re: What’s a basic home pool cost these days?

Just finished our's a couple of months ago. 18x40 rectangle sports pool. 15x8 layout deck with 3 LED bubblers. 7x7 spa. 7 total LEDs. All automated so I can control everything on my phone from anywhere. Silver travertine coping. Upgraded to a glass tile. 400k BTU heater. Top of the line pump and other equipment. Quartz plaster. over 1,600sq-ft of concrete decking. Dolphin Nautilus CC Plus pool cleaner. Came in just over $80k.

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For those of you who have pools are your home values already fairly high? My house value is just above 300k but it feels silly to put 50k+ pool into a house worth 300k

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That is the biggest rub with a pool. I don't think anyone (should) put one in thinking it is an investment in their property value. It is a financial hole in the ground most likely. We had to think long and hard about it as a financial decision. It is an investment into your daily life. How long do you plan on staying? It should be long enough that you feel you get your money's worth out of enjoying it. If you recoup some when you sell, bonus points.

I can say after 2 weeks of ownership, I'm glad we did it. Two young boys with more energy than they know what to do with.

We rarely spent time in our really big back yard. We'd tend the garden. Toss the ball for the dogs. Cut the grass. The winter was too wet/yucky. The summers were too hot to be outside unless you had to. Once my cement was poured, and before we even had a useable pool, our outside time grew exponentially. It was dancing around 100 this weekend, and I spent more time outside than in.

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That is the biggest rub with a pool. I don't think anyone (should) put one in thinking it is an investment in their property value. It is a financial hole in the ground most likely.

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This 100%. My home is in the $300k ball park and we spent about $50k on our pool also. From what I gather, you get about 50% give or take of the pool value back at selling. Do it because you want to spend your entertainment time and money hanging out at home and have a spot to entertain.

I don't have trees around my pool and the maintenance is pretty much nothing at all. Clean the filters once every 3 or 4 months, add chlorine periodically and sweep once or twice a week. That's all I do. Probably spend about 10 min a week maintaining the pool. If you have trees, you're gonna spend time.

I'd love to see some of your pools in here to get an idea before I get too deep into this. Iv gotten a couple prices from a broad range in LA and nothing is coming close to any of these prices(not saying any of you are lying).

ballpark $?

beautiful pool exactly what we'd like

They started pouring the decking today. Plaster and fill on Friday.

33'5" X 21'11" At it longest and widest points. I will post some pics this afternoon once the decking is done.

This thread has taught me I probably won't spring for a pool anytime soon


Follow up question though... does having a pool cause your home owners insurance to increase?

Interesting that they pour decking first before plaster and filling. My dad just had his plastered and filled last week. Starting decking today. The pool Co. said they do decking last in case there is any problem with the plumbing they can fix with the pipes exposed.