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About Danica

With a family background stemming back over 50 years in pool construction, Danica has grown up in the industry and been involved in all facets of design, construction and administration. Danica’s great love and passion is helping clients design their dream outdoor spaces. Her creativity started early, where during school holidays “working” in another family business of theming, one of her early assignments was “colouring in” in a theme park design.


This theme park still stands in Danica’s original colours –“Snoopy World” in Hong Kong! Since 2007, Danica has been the lead designer for one of Brisbane's most recognised pool companies and in this time has personally sold and designed hundreds of pools. Her pool designs have featured in magazines such as Queensland Pool + Outdoor Design, Poolside and Outdoor Design and Living.


More recently, Danica has become highly recognised as one of Queensland’s and Australia’s most successful pool consultants and designers winning prestigious SPASA awards for Pool Sales Representative of the Year, Pool Designer of the Year and has designed both Pool of the Year and Spa of the Year winners. Whilst based in South East Queensland, Danica has worked with builders and clients remotely both across Australia and in Europe to design bespoke pools and outdoor spaces, presenting clients with realistic 3D concepts to visualise the layout and feel of their new outdoor entertaining areas.

Her pool designs have also been featured in magazines such as:

  • Queensland Pool + Outdoor Design, 
  • Poolside and 
  • Outdoor Design and Living

Qualifications

Danica holds a QBCC license for supervision of pool construction as well as a Bachelor of Business in Accounting & Event Management and a Diploma in Project Management. She is well respected within the industry by suppliers and builders alike, and has a solid knowledge of access issues, fill conditions, and engineering concerns that may arise to assist in making your design work.

Swimming Pool & Spa Association Awards

  • Awards - 2011

    2011 SPASA Queensland Awards

    • Gold - Domestic concrete pool – freeform or natural over $35,001 up to $75,000
    • Bronze - Domestic concrete pool – Traditional or Geometric over $35,001 up to $75,000
    • Gold – Domestic concrete pool – freeform or natural over $75,001 up to $130,000
    • Bronze – Domestic water feature connected to a swimming pool
    • Gold – Domestic lighting feature
    • Bronze – Domestic spa pool combined with a swimming pool

    2011 SPASA National Awards

    • Gold – Residential concrete pool – freeform or natural over $100,000
    • Bronze – Residential concrete pool – freeform or natural $50,000 to $100,000

  • Awards - 2012

    2012 SPASA Queensland Awards

    • Silver – Domestic spa pool combined with a swimming pool

  • Awards - 2013

    2013 SPASA Queensland Awards

    • Gold & Silver - Domestic Concrete Pool - freeform or natural over $50,000-$100,000
    • Bronze & Merit- Domestic Concrete Pool - Traditional under $50,0000
    • Gold, Bronze & Merit - Domestic Concrete Pool - Traditional over $50,000-$100,000
    • Gold - Domestic Lap Pool - Any construction
    • Silver - Domestic Courtyard Plunge Pool - Any construction
    • Bronze - Domestic Water Feature
    • Gold - Domestic Pool lighting feature
    • Silver - Creative use of Materials
    • Gold - Technical/Engineering

    2013 SPASA National Awards

    • Silver – Residential Freeform $50,000-$100,000
    • Bronze – Innovative Pool
    • Bronze – Domestic Lap Pool

  • Awards - 2014

    2014 SPASA Queensland Awards

    • Gold – Creative Use of Materials
    • Gold & Silver – Domestic Lap Pool
    • Gold – Domestic Pool Traditional $50,000-$100,000
    • Gold – Traditional over $100,000
    • Gold, Bronze & Merit– Domestic Pool Traditional under $50,000
    • Merit – Domestic Courtyard Plunge Pool
    • Merit – Domestic Water Feature

    2014 National Awards

    • Silver – Residential Geometric to $50,000
    • Bronze – Residential Geometric $50,000-$100,000

  • Awards - 2016

    2016 SPASA Queensland Awards

    • Gold – Domestic Plunge Pool
    • Silver – Landscape Domestic/Commercial
    • Silver – Domestic Lap Pool
    • Silver – Domestic Concrete Pool $50,000-$100,000
    • Merit – Domestic Water Feature
    • Merit – Domestic Concrete pool under $50,000
    • Merit – Domestic renovation under $25,000

  • Awards - 2017

    2017 SPASA Queensland Awards

    • Silver – Residential Concrete Pool $50,000-$100,000
    • Silver – Innovative Pool and/or spa
    • Bronze – Pool landscape design of the year

Building a bright future for women in the industry 

Being the daughter of a builder who has operated in the industry for 50 years, moving into the construction landscape was a natural progression for Danica Vansleve. 

 

Boasting a passion for design and a strong desire to help people, Danica derives immense satisfaction from her role at Norfolk Pools. 

 

“You could say I started building supervising at age 5,” Danica jokes. 

 

“I started in the office whilst still at school in 2002, and after I completed a Bachelor of Business in Accounting (and Event Management) in 2007, I joined Norfolk as a sales representative and pool designer. 

 

“I have furthered my education, completing my QBCC licence for Builder Restricted to Landscaping and Swimming Pool Construction as a site supervisor in 2012, along with a Project Management Diploma and have been managing my own projects since 2016 as well as managing the Norfolk office.” 

 

2021 has proved a huge year already for Danica and the Norfolk Team, taking out 17 awards at the SPASA Queensland Awards including Pool of the Year. 

 

“I personally designed Spa of the Year and won Sales Representative of the year, plus Highly Commended for Pool Designer of the Year and we were honoured to win Master Builders Gold Coast Residential Pool of the Year in our first year in the MB Awards program,” Danica said. 

 

For Danica, the key to her success has been the extra mile she is always willing to go to for each client, with communication and the building of strong relationships a cornerstone of her overall operation. 

 

“I absolutely love creating beautiful spaces and I have an overwhelming wish to assist clients create their dreams and a have a positive building experience,” she said. 

 

“Building is not always straight forward, it’s dusty and messy and we are aware that our clients are sharing their homes with us and over a period of months this can become draining, so we try to ensure that the interaction between our trades on site is pleasant.” 


Contact Danica to build your award-winning pool today.

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