Pool Builder in La Mesa

Pools for the Jewel of the Hills

La Mesa earned the nickname "the Jewel of the Hills," and the hills are exactly what make its backyards interesting. The Grossmont area, the streets around Lake Murray, and nearby Mount Helix are full of homes on slopes, many built between the 1920s and the 1960s, with views that flatter lots can't match. Closer to La Mesa Village, the ground levels out, but the homes are just as established — and so are a lot of their pools.

Hillside backyards need structural work that flat-lot builders often avoid. A slope can become usable space with retaining walls and terracing — one level for the pool, another for a patio or outdoor kitchen. Drainage matters just as much: water on a hillside has to go somewhere, and it should never head toward your foundation or your neighbor's. We plan grading and drainage before anything is poured.

Two things we plan for specifically in La Mesa. First, access: when a backyard sits above or below the street, getting equipment and materials in takes planning, and we map it out before we quote so the price holds. Second, many La Mesa pools are decades old. A lot of our work here is remodeling — new surface, tile, coping, and equipment — which usually transforms an older pool for far less than replacing it.