Hornby, Christchurch
Canterbury Pool Builders
South Island's most-active concrete builder — flat-section value, fast turnaround.
- Signature style
- Concrete in-ground at South Island prices
- Starting project
- $72k NZD
- Tier
- $$ · Mid-range
- Years trading
- 19
- Team
- Owner + 11 staff, in-house digger crew
- Region
- Christchurch
What to expect from Canterbury Pool Builders
Canterbury Pool Builders run the busiest pool pipeline in the South Island. They keep concrete-shell crews booked twelve months out and run their own diggers, which is what lets them quote a flat-section build at materially below Auckland prices. Strong on the unglamorous parts: drainage, geotech, and the post-quake liquefaction maps that still matter for some Christchurch sections.
Credentials
- SPASA NZ Member
- MasterPool Builders
- Site Safe
Service area
- Fendalton
- Merivale
- Cashmere
- Halswell
- Riccarton
- Rolleston
Pool types Canterbury Pool Builders builds
Canterbury Pool Builders builds 3 of the five pool types we cover on this directory.
Concrete in-ground
$80k–$180kCustom shape, custom finish, fifty-year shell.
12–22 weeks · 50+ years (resurface every 12–18 yrs)
Fibreglass shell
$40k–$80kPre-moulded shell, dropped in, swimming in three weeks.
3–6 weeks · 25–35 years (gel-coat resurface every 12–15 yrs)
Lap pool
$95k–$220kLong, narrow, swim-fitness focused — almost always concrete.
14–24 weeks · 50+ years