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A classical white estate with columns, mirrored in a long still pool

New Orleans · Private Pool Curation

Clean pools with
that certain something.

White-glove pool curation for the Garden District, Uptown, and the city's most storied estates.

By appointment only

Est. 2026 · Louisiana

Our Services

Four ways to begin.

Start with a single visit, or step straight into a weekly ritual. We take twenty residences, no more, and founding members keep their rate for the life of the membership.

One Visit

The Courtesy

$75 per visit

A cleaning only visit. See how we work, with nothing added to the water.

  • Surface skimmed and debris removed
  • Walls and steps brushed
  • Floor vacuumed
  • Baskets emptied, waterline wiped
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One Visit

The Invitation

$145 per visit

A full introduction. Our complete standard, before any commitment.

  • One intensive curation visit
  • Complete water chemistry analysis
  • Waterline and surface detailing
  • A founders’ walk-through
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Monthly

The Essential

$595 per month

The weekly ritual, kept impeccably.

  • Weekly curated visit
  • Precision chemical balancing
  • Surface skim & floor vacuum
  • Waterline detailing
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Most Requested

Monthly

The Signature

$895 per month

Full curation, inside the water and at its edge.

  • Everything in The Essential
  • Filter & equipment stewardship
  • Storm response within 24 hours
  • A direct line to the founders
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Monthly memberships and The Invitation include chemicals and testing. No crews, no long contracts, and no surprises. Compare every detail

Why We Exist

Maintenance is common.
Curation is rare.

The typical arrangement is familiar. A rotating crew arrives when it arrives, chemistry is judged by eye, the gate is left ajar, and the invoice is the only thing delivered on time. For a fine home, familiar is not good enough.

We believe a pool is architecture, as considered as the millwork and as visible as the garden. Water this prominent deserves the discipline of a conservator. It should be measured, recorded, and handled by people who know exactly whose home they are standing in.

Je Ne Sais Aqua replaces the pool boy with the pool curator. Every visit is scheduled to the hour. Every reading is logged to the decimal. Every gate is closed behind us. Nothing is guessed, and nothing is disturbed.

The Usual Way

  • Unfamiliar faces, unannounced
  • Chemistry by intuition
  • Stonework treated as scenery
  • No record, no accountability

The Curated Way

  • Two founders, the same two, always
  • Laboratory-grade water analysis
  • Coping and tile conserved by hand
  • The same hour, every week

The Three Disciplines

Every drop, deliberate.

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Chemistry

Precision chemical balancing

Titration-grade testing on every visit. We read pH, alkalinity, calcium hardness, sanitizer, and stabilizer, log each value to the decimal, and trend the results across the season. Your water is kept in equilibrium with clinical care, quietly, continuously, and on record.

Logged · Trended · Verified twice

Stonework

Scupper & coping care

Historic tile, plaster, and stone are conserved by hand. Waterlines are detailed, scuppers cleared, and mineral scale lifted before it can set. The edge of your pool is treated like the antique it borders.

Conserved by hand

Concierge

Concierge scheduling

Service is arranged around your household rather than our route, at the same hour on the same day every week. Traveling? We steward the water in your absence. Hosting? The pool is event-ready by your appointed time. One text reaches a founder directly.

Your calendar · Our clock

The Founders

Two engineers. One standard.

Benjamin and D’Artagnan met in the engineering school at Tulane and found a shared conviction: the finest pools in New Orleans were being kept to the lowest standard in the trade. They founded Je Ne Sais Aqua to correct that, personally.

Benjamin

Co-Founder · Tulane Engineering, Pre-Med Track

Benjamin studies engineering on the pre-med track, and it shows in how he treats your water. Samples are drawn and titrated with clinical precision, hygiene is held to the standard of a laboratory, and every reading is verified before it enters the record. The health of the water is his entire brief.

D’Artagnan

Co-Founder · Tulane Engineering Physics

D’Artagnan studies engineering physics and serves as the engineer of the physical asset. Pumps, filters, heaters, plumbing, tile, and stone all fall under his stewardship. He inspects the structure the way a physicist inspects any system: methodically, on a schedule, and long before small wear can become a large repair.

“We service twenty residences, not two hundred. We know every gate code, every garden, and every preference. And we are the only two people who ever will.”

Fully insured · Background-checked · Discreet by contract

Read Our Story

The White-Glove Protocol

Invisible by design.

You should notice the water, never the work. Select a step to see how a residence moves from first consultation to standing perfection.

Step I

The Consultation

A founder visits at your convenience and walks the property with you, or with your house manager if you prefer. We learn the entry protocol, the garden's rhythms, the hours you value quiet, and the standard you expect. Nothing begins until it is agreed in writing.

Duration · About one hour

Step II

The Baseline

Before the first cleaning, we establish the record: a complete water analysis, an inspection of equipment, tile, coping, and scuppers, and a photograph of the pool as we found it. From this baseline every future reading becomes a trend.

Your water, measured from day one

Step III

The Ritual

We arrive at the same hour on the same day, announced only if you wish. Gates are closed behind us, equipment carried in soft cases, voices kept low. The surface is skimmed, the floor vacuumed, the waterline detailed, the chemistry corrected. The garden is left exactly as we found it, minus the imperfections.

Silent arrival · Gates secured

Step IV

The Quiet Departure

Before we leave, every tool is packed away, every gate is closed and the pool is left ready to swim. If you would like, a one-line text lets you know we have come and gone. You are never chased and never upsold.

Gates secured · Pool ready

The Standard

The standard we keep.

The kind of water, and the kind of home, we care for. Representative photography; our own client work stays private.

The classic estateNo. 01
Garden pool, from aboveNo. 02
The balconied houseNo. 03
The fountainNo. 04
Evening, with spaNo. 05
Dusk, and still waterNo. 06

By Invitation

Request a private consultation.

Founding memberships are extended in the order inquiries are received, and confirmed only after a consultation at your residence. Your details are held in confidence and never shared.

Correspondence
founders@jenesaisaqua.com
Service Area
Garden District · Uptown · Audubon
Lakefront · Old Metairie · By request
Response
A founder replies within one day.

Submitting this form requests a consultation only. It creates no obligation, and you will never receive marketing from us.