{"id":247,"date":"2020-05-01T13:46:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T13:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diypool.info\/\/?p=247"},"modified":"2020-09-24T08:25:50","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T08:25:50","slug":"the-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/diypool.info\/?p=247","title":{"rendered":"The dream&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since looking at buying a house in France, we always had the dream of having a swimming pool. After searching high and low around the mid-west of France for the dream home, we concluded that we could not find a dream house with a dream pool&#8230; It was either a dream pool or a dream house&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the amount of work that we have undertaken on our main house in the UK, we decided that we did not want another renovation project and wanted a second home where we could relax and be comfortable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, a project to create the dream pool was the way forward&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have the ideal spot for the pool, even the previous owners referred to the area of land as the pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jamescockroft-001-site5.jtempurl.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200719_175613a-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/jamescockroft-001-site5.jtempurl.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200719_175613a-1024x320.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-283\" srcset=\"http:\/\/diypool.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200719_175613a-1024x320.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/diypool.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200719_175613a-300x94.jpg 300w, http:\/\/diypool.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200719_175613a-768x240.jpg 768w, http:\/\/diypool.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200719_175613a-1536x481.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/diypool.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200719_175613a-2048x641.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/diypool.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200719_175613a-150x47.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is where the dreaming started&#8230; For those who know me, I normally start off very conventional and small, but soon my ideas get bigger and better, until I come up with something that I am happy with, after all we should not have any regrets from such big ventures should we?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, after many evenings and weekends trawling the internet for inspiration and ideas, the following is what I have come up with for our pool design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jamescockroft-001-site5.jtempurl.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/design.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"http:\/\/jamescockroft-001-site5.jtempurl.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/design-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-253\" srcset=\"http:\/\/diypool.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/design-1024x574.png 1024w, http:\/\/diypool.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/design-300x168.png 300w, http:\/\/diypool.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/design-768x430.png 768w, http:\/\/diypool.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/design-1536x860.png 1536w, http:\/\/diypool.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/design-2048x1147.png 2048w, http:\/\/diypool.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/design-150x84.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The next challenge is how to make that dream a reality&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since looking at buying a house in France, we always had the dream of having a swimming pool. 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