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re: House hunting. Pool or no pool?
Posted on 11/23/20 at 5:51 pm to tigahbruh
Posted on 11/23/20 at 5:51 pm to tigahbruh
a pool is only great if its at a friends house you can visit and use
DO NOT BUY A HOUSE WITH A POOL OR YOU WILL WISH YOU HADNT
removing one costs twice what it costs to build one and maint and upkeep is expensive and the liability of having one is also very expensive on your insurance
DO NOT BUY A HOUSE WITH A POOL OR YOU WILL WISH YOU HADNT
removing one costs twice what it costs to build one and maint and upkeep is expensive and the liability of having one is also very expensive on your insurance
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Posted on 11/23/20 at 5:58 pm to VermilionTiger
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Get a friend with a pool, not a pool
I see this all the time. We have some great friends that asked us over to swim all the time. The pool was open any time we wanted it.
But the last thing I want to do when I finished yard work or tucked the kids in bed was load up and go to their house to swim. I was in our pool nearly every day even if only 15 minutes to cool down or for a little while late at night.
Posted on 11/23/20 at 5:59 pm to keakar
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very expensive on your insurance
This was not the case either.
Posted on 11/23/20 at 8:09 pm to keakar
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removing one costs twice what it costs to build one
This just doesn't seem right. Cut and cap pipes, rent a demo hammer, one roll away dumpster, fill the hole.
If you pay someone to do that, money shouldn't be an issue anyway
Posted on 11/23/20 at 8:39 pm to tigahbruh
We had one built with house. If you have any youngsters and want your place to be the place their friends come to and not vice versa, then get one. We always wanted that. I would actually build a smaller pool. We have a large one and have a friend with a smaller one. They have just as much fun in the smaller one and you have a proportionally less amount of work. I would buy a screen enclosure over the whole thing if you have a few thousand extra. Leaves, EVERY leaf, has an inborne desire to drown in a pool. Every fricking one of them. Started with salt, but it died and didn't have the money to stay with it. now have chlorine and its a pain.
Posted on 11/23/20 at 8:46 pm to tigahbruh
We had one built with house. If you have any youngsters and want your place to be the place their friends come to and not vice versa, then get one. We always wanted that. I would actually build a smaller pool. We have a large one and have a friend with a smaller one. They have just as much fun in the smaller one and you have a proportionally less amount of work. I would buy a screen enclosure over the whole thing if you have a few thousand extra. Leaves, EVERY leaf, has an inborne desire to drown in a pool. Every fricking one of them. Started with salt, but it died and didn't have the money to stay with it. now have chlorine and its a pain.
Posted on 11/24/20 at 12:28 am to tigahbruh
I had a pool. We enjoyed the hell out of it, It wasn’t a money pit, insurance didn’t go up, it wasn’t hard to maintain, and the people who purchased my house said the pool and backyard is what sold them 
Posted on 11/24/20 at 12:29 am to keakar
quote:we don't pay any more for insurance with a pool than we did at our old house.
liability of having one is also very expensive on your insurance
I wasn't sold on the pool either but I have to say with the whole world locked down and summer being hot as hell I enjoyed the pool almost every single day.
Nothing like working in the yard then jumping into a pool.
Posted on 11/24/20 at 8:07 am to jeffsdad
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now have chlorine and its a pain.
we have the in-line canister you drop a few tablets in and set the dial for release
The only issue we've had was from running the filter pump a lot and burning through too many tablets coupled with no rain had one of the acid levels too high (explained to me as part of what holds the tablet together). We turned the canister off and used granular chlorine for a couple weeks and it was back to normal.
I'm far from an expert and have little experience so far, but keeping up a modern pool with a modern filter system seems exceptionally easy to me.
Posted on 11/24/20 at 8:41 am to tigahbruh
Tigerdroppings is great, but troublefreepool.com is where you should be asking.
It is much cheaper to buy an existing pool than to add one later. I know someone who had to pay to get their pool filled in in order to sell there house. I think pools are great, as long as you don't have too many trees hovering over them...
It is much cheaper to buy an existing pool than to add one later. I know someone who had to pay to get their pool filled in in order to sell there house. I think pools are great, as long as you don't have too many trees hovering over them...
Posted on 11/24/20 at 9:11 am to tigahbruh
you looking in BR? Buy my house with a pool!
Posted on 11/24/20 at 9:52 am to LoneStarTiger
Hard to skinny dip with the wife in a friends pool.
Posted on 11/24/20 at 10:23 am to GusMcRae
You must have some boring friends.
Posted on 11/26/20 at 7:37 am to Janky
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Our dig date will be in March.
What kind of deep end we talkin here?
Posted on 11/26/20 at 9:27 am to tigahbruh
What about pool heat? Seems rare in Louisiana yet common in Florida where they also cover their pools in screening.
I feel with a gas heat system the pool has more months you can use it.
Last week of November and I'm in a pool right now.
I feel with a gas heat system the pool has more months you can use it.
Last week of November and I'm in a pool right now.
Posted on 11/26/20 at 2:11 pm to tigahbruh
Be prepared to pay money. You may not, but you may.
Replacing liners, etc. add up.
Remember, when it comes to selling a house, having a pool often times is a detriment, sometimes a plus.
My advice, if you are interested in a pool and are buying a house, get one with a pool now.
No sense in buying a house without one, then paying $50 grand to put one in right afterwards.
Replacing liners, etc. add up.
Remember, when it comes to selling a house, having a pool often times is a detriment, sometimes a plus.
My advice, if you are interested in a pool and are buying a house, get one with a pool now.
No sense in buying a house without one, then paying $50 grand to put one in right afterwards.
Posted on 11/26/20 at 3:31 pm to keakar
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Posted on 11/27/20 at 4:47 pm to lsutiger2010
Sit down and discuss why you want a pool. To see water out your window? Buy a house on a lake or river. To use almost daily? Buy the house with a pool. We bought a house with a pool and I changed my morning routine immediately. Up, open the door to the pool, in the water ....each morning. Saved on showers. Got in from officiating ...sweat in every fold of my body ....in the pool. Saved on shower water. Sweat after mowing the yard ...in the pool ...Used the hell out that pool. Dad had always told me ..."get in the water and churn it up ....saves me a lot on chemicals and care ....by the way, scoop up a few leaves in and out."
Posted on 11/27/20 at 5:30 pm to Napoleon
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Seems rare in Louisiana yet common in Florida where they also cover their pools in screening.
How much is it to install screening? I'm in Louisiana. The first thing the realtor recommended to me was installing screening due to the Oak trees that surround my back yard. The spring/summer upkeep is a breeze, but the winter month's were a bitch until I purchased a cover.
OP: buying a house with a pool is a home run. Just try to avoid one with tree coverage.
Posted on 11/27/20 at 5:36 pm to Napoleon
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feel with a gas heat system the pool has more months you can use it.
Electric heat pump is the way to go. Built to last longer and much cheaper to operate.
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