Jason Jayne and Randy Tumber | Tumber & Associates

Waterworld

When the waterway reaches the eight-person spa, it splits and glides around the vessel on either side, then merges and continues on its way. The spa can be accessed via a bridge made of recycled barn timbers.

As for the rocks in the various waterfeatures, Jason Jayne, business manager of the Orangeville, Ontario, Canada, firm, says, “We like to harvest local rocks ourselves … to keep the moss and patina on them.”

The entire project, including waterfeatures, is remote-controlled from either an iPhone app, touch-screens throughout the home, or the Internet. All told, it took eight to 10 full-time workers approximately six months to complete, for a total price tag of around $1.6 million.