Make the most of your square footage this season with these three homes in the GTA! With backyards that have been elegantly designed with your space in mind, each features a vacation-ready swimming pool — and plenty of room for a waterside patio!

Forest Hill 

The home at 9 Parkwood Ave. proves that you don’t need acres of land for a luxury abode! Live the Toronto way instead with this four-bedroom, five-bathroom property that has a stunning rooftop patio and a backyard that is hard to beat. Enjoy a stone terrace, four-seasons cabana and an infinity edge plunge pool with a floating fire — all surrounded by tall hedges for complete privacy. It’s listed for $6.15 million with Hazelton Real Estate Inc.

North York

Want a newly custom-built home? The corner lot at 137 Florence Ave. is home to four-bedroom, four-bathroom digs that have been meticulously designed down to the inch. You’ll find 10-foot-high ceilings and Juliette balconies in the living room — but the star of the show is the backyard. The designers used the length of the home’s backyard space to build a considerably sized pool with a waterfall feature. It’s listed for $2.888 million with Harvey Kalles Real Estate Ltd. 

Thornhill Woods

The home at 57 Shale Cres. is already quite impressive, with a marble-style two-sided fireplace, an all-granite kitchen and a beautiful finished basement. But it’s the pool in the yard that is dressed to impress: to fit the space with enough room for an accompanying patio to host that summer soiree, it has an L-shaped design with a waterfall addition for the ideal relaxing retreat. It’s listed for $1.99 million with Century 21 Heritage Group Ltd.