A narrow lot between two houses in St. Louis, Missouri. Fence on one side, neighbors on the other, and no way to get an excavator in there without taking something apart.
The pool runs along the fence line. Black exterior, white fiberglass interior, with a large acrylic viewing window. It’s a short-term rental now, and it books.
It fits in a city lot
This is the question we get most often from people in older neighborhoods: is there even room? The pool is 8 feet by 20. It needs a level base and a way to get lifted into place. It does not need an excavator, a staging area, or three weeks of a torn-up yard.
Here it sits along the fence with a deck on one side and stairs up. The rest of the yard stayed a yard.
The acrylic window
The window is an upgrade, and in a small yard it earns its keep. It turns the pool into something you look at from the patio instead of a box you look over. At night, lit from inside, it becomes the light source for the whole yard.
Above ground, with stairs
No excavation here. The pool sits on its base with decking alongside and stairs up to the coping. In a yard this size, going above ground kept the cost down and kept the install to a single day.
The rest of the yard
Turf instead of lawn, gravel and pavers, a pergola with string lights, and outdoor seating. None of that is ours — but it’s worth seeing what an owner does with the space a container pool leaves behind.
One pool. 8′ × 20′. $45,000, with everything in it.
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