re: How much do in ground pools run nowadays?

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Acadiana Pools has a builder feature $ on the website to give you a ball park price. Add$$$ for fence, landscaping, yard repair, pool furniture, increased alcohol purchase, pool house, etc...

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Here is a link to the calculator: Acadian Pools calculator

I played around with the calculator and it's pretty good. The prices that it gives you are fairly accurate for what it will end up costing you to build a pool in the Baton Rouge area. The final price that it gives you is a little on the low side though, and this is mainly because the calculator simply doesn't give you the option of adding many of the pool features that some people may want in a pool (e.g. the second pump that you will need if you want your water features to work when the spa is running, glass waterline tile, Glacier chiller, etc.). For most people, I would say add 10% to 15% to what that calculator tells you and it will probably be pretty close to what you will end up spending on the pool.

The biggest item that the calculator low balls is the deck. The deck the calculator prices is for a 6' bare concrete deck surrounding the pool. That's a pretty small deck (not tiny, but small), and bare concrete is absolutely the cheapest type of deck you could do. Most people are going to want something nicer than bare concrete. If you increase the size of the deck to something more reasonable, and if you do some of the nicer, more attractive deck options (e.g. Fire Rock pavers, travertine, quartzite, etc.) you could easily end up spending $30,000 or more on the deck alone compared to what that calculator is giving you.

Also, the calculator is just giving you the price of the pool by itself, and does not include things like landscaping, sod (your yard will be 100% obliterated when the pool company is done), irrigation system repair, fence, pool furniture, etc. Most people should probably budget an extra $10,000 to $15,000 minimum for these things, and potentially a good bit more if you wanted above-average landscaping.