The Pool House Urban Resort

The Pool House, St Heliers is a resort-like urban oasis.

The client’s brief stipulated a home with impressive street presence, a pool, and extensive outdoor living.

The design uses the pool as an axis, focussing the energy of the home on light and water. As the front door opens, your view is drawn through a small office with fluted glass and onto the waterfall and the pool.

The pool was designed around the ha-ha to maximize the connection to the water. The tranquil waterfall sounds calm and relax the family. This can be enjoyed from both outside and from within the office and corner-opening living room.

The ceilings are high to capture the sun, and create a generous sense of volume.

The primary bedroom has its own upper floor wing, with a sunroom in the pool axis.

The children’s bedrooms have their own adjacent wing.

The services are all hidden and acoustically isolated, while accessible on the south side of the house. Solar panels fire the home and pool.

Photography by Ben Ruffell