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Pool Construction by Modern Pools in Austin, Texas

Custom Pool Construction

New custom gunite pools built from excavation to first swim, including the steep, rocky, and sloped lots other Austin builders turn down.

25+

Years building in Austin

50+

Combined years of design build experience

6+

National & international design awards

9

Austin area communities served

Custom gunite pool by Modern Pools on a West Lake Hills, Austin lot

What's Included

Built from the ground up

The full custom range

Geometric, freeform, infinity edge, plunge, and small inground pools, shaped to your lot.

Gunite shells

Steel rebar and shotcrete shot in place for a shell engineered to hold any design on any site.

Finishes that last

Plaster, quartz, or pebble interiors with waterline tile and stone or travertine coping.

Features formed in

Tanning ledges, spas, spillways, and water features formed right into the structure.

Why Modern Pools

What sets our build apart

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Hard lots are our home turf

Slopes, rock, and caliche we engineer around when other builders walk away.

One team, one schedule

Our own crews, not rotating subs. A clean site and consistent quality.

A price that does not move

A fixed price contract before we dig. No surprise change orders.

A structure you can trust

Engineered, steel reinforced shells backed by a structural warranty.

Our Process

From First Idea to First Swim

Design in 3D

We study your lot and model the whole project in photoreal 3D before anything is poured.

Engineer & Build

One team engineers the structure and builds it on a fixed price contract.

First Swim

We finish, fill, and hand over a backyard built to last through every Texas summer.

Common Questions

Pool Construction, answered.

Most custom gunite pool construction in Austin starts in the low six figures, and the total rises with site access, rock or caliche excavation, retaining walls, finishes, and water features. We give you a fixed price construction contract before we break ground, so the number does not move once the build starts.
Yes, for 25 years since 1999 we have built custom pools onto steep, limestone, and caliche Austin lots that other builders walk away from. We engineer retaining walls, proper drainage, and a reinforced gunite shell so the structure holds on difficult Hill Country ground.
A typical custom gunite build in Austin runs a few months from groundbreaking to first swim, depending on size, water features, decking, and weather. Our in house crews handle every stage, excavation, steel, gunite, and finish, which keeps the schedule tight and the quality consistent.
Yes, every gunite pool we build in Austin is engineered, steel reinforced, and backed by a structural warranty built for Texas heat and shifting clay soil. That warranty is part of why we engineer drainage and reinforcement into the shell rather than cutting corners.

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Ready to design your backyard?

Tell us about your lot and your vision. We will show you what is possible, in 3D, before you commit a dollar.