Before / after vision
From raw slope to full estate poolscape
Drone-informed grading, retaining walls, infinity edge, spa, lighting, planting, and outdoor rooms.
Private estate gunite pools | New York
Hudson Gunite
Luxury aquatic architecture for million-dollar backyards
Gunite-only infinity pools, vanishing edges, sunken lounges, integrated spas, stone terraces, and complete water environments for Westchester, Orange, Rockland, Putnam, Greene, and the Hudson Valley.
Gunite only
Infinity edge specialists
30+ years in the pool business
$300k-$800k+ estate work
Not vinyl. Not fiberglass. Not prefab.
A New York gunite pool builder for serious properties.
Hudson Gunite is positioned for homeowners, architects, builders, and landscape designers planning substantial custom pools across Westchester, Orange, Rockland, Putnam, Greene, and the Hudson Valley. The work is structural, architectural, and site-specific: ledge, slope, drainage, setbacks, mature trees, stone terraces, pool houses, and permits are part of the design from the first visit.
The story is simple: 30-plus years in the pool business, now focused on the kind of gunite construction, renovation, hardscape, and million-dollar backyard environments that deserve a better name in the market.
Anyone can price a pool. Hudson studies the property, the waterline, and the way the whole backyard should feel.
Gunite work is construction, design, drainage, grade, stone, lighting, and timing moving together. The pool has to make sense from the house, from the terrace, from the view, and from the first swim.
The goal is not a bigger pool for the sake of it. It is a setting that earns the investment every time people come home, host friends, or watch the season change around the water.
Portfolio direction
Designed as part of the estate, not dropped into the yard.
The first visual language is stone, grade, reflection, firelight, architecture, and water. Every concept is directed as gunite or shotcrete construction, never fiberglass, vinyl, or prefab shell work.
Summer estate
Gunite pool, raised spa, and stone garden walls
A bright summer estate pool framed by bluestone, garden walls, clipped hedges, and a raised tiled spa.
Vanishing edge
Infinity water with an active integrated spa
Architectural waterlines, glass tile, terrace lighting, and aerated spa water designed into the shell.
Night portfolio
Fire, water, lighting, and a private resort feel
Raised spa, fire bowls, LED water glow, stone terraces, and architecture-driven night scenes.
Courtyard build
Compact, custom, and unmistakably expensive
A smaller gunite water room with perimeter overflow, carved stone coping, glass tile, and formal planting.
Sunken lounge
Conversation pit, swim-up bar, spa, and lit water
Custom concrete geometry creates the kind of features prefab pools cannot touch.
Hardscape
Outdoor kitchen, cabana, fireplace, and spa
Pool, spa, kitchen, cabana, and fire features treated as one continuous outdoor living environment.
Estate setting
A complete backyard built around water
Gunite pool, spa, cabana, covered dining, planting, and long-view property planning in one estate setting.
Entertainment
Lit pool, integrated spa, and sunken fire room
Night-focused pool architecture with underwater lighting, integrated spa geometry, and a sunken fire room.
Project fit
Not every custom gunite project has to begin as a million-dollar backyard.
Some clients build the full estate. Others begin with the pool, patio, and the first summer they can finally host. Bring us the property, the must-haves, and the honest budget. If there is a smart gunite path, we will show it. If the project should be phased, we will design it that way.
Explore Project Fit
Focused gunite builds | phased outdoor plans | full estate environments
Focused family build
Custom water, real yard, room to host.
Pool and spa scope
Architectural gunite without overbuilding the property.
Phased outdoor plan
Start with the pool. Leave the next move obvious.
Estate survey
The pool starts with an aerial intelligence pass, not a tape measure.
Before the pool is drawn, the property is studied from above: grade, ledge, drainage, access, privacy, view corridors, setbacks, pool house placement, equipment routes, coping lines, terrace transitions, and how the water should sit with the home. The survey becomes the foundation for a buildable gunite plan.
01 / Capture
Read the full estate before the first design promise.
02 / Render
See the pool, terrace, spa, lighting, and grade before construction starts.
03 / Outcome
Turn the scan and digital rendering into the yard of your dreams.
Commercial-grade aerial capture
Document rooflines, trees, grade breaks, patios, stone walls, access routes, and the best water axis.
Digital rendering
Model the pool, coping, spa, stairs, terrace, lighting, planting zones, and grade before the build begins.
Finished poolscape
Turn the scan and rendering into a gunite pool environment that feels designed into the estate.
Buildable direction
Give the homeowner a premium path from vision to budget fit, permitting realities, and construction sequence.
Built for the life around the water
The years move fast. Build the place they come back to.
The engineering matters. The stonework matters. But the reason is simpler: summer nights, first swims, cousins in town, grandparents nearby, and a backyard that becomes part of the family's story.
Start Project ConsultCredibility
Thirty-plus years around pools, sharpened into a premium gunite brand.
Clients with real backyard investments
Speak to homeowners planning serious outdoor living spaces, not shoppers comparing bargain shells.
Gunite-only market posture
Keep public messaging focused on custom concrete pools, architectural detailing, and Northeast durability.
Expert-led project judgment
Keep the consult focused on whether the property, budget, access, and construction path fit a premium gunite build.
Gunite only
The shell matters before the finish does.
Custom geometry
Infinity edges, knife-edge perimeter overflow, integrated spas, benches, sun shelves, steps, ledges, and exact site lines.
New York conditions
Engineered for frost, ledge, slope, drainage, groundwater, mature landscapes, and complex municipal review.
Architectural finish
Bluestone, granite, limestone, porcelain, glass tile, pebble, quartz, plaster, lighting, automation, and covers.
Renovation depth
Structural repair, retile, coping, resurfacing, equipment modernization, hydraulic upgrades, and edge conversions.
Gunite plunge
Small yard. Real gunite. No compromise on the feel.
A plunge pool is not a lesser pool. It is a tighter design problem: privacy, access, drainage, heating, benches, jets, covers, coping, planting, and the exact way the water sits against the house. For focused budgets or smaller properties, Hudson can study whether a compact gunite build makes sense before the yard gets overdesigned.
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Night plunge
Lights, jets, stone, and a small-yard resort feeling.
Courtyard water room
Compact geometry with custom tile and a quiet water feature.
Tight-yard fit
A formed gunite shell designed into every inch.
Process
One path from first walk to first swim.
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Estate Consult and Property Survey
Scope, setting, intended use, rough budget, drone documentation, permit constraints, access, timing, and the role of the pool in the property.
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Site and Design Study
Topography, drainage, grades, architectural alignment, edge conditions, equipment placement, hardscape, and utilities.
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Engineering and Permits
Plans, steel, hydraulics, setbacks, coverage, barriers, wetlands or variance coordination, and town submission support.
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Gunite Construction
Excavation, forming, steel, plumbing, gunite placement, waterproofing, tile, coping, plaster, equipment, and commissioning.
What Hudson builds
Focused services for premium gunite work.
Custom Gunite Pools
New pool construction for estates, modern homes, historic properties, and difficult sites.
Infinity and Vanishing Edges
Precision edge design, catch basins, balance tanks, weirs, and view-driven engineering.
Integrated Spas
Raised spas, flush spas, perimeter overflow spas, spillways, hydrotherapy, heat, and lighting.
Gunite Renovation
Replaster, retile, coping, structural repair, resurfacing, automation, and complete visual reset.
Outdoor Water Environments
Water walls, sheer descents, deck jets, fire-water moments, terraces, and pool house coordination.
Sunken Lounges and Swim-Up Bars
Conversation pits, dry lounge areas, bar-edge moments, in-water stools, and custom elevations designed into the shell.
Permit Coordination
Town-by-town planning for setbacks, lot coverage, safety barriers, drainage, slopes, wetlands, and access.
New York estate territory
Built around the counties and towns that buy serious pools.
Start project consult
Tell Hudson what the property should become.
Best-fit projects usually begin with a substantial custom gunite build or renovation, a real estate-driven outdoor plan, and a homeowner ready to invest in the setting around the water. The consult should feel selective, direct, and worthy of the kind of property being planned.