Old huerta farmhouses in Sant Joan, villas looking out to sea in El Campello, garden plots in Mutxamel and San Vicente, hillsides in Busot facing the bay. We build, renovate and look after pools all along this arc north of Alicante, just a short drive from our base.
North of Alicante, between Playa de San Juan and the first mountain ridges, the landscape changes several times in a short drive. First comes the beachfront at San Juan and Muchavista, with multi-storey residential complexes, gardens and a community pool. Behind it lies l'Horta d'Alacant: the partidas of Benimagrell, Fabraquer and Lloixa, in Sant Joan d'Alacant, mix converted farmhouses, 1970s villas and newer townhouses, nearly always with their own built-in concrete pool.
El Campello is a different story. The coast turns rocky, and in Coveta Fumà, Pueblo Acantilado, Venta Lanuza and Cala Lanuza the plots step down to the sea in terraces, with pools slotted in between walls and plenty of salt in the air. Mutxamel and San Vicente del Raspeig, by contrast, are villa-and-garden country, lived in all year round, on urbanisations such as Bonalba, Río Park, Valle del Sol, Los Girasoles and Sol y Luz. Higher up, Busot has scattered houses across Pla Lloma, Pisnella and Llano de los Pastores, on hillsides with wide-open views over the bay.
Many of these pools were built at the same time as the house and have plenty of summers behind them. What we find most often is mosaic tiles coming away, awkward rung-style steps set into the wall, leaking skimmers and buried pipework nobody has looked at in decades. Near the sea, salt air attacks copings and metal fittings; across the whole area, hard water leaves its limescale line; and the easterly levante wind fills the pool with leaves and sand. When drought water restrictions come in, a leak you used to top up with the hose can no longer be hidden.
We cover this area from our base in Pla de la Vallonga, in the north of the Alicante municipality: San Vicente and Mutxamel are right next door, and the coast at Sant Joan and El Campello is only a few minutes away on the motorway. We visit the plot, take measurements, work out how the machinery will get in and give you a fixed written quote before any work starts.
In El Campello and Busot hardly any plot is flat: we build sprayed concrete (gunite) pools set into terraces, with walls that make the most of the slope and built-in steps leading down to the garden. In Mutxamel and San Vicente, where the ground is gentler, the challenge is usually getting the machinery in between existing villas and sorting out the connection to the pump house.
See the serviceMany pools in Sant Joan, Coveta Fumà and Muchavista were built with the house and are showing their age: awkward steps, broken cast-stone copings, narrow surrounds with no room for a sun lounger. We renovate them completely, changing the shape or depth where needed, and if the shell needs a new finish we take care of it within the same job.
See the serviceThe townhouses of Sant Joan and the semi-detached homes of San Vicente del Raspeig have patios where a standard pool simply won't fit. For them we design small built-in pools, plunge pools for cooling off or narrow lap pools with a counter-current unit, making every metre count without giving up a corner to lie in the sun.
See the servicePlaya de San Juan and Muchavista are full of residential complexes with a shared pool, gardens and a long season. We sign annual contracts with owners' communities and property administrators: community pool maintenance, water testing and the pool logbook, season opening, repairs and clear quotes to present at the owners' meeting, always in line with current health regulations.
See the serviceIf your pool in Bonalba or Valle del Sol is dropping more than it should, the first step is to rule out evaporation with the bucket test. Then we pinpoint the leak with dye, a ground microphone or by pressure-testing the buried pipes, which at villas with large gardens run a long way to the filtration system, and we repair only the point that has failed.
See the serviceFront-line salt air and the hard water of l'Alacantí take their toll on pool mosaic: grout lines opening up, loose tiles along the waterline, white crusts on the steps. We strip the old tiles where needed, repair the substrate and lay glass or porcelain mosaic with epoxy grout, which stands up to limescale far better.
See the serviceExample projects with illustrative images.
ExampleElongated sprayed concrete pool set into the middle terrace of a stepped plot above the sea. It includes a retaining wall on the lower side, Roman steps in one corner, a continuous submerged bench along the length of the pool, natural stone coping and a buried plant room in the upper terrace, with direct access from the garden.
Pool construction
ExampleA complete update of an old built-in pool beside a converted farmhouse: the rung-style wall steps are removed, built-in steps with wide treads are added, the floor is raised to create a standing-depth area, the coping and surround are renewed in non-slip stone and the old pipework to the filtration system is replaced.
Pool renovation
ExampleA long, narrow sprayed concrete pool built along the garden boundary, designed for swimming on the spot thanks to a counter-current unit. It includes recessed steps at the short end, LED lighting, a variable-speed pool pump in a built-in cabinet by the fence and a strip of non-slip porcelain tiles as the surround.
Small pools and plunge poolsWe set out from our base: Calle de la Ferreria, 24, Pol. Ind. Pla de la Vallonga, 03006 Alicante.
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Frequently asked questions
Pool builders and pool renovation in Sant Joan d'Alacant, El Campello, Mutxamel, San Vicente and Busot, with our own gunite crew. Get a quote.
Yes, and in this area it's very common. Sprayed concrete adapts to any shape, so we can set the pool into a terrace, rest it on retaining walls or use the slope for steps or a bench. We check machinery access beforehand and, if the job calls for it, coordinate the retaining wall calculations with your architect.
Renovating almost always pays off: the concrete shell is usually sound, even if the finish, copings and pipework have aged. We check the structure, look for leaks and suggest what to keep and what to change. We only propose demolishing and rebuilding when there are structural cracks or you want a very different shape.
Yes. We work with owners' communities and property administrators on annual contracts covering maintenance, water testing and the logbook that health regulations require for community pools. We get the pool ready for the start of the season and, when something needs repairing, provide a clear quote so the owners' meeting can decide.
First, stop losing water: a small leak in a skimmer or a buried pipe wastes far more than you would think. Then a pool cover cuts evaporation in summer, and well-balanced water chemistry lets you go many seasons without refilling. If something needs repairing, we look for solutions that don't require draining the pool.
