• 4- Identify sun and shade spots as well as wind directions: Place your Sundance where you can use it comfortably throughout the year.
   
• 5- How's the view from your Sundance? Is there attractive landscaping or a sunset view? Need to keep an eye on the children as you soak? Consider the line of sight from your spa.

Spa plans- avoid the add-on look

Plan ahead for your new Sundance spa. Having a spa plan can help you achieve a “built-in” look, and avoid the impression that the spa was an add-on. As you shop for a new Sundance, keep in mind the dimensions of the patio, deck or yard for your spa installation. Look through home and garden magazines for design ideas. And browse through the photos of Sundance owners’ backyards for patio, deck, and spa installation ideas.

Access to the spa from the house is usually via an existing wood, concrete, or masonry patio. You may have secondary access to or from a lawn area that provides continuity between your house, spa, and yard. The area next to the stairs leading from the spa to the lawn provides the perfect spot for a flowerbed, or a towel tree.

Transition between spa decking and the lawn area. Strengthen the continuity between your house and yard by creating a “stepping-stone” effect: Allow the ground cover (i.e. turf, low growing grasses, moss, etc.) to grow between the stepping-stones to blend the hardscape (decking) to the softscape (lawn area). Redwood rounds make nice stepping-stones. If your decking is masonry, match the brick, flagstone, or tile.

Install garden lighting along the pathway to your spa. Sundance spas feature colored LED interior lighting, including sparkling, backlit waterfalls in most models.