A ladies' wing in a Khobar compound villa: a glass cabin and a cold pool behind high walls

This profile is illustrative. It sets out how we would approach a typical compound-villa brief in Khobar and what the decisions cost. When a real project of this kind is finished, this page will be replaced with it.

A women's wing behind the garden wall

The women of a household want a private space of their own: somewhere to use a sauna and a cold pool with the family's guests, entered from the women's wing, unseen from the street and from the neighbours' upper floors. The villa stands in a compound near the Gulf; the air is humid, salt arrives with the wind and summer afternoons are very hot.

What we would draw behind the wall

• A 4-seat cabin with two glass faces. One face looks into the garden, the other is frosted where a neighbouring window could see it. The second glass wall steps the heater up to about 12 kW, three-phase from the villa's distribution board.
• A round cold plunge. A 1,100 L pool with teal mosaic, steps and a handrail, a low stool beside it, and a 4 HP chiller at the nominal size, with the engineer confirming after the survey whether the coastal air asks for more.
• Walls and trellis. Existing limestone walls raised where a sight line needs closing, a slatted timber trellis for shade, and planting that grows to the wall rather than over the cabin.
• A plant niche on the service side. Shaded, ventilated, with coated condenser coils and 316 stainless fittings for the salt air.

Questions we would put to the compound

• Does a free-standing cabin or a pergola need approval, and from whom?
• What hours are deliveries and building works permitted?
• Where is plant noise measured and what is the limit?
• Can the existing garden drain take the pool's rinse water, or is a new connection needed?

The indicative budget of $29.3–46.5k (SAR 110–174k) covers the cabin, the pool and a deck. Utilities, walls, trellis, permits and freight handling are in the quote. See villas and compounds for the general approach, and Khobar and Dammam for local conditions.