Custom Gunite Pool Builder in Dr. Phillips, FL
Custom gunite pools designed for Dr. Phillips homes. Locally owned since 2004.
- Locally owned since 2004
- FL license CPC1460083
- (407) 905-2704
- 4.4 stars from 25 Google reviews
Custom Gunite Pools Designed for Dr. Phillips Homes
Dr. Phillips is one of southwest Orlando’s most established communities, with mature trees, lakefront streets along the Butler Chain and the Bay Hill area, and homes where the backyard is a real living space. Blue Dream Pools is a Winter Garden pool builder, locally owned since 2004, that designs and builds luxury custom gunite pools, spas and outdoor living spaces for homeowners here.
Our office at 260 E Plant St in Winter Garden is about 20 to 25 minutes away. Every project starts with a free design consultation, and we send an itemized proposal after the consultation. We don’t publish prices, because every pool we build is designed for one yard.
What We Build in Dr. Phillips
Custom gunite pools
Any shape, depth and feature, engineered for your lot.
Spas
Raised spas, spillover spas and pool-spa combinations.
Water features
Sheer descents, bubblers, deck jets and vanishing edges.
Fire features
Fire bowls and fire features designed into the pool and deck.
Decking
Pavers, travertine and natural stone, concrete and turf accents.
Renovations
New finishes, tile, coping, decking and Hayward equipment for an existing pool.
See our residential pool services for the full range.
Designing a Pool for Dr. Phillips Properties
Many Dr. Phillips homes were built decades ago, and a lot of the calls we get here are about pools that no longer match the house. A full renovation can change more than the finish: we can reshape steps and benches, add a sun shelf, raise a spa, add sheer descents or a vanishing edge, and replace the deck with travertine, natural stone or pavers. Older equipment pads are often a good place to save energy and noise with variable-speed Hayward pumps, automation and LED lighting you control from your phone.
For new pools and complete rebuilds, the area’s larger lots and lake views open up luxury features: vanishing edges that line up with the water, fire bowls and fire features for cool evenings, and outdoor kitchens and covered lounges tied into the pool deck. Lakefront and lake-view lots come with real constraints, including setbacks from the shoreline, drainage toward the water and a water table that can rise in the summer rainy season. We study those during the site visit and engineer the shell, the deck and the drainage for them. Mature oaks are part of the area’s appeal too, so we plan for root zones, shade and leaf management, and many homeowners choose a screen enclosure, built by experienced screen-enclosure subcontractors and coordinated by our team.
The geography here is defined by water. Dr. Phillips wraps around a cluster of lakes, including Big Sand Lake, Little Sand Lake, Lake Cane and Lake Marsha, and Lake Cane connects by canal to Lake Tibet and the Butler Chain of Lakes. Lake-adjacent lots often slope toward the water, so the pool deck may need retaining walls or a raised beam, and stormwater has to be directed away from the pool and toward approved drainage rather than straight into the lake. The soils are mostly fine Central Florida sand, which is easy to excavate but needs proper compaction under the deck. Near the lakes the water table can sit close to the surface in the summer rainy season, so we may plan dewatering during excavation and include a hydrostatic relief valve in the shell. Established lots also tend to have older irrigation lines, buried utilities and large tree roots, which we locate before digging.
Access is the other practical question on established lots. Fences, landscaping, irrigation and existing hardscape often sit between the street and the backyard, so we plan the equipment route and the restoration up front.
We are about 20 to 25 minutes from Dr. Phillips, so site visits and milestone check-ins are easy to schedule.
Permits in Dr. Phillips
Dr. Phillips is not a city. It is a community in unincorporated Orange County, so pool permits are issued by the Orange County Division of Building Safety. The County requires a site plan or survey, a lot grading and drainage plan, construction plans from a Florida licensed engineer or architect, site-specific engineering for features like vanishing edges and sheer descents, the APSP 7 and APSP 15 worksheets and a pool safety barrier affirmation, followed by inspections through the final. Some homes with an Orlando mailing address nearby fall inside City of Orlando limits, so we confirm the jurisdiction from your parcel before we submit. We prepare the drawings, pull the permit as a Florida certified pool and spa contractor (CPC1460083) and schedule the inspections.
Orange County reviews more than the pool shell. Features such as sheer descents, raised walls, vanishing edges and grottos need site-specific engineering, and a vanishing edge needs engineering down to the collection basin. Work on lakefront lots can also involve zoning setbacks from the normal high water line and the County’s shoreline rules, which we check against your survey. A passed final inspection is required to close the permit.
HOA and ARB approval is the homeowner’s step. Many Dr. Phillips neighborhoods have associations with design guidelines; you submit to the board, and we provide the plans and details it usually asks for.
Our Gunite Process
- Design consultation. Free, at your home or our office. We talk through how you’ll use the yard and look at the lot.
- Design and itemized proposal. We prepare the design and send an itemized proposal after the consultation.
- Permitting. Engineered plans and the building permit, handled by us. HOA or ARB approval, if you have one, is your step.
- Excavation, steel and plumbing. Layout, dig, reinforcing steel and plumbing, inspected before the shell.
- Gunite. The structural shell, shaped on site.
- Tile, coping and decking. Finish materials chosen with you.
- Equipment. Hayward pumps, filtration, automation and LED lighting.
- Interior finish, start-up and walkthrough. Quartz or Wet Edge pebble finish, then Pool School on your equipment and water care.
Along the way you get weekly photo updates, milestone check-ins and a joint punch list we walk together before the job is done.
Why Homeowners Choose Blue Dream Pools
- Locally owned since 2004, based at 260 E Plant St in Winter Garden
- Florida certified pool and spa contractor, license CPC1460083
- Our team manages your project from design to start-up, including the permit
- Lifetime structural shell warranty, transferable after a Blue Dream Pools transfer inspection; 10-year material warranty on quartz; Wet Edge’s warranty on pebble finishes, registered for you; 3 years parts and labor on Hayward equipment; 1-year builder warranty on tile, decking and screens
Browse our pool portfolio for designs we’ve built across Central Florida.
Dr. Phillips Pool Builder FAQs
Do you build pools in Dr. Phillips?
Yes. Blue Dream Pools designs and builds custom gunite pools and spas for homes in Dr. Phillips, the Bay Hill area, Windermere and southwest Orlando, working from our office at 260 E Plant St in Winter Garden.
Who handles the pool permit in Dr. Phillips?
Dr. Phillips is unincorporated Orange County, so pool permits go through the Orange County Division of Building Safety. Blue Dream Pools confirms the jurisdiction from your parcel, handles the permit and schedules the inspections.
Why gunite instead of fiberglass or vinyl?
Gunite is shaped on site, so the pool can be any size, depth or shape, with built-in spas, sun shelves and water features. It is one of the most durable and customizable options for Central Florida backyards.
How long does a custom pool take?
It depends on the design, permitting and weather. We give you a project schedule after design and keep you updated at each stage, from permit through final inspection.
Can you renovate or remodel an existing pool in Dr. Phillips?
Yes. We resurface, retile and redesign existing pools, and add spas, water and fire features, and new decking.
Is Blue Dream Pools licensed?
Yes. We are a Florida certified pool and spa contractor, license CPC1460083, locally owned since 2004.
Nearby Areas We Serve
We also build in nearby towns: pool builder in Windermere, custom pools in Horizon West. Back to Blue Dream Pools home.
Free design consultation. 260 E Plant St, Winter Garden FL 34787 · (407) 905-2704 · CPC1460083