Royal Pools by Adams designs and builds custom inground swimming pools across the 94306 zip code, the southern and western neighborhoods of Palo Alto. We are a Diamond Certified pool construction company based about 35 minutes down the Peninsula on Camden Avenue in San Jose, and we have been building Bay Area pools since 1969. Our five-step program takes your project from first sketch to first swim.
94306 refuses to be one thing, and that is its charm. Greenmeadow is a National Register historic district of Eichlers, where a pool should extend the home’s glass-walled geometry rather than interrupt it. Barron Park runs semi-rural, with larger, looser lots, no sidewalks in places, and a beloved pair of resident donkeys a short walk from Bol Park. College Terrace and Ventura fill in with early-and-mid-century stock on compact grids. Across the zip’s 27,000 residents and 10,600 households, the median home dates to 1963, which means mid-century design language is the native tongue here and replacement-age pools are common. The build process is citywide Palo Alto: permits through Planning and Development Services via the Accela portal, the city’s dewatering program governing any excavation that meets shallow groundwater on the flats, and protected-tree rules that shape siting on mature lots. One boundary note worth knowing: Midtown carries its own 94303 zip, so if that is your neighborhood, its dedicated page covers you. Water everywhere in 94306 comes from City of Palo Alto Utilities, supplied by the San Francisco regional system.
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Royal Pools by Adams is part of the Adams Pool Group, a family-run organization that has been building and finishing pools since 1953. Every 28 Palms project is backed by the same leadership team that oversees every Royal pool in the Bay Area.
Owner & CEO, Adams Pool Group
General Manager, Royal Pools by Adams
We build across south and west Palo Alto:
The semi-rural neighborhood with larger lots and its famous donkeys.
The National Register Eichler district, where design discipline matters most.
The compact grid beside Stanford’s campus.
The mid-century blocks between El Camino Real and Alma.
Our citywide Palo Alto page.
94306 covers south and west Palo Alto: Barron Park, Ventura, College Terrace, Greenmeadow, and the surrounding blocks. Midtown carries its own 94303 zip.
Yes. Pool projects run through the City of Palo Alto’s Planning and Development Services, with plans submitted through the Accela Citizen Access portal. We prepare the drawings, manage plan review, and handle inspections.
Yes, with the respect a National Register district deserves. The right Eichler pool uses clean rectangular geometry and sightlines composed with the home’s glass walls, and we confirm any district-related review with the city before design hardens.
Some of the best in Palo Alto. The larger, looser parcels give design room that compact grids cannot, and we handle the same citywide rules, dewatering coordination where groundwater is shallow, and protected-tree siting on mature lots.
Often. With a median home year of 1963, original pools here have decades of service behind them, and we quote honest remodel-versus-replacement comparisons after assessing the shell, plumbing, and equipment.
City of Palo Alto Utilities, the city’s own municipal utility, supplied by the San Francisco regional system, most of it Hetch Hetchy Sierra snowmelt. We schedule and manage the one-time fill with you.
Prefer to plan in person? Our San Jose showroom at 2258 Camden Ave is about 35 minutes from 94306: take US-101 South to Highway 85 South and exit at Camden Avenue. Get directions from 94306 →
Part of Our Palo Alto Service Area
Start with a free design consultation at your home or in our San Jose showroom.
Royal Pools by Adams | 2258 Camden Ave, San Jose, CA 95124 | (408) 371-8000 | Mon-Fri 8am-4pm | CSLB #278052
