re: Average monthly cost of pool ownership

When I had a pool, the biggest expenses I had were electricity and chemicals.

Replaced the sand filter with a DE filter and that let me put the pool on a timer to run only 4 hours a day.

I had a connection to get chlorine granules and tablets at a little over cost but I had to get it in bulk. Even then, the chemicals were expensive.

If we had stayed in the house, I would have paid the $$ to convert the pool over to salt water.

My advise to you since you get to pick the equipment is to go with a DE filter so you don't need to run the pump as much and use salt water as your chlorinator.