There’s something about Byron Bay that changes how you see your home. Maybe it’s the light — that golden, late-afternoon glow that spills across the hinterland and settles on everything like it’s giving you permission to slow down. To actually live in the space you’ve built. To stop saving the good stuff for “one day.”
A lifestyle pool isn’t a luxury bolted onto the back of the house. Out here, it’s where the family ends up — arvo swims, long lunches, wet towels over the chairs, summers that stretch well into the evening. And the decision about who builds it matters more than most people realise, right up until it’s too late to change.
THINKING ABOUT A POOL FOR YOUR BYRON BAY HOME?
Come and have a chat!
we’d love to hear what you’re dreaming up
We build spaces, not just pools
We’re Kylie and Billy — a husband-and-wife team, parents of three, and the people you’ll actually deal with from the first chat to your first swim. We’ve never just been in the business of moving concrete and filling it with water. We build dream spaces.
That distinction sounds small. For the families we build for across Byron Bay and the hinterland, it’s the difference between a pool that simply fits the block and one that changes how the whole backyard feels. The difference between something that photographs well and something that, five years on, you still can’t quite believe is yours.
Billy has spent two decades building, with the last ten specialising in custom concrete pools. He holds the builder’s licence personally in both QLD and NSW, so his name is on every decision made on site — not a company’s. Kylie is across the other half: the design details, the selections, and the kind of communication that makes the whole thing feel calmer before a peg is even in the ground.
We’re also boutique by choice. We take on a limited number of projects each year — not because we have to, but because every client deserves Kylie and Billy, not a project manager they’ve never met.
Byron Bay asks for something different
Not every builder gets Byron. The coastal hinterland is beautiful and unforgiving in equal measure — salt air, high humidity, clay-heavy soils in parts, council overlays particular to the Shire, and a community that genuinely values design done well. None of that is an obstacle to work around. For a concrete pool built properly, it’s the whole point.
We’ve built across the Tweed and Northern NSW long enough to know the difference between a pool that performs for six months and one that’s still going strong in sixty years. We know which materials hold up in these conditions, what the engineering needs to stand up to, and what a design has to do to sit naturally against a Byron home rather than fight it. That’s not knowledge you can shortcut. It’s earned by doing the work properly, again and again.
We know this part of the world — the land, the conditions, and what it takes to build something that lasts. Let’s talk about what’s possible on your block.
You deserve to know exactly what you’re getting
One of the things Kylie hears most often from people who’ve spoken to other builders: “We just never really knew what was happening.” For a decision this big, that shouldn’t be the experience.
From the first conversation through to the day you take your first swim, we keep you genuinely in the loop — not with jargon, not with vague timelines, but with honest, plain-English updates that respect the fact that this is your home and your investment. We’re upfront and transparent about costs from day one, so there are no surprises along the way. Billy will walk you through the build in terms that actually make sense. Kylie will make sure nothing slips through the cracks. Together, they’ll make sure you feel as confident on day one as you do on the day it’s finished.
The pool your Byron Bay lifestyle actually calls for
There’s a version of this that’s a rectangular hole with a pump in it. And then there’s the version where the water catches the afternoon light just right, where the sun shelf lands exactly where the kids want to sit, where the natural stone coping feels like it was always meant to be there.
The second one takes craft, care, and a builder who actually wants to be proud of it. It lives in the details you’re with every day — the waterline tile chosen to read aqua in the shade and deepen to teal in full sun, the coping that’s warm underfoot, the finish that ages into the space instead of dating it. And every Livin’ pool includes a mineral water system as standard: softer water, lower chlorine, a gentler swim. Not an add-on. Just how we build.
Pro tip: Always view tile and coping samples in natural daylight, at the time of day your pool will actually catch the sun. Colours shift dramatically once they’re underwater.
We’re not the right fit for everyone, and we’re honest about that. But if you’re building or renovating in Byron Bay and you want a lifestyle pool done properly — by people who take it as seriously as you do — we’d love to have a chat.
We keep our word. We’re upfront about costs. We build for quality. And we take on a limited number of projects each year, so every family gets the best of us.
Let’s create something extraordinary.
Kylie & Billy,
Livin’ Construction Co.
About Livin' Construction co
With more than two decades of expertise in construction, we take pride in our unmatched skills in crafting top-tier concrete swimming pools. Our team's exceptional dedication is evident in our over 20 years of experience in the art of designing and building remarkable home spaces.