re: Critique my pool and outdoor kitchen layout

So the things I love the most about my pool are the baja ledge, the bench that runs the length of the pool- you could do this one, and the spillover hot tub. Of these you could do the bench pretty easily. I would recommend it on the far side of the pool- from the kitchen- so people can sit and look back at you. My ultimate goal was a swim up bar but we couldn't make it happen.

Are you going to have it heated? We drastically extend our use with a Jandy 400k BTU heater. It would allow you to have parties in the pool for LSU night games at the end of September and later.

If anyone knows of a cooling system to install I would be interested there too. Damn pool was 95 degrees yesterday.

While you are doing this run a shite ton of extra plumbing lines and electrical before concrete is poured. If you landscape you want to have that there already and do it while shite is torn up. We have 3 spigots and multiple extra outlets.

Next what about any wiring for sound system around the pool or will that all come from the kitchen?

Any luck on an outside bathroom? People use the hell out of ours because of its ease. If not I think the pool would become the damn bathroom.

Will you have an auto-fill device and an overflow when needed? Make sure your builders think about the needed drainage from that concrete as well.

I will continue to think about what we did or could have done differently that I would have liked to know. I will be doing the kitchen later so all I can do is help with the pool for now.