Stories from the Pool
Discover how Blue Haven Pools began—and hear directly from the families who made a splash with us.
Poolside Reviews
Customer stories
Hear directly from our happy customers as they share their experiences with Blue Haven Pools. From design to construction, discover what makes our pools the perfect addition to their homes.
Designer Diaries
Step behind the scenes with our design team as they share inspiration, ideas, and the creative process that brings each pool to life. From sketches to stunning backyard retreats, discover how our designers turn visions into reality.
Before and afters
Pool Transformations
Discover the dramatic difference a Blue Haven pool can make. Our before and after showcases reveal how we turn everyday backyards into breathtaking retreats with style, precision, and quality craftsmanship.
Real pools. Real people.
Real magic.
Customer stories
Meet the Makers
the Humans Behind the Havens
1973 The Beginning
Our company started in the 1970s when Ray Awadallah began to manufacture and install vinyl-lined above ground pools in Yennora NSW. Ray loved the water and is a true family man so when he saw the happiness a pool could bring to families across Australia, the story of Blue Haven took on a life of its own.
The iconic elephant branding is synonymous with the fact that a Blue Haven Pool was strong enough to walk an elephant in. Jumbo strength. Jumbo durability. Cool fact is that at one point, a Blue Haven vinyl pool was the only one worthy of a local government Development Application (DA) approval, and today many customers from the ’70s still enjoy the same original pool installed almost 50 years ago!
1981 World's First Ribbed Fibreglass Pool
Blue Haven Pools launched a Kevlar-reinforced fibreglass pool and the world’s first ribbed fibreglass pool that did not require a steel and concrete bond beam to hold it in ground. With the pool and coping designed as one structure, pools began to sell like hot cakes.
According to the Cordell Report, Blue Haven Pools sold up to ten times more pools than any other pool company for almost 15 years in a row, based on the number of Development Applications processed by local governments.
The company had still not started competing in the concrete pool sector and remained solidly devoted to fibreglass and vinyl lined above ground pools until the early 1990s.
1990 Marviplate Galvanised Steel Semi-Inground Pool
Blue Haven Pools lanzó su piscina semi-enterrada de acero galvanizado Marviplate con 20 tiendas en EE.UU., con sede en Austin, Texas, y luego se expandió a Londres e Italia.
El director Ray Awadallah y su esposa Mary celebraron junto a BHP Steel con un evento a bordo del Iron Pacific, destacando el éxito en exportaciones. Inicialmente operaron en EE.UU. como True Blue Pools y más tarde como Aussie Pools, tras descubrir que ya existía otra empresa con el nombre Blue Haven Pools.
2000 Head Office Relocation
Blue Haven Pools’ head office relocated to Hume Highway, Lansvale NSW, taking up 10,000 square metres of factory and showroom area. The warehouse continues to serve as the headquarters for Blue Haven Pools, featuring over 50 mini pools for customers to see pools and spas in all shapes and sizes. It’s the largest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.
At the time of the Sydney Olympics, the company sold close to 2,000 concrete pools in any given year. Multiple showrooms were buzzing seven days a week and the company employed over 500 staff, contractors and suppliers.
2011 Remonda
“Blue Haven Pools is taken over by daughter, Remonda. Whilst the company analyses with the idea of franchisees for several years, Remonda continues today to run the company as one owner and still by the same founding family.”
2020 First Company to Sell Pools Online
Blue Haven Pools’ head office relocated to Hume Highway, Lansvale NSW, taking up 10,000 square metres of factory and showroom area. The warehouse continues to serve as the headquarters for Blue Haven Pools, featuring over 50 mini pools for customers to see pools and spas in all shapes and sizes. It’s the largest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.
At the time of the Sydney Olympics, the company sold close to 2,000 concrete pools in any given year. Multiple showrooms were buzzing seven days a week and the company employed over 500 staff, contractors and suppliers.
2022
GOLD WINNER NATIONAL
AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
SWIMMING POOL & SPA ASSOCIATION
“Blue Haven Pools is taken over by daughter, Remonda. Whilst the company analyses with the idea of franchisees for several years, Remonda continues today to run the company as one owner and still by the same founding family.”
50th Anniversary
Since 1973, Blue Haven Pools has been transforming outdoor spaces across the globe