Your Pool Style

A custom pool and integrated spa at a boutique-style backyard retreat

Classic Elegance

Timeless Proportions · Estate Homes

The handcrafted outdoor fireplace beside the pool

Timeless proportions, balanced design, and refined materials create a pool that feels perfectly integrated with traditional and estate-style homes.

A resort-style pool and spa below a raised water feature wall

Resort Inspired

Built for Entertaining

An outdoor patio with a splash pad, covered lounge area, outdoor kitchen, and dining set under a striped umbrella, next to artificial grass.

Designed for entertaining, these pools feature integrated spas, expansive tanning ledges, dramatic lighting, water features, and luxury outdoor living spaces.

Curving turquoise pool bordered by palms and dense garden planting.

Natural Freeform

Organic Curves · Tropical Landscaping

Curved stone coping beside shallow turquoise pool water.

Organic curves, tropical landscaping, and flowing water features create a backyard that feels like a private vacation destination.

Rectangular pool with white coping and lawn beside a white house.

Modern Contemporary

Clean Lines · Premium Materials

Square overflow spa edged in white stone beside the pool.

Clean lines, geometric layouts, premium materials, and understated elegance create a sophisticated outdoor living space that complements modern architecture.

Long rectangular pool beneath an overhead rain structure beside a raised stone wall.

Architectural Luxury

Raised Walls · Vanishing Edges

Fire-and-water bowl on a stone column beside the pool.

Bold structural elements, raised walls, vanishing edges, and dramatic water features transform the swimming pool into a true architectural statement.

See the build in action

Cutaway of a completed pool showing soil, structural shell, interior finishes, coping, decking and water.

Ask your pool designer how we exceed local and national building standards.

  1. 01

    Excavation

    First, the yard comes apart.

  2. 02

    Compacted Rock

    A base that will not settle.

  3. 03

    Structural Rebar

    One continuous cage of steel.

  4. 04

    Pool Shell

    Concrete around the steel. Not on it.

  5. 05

    Permacoat

    The shell gets sealed.

  6. 06

    Fortified Grout & Tile

    The waterline earns its tile.

  7. 07

    Pool Surface

    Plaster rises to meet the tile.

  8. 08

    Coping

    The rim gets its cap.

  9. 09

    Paver Base & Decking

    The deck goes down.

  10. 10

    Water

    Only then, the water.

Ask your pool designer how we exceed local and national building standards.

Explore Other Pool Features

Why quality equipment matters.

Quality equipment makes pool ownership easier, quieter, and more efficient for years to come.

Efficient circulation

Variable-speed pumps provide quiet operation while reducing energy consumption.

Pool pump, filter and heater connected on an equipment pad

Advanced filtration

High-performance cartridge filtration keeps water clean while minimizing maintenance.

Water sanitization

Salt systems and automated sanitation options simplify water care and improve swimming comfort.

Sunlight reflected through clear pool water
Pool pump, filter and heater connected on an equipment pad

Heating for year-round swims

Choose between energy-efficient heat pumps and fast-heating gas systems based on how you use your pool.

Pool heater beside filtration equipment

Smart automation

Control pumps, heat, lighting, and water features from virtually anywhere with intuitive smartphone controls.

Poolside water feature

One integrated system

Pumps, filtration, sanitation, heating, and automation are selected together and sized to your pool, so every component works efficiently with the next.

Labeled pool plumbing and equipment valves

Our Design Process

  1. Discover

    We learn how you plan to use your backyard, your home's architecture, your budget, and the features that matter most to your family.

    Aerial view of a freeform backyard pool with submerged loungers
  2. Design

    Explore your future backyard in 3D before construction begins: walk the space, compare finishes, and adjust with confidence.

    Stone coping and blue waterline tile around a raised spa
  3. Engineer

    Our engineering team prepares construction plans while permits, utilities, and site requirements are coordinated.

    Steel reinforcement and plumbing prepared inside an excavated pool
  4. Build

    One team manages every phase: layout and excavation, steel and shotcrete, plumbing and electrical, tile and coping, decking, and interior finish.

    Concrete pool shell and raised spa during construction
  5. Enjoy

    After startup, water balance, and final inspection, Pool School walks you through your equipment, automation, and maintenance.

    Sun shelf loungers beside a finished pool and raised spa
Aerial view of a completed backyard pool with a sun shelf and outdoor seating

Why Oak Wells

Building water that lasts.

Pools delivered
1000+
Custom residential and commercial builds completed.
Years of craft
20+
Designing and building custom pools for two decades.
5-Star Rating
148+
Across every review platform we’re listed on.
Industry awards
7
PHTA, FSPA, Jacksonville Magazine, Best of Bold City
  • One team, start to finish
  • Design you can walk through
  • Communication at every milestone
  • Built for easy ownership

FAQs

Building a pool is new territory for most families. These are the questions we hear most.

How long does a new pool take to build?

Every project moves through design, engineering, permitting, and construction on a managed milestone schedule. Timelines vary by location and scope, so we set a realistic schedule during design, and your Project Manager keeps you informed at every step.

What does a custom pool cost?

Every custom pool is shaped by the property, design, finishes, and features you choose.

Use our estimator to explore your options, then speak with your local Oak Wells team about your project.

Do you handle permits and HOA approvals?

Yes. Once your design is finalized, our engineering team prepares construction plans while permits, utilities, and site requirements are coordinated. Your local Oak Wells team will guide you through any HOA requirements for your property.

Can we swim year-round?

It depends on your local climate, pool design, and heating setup. We’ll help you choose between heat pumps and gas heating based on your location and how you plan to use your pool, so you can make the most of your swimming season.

An Oak Wells backyard pool with a raised spa and a light stone deck.

Start your build

Ready to dive in?

Book a consultation with your local Oak Wells team. We bring the design expertise. You bring the backyard.