Five of our favourite luxury homes with a swimming pool

Lounging on your alfresco area with a good book, taking a dip or entertaining with twilight barbecues – summer brings undeniable perks, especially if you’re lucky enough to own a home with its own pool.

Although winter will soon be upon us, whether you want to live vicariously or get in early for summer, there are plenty of luxury homes with pools for sale now.

Here are some of our favourites.

7 Weatherly Grove, Brighton, Vic

This stylish and luxurious five-bedroom home is set in a leafy pocket of highly sought-after bayside Brighton.

Originally crafted by Australian cricketer and architect Max Walker, the home has been redesigned to include triple-zone living, with sliding glass doors that open onto a pool and gardens.

Capturing the north-easterly light, the covered outdoor pavilion evokes a Mediterranean resort feel.

Inside, high-end fixtures, materials, and appliances – including appointments by designer Kirsty Ristevski – as well as natural stone and porcelain benchtops, and hydronic in-floor heating, create a sense of luxury.

44 Bilwara Avenue, Bilgola Plateau, NSW

With coastal views stretching from Avalon Beach to Lion Island, this Northern Beaches home epitomises resort-style living.

The north-to-rear aspect maximises natural light in the home, while indoor-outdoor living provides the ideal setting for entertaining and enjoying the warmer months.

There are multiple entertaining terraces, a large backyard, a 10-metre swimming pool, with separate spa, which puts the lifestyle cherry on top.

55 Baird Street, Brighton East, Vic

Bringing the Hamptons to Melbourne, this double-storey Brighton home features everything from a wine cellar to a kitchen with integrated, high-end appliances and fittings.

The exterior of the property is just as spectacular, with a terraced rear garden and a fully tiled pool, including a solar and electric heat pump.

Entertaining is truly catered for with a separate covered alfresco area featuring a built-in barbecue kitchen and a Bowers & Wilkins sound system.

3 Lennox Street, Gordon, NSW

With its white façade and grand pillars, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’re about to step onto a Georgian estate.

Architecturally designed by Notch Design Studio and built by Grande Build, the home features double steel doors, a marble entrance, and soaring ceilings that carry this sense of grandeur into the home.

And outside is just as impressive, with silver travertine paving, a water feature, and an expansive covered upper-level terrace with skylights, and an outdoor kitchen and a barbecue.

A lower-level covered terrace offers even more entertainment options.

There’s also a heated pool, a fully tiled spa, a poolside cabana with a bar, electric screens and storage, an indoor/outdoor gym, and a cedar sauna.

11 Mainsails Square, Noosa Heads, Qld

Set over a number of in Noosa Heads, this residence sits on an elevated site with panoramic views of the Coral Sea, Moreton Island, Coolum Beach, and the hinterland.

Capitalising on the views are the 270-degree wraparound decks, a top-floor covered entertaining space, and a magnesium pool. On the first floor, there is also a covered patio and a gym.