Sewall's Point Modern

The owners had bought a 1991 home on the point for its river views and live oaks — and inherited a deep, dated diving pool that swallowed the backyard and hadn't been touched in two decades. They wanted something their grown kids and grandkids would actually use: a pool to lounge in, not dive into, with a spa for the two of them and clean modern lines that matched the renovation they'd done inside.

The hard part was the dig. A mature oak the owners refused to lose sat fifteen feet from the old shell, and the lot drains toward a seawall easement. We hand-excavated around the root zone, re-engineered the structure to sit shallower than the original, and coordinated the deck grading so every drop of runoff stays on the property and away from the river. The old diving well became a raised spa and sun shelf instead of fill we hauled away.

Sixteen weeks from demo to first swim, the family got a 12,000-gallon geometric pool with a beach entry, a raised spa, and a Travertine deck that ties the house to the water. They text us photos from it most weekends — the oak is still there, shading the shelf where the grandkids sit.