Where the pools are in El Shorouk City
El Shorouk sits between the Cairo Ismailia Desert Road to the north and the Cairo Suez Desert Road to the south. It mixes apartment buildings, villa districts and gated compounds, with the British University in Egypt, El Shorouk Academy and the city's sporting clubs spread across it. The private pools are mostly in the villa districts, such as the First District, known locally as the Villas Neighbourhood. The shared pools belong to compounds and clubs. The whole city is inside the area we cover from our office in Nasr City.
Villa pools on privately owned plots
A lot of El Shorouk villas are owned plot by plot, with no compound management above them. That means fewer access rules to work around and one person making the calls on the job. You get the survey, the drawing and the quote yourself, and the programme runs on the dates you agree to. Each villa garden is different, so the way in for materials, the levels and where the plant room can go are all measured on the first visit and written into the quote.
Pools in the first districts to be built
El Shorouk was set up by presidential decree in 1995, and the older part of the city is now almost fully built. Plenty of villa pools there have run through many summers. At that age the waterproofing, the tile bed and the plant room tend to wear out close together. The first visit checks all three, and you get a written list sorted into sound, needs work now, and can wait.
Shared pools in compounds and clubs
The gated compounds and sports clubs in El Shorouk run pools that carry far more swimmers in a day than a garden pool. If you manage one, every closed day is a complaint on your desk. You get one named contact, readings logged on every visit and kept for inspections, and any shutdown booked into your quietest weeks. Faults are traced to the real cause and fixed once. Compounds and clubs can contract with us directly, on commercial terms.
The work El Shorouk pools need
The work on an El Shorouk pool comes in four kinds.
An empty garden on a villa plot. Our villa pool construction runs from the reinforced concrete shell to the plant room and the finish as a single contract, drawn by our engineers and built by our own site teams.
Water going missing. We trace where it leaves the pool before anything gets broken open, then rebuild the waterproofing with Sika or BASF Master Builders Solutions systems. That is our pool leak tracing and waterproofing, and on an older shell it is often the main job.
Water that will not stay balanced. We set the chemistry from a measured reading, fit automatic dosing where the pool needs it, and write every figure into your log. See our water testing and dosing for how the readings work.
A wet zone next to the pool. A sauna or a steam room on a privately owned villa is your decision alone, with no compound to ask. Our saunas and steam rooms get planned with the same engineers who drew the pool, so the waterproofing, the drainage and the electrics are designed together.
You decide, and you deal with us directly
Independently owned villas mean direct decisions. You talk to the engineer who surveyed your pool, and the quote reaches you, the person signing it. Dates go on the programme once you approve the scope. Your neighbours still live a few metres away, so deliveries keep to working hours, the street stays clear, and the site is closed up at the end of every day.
Why people in El Shorouk call us
- El Shorouk is inside the area we cover, out along the Cairo Suez Road from our Nasr City office.
- Twenty five years of building and looking after pools in Egypt, since 2001.
- Our own structural, hydraulic and MEP engineers design every job, so the shell, the pipework and the electrics sit with one company.
- Our own site teams on our own payroll, with no day labour brought in.
- The same team on your pool every visit, on the booked day.
- Wear and faults reported to you in writing before they cost money.
- A written warranty on every pool we build: 25 years on the structure, 10 on the waterproofing, 5 on the electromechanical works.
- A 90-day programme for a standard residential build, written into the quotation.
- Milestone payments, or a deposit and six monthly instalments against post-dated cheques.
- Pumps and filters by Hayward, Pentair, AstralPool and Aqua Water Systems, run from Schneider Electric panels.
Call or WhatsApp +20 102 626 1818 to book the survey.
Pools other builders put in
We take on El Shorouk pools that other builders put in, in whatever state they are in. On the first visit we check five things: water, shell, tiles, pipes and plant room. Each part gets a written verdict before any work is quoted. Repairs to another company's pool carry a warranty term agreed for that job and written on the quote.
How an El Shorouk pool gets priced
A new skimmer pool on an open villa plot and a shared compound pool with tired waterproofing are very different jobs. The size of the pool, the access, the state of the shell, the equipment you keep and the finish you pick all move the figure, and they only show on site. So we price after the visit. The visit costs nothing, the quote costs nothing, and it comes to you in writing, line by line, with dates.
People who should call another company
If your pool is a few years old and holding its water, leave it for now. If the cheapest monthly figure in El Shorouk is what decides it, another company will win on price. And if you want the shell tiled over before anybody has traced where the water goes, we will turn the job down.
Reaching our office from El Shorouk
Every survey and every visit happens at your pool, so the drive to us is up to you. Tiles, finishes and equipment can be seen at the office by appointment.
We are at 15 El-Lewaa Mahmoud Samy Basha, Al Mintaqah as Sādisah, in Nasr City, just off Abbas El-Akkad.
- From the British University in Egypt or El Shorouk Academy: pick up the Cairo Suez Road towards Cairo, then head into Nasr City and onto Abbas El-Akkad.
- From the villa districts and the First District: pick up the Cairo Suez Road towards Cairo, then make for Nasr City and Abbas El-Akkad.
- From the north of the city, off the Cairo Ismailia Desert Road: pick up the main road towards Cairo, then head for Nasr City and Abbas El-Akkad.
Ring +20 102 626 1818 when you are close and we will guide you in. Office hours are Saturday to Thursday, 9am to 5pm. Closed Friday.
Frequently asked questions in El Shorouk City
Do you cover pools near the British University and El Shorouk Academy? Yes. The university area, the academy on El Shuhada Road, the First District, the compounds and the rest of El Shorouk are all inside the area we cover.
My villa is not in a compound. Who do you deal with? You. The survey, the drawing and the quote come to you, and the dates go on the programme once you approve the scope.
Can you build a new pool in a villa garden that is already finished? Yes. The way in, the levels and the plant room position are measured on the first visit, and the method that protects your garden goes into the quote.
My pool in the older part of El Shorouk keeps losing water. What happens first? We trace the leak before anything is opened, then send you the findings and the repair in writing.
Can you add a sauna or steam room beside the pool? Yes. It gets planned with the pool's drainage, waterproofing and electrics, by the same engineers.
We manage a shared pool in a compound. Who gets the reports? You name one person, and that person is our contact. Readings and a short report go to that person after every visit, and closures go into your quietest weeks.
Will you look after a pool somebody else built? Yes. Yes. We survey the whole pool on the first visit and send the results in writing, then quote.
Can I see finished pools before I decide? Yes. Photos of pools we have completed are on our website, and the office shows tiles and equipment by appointment.
How much will it cost? That depends on the pool, the access and the finish, so we price after a free site visit. The quote is free, written and dated.
Do you give a warranty? On pools we build, yes, in writing: 25 years on the structure, 10 on the waterproofing, 5 on the electromechanical works. On a repair to another company's pool, the term is agreed for that job and written on the quote.
Nearby areas we also cover
Madinaty is a few kilometres from El Shorouk along the Suez Road, and Heliopolis sits on the way back into Cairo. Both are covered from the same office, on the same terms. See how we work in Madinaty and our page on pools in Heliopolis.
Call us about your El Shorouk pool
If you want a swimming pool company Cairo people can deal with directly, with one team and a written programme, call or WhatsApp +20 102 626 1818 and tell us your district and what the pool needs. Before you ring, you can browse pools we have finished across Egypt. Or email info@arcgroup-eg.com.
Al Rowad Constructions & Pool Services, 15 El-Lewaa Mahmoud Samy Basha, Al Mintaqah as Sādisah, Nasr City, Cairo Governorate 10506, Egypt.