Simple. Affordable. Beautiful.
Two pools. Built right. Finished in custom natural stone — on every install.
Most pool companies hand you a catalog and walk you through a 3D rendering before they tell you the price.
We do it the other way around.
Two pools. Two starting prices. Both finished with hand-fit natural stone edging — the detail you'll notice every evening for the next thirty years.
That's the whole offering. By design.
We build only two. It keeps the work tight, the timelines honest, and the price within reach of the family that always wanted a pool — and never quite got around to one because the first quote was three times what they pictured.
A vinyl-liner inground pool, finished the way most builders won't.
Optional: heater, automatic safety cover.
A fiberglass pool, manufacturer-backed, installed in days — not months.
Optional Infinity Edge Package for qualified lots with a view or slope.
Starting prices reflect a standard install on a buildable lot. Every project gets a written quote before we touch a shovel — no surprise line items, no change-order math.
Two pools, two different fits. Here's the honest way to think about which one belongs in your backyard.
Best for the family who wants a beautiful, real inground pool at the most accessible price — finished in a way that doesn't look budget.
Best for the family who wants the lowest lifetime maintenance, the fastest install, and a structural warranty that outlasts the mortgage.
Still not sure? Tell us about your project — we'll help you figure it out. No pressure. No sales pitch.
Most pool companies finish a vinyl liner with aluminum coping. It's cheaper. It's faster. It also tells the world exactly what you spent.
Every True South pool — Classic or Signature — is edged in custom natural stone, hand-fitted in place. No two installs look identical. It's the line on your pool that says somebody cared.
John and Nicole owned a home on Lake Oconee. They decided to build the pool they'd always wanted. They called every builder in the region.
Every consultation ended the same way. A beautiful presentation. A stunning 3D rendering. A quote that took their breath away.
They walked away without a pool.
The experience stayed with them.
True South Pools is the company they wished they'd found.
Operations & Build
Twenty-four years United States Air Force, aircraft maintenance — F-15s, C-130s, B-1 bombers, JSTARS. A career spent around systems that could not fail. Now he runs the build.
GSWCC Blue Card certified. PHTA member. Honest with timelines. Honest with prices. Calls back when he says he will.
Every True South customer receives a complete documentation package at handoff — build photos at every phase, stamped plans, material specs and warranties, equipment-pad walkthrough, and a maintenance schedule. Aviation-grade documentation, applied to your backyard. It's the kind of record most pool companies don't keep — and don't deliver.
Design Eye & The Books
Nicole restored The Twelve Oaks — an 1826 Georgia mansion turned bed-and-breakfast, featured by Southern Living as one of America's top inns. She knows what beautiful looks like in Central Georgia, and she knows the difference between a finish that ages well and one that doesn't.
She sits with you during the consultation — shell shape, gel-coat color, stone selection — and helps you see the pool you're already picturing. She also runs the books.
Note: Nicole is a trusted design eye, not a full backyard designer. For retaining walls, pergolas, outdoor kitchens, and landscaping, we'll point you to people we trust.
The reason our prices stay where they do is that we don't pretend to be everything. We build pools. We finish them in stone. We leave you a beautiful, working pool — and we leave stub-outs on every install so the next phase is easy when you're ready.
For these, we'll recommend trusted partners in the area.
We work primarily across five Central Georgia counties — close enough to your jobsite that the foreman can drive past on his way home, and small enough that we still answer the phone.
Direct answers. No marketing language. If your question isn't here, call us — we'd rather have the conversation.
Our Classic vinyl liner pool starts at $45,000 and our Signature fiberglass pool starts at $75,000 — both finished with custom natural stone edging. Every project gets a written quote on your specific lot before any work begins. No surprise line items, no change-order math.
It depends on the build. The Signature fiberglass pool installs in days once the shell arrives. The Classic vinyl liner pool typically takes 6–10 weeks from dig to swim. Either way, we hold the timelines we set — and tell you up front about anything that could shift them.
Vinyl liner pools (The Classic) have the lowest entry cost but require liner replacement every 7–10 years. Fiberglass pools (The Signature) cost more up front, but the manufacturer-backed shell carries a 50-year structural warranty, installs faster, and has the lowest lifetime maintenance. Both are real inground pools — neither one looks like a budget pool when we finish it in stone.
Yes. Permitting requirements vary by county — Baldwin, Greene, Putnam, Jones, and Hancock each have their own setbacks, fencing, and erosion-control rules. We handle the permit process as part of every build, including GSWCC erosion-control compliance for lakeside lots.
Yes — the Signature fiberglass pool has an optional Infinity Edge Package for qualified lots with a view or slope. The engineering is more involved (excavation, retention, basin work) so we evaluate every lot in person before committing to the design.
Tell us a little about your project. We'll come look at the lot, sit down with you and Nicole's eye, and put together an honest written quote.
No 3D rendering theater. No high-pressure close. If the math doesn't work for your situation, we'll tell you that too.
Call us (404) 536-7203