Complete Outdoor Living in Tampa Bay.
Pool, kitchen, hardscape, lighting: one licensed builder instead of three contractors pointing at each other.
Most Tampa Bay backyards get built the slow way. A pool contractor digs and shells. Six months later, a deck contractor shows up and pours pavers that don't match the pool beam height. The outdoor kitchen arrives from a third company, plumbed by yet another sub. Landscape lighting gets installed by whoever walks up the driveway last. The result is predictable: grades that don't transition cleanly, utility runs that get cut during the next project, warranties that conflict and no single person responsible when something fails.
Acqua Bella holds three Florida licenses: pool contractor (CPC1457711), general contractor (CGC1515971) and plumbing contractor (CFC1427924). That stack is rare in Tampa Bay, and it's the whole point of the outdoor living model. The pool, the enclosure, the deck, the kitchen, the fire features and the landscape lighting get designed as one project, permitted as coordinated scopes and built on one schedule by one team. You sign one contract. You call one number when a question comes up. You get one warranty letter covering the whole backyard.
Two disciplines. One build.
Outdoor Kitchens
Built-in grills, gas lines, water, drainage and refrigeration, all designed with the pool so the kitchen layout works with the traffic flow instead of against it. Triple-licensed means no subs on the plumbing or gas.
Hardscape, Pavers & Lighting
Paver decks, retaining walls, fire bowls and path lighting planned at the pool design stage, so grades, drainage and electrical pre-runs are in before the pool gets dug. Nobody trenches through a new deck.
How integrated outdoor living works.
Why hire one contractor instead of three? expand_more
Because three contractors means three schedules, three scopes, three warranties and nobody answering the phone when the grade line between the pool deck and the patio is off by an inch. A triple-licensed single source owns the whole result: pool, kitchen, hardscape, lighting. One punch list, one walkthrough, one warranty letter.
How long does a full outdoor living build take? expand_more
Permits clear in Pasco County in 3 to 4 weeks. Then plan on 14 to 20 weeks of active construction for a full pool + kitchen + hardscape + lighting scope. Phases overlap where possible, so the schedule is shorter than the sum of the parts. You get a per-phase calendar at contract signing, and we update it weekly.
Can I add outdoor living to a pool that's already built? expand_more
Yes. Adding a kitchen, pavilion, pavers and lighting around an existing pool is routine. The common constraints are grade transitions where the existing deck meets new work, and utility runs to wherever you want the kitchen, since gas, water and power usually don't already reach that spot. We walk the site, identify the grade and utility issues, price the scope before contract.
What does a complete outdoor living project cost in Tampa Bay? expand_more
Above the pool cost, a full outdoor living scope runs $35,000 to $150,000 and up, depending on kitchen size, paver square footage, fire features and lighting density. A basic package with grill island and paver deck starts around $35K. A full resort-style buildout with covered pavilion, finished kitchen, fire bowls and landscape lighting runs $100K and up. The estimate tool gives you a pool range first, then we size the outdoor scope to match during the consultation.
Do permits matter for the kitchen and hardscape, or just the pool? expand_more
Permits matter for all of it. Gas lines, water lines, electrical for appliances and lighting, retaining walls over a certain height and structural pavilions all require Pasco County permits and inspections. Our general contractor license covers every trade, so we submit, coordinate and close out all of them as part of the project. You don't pull a single permit yourself.
Personal loans up to $150,000. No home equity required, no appraisal, soft credit pull only.
One crew, one plan, one contract. Three more questions are usually next.
County Inspections
4 Per Build
Interior Finish Warranty
Lifetime
Pentair Energy Partner
10 Consecutive Years