Where the pools are on the North Coast
West of Alexandria, the International Coastal Road runs past one holiday compound after another, from Marina El Alamein between kilometre 94 and 104 to Marassi at kilometre 126 in Sidi Abdel Rahman. Hacienda Bay, Hacienda White, Telal, Sidi Heneish and New Alamein sit on the same coast, and all of it is inside the area we cover.
This is second-home country. People open their chalets and villas for the summer and close them for the rest of the year, so a pool here can spend months with nobody swimming in it. Sea views are the other thing that sets the coast apart, because an infinity or panoramic edge only earns its cost where the water line can meet the Mediterranean. If you want to see the kinds of edges and finishes we build before anyone comes out, look through the pools on our work page.
Sea-facing villa and twin house pools
Villas and twin houses with a private pool often face the water, and on these terraces the edge is the whole point. An infinity or panoramic edge needs a catch channel and a balance tank sized for coastal wind, which pushes water over the lip and carries sand into it. We design the edge, the tank and the plant room together, before the terrace is poured, and set the plant room back where the spray will not reach it.
Chalets with a small private pool
Some ground floor chalets come with a plunge pool or a small private pool on the terrace. Sand reaches a terrace pool first, and a small body of water swings out of balance fast in the summer sun. So the filter gets sized for the sand load, the skimmer baskets stay easy to empty, and a fitted cover goes on where the terrace has room to fix one down. The plant gets sized to the cupboard you actually have.
Shared pools in the coastal compounds
The biggest pools on the coast belong to the compounds: shared pools, lagoon pools and clubhouse pools that every household in the compound uses through July and August. A compound management hears about every day one of those is shut in season. We trace a fault to its cause and put it right once, log the readings on every visit, and book any job that closes the pool for the months between summers. Managements sign with us directly, on commercial terms.
Hotel pools along the coast and in New Alamein
A coastal hotel earns its year in a short season, and a closed pool in August costs it bookings and reviews. Work that needs the water drained is planned for the low season. Readings go into your inspection file on every visit, and one contractor answers for the shell, the water and the plant room together. Hotels contract us on commercial terms.
Built for salt air, blown sand and a locked house
Salt in the air eats metal whether the pool runs or sits idle. Ladders, handrails, light housings, fixings and the panel door are all specified for the coast. Sand blows into the water and loads the filter, so the filtration is sized for sand from the start, with strainers that are quick to clear.
The shell is waterproofed with Sika or BASF Master Builders Solutions systems. Pumps and filters come from Hayward, Pentair or AstralPool, brands with spare parts on the shelf in Egypt, so one failed seal costs a few days and leaves your season intact. Schneider Electric automation runs the pump, the dosing and the lights on a timer, which keeps the water moving while the house is closed.
Pool care through the months the house stands closed
A maintenance contract on the coast covers what keeps a closed pool ready: circulation, water balance, a clean filter and a check of the plant room. The visit days are agreed after the site visit and written into the contract, and the readings come to you after each visit, because you are in Cairo and the pool is not.
At the end of the summer we close the pool down properly. The water gets balanced, the filter cleaned, the metalwork rinsed of salt and the cover fixed down. Before your first weekend we start it up again, early enough to order a part if one is needed.
Why people with a house on the North Coast choose us
- Founded in 2001, with twenty five years of pools in Egypt behind us, from one office in Nasr City.
- Structural, hydraulic and MEP engineers on our own staff, so the shell, the pipework and the electrics answer to one company.
- Site teams on our own payroll, the same faces from the survey to the handover.
- A maintenance contract for the closed months, with the visit days in writing and the readings sent to you.
- A 90-day programme for a standard residential build, written into the quotation.
- Milestone payments, or a deposit and six monthly instalments.
- A written warranty on every pool we build: 25 years on the structure, 10 on the waterproofing, 5 on the electromechanical works.
- We maintain and renovate pools that other contractors built.
- Emaar Misr and Orascom Development Egypt are both on our developer partner list.
Call or WhatsApp +20 102 626 1818 and tell us where on the coast your pool is.
Coastal pools another contractor built
We take on pools other builders put in along the coast, in whatever state a few summers of salt and sand have left them. The first visit covers the water, the shell, the tiles and grout, the pipework, the metalwork and the plant room. You get a written verdict on every part: sound, needs work now, or can wait. From that list we quote the repair, the renovation or a maintenance contract, whichever the pool needs.
How a North Coast pool gets priced
The distance from Cairo, the access to your plot, the ground close to the sea, the edge you want and the compound's own rules for contractors all move the figure. None of that can be judged over the phone, so the price follows the site visit. You pay nothing for the visit or for the quote, and the quote arrives in writing, line by line, with a programme attached.
People who should call another company
If you need a new pool swimming within a few weeks, we will tell you on the first call that a standard build takes ninety days. If you want the fittings chosen on price alone, a cheaper contractor will give you that, and the salt will find those fittings first. And if you want a price before anyone has seen the plot, we are the wrong people to ask.
Our Nasr City office and the way in from the coast
Surveys and visits all happen at your pool. If you spend most of the year in Cairo, the office is the easy place to settle drawings, tiles, coping and equipment, by appointment.
We are at 15 El-Lewaa Mahmoud Samy Basha, Al Mintaqah as Sādisah, in Nasr City, just off Abbas El-Akkad.
- From Marassi, Hacienda Bay or Telal: head back to Cairo, come into Nasr City and pick up Abbas El-Akkad.
- From Marina El Alamein, the El Alamein War Cemetery or the El Alamein Military Museum: head back to Cairo, come into Nasr City and pick up Abbas El-Akkad.
- From New Alamein, its Downtown Towers or Alamein International University: head back to Cairo, come into Nasr City and pick up 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.
Nearer the office, we also cover villa pools in Sheikh Zayed and compound and club pools in 6th of October City. On the Red Sea, resort and holiday home pools in El Gouna and Hurghada are confirmed after a site visit, the same as the North Coast.
Frequently asked questions on the North Coast
Do you cover Marassi, Hacienda and Telal? Yes. Marassi, Hacienda Bay, Hacienda White, Telal, Sidi Abdel Rahman, Sidi Heneish and New Alamein are all inside the area we cover. Every job outside Greater Cairo is confirmed after a site visit.
Do I have to drive out to the coast for every meeting? No. The site visit happens at the pool. The drawings, the finishes and the contract can all be settled at our Nasr City office, by appointment.
Can my terrace take an infinity edge facing the sea? Often, where the terrace looks straight over the water, and the site visit confirms it. We check the fall of the ground, where the balance tank goes and how the wind hits the edge. Our infinity and panoramic edge pools explain how the edge is built.
Who looks after the pool while the house is closed? We do, on a maintenance contract agreed after the site visit. The visit days are written down, and the readings are sent to you after every visit.
When should I start a new pool if I want to swim in it this summer? Count back from the day you want to swim. A standard residential build runs ninety days in the quotation, so autumn and winter are the months to start.
What does salt air do to a pool? It corrodes the metal: ladders, handrails, light housings and fixings. We specify those for the coast and keep the plant room out of the spray.
The tiles and grout on our pool have worn after a few summers. Can you redo them? Yes. Loose tiles and worn grout come off down to a sound base, and the new mosaic or stone is laid on that. The tile, mosaic and coping work we do shows the finishes you can pick from.
Do you work on pools another company built? Yes. We survey the whole pool on the first visit, from the water to any metalwork the salt has reached, and hand you the verdict on paper.
How much will it cost? That depends on the pool, the plot and the distance, so we price after a free site visit. The quote is free and written, with dates.
What warranty do you give? On pools we build: 25 years on the structure, 10 on the waterproofing, 5 on the electromechanical works, in writing; on a repair to another company's pool, the term is agreed per job and written on the quote.
Book the site visit before the season
If you are choosing a swimming pool company Cairo people trust with a house on the coast, call or WhatsApp +20 102 626 1818 and tell us where the pool is and what it needs. Or send the details to info@arcgroup-eg.com and we will set a date for the free site visit.
Al Rowad Constructions & Pool Services, 15 El-Lewaa Mahmoud Samy Basha, Al Mintaqah as Sādisah, Nasr City, Cairo Governorate 10506, Egypt.