What's the most that you would spend on pool/spa/outdoor kitchen?

Could take a lot of really nice vacations for 100k

I don't want a pool but a rough quote of what I want in my back yard was 45k. That's with appliances though

The most I would spend would be whatever wouldn't put me in the poorhouse and don't do it to compete with others do it for spending quality time with your family.

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What's the most that you would spend on pool/spa/outdoor kitchen?
Just had one my best friends hit the 100k mark. It's really nice looks like something off the show pool kings. When I'm through I'll probably be at 35k and that's a lot to me ( I'm Livingston trash and OT poor I know) what is your limit that you would spend on your back yard paradise?

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I would tend to look more at the value it could add to my home. My current home, I wouldn't invest much into an outdoor area as the value of the house won't be added to at all with it. My home will sell for the same no matter what I do to it unless I add another bedroom to it as it is a small, "starter" home.

If I had a 300k home in a nice neighborhood where putting 50k into a nice outdoor area would add 50k of value to the home, I would do it without question if i could afford to.

I have considered buying a small space on our local town square but the guy still wants too much. It is about 1400 sf in a space I have always loved but the roof is in rough shape but I would love to build a personal bar, hang out place for me and my friends.

My first pool was in '79. Learned a lot since... two pools later, the most I've spent was $32,000.... BUT, that was in 1985. I was shocked to see the "inflation calculator" shows $32,000 in 1985 to be the equivalent of $75,000 in 2017!!!

It was a Ewing Aquatech pool back when Sandy Ewing was building extravagant pools for the finest homes in Baton Rouge. I saw many $100,000+ pools he built before '85. That would make money spent well over $300,000 today...some over half a mil... I was lucky and 18 yrs. later was able to sell that home to a job transfer who was specifically shopping for house w/pool. A lot of people aren't so lucky and a pool can wipe out a large percentage of your potential buyers. In my case, even if I would have lost on the sale, I feel like my kids / family got every penny's worth I spent. It was the center of our activities and for two decades, hardly a day passed without using the pool.

I spent 75K just for my outside kitchen but I had to extend my roofline and pour a huge slab. Plus, I went with cypress cabinets and slate tile. I don't know if I will ever get my investment back but I love it! I spend a lot of time out there!

$45-%50k.