For these Long Island Hot Tub clients, their backyard upgrade definitely had to include a spa -- a place to rejuvenate even during the cold months when the pool was shut down. However, including everything on their wish list was a challenge, given that the site had many constraints.

In the end, it was the property’s biggest challenge -- its undulating hillside -- that inspired Long Island Hot Tub, in cooperation with The Deck and Patio Company, to include a spa as part of a larger “amphitheater-like” environment and cause the project to win several prestigious awards.

Along with spa, pool, dramatic cascading waterfalls, and multiple patios, a Techno-bloc Quarry Stone wall was located at the main patio, to not only serve as an aesthetic feature to hide the grade changes to the pool area, but to also serve as a seat-wall. Long Island boulders were used throughout the landscape to support the remaining surrounding grades and also to provide visual impact.

A simple touch of a button, whether with a remote control or by dialing into the automation computer through the internet from your office, and these homeowners can turn up the heat in the pool or spa, activate the waterfalls, or program the in-pool cleaning system, lighting, etc.