HILLTOP INFINITY POOL BRINGS BACK THE FIVE-STAR LUXURY
SArAH miTcHeLL, a personal trainer, and husband Alastair, creative director for a design company, are in their 40s. They live on Guernsey with their daughters madi, 16, and Holly, 14. She says: We don’t even have to be in our hilltop infinity pool to enjoy it. With the english Channel shimmering in the moonlight beyond, I often just switch the underwater lights on as night falls and admire it from our living room.
A decade ago, we returned to this part of the world after seven years in Australia where our house had a pool, and we were determined to have one here. that moment finally came two years ago, when we invested in the infinity pool at one end of our hilltop garden.
Alastair and I designed it together and added a spa area complete with hot tub and black decking. While it was Australia that gave us our love for pool life, our main source of inspiration was the one at the five-star dusit thani Krabi Beach Resort in thailand where we stayed in 2017.
We all use the pool and the girls loved having their friends over during the summer to play in it and sunbathe.
Because of its size, it’s also perfect for swimming laps after a workout in the gym, and is the ideal backdrop for training my clients in the garden.
Although summer is my favourite time of year to use the pool, I love September and october, too, because the pool is heated, so lovely and warm for a swim.
We regularly invite friends over to enjoy evening drinks around the fire-pit with the pool all lit up.