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Best Natural Swimming Pool Design in New Hampshire

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Best Natural Swimming Pool Design in New Hampshire

See Why Terrain Planning & Design Offers The Best Natural Swimming Pool Design In New Hampshire

It’s time to turn your backyard into a breathtaking natural oasis with swimming pool designs from Terrain Planning & Design.With the harsh winters in New England, it’s no wonder why you want to make the most out of each summer in New Hampshire. A pool is a great way to do this, but why stop at just a pool when you can transform the area around it into a masterpiece?

From design and conception, to site work and planting and on to the fabulous finished product, we’ll ensure that your new pool and backyard lives up to your dream while staying within the budget you’ve set.

Here are just a few of the things our designers will take into account when planning out your natural swimming pool design:

Aesthetic Appeal

Before installing a pool, it’s best to plan the design and landscape surrounding it first. If you love entertaining, then consider a beautiful stone patio. Our team can design one that fits within your allowed space and even add a stone wall or water feature.

Instead of a typical regular pool shape, we’ll help you add a unique flare to your pool’s shape. Today’s shapes and style are incredibly varied and your pool can be virtually anything you want it to be based on space and budget. We design pools that are:

  • Vinyl lined (colorful, cheaper, need replacing every ten years)
  • Concrete (the new standard, durable, many applications)
  • Gunite (see: concrete)
  • Paver stones (Elegant, most expensive, long lasting)
  • Fiberglass (Non-porous, algae resistant, less maintenance, limited shapes/size)

Functionality and Practicality

Not only do you want a beautiful pool, but you want one that’s practical too. Before drawing up any plans or breaking ground our team will ask you a series of questions  to gauge how your pool will be being used. For starters, we’ll want to know the direction of crowd flow. This will help us position the landscape better so you and your guests can truly feel like you’re walking into a natural oasis when you all step into the pool area.

We’ll also consider storage, entrances/exits, cooking areas and existing planting that already surrounds the area. Predicting a future home renovation? Don’t sweat. We can adjust the design plan to ensure that space can be adjusted in the future if you decide to break ground and build an addition. 

Cohesive Design 

One of the biggest mistakes homeowners make is just installing a pool without considering  garden or landscape design. This results in a pool placement and design that appears out of place from the rest of the yard and home.

Experienced Pool Contractors

We’ve been helping homeowners in New England design their dream pool for years. Along the way, we have built strong relationships with pool installation contractors  in order to refer you to only the best. While adhering to your budget, we’ll provide you with suggestions on what contractors to use. Hiring a bad contractor can result in poor craftsmanship that could be costly to fix. Let us eliminate this fear by directing you to expert professionals that will get the job done right.

Upon completion of the design phase we offer project management, collecting bids from contractors and coordinating the project from beginning to end. We serve as your advocate to assure the best quality results in a project that stays within your budget. We can find the right pool company and subcontractors in your area to build the pool that we design for you. If you are considering calling a pool builder to design the pool of your dreams, please call us first. We will share ideas and options you may not have thought about – ideas that could save you thousands! Our initial design consultation is free!

Your Location

Certain cities have certain rules and regulations when it comes to pool installation. We’ll ensure that the designs we present to you always follow code. We have extensive knowledge backed by years of experience working with homeowners in the New England area.

Here are some of the communities that we are proud to serve in New Hampshire and Massachusetts:

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Manchester
Bedford
Concord
Windham
Henniker/Hopkinton
New London/Lake Sunapee Region
Wolfeboro
Nashua/Hollis
Lincoln
Meredith
Moultonborough

MASSACHUSETTS

Brookline
Concord
Newton
Norwell
Wellesley

Swimming Pool Design and Planning in NH and MA is a Call Away

The “one-stop” swimming pool design and planning architectural firm in MA, NH and ME is Terrain Planning & Design. We are the residential architects to consult when it’s time to make your backyard complete with a new in-ground pool. See our extensive portfolio of these stunning swimming pools and then call us for a free consultation, (603) 746-3512.

“Terrain” represents the medium that we use to link the built environment with the natural world around us.

A Few of the Services We Offer

Landscape Architects

Get trusted services from the landscape architects at Terrain Planning and Landscaping in New Hampshire

When it comes to residential and commercial landscapes, many homeowners and property managers in New Hampshire look to experienced landscape architects to get the job done. At Terrain Planning and Design, we’re proud to offer both landscape architects and designers to make your landscape design vision as reality.

We are currently looking for projects to profile for our award winning portfolio in the following New Hampshire towns; Manchester, Bedford, Concord, Windham, Henniker, Hopkinton, New London, Sunapee, Wolfeboro, Nashua, Hollis, Lincoln, Meredith, Moultonborough, Amherst, New Boston, Portsmouth, Dover, Salem, Dunbarton, Bow, Gilford, Alton, Holderness, Hebron, Bridgewater, and Newbury. We are always seeking new projects throughout New Hamsphire, Massachusetts and Maine.

Land Planning

A thorough evaluation of real estate property before development helps to determine the cost/benefit factor long before construction begins. This is known as “Land Planning” or “Master Planning.” Completing the master planning process for a site exposes the limitations as well as the opportunities for the landowner.

Whereas Landscape Architecture may deal with the site-specific elements of landscape design, land planning is broader in scope.

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Residential Landscape Design

As landscape architects in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, a good percentage of our business involves residential landscape design.

This is one of the most satisfying and rewarding aspects of what we do. Your home is the most important place in the world to you. Perhaps your yard is not all that you think it should be. Designing your home landscape is a very personal business, and it should contain elements that reflect your personality. You need a plan to make that dream a reality.

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Outdoor Kitchen Design

Designing an outdoor kitchen for your backyard is a thrilling time for a homeowner. As this concept has quickly worked its way into the mainstream, we at Terrain Planning & Design have been keeping up with all the innovations.

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Playground Design

Interpretive Play Playgrounds have become wildly popular among educators and environmental awareness groups. As landscape architects, we have been designing natural playgrounds in New Hampshire more and more every year.

However, natural playgrounds are not a new concept. Since the beginning of time, children have formed a world of imagination with sticks, boulders, trees and fallen logs. It’s only in recent years that stainless steel tubing and brightly colored plastic have replaced the organic world of natural play.

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Park & Playground Planning

Trust the planning of your town’s next park or playground to the qualified design architects at Terrain Planning. Our skilled team can take you through all phases from conception through construction. We have the project management skills to create safe, exciting, and enjoyable open spaces that are guaranteed to strengthen and enhance the recreational space of any community.

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Shoreline Wetlands Permitting

There’s nothing like having a lakefront property in New Hampshire. The quiet atmosphere and abundant recreation opportunities year-round bring not only New Hampshire residents to these shoreline wetlands areas, but also residents of Massachusetts, Maine and Vermont.

What may come as a surprise to many folks is that up to 250 feet from the water’s edge, their waterfront property comes under the regulation of the Shoreline Protection Act.

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Sustainable Landscapes

There is a term that landscape architects have used for over a decade that is now becoming a household name: “Sustainable Landscapes.” Even in New Hampshire, the effects of a growing population have put a strain on natural wildlife habitats.

Sustainable-LandscapesMany home builders and home developers have embraced Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design* (LEED) standards in making the home construction itself more energy efficient and carbon-neutral. This is a great first step, but there is still much work to be done regarding the use and low-impact development of the land itself.

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Swimming Pool Design

Swimming pools are the centerpiece of any backyard. There is an inherent social quality associated with the backyard pool. As a primary feature of the outdoor living area, swimming pools offer the promise of fun, relaxation, and entertainment.

The “one-stop shop.” When considering swimming pool design for your backyard, who should you call first? Many homeowners assume the first step is to find a pool contractor in New Hampshire or Eastern Massachusetts. After all, it is the largest part of a backyard project, and most pool companies are a “one-stop shop.” Most pool installation companies will travel a great distance and handle all of the aspects of pool construction with their own crews or subcontractors. They may have an in-house pool designer or a set of stock swimming pool designs for you to choose from. Conventional wisdom says, “let’s put the pool in first, then landscape around it.” How can you go wrong with that?

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Project Management

The landscape design is complete. The plans and construction details have been drafted. The next step is to hire a qualified and competent landscaping contractor, or team of contractors from various trades to install the project.

Whether you are in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, or Maine, this is the phase that can be the most difficult part for a homeowner. Who is a good contractor? What licenses are required? Is this going to stay within budget? This role is best fulfilled by a Landscape Project Manager.

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Landscape Contractors

At Terrain planning we are experts in managing your next outdoor project from start to finish. Our experienced landscape architects will create a design to perfectly suite your unique needs and then we will find and manage the correct landscape contractors to make sure the job is completed properly, and follows all safety and permitting requirements. Whether you’re a new homeowner looking to redesign your yard or a longtime owner looking to make some updates, our team has the experience and skills to get the job done.

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Landscape Garden Design

The perfectly landscaped garden, designed uniquely for your property, needs the skills of a true landscape architect. Years of study and practice have given us the tools to lend mastery and forethought to our projects and to let us think of things you couldn’t imagine – not just the aesthetics, but the practical features as well.

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Landscape Architecture

Landscape architects are different than landscape designers.

One of the main differences between a landscape architect and a landscape designer is that an architect, is a licensed professional who has gone through extensive schooling, passed a registration exam and is required to follow the regulations of the state in which he or she practices.

A landscape designer may or may not have any formal training. What they bring to the design table has much to do with their personal experience in the landscaping trades.

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Lakefront Planning & Permitting

Getting lakefront building permits for development issued for lakefront parcels in New Hampshire is the first step in building your dream lakefront home or developing your waterfront commercial property, and requires proper lakefront and shoreline planning. Let Terrain Planning help you navigate the complex waters of lakefront planning and permitting so you can turn your dreams into a reality.

We provide planning and permitting services for the following lakes, as well as many of the smaller lakes and ponds throughout NH.

New Hampshire Waterfront We Service

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Terrain Planning & Design LLC
311 Kast Hill Road
Hopkinton NH 03229
(603) 746-3512

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