Pool builder in Santa Barbara.
Santa Barbara properties reward careful design — established lots, mature landscaping and real grade. City review here is thorough, and we plan for it from the first conversation so the time is used well.
- Jurisdiction
- City of Santa Barbara
- Plan check
- about three months
- Permit to water
- ~3 months
- With decking
- ~4 months
Building in Santa Barbara
Before excavation in Santa Barbara we call in dig alert two weeks ahead and hold a pre-site inspection, booked a week ahead and held at least a week before we dig.
Plan check runs about three months.
City review here is approximately three months, longer than Ventura or Solvang. We treat that as design time rather than dead time: our in-house review resolves the plan set before submittal so the package goes in complete.
Access is usually the first design constraint.
Riviera, Mission Canyon and the Mesa lots frequently have no side access wide enough for standard equipment. That changes the excavation approach, the shotcrete pump run, and sometimes the shape of the pool itself. We walk access before we draw.
Slope and soils.
Hillside lots above the city usually need a soils report and engineered retaining. That work is folded into the permit package, not bolted on after.
Services in Santa Barbara
Custom Pools
No catalog, no template, no pool you have already seen down the street. Yours is drawn for one backyard, one grade, one set of sight lines.
Read morePool Remodeling
An older pool that still holds water can have tremendous value. In many cases, what makes it feel dated is limited to the finishes and surfaces—not the structure itself.
Read moreSpas & Water Features
The warmth you sit in, the sound you hear from the kitchen, the fire that keeps everyone outside. Drawn with the pool.
Read moreOutdoor Living
The pool creates the destination. The deck, kitchen, and fire create the experience that keeps everyone outside.
Read moreCity of Santa Barbara pool permits
What the set must show, approximate review windows and barrier rules.
ReadPools on a slope
Soils, caissons, setbacks and drainage on Santa Barbara hillside lots.
ReadInfinity and vanishing edge
The edge that view lots were made for.
ReadWhat a pool costs here
What moves the number in Santa Barbara, and a range tool.
ReadOther areas we build in
Thinking about a pool in Santa Barbara?
We will walk the site, confirm the jurisdiction from the parcel, and give you a timeline you can actually plan around.