Brett Hatfield creates a personal, artful building experience for each client. In a home-based integrated design and construction studio, he keeps each client’s vision in mind. Brett was exposed to design and architecture at an early age through the enrichment of his father, Phil Hatfield, whose life work cultivated over 30 years of tenure with the School of Architecture at the University of Western Australia. Therefore, Brett brings both artistic expression and construction skill to his design work. Through dramatic use of materials, environmental sensibility and attention to client needs, the designs of Downunda Aquatic Environments go well beyond the norm. “We harmonize the designs that we create with the existing natural surroundings, taking full advantage of nature’s amenities.” The company challenges itself to create fresh designs while building durable structures that will last through generations. Because of its construction expertise, Downunda Aquatic Environments understands the relative value of materials and their impact on budgets, schedules and quality-of-life issues. “We see ourselves as particularly well-equipped to draw out the best from a site and the materials at hand, thereby balancing imagination with brick-and-mortar reality.

Downunda Aquatic Environments starts clients out by exploring prototypes, and then customizes to meet their individual needs and desires. The guiding principle is the belief that a home is a beautiful place for growth and learning, and serves as a rich background for life. For many years, Downunda Aquatic Environments has strived for and achieved a very high standard of business ethics and quality, known and respected in Houston and surrounding communities. “As an employer and contributor in the community, I manage Downunda Aquatic Environments with an appreciation for the value of a dollar, and respect the hard work required to earn one.”

Unlike the volume pool builders that forego quality for quantity, Downunda Aquatic Environments takes a unique artistic design approach to designing and building pools and spas. “We constantly strive to exceed our customer's expectations.”

Our customer’s always compliment our attention to detail – it makes a big difference in the final product. With our experience, you can depend on us to guide you through the many options available to make your backyard environment enhance your lifestyle. Our supervisors oversee each phase of the construction process through to completion; making sure every pool is completed promptly, correctly and to our high standard of workmanship.

Downunda Aquatic Environments are a member of the Association of Pool and Spa Professionals, the Greater Houston Builders Association, an Accredited Member of the Houston Better Business Bureau, and the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)

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Integrity:

We believe integrity is the foundation of our individual and corporate actions that drives an organization of which we are proud.

• We are a responsible corporate citizen committed to the health and safety of people, protection of the environment, and compliance with laws, regulations, and betterment of our industry as a whole.
• We are honest, trustworthy, respectful and ethical in our actions.
• We honor our commitments.
• We are accountable for our actions, successes and failures.

Teamwork:

We believe teamwork leverages our individual strengths.

•  We are committed to common goals.
•  We expect everyone to actively participate in the Downunda team.
•  We openly communicate up, down, and across the organization.
•  We value the diversity of our workforce.

Performance:

We believe performance and excellence will drive the results that differentiate us from our competitors..

•  We focus on what is important.
•  We establish and communicate clear expectations.
•  We relentlessly pursue success.
•  We strive for flawless execution.
•  We work hard, celebrate our successes and learn from our failures.
•  We continuously look for new ways to improve our products, services and processes.

Learning:

We believe learning and education provides an environment that challenges us to go beyond mediocrity and provides a conduit to achieve the full potential of each individual which improves our services and products as a company.

• We expect development throughout each individual’s tenure with Downunda by a combination of individual and company commitment.
•  We learn from sharing past decisions and actions, both good and bad, to continuously improve performance.
•  We improve by benchmarking and adopting the best and most current practices.