Pools in Auckland

Auckland Council's fees

How the check runs here

• Auckland Council schedules a barrier safety check about once every three years and writes to you roughly two weeks before it is in your neighbourhood.
• You only need to book a time if access is difficult, there is a dog, or you want to be there. Otherwise the inspector visits on the council's schedule.
• If the inspector cannot get to the pool area you are still charged for the visit and have to book a return.
• A barrier that fails is automatically re-booked for a re-check in 21 days. A site the council considers particularly dangerous is re-checked after 48 hours.
• The council can issue a notice to fix under the Building Act for a non-complying pool or barrier.
• If the council has your pool recorded as empty, contact it for an inspection before you refill it.

Auckland Council's own barrier page is worth reading alongside the national rules: councils publish their own summaries of acceptable solution F9/AS1, and they do not always agree with each other.

What a pool costs here

CheckMyBuilder's indicative figure for Auckland is $84,000, against a New Zealand typical of $75,000. It describes those regional numbers as its typical figure adjusted for regional labour and material differences, so treat it as a starting point rather than a measurement. Barrier fencing adds $5,000 – $25,000 and needs its own building consent.

Builders in Auckland

We do not publish a builder directory, and we do not list businesses we have not spoken to. We have no partner builder here yet. If you send a request we hold it for 90 days and ask you again before passing it to anyone. The referral form says the same thing before you fill it in.