Archetype C · Premium courtyard
The Villa
An 864 sq. ft. suite and a pool courtyard, master-planned as one project
Planning range
$300,000 – $425,000
Complete courtyard environments typically start around $349,000. The suite alone runs $207,000 – $268,000.
- Configuration
- 2 bedroom / 2 bath, detached
- Footprint
- 24′ × 36′ · 864 sq. ft.
- Courtyard elements
- Suite + 15′ × 30′ pool + 16′ × 16′ pavilion
- Setback tier
- Mixed — habitable, accessory, and pavilion tiers
Standard layouts
The Villa Suite
24′ × 36′ · 864 sq. ft.
Two bedrooms, two baths, a real kitchen, in-unit laundry, and a covered porch sized for two chairs and a table. Sits just under the 900 sq. ft. accessory cap used across unincorporated Hillsborough and Pasco.
The Odessa Courtyard Template
Suite + pool + pavilion
The Villa on the rear property line, a 15′ × 30′ custom pool centered on the house, and a 16′ × 16′ timber pavilion closing the third edge — three structures framing one private outdoor room instead of three objects scattered across a lawn.
A backyard master template, not a floor plan
On an acreage lot the suite is only part of the answer. What makes the Villa work is placement: the suite, the pool, and the pavilion are positioned to enclose a courtyard, so every window looks into designed space and no one is staring at a neighbor's fence.
We draw the whole environment first — structures, water, hardscape, and the paver field that ties them back to the main house — then value-engineer it down to the phase you want to build now.
- Pool, deck, pavilion, and suite drawn on one site plan and one permit set
- Septic, pool excavation, and utility trenching sequenced so nothing gets dug twice
- Paver connections designed as part of the plan, not added at the end
Unified design-build
Most homeowners assembling a backyard like this hire a pool builder, a patio company, a landscaper, and a general contractor, then spend a year refereeing them. Watermark draws it, permits it, and builds it under one contract with one schedule and one point of accountability.
That matters most at the seams — the pool deck meeting the pavilion slab, the suite's roof drainage meeting the hardscape grade. Those are the details that fail when four companies each own a piece.
What the range includes
- Full-property master site plan and courtyard design
- Villa suite: foundation through standard finish package
- Custom pool, deck, and pavilion under the same contract
- Coordinated permitting across county and pool review
- Single project schedule managed in BuilderTrend
Estimated separately
- Site clearing, tree removal, and grading
- Utility laterals and septic drainfield expansion
- Screen enclosures and outdoor kitchen appliance packages
- Landscape and irrigation restoration
Features most often added
Added inside the same design and permit set — never as a second project with a second contractor.
- Custom Pool15′ × 30′$65k–$110k
- Deluxe Pavilion16′ × 32′$31k–$49k
- Summer Kitchen6′ × 14′$18k–$42k
- Fire Feature6′ × 6′$6.0k–$15k
- Pool Bathroom12′ × 6′$14k–$18k
- Putting Green15′ × 25′$8.3k–$14k
Planning ranges for our standard offerings only — not a quote. Custom layouts, non-standard dimensions, or premium finishes may fall above the ranges shown. Final pricing depends on site conditions, utility runs, finishes, and permitting.