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How about a plunge pool?

Emmeline Westin
8 years ago

A swimming pool is a dream feature for many, but have you ever considered the swimming pool's younger cousin, the plunge pool? I think this might be better suited to us Brits. It's smaller for once and so requires less space. What do you think - is it a dream feature or not?


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    Lloyd's Gardens of London Ltd
    8 years ago

    It's been raining so much that any hole we dig in a garden can instantly become a plunge pool! Yours is of course much nicer.

    Comments (12)

    • crowningfashion
      8 years ago
      last modified: 8 years ago

      I'd love a pool of any size but due to the weather we have here it would have to be an indoor pool. If it was small it would need to have be a jet stream pool in order to swim in it otherwise it would simply be a jacuzzi without the bubbles! I've seen some very nice pools here on Houzz which I have saved to my lookbook ;)

    • User
      8 years ago
      A 'fabulous' waste of space and money but looks a million times better than a hot tub! We just don't have the weather and you can't even swim in them so other than having a statement outside bath, what's the point?
    • Emmeline Westin
      Original Author
      8 years ago

      For those heatwave days? :)

    • User
      8 years ago
      You're right Emmeline. I do think they're fabulous, but budget wise an indulgence for the wealthy minority perhaps?
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      Aralia: Innovation in Landscape Design
      8 years ago

      Love the idea!

    • PRO
      The Bazeley Partnership
      8 years ago

      Perhaps with the often gloomy weather we have to face in the UK, indoor pools are the way to go?

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      Amber Jeavons Ltd
      8 years ago

      Hello Emmeline,

      Yes I do think they are a lovely idea.. One of those exercise pools like in the film Gattaca.. Called endless pools... Or a smallish living pool... or both because I'm greedy guts! .(and don't have either!).. : ) )

    • PRO
      Louise Richardson-Vine
      8 years ago
      last modified: 8 years ago

      If I had the budget but not much space, I'd definitely go for a plunge pool - maybe in a sunny little courtyard or patio area, so I could jump in when it's hot (I'm envisaging my home will be somewhere in the Mediterranean, of course!)

    • Emmeline Westin
      Original Author
      8 years ago

      @fizzfan54 - Yes, not everyone can afford them or would even have space for them. My own balcony would be a tad squeezed if I added one (not to mention that it might annoy the neighbour below), but as a dream feature, it's fun to toy with the idea!

    • User
      8 years ago
      My imaginations running away with me now Emmeline. I'm basking in mine right now being served a glass of fizz from that champagne bucket my Butler Mr Clooney keeps especially for me. (I am smiling by the way) Big thumbs up to dreaming!
    • Emmeline Westin
      Original Author
      8 years ago

      Cheers to that!

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