The Westlake pool builder for homeowners working with a design team.
Platinum Pools is the boutique Westlake pool builder for homeowners building, renovating, or refining alongside an architect of record, custom home builder, or landscape architect. We slot into the design team. We coordinate quietly. We deliver work — including signature water features like Mario Romano sculpted walls — that holds up next to the architecture it sits beside.
Built to sit beside architecture that earned its place.
Westlake doesn’t have many homes. It has architecture. The pool has to belong to it — not compete with it.
Westlake is a town of roughly 1,500 residents and some of the most considered residential architecture in North Texas — which is why choosing the right Westlake pool builder matters more here than almost anywhere else in DFW. Our Westlake clients almost always come to us with a design team already in place — a custom home builder mid-construction, an architect of record overseeing a remodel, a landscape architect refining the grounds. They’re not looking for a pool builder with opinions about the house. They’re looking for a Westlake pool builder who can read a set of architectural plans, take direction gracefully, and deliver pool and outdoor work that disappears into the larger design rather than fighting it.
We’ve worked across Glenwyck Farms, Vaquero, Terra Bella, Granada, Quail Hollow, Carlyle Court, and the estate parcels along Davis Boulevard and Dove Road. We understand the Town of Westlake’s permitting standards, the architectural review expectations of Vaquero and Glenwyck Farms, and the kind of finish-level coordination required when your pool deck has to meet a stone terrace specified by a Dallas architect to a sixteenth of an inch. We also build the kind of signature water features Westlake design teams specify — vanishing edges, custom Mario Romano sculpted walls, sheer descents, raised spa spillovers — to the same architectural tolerance as the homes they sit beside. Adrian, our founder, walks every Westlake property himself, sits in the design meetings, and stays the single point of contact through completion. We bring the same standard to our work in Southlake, Grapevine, Colleyville, Keller, and Trophy Club — but Westlake’s design culture is its own thing, and we treat it that way.
The Westlake pool builder for Vaquero residents.
Vaquero is its own conversation. A Discovery Land Company community on 525 acres of former Hunt-family ranch land, with roughly 350 homesites and property values running from $1.5M to $10M+. The gate is real. The architectural review is rigorous. And the homes — Mediterranean estates, modern custom builds, ranch-style compounds along the Fazio course —were specified to a level of detail that doesn’t tolerate a generic pool dropped into the backyard. The right Westlake pool builder for Vaquero is one who’s worked inside the gates before.
We’ve worked inside Vaquero. We know the access protocols, the Design Review Board submittal expectations, the construction hour limitations, and the level of discretion required when your neighbor’s household staff outnumbers your construction crew. Our Vaquero builds tend toward the architectural end of the spectrum — vanishing edges aligned with course views, raised spas tied into terrace elevations, custom Mario Romano sculpted walls, and integrated outdoor living that reads as part of the home rather than added to it.
If you’re in Vaquero — Granada, Carlyle Court, Glenwyck Farms, or Paigebrooke for that matter — and you’re working with an architect or builder who needs a pool contractor who won’t embarrass them, we’re the Westlake pool builder worth a phone call.
Designing across Westlake’s most considered addresses.
As a Westlake pool builder rooted in the local design community, we work across every gated and estate enclave in town. Each carries its own architectural review expectations — and we’ve already navigated most of them.
What we build as your Westlake pool builder.
Three categories of work define most of our Westlake pool builder portfolio — architectural pool design and build, integrated outdoor living, and the discreet renovation of older Westlake estates whose pools no longer match their renovated homes.
Architectural Pool Design & Build
Pools designed to read as part of the architecture — not separate from it. Vanishing edges aligned with the home’s primary view axis, raised spas tied into terrace elevations, geometric shells specified to the same tolerances as the surrounding masonry. We build to the drawing.
- 3D Photorealistic Renderings
- Pebble, Plaster & Aggregate Finishes
- Mario Romano Architectural Walls
- Smart Pool Automation
- Lifetime Structural Warranty
Outdoor Living Spaces
Outdoor kitchens, covered loggias, fireplaces, sculpted water features, and structured pavilions that extend the home’s architectural language into the landscape. We work directly with your architect, landscape architect, and custom builder to keep materials, proportions, and detailing consistent.
- Outdoor Kitchens & Loggias
- Cabanas & Pool Houses
- Fireplaces & Fire Features
- Sculpted Water Walls & Sheer Descents
- Smart Lighting & Audio
Hardscape & Renovation
Stone decking, full pool resurfacing, equipment modernization, and discreet retrofits of older Westlake pools that no longer match a renovated home. Updates done quietly, with finish-level precision — without an obvious “renovation” footprint when the work is done.
- Travertine & Natural Stone Decking
- Pool Resurfacing & Retiling
- Equipment Modernization
- Water Feature Retrofits
A coordinated process — built around your design team.
No project portals. No rotating sales reps. No bypassing your architect to push our preferred details. Adrian is your direct contact from the first design meeting to the day the pool is filled — and stays available beyond.
Private Consultation
Adrian visits your Westlake property in person — at your convenience, including evenings — and meets with your architect, builder, or landscape designer when they’re already engaged. We listen first, review the plans, and walk the site before we offer a single opinion.
Design & Itemized Proposal
You receive 3D photorealistic renderings, hand-selected material samples coordinated with your architect’s specifications, and a fully itemized written proposal. Every line is broken out — no markup hidden inside vague “allowances,” no ambiguity on finish-level details.
Permits, HOA & Build
We manage all Town of Westlake permitting and HOA architectural review packets — including the demanding submittals required by Vaquero, Glenwyck Farms, and Terra Bella. Once approved, our in-house crews break ground and coordinate daily with your other trades.
Reveal & Long-Term Care
On reveal day we walk you through every system, leave a documented binder, and stay reachable. Most of our Westlake work comes through architects and past clients quietly recommending us — which is the only marketing strategy we trust in this town.
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“I have been involved in over 30 projects with Platinum Pools and look forward to many more. By far the best value and quality pool builder in DFW! Adrian, the owner, always delivers on every project. His attention to detail and quality is superb. Highly recommend.”
What Westlake homeowners tend to ask.
What does a custom pool actually cost in Westlake?
Most custom pool builds in Westlake fall between $150,000 and $500,000+, with the typical project landing in the $225,000–$350,000 range once integrated outdoor living, architectural coordination, and custom hardscape are included. Lot complexity, finish materials specified by your architect, water features, and construction access drive most of the variation. We provide a fully itemized written proposal after a private site visit and review of your architectural plans — never a number from a calculator.
Will you work directly with our architect and custom home builder?
Yes — and we frequently do. Most of our Westlake projects involve coordination with an architect of record, a custom home builder, and often a landscape architect. We attend design meetings, review and respect their drawings, coordinate finish-level details with their specifications, and slot into your existing project team rather than fighting for control of it. This is the kind of work we’re built for.
How long does a Westlake pool build take from contract to swim?
Plan on 16–26 weeks for a new build, depending on scope, weather, design complexity, and HOA approval timelines. Renovations typically run 8–14 weeks. Vaquero, Glenwyck Farms, and Terra Bella architectural review can add 4–8 weeks on the front end, which we manage and account for upfront. Builds coordinated with active home construction follow the general contractor’s timeline.
Do you handle Vaquero, Glenwyck Farms, and other Westlake HOAs?
Yes. We submit, track, and manage all Town of Westlake permitting and coordinate directly with HOA architectural review committees — including the rigorous packets required by Vaquero, Glenwyck Farms, Terra Bella, Granada, and Paigebrooke. Familiarity with each board’s expectations typically shortens the approval window noticeably.
Do you build custom Mario Romano walls and other signature water features?
Yes. Custom Mario Romano architectural walls, vanishing edges, sheer descents, raised spa spillovers, and other sculpted water features are core to the kind of work we deliver in Westlake. Each is engineered to the architectural tolerance of the home it sits beside — coordinated with your architect’s drawings, integrated with the pool structure from the engineering stage forward, and finished to a level that holds up under close inspection.
How do you protect privacy during construction?
Privacy is part of the planning conversation, not an afterthought. We schedule deliveries to minimize disruption, coordinate with your housekeeping or estate management staff, keep crew sizes appropriate for residential streets, and observe the access protocols of gated communities. We’ve worked on properties with active security details and full-time household staff — discretion isn’t a feature, it’s how we operate.
Are you actually a local Westlake pool builder?
Yes. Our shop is in Grapevine, just minutes from Westlake, and Adrian lives in the area. Westlake has been part of our core service area since 2004 — we’re not a regional contractor expanding into the town, we’re a local custom builder who’s been quietly working here for two decades.
What does “boutique” actually mean in practice?
We cap our work at 8–10 projects per year by choice. The high-volume builders run 30, 50, or 100+ projects annually — which mathematically requires project managers, rotating subcontractor crews, and clients who never speak directly with the owner. We turn down work to keep the standard high. In Westlake, that standard is what the work demands.
Do you work on new construction homes or only existing properties?
Both. Roughly half of our Westlake work is integrated into new custom home construction, where we coordinate with the general contractor from foundation stage forward. The other half is on existing homes — additions, renovations, or first-time pool installations on established estates. The process is similar; the timing and coordination differs.
What warranty comes with a Platinum pool?
A lifetime structural warranty on the pool shell — fully transferable to the next owner if you sell your Westlake home. All equipment carries its respective manufacturer warranties, which we register and document for you in your handover binder.
Your Westlake backyard, built to belong.
Schedule a private, no-pressure consultation with the Westlake pool builder architects and homeowners quietly recommend. We’ll walk your property, review your plans if you have them, and let the work speak for the rest.