An infinity-edge pool at blue hour, fire bowls lit along the far edge

Custom pools · Hilton Head Island & Bluffton, South Carolina

Every option and every cost, before you sign anything.

Kevin Camp built over a hundred pools for the largest builder on this island before his own name was on one. He started Camp Pool Builders so the man who designs your pool is the man who supervises it, start to finish.

See the work Book a property walk
  • 100+

    Pools built on Hilton Head before this company existed.

  • 2–3 wks

    To install a custom fiberglass pool, start to water.

  • 6–8 wks

    To build a tailored shotcrete pool, cut and finished by hand.

  • 0

    Change orders you did not ask for. Every cost is agreed first.

Who you are dealing with.

There are no surprises, and projects come in on budget.

Kevin M. Camp Kevin M. Camp Owner · Camp Pool Builders, LLC He designs the pool, and he supervises it start to finish.
An infinity-edge pool and spa looking out over open marsh
A dry-stacked stone waterfall spilling into a pool
01

Fifteen years before his name

Kevin Camp built more than a hundred pools for Aqua Blue Pools here on the island. Nix Construction hired him in 2007, and general contracting taught him the half of the job most pool salesmen never learn: estimating, scheduling, running a site, planning a build before a machine touches the ground.

Sheer-descent water features falling into a screened indoor pool
A pool under a live oak with the marsh beyond
02

Then he hit two walls

Aqua Blue brought him back in 2011 to rebuild their Hilton Head market, and he did it. He also kept running into the same two things: good families turned away because the book was full, and other families fitted with a pool that was not the right pool for them.

See how he builds
  • An octagonal raised spa with tiled steps down to the pool
    15+Years in the industry, before the company carried his own name
  • A geometric pool set in a travertine terrace
    2007Nix Construction, where he learned to run a build, not just sell one
  • An outdoor kitchen and bar on a covered poolside terrace
    2011Brought back by Aqua Blue to re-establish the Hilton Head market
  • A round stacked-stone spa surrounded by planting
    RBSSC Residential Builder, licensed Specialty Contractor

All he builds.

Two ways to build, so nobody gets fitted to the wrong pool.

Every property on this coast is different: the water table, the access, the trees, the setback. The build is chosen to suit it.

A stone waterfall feature at the edge of a shotcrete pool
Custom shotcrete
A pale stone wall above the clear water of a fiberglass pool
Custom fiberglass
A raised spa faced in stacked stone spilling into the pool below
Spas & water features
Stone paving set into lawn beside a resurfaced pool deck
Renovation & decks
A pergola, spa and pool terrace looking out to a Hilton Head lagoon
Custom pool decks

The work.

Named streets, not stock photography.

Nine addresses in communities a Lowcountry buyer already knows. Every builder on this island has a gallery. Almost none of them can tell you the street.

1 Belted Kingfisher, Hilton Head — pool and spa on a paver terrace
011 Belted KingfisherHilton Head Island
248 Good Hope, Bluffton — pool with a sheer-descent stone wall
02248 Good HopeBluffton
21 Holly Grove — a round stacked-stone spa and its spillway
0321 Holly GroveHilton Head · the spa
20 Knightsbridge, Hilton Head — a wide sheet of water falling from the house wall
0420 KnightsbridgeHilton Head Island
14 Laurel Springs, Bluffton — an indoor pool and spa under a screened roof
0514 Laurel SpringsBluffton · indoor pool
12 Marsh Wren, Hilton Head — a raised spa beside a long geometric pool
0612 Marsh WrenHilton Head Island
23 Mulberry, Bluffton — a pool under live oaks looking onto the water
0723 MulberryBluffton
12 West Beach Lagoon, Hilton Head — pool and spa overlooking the fairway
0812 West Beach LagoonHilton Head Island
A Camp Pool Builders pool at dusk, fire bowls lit along the far edge
09WexfordHilton Head Island

Fiberglass or shotcrete.

The right pool is a question of your ground and your budget, not our brochure.

A shotcrete pool and raised spa beside a dock and moored sailboat
A free-form shotcrete pool cut to the shape of a marsh-front lot
01

Tailored shotcrete 6 to 8 weeks

4000 PSI shotcrete, blasted into place and then cut and finished by hand to your specification. Any size, any shape, any depth profile, so a tight site can be designed to maximise what you have. Integrated spas, raised walls, tanning ledges and water features. The highest initial cost and the highest cost of ownership.

Talk it through
A fiberglass pool and spa set and finished under mature oaks
A fiberglass shell newly set into a level lawn
02

Custom fiberglass 2 to 3 weeks

A finished shell, delivered and set. The hole is dug, the pool is set and filled, and as it fills the plumbing is run and the equipment set. A non-porous surface means less chemistry and less electricity through the season, and the lowest cost of construction.

Talk it through
A renovated poolside kitchen and bar under a screened roof
A resurfaced pool deck and replanted terrace after renovation
03

Renovation and repair

Tile replaced, re-plastering, liners replaced, decks resurfaced. Leaks traced, equipment replaced. He will troubleshoot the problem and tell you the best solution to it.

Ten steps, in order.

We earn the reputation on the days nobody photographs.

We discuss every option and every cost before anything is signed. We do not like issuing change orders any more than you like receiving one. The only changes to your project are the ones you ask for.

  1. A pool and lawn seen from above, showing access and drainage across the lot
    01

    Layout and design

    The pool, the deck and the equipment location laid out in your yard, so you approve what you are getting where you are getting it.

  2. Stone paving set into lawn beside a compact pool and seating
    02

    Steel reinforcement

    Rebar along the bottom, up the sides and around the perimeter. He exceeds industry standards here by using additional rebar, to protect the shell against ground forces.

  3. A finished pool and round spa on a cleared marsh-front lot
    03

    Plumbing and electric

    Larger plumbing lines than the standard calls for, which turn the water over faster. A cleaner pool, and a more energy-efficient one.

  4. A finished terrace, dining table and pergola beside a completed pool
    04

    Interior finish

    Plaster or pebble, set once the tile, the coping and the deck are done. The colour you choose is what changes the colour of the water.

Feedback.

Their words, not ours.

  • 5.0 from 15 Google reviews Camp Pool Builders
  • 4.7 from 57 Aqua Blue Pools
  • 4.9 from 61 Blue Haven

  • Not one review below five stars, across every year the company has been trading. A small book is the point, and this is what the small book buys.

A dark, planted indoor pool and spa with a rock waterfall
Camp pool built my pool and it was everything I expected and more.
Google review
A gunite pool and raised spa on the edge of open marsh
Great local swimming pool builder. Company builds gunite pools.
Yelp review

A deliberately limited number of projects a year, so the man who quotes the job is still the man on site when it is dug. That is the trade Kevin made when he left the volume shop, and it is the reason this page is short.

A pool terrace and pergola looking out down a Hilton Head lagoon

Start here.

Come and stand on the ground first.

  1. 01

    You call or write

    843-683-2862, or kevin@camppoolbuildersllc.com. Kevin answers, not an office.

  2. 02

    He walks the property

    The access, the drainage, the trees, the setback. Face to face, on your ground.

  3. 03

    You get a number and a method

    Which of the two ways to build suits the site, costed before anything is signed.

Request a property evaluation 843-683-2862