Dive into Luxury: A Guide to the Different Types of Swimming Pools for Your Dream Home

There are many different types of swimming pool – how to select the right one for your luxury home?

For those designing or upgrading a luxury property, a swimming pool is more than a feature – it’s a lifestyle statement. Whether it serves as an architectural showpiece, a tranquil retreat, or a wellness hub, the right pool elevates your home’s atmosphere and value. At Shazad Construction, we specialize in turning your vision into a refined, integrated experience.
We’ve defined here below the most popular types of swimming pools for luxury homes – and what makes each one exceptional.

 

Infinity Pools

Best for: Scenic properties, modern architecture, and dramatic effect.
Infinity pools—also known as vanishing edge or negative edge pools—create the illusion that water flows seamlessly into the horizon. They are especially striking when built overlooking natural landscapes, oceanfronts, or elevated sites.

Why choose it:

• Stunning visual impact
• Seamless blend with surroundings
• Often paired with luxury materials like glass tile and custom stonework

 

Considerations: Engineering and elevation are key. These pools require expert structural design and are best planned early in the home’s design process.

 

Mirror Pools

Best for: Contemporary homes, architectural gardens, and minimalist aesthetics.
Elegant, minimalist, and visually striking, mirror pools—also known as reflecting pools—are named for their perfectly still water surface, which reflects the surroundings like a mirror. The water sits flush with the deck, creating a seamless, glass-like effect. The result is a spectacular visual that enhances the home’s architecture, sky, or surrounding greenery.

Why choose it?

• Exceptional visual appeal, perfect for refined architecture
• Reflects the environment like a living work of art
• Integrates beautifully into landscaped gardens and high-end terraces

 

Considerations: Mirror pools require precise installation and regular upkeep to maintain the purity of their surface. Ideal for homeowners who value detail and visual harmony.

 

Integrated Jacuzzis

Best for: Wellness areas, entertaining guests, or everyday relaxation.
A jacuzzi that’s built into or adjacent to the pool transforms your outdoor space into a true haven. Gentle bubbles, massage jets, and controlled temperature provide a luxurious sensory experience—perfect after a workout or a long day.

Why choose it?

• Adds a wellness and spa-like dimension to your pool area
• Can be elegantly finished in stone, wood, or premium tiles
• Usable year-round thanks to an independent heating system

 

Considerations: A well-designed hydraulic system is essential. At Shazad Construction, we integrate jacuzzis seamlessly into the overall design—making them both aesthetic and functional.

 

Lap Pools

Best for: Fitness-focused lifestyles, long/narrow lots, or minimalist designs.
Lap pools offer a sleek, linear aesthetic and cater to homeowners who value health and wellness. Their understated design complements both modern and classic architecture.

Why choose it:

• Ideal for exercise and hydrotherapy
• Clean, architectural appeal
• Space-efficient—great for side yards or narrow spaces

 

Considerations: Proper length (usually 40+ feet) and a low-maintenance filtration system are essential for year-round use.

 

Plunge Pools

Best for: Urban luxury homes, small spaces, and modern simplicity.
Plunge pools are compact, elegant, and designed for soaking, cooling off, or hydrotherapy. They’re ideal for homes where space is at a premium but lifestyle and luxury still matter.

Why choose it:

• Space-saving luxury
• Elegant and minimalist
• Often paired with patios or courtyards

 

Considerations: May not be suitable for swimming laps, but perfect for relaxation and visual appeal.

 

Indoor Pools

Best for: Year-round use, wellness-focused homes, and high privacy.
Indoor pools provide unmatched privacy, comfort, and usability regardless of season or weather. They often accompany wellness suites that include saunas, steam rooms, and fitness areas.

Why choose it:

• Climate-controlled comfort
• Complete privacy
• Can be designed with spa-like ambiance and architectural harmony

 

Considerations: Requires proper ventilation and humidity control – our team ensures flawless integration into the home’s mechanical and design systems.

 

Choosing the Right Pool: What to Consider

At Shazad Construction, we help you make a pool choice based on:

• Your lifestyle (entertaining, fitness, relaxation)
• Your architecture (modern, Mediterranean, classic)
• Your property layout (elevation, space, sun orientation)
• Your long-term vision (resale, additions, aging-in-place)

 

We partner with top pool engineers, designers, and landscape architects to deliver a seamless experience from concept to construction.

 

Build with Confidence and Creativity

From infinity edges to marble surrounds, every pool we design is a balance of artistry, engineering, and comfort. With Shazad Construction, you don’t just build a pool—you create a bespoke escape that reflects your home’s elegance and your personal lifestyle.

 

Ready to Dive In?

Let’s design a pool that complements your home, adds lasting value, and enhances your day-to-day luxury living.

Contact Shazad Construction today for a tailored consultation.

contact@shazadconstruction.com
+33 (0)4 93 39 08 61

Removing a load-bearing wall is a major decision in any renovation project. It can transform the layout of a space, bring in natural light and create a more open atmosphere. However, the task is far from straightforward and involves many technical and structural challenges. That’s why calling in a structural contracting company such as Shazad Construction for this specific task is often the best option.

 

Initial Structural Assessment

Before starting any work, ask a qualified structural design office or structural contracting company to assess the structure of the building and determine whether the wall you are targeting is actually load-bearing. This assessment will help you to understand how the wall supports the load and what elements will need to be put in place to maintain the building’s stability once the wall is open.

 

Permits and authorisations:

If you are in a condominium, you will need the condominium’s agreement to knock down a load-bearing wall. If you’re living in a villa, you don’t need to do anything unless the work affects the facade.

 

Use a structural design office

Technical structure engineers assess the impact of opening the load-bearing wall. Their recommendations take into account the existing configuration and load distribution. They draw up precise plans for the supporting elements, such as the dimensions of the metal beams to be used.

 

Requesting quotes

It is only on the basis of the structural design office‘s recommendations that the contracting company can draw up a cost estimate. Without this study, the company can give you a budget, but it cannot give you a precise estimate if it does not have details of how the structure will be installed (size of the beam, load-bearing posts, etc.).

 

Select the RIGHT company

A word of advice: check references and past projects. Don’t hesitate to ask former customers for feedback on the quality of the work, on deadlines met and on customer service. Finally, avoid quotes that are too low. The cheapest often costs more.

When excavating, for example to increase the ceiling height on your garden level, or to create a crawl space, it’s not enough simply to dig and pour a new floor…

In fact, the foundations of your detached house may be loosened as a result of this work. They then need to be anchored at a lower level, and deepened, in order to rebuild the foundations of your home. Rather than breaking them up and rebuilding them, it is usually preferable to repair the foundations underneath.

But you can’t tackle all your foundations at the same time, or risk your house cracking. When you underpin your foundations, i.e. excavate the earth beneath them without taking any precautions, the foundations are no longer supported, and this can lead to damage.

 

One method of underpinning: “alternate sections”

The method most commonly used for counteracting this problem is known as “alternate sections”. This consists of excavating the earth and shoring up the foundation with concrete over a distance of only one metre at a time. In this way, the weight of the house continues to be fully supported on both sides of the opening. This work is repeated simultaneously 2 or 3 metres further on, depending on ground conditions. During this first round, a quarter to a third of your foundations are underpinned. The entire foundation is completed in 3 or 4 passes.

This is also commonly referred to as “hit and miss methodology”, to ensure adequate support is maintained at all times.

Discover our expertise in structural work.

Raising the height of a house “through the roof” as it can be referred to, is often used for houses, villas and buildings in order to gain more living space without sacrificing any of the land. Unlike an extension, elevating a house does not increase the building’s ground surface. As we our experienced in this type of work, we efficiently manage each stage. We can complete the structural work only, or manage your entire project.

To elevate your house, you need to check the town planning regulations and submit a building permit or a declaration of work. For a surface area greater than 20m², you will need to submit a building permit, otherwise a simple prior declaration is sufficient.

This designer will ask for surveys to ensure that the existing structure, especially the load-bearing walls and foundations, is capable of accommodating the house extension. Based on these surveys, the design office will decide whether or not the building should be reinforced and will provide structural details to suppliers, who will then be able to provide precise quotes and carry out the work.

Firstly, the existing structure will need to be reinforced if necessary, then the roof will need to be removed, the perimeter walls raised and the new roof put back on (flat or sloping). Depending on the type of house elevation, you will need a roofer and/or a waterproofing specialist as well as an exterior joiner for your windows. Then, once the building is weatherproof, the secondary trades can commence works.

On average, you should allow  €1,500 /m² for the structural work. The price can vary significantly depending on :

– the calculations and recommendations of the structural designer (the most important!)

– the site access (whether this is difficult or not)

– the type of materials used: breezeblocks, wood, metal…

– the type of roofing and covering

Lastly, the cost of interior finishing touches can significantly vary the final bill, depending on the details chosen. We can assist our Clients at this stage by advising the cost implications of the choices they are considering.

Enfin, le coût des finitions intérieures peut faire sensiblement varier la facture finale en fonction du niveau de prestations choisi.