Pool close or away?

[matt23usn]

Need some help please.....

I'm currently having some PB's working on designs/bids and I can't decide whether I want the pool coming off the back porch or have some stairs going down to it about 15' away. There's about a 5 foot drop in a 30 foot distance going out from the back patio.

Would really appreciate some of your opinions to help me decide!

Attaching a couple of the potential design pictures.

 

[Chrissykr]

#1 is gorgeous

 

[Griswald]

#2 would be suseptable to filling with rain runoff. I'd go with #1.

 

[JJ_Tex]

#1 is way better integrated with the patio and forms a much more cohesive backyard area. The only thing I dont like on #1 is that someone could take a nasty fall off of those rocks if they were jumping off of them into the pool and fell backwards.

BTW, where the heck are you in Houston with that much slope? Do you back up to a lake?

 

[Richard320]

Closer to the house. But leave enough room for maneuvering when there is a patio table and maybe some chaise lounges out there.

 

[matt23usn]

Great thanks for the feedback everybody....#1 is what I've been leaning toward, but just wanted to run it by people that know more than me about this stuff..

JJ_Tex - We're up here North of Houston just above the Woodlands area in a neighborhood with 1-2 acre lots. Has a few rolling areas in it, no lake behind us unfortunately.

 

[bmoreswim]

Everyone is going to say #1. And in TX, probably so. But I like to get away from the house!

Pool from driveway.JPG

• bmoreswim
• Jul 25, 2018

House1 - resized.jpg

• bmoreswim
• Oct 16, 2019