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Posted on 12/1/11 at 6:36 pm to TortiousTiger
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I don't get the anti pool crowd... If you want a luxury item, be it a Mercedes or a pool, just get it. These types of purchases aren't investments and I would think this is common knowledge by now.
Because when you decide you don't want your pool anymore it's not easy to get rid of.
Posted on 12/1/11 at 7:15 pm to lsu1980
Falls into the aforementioned category of common knowledge.
Posted on 12/1/11 at 8:56 pm to theOG
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seriously, notiger1997 where do you live that you can pay 50 bucks a month for a "country club"? bet that place is disgusting.
Don't be a dumbass. I used the phrase country club because that is what they actually call it.
It is a swim club with two tennis courts and a small gym area. I did double check my info and it was $575 up front to join and is $58 a month, which is more than enough to keep the trash out and provide us with a nice place. It backs up to the levee by Lake Ponchatrain near Bucktown in Metairie. It also has a small bar and a pretty good snack bar. Good enough for me.
I do respect those that want a pool and have lots of friends who got new $40K and up packages in their backyards. I enjoy the hell out of theirs, but am glad it is not mine to take care of and pay for.
Posted on 12/1/11 at 9:35 pm to notiger1997
Lakeside is awesome for people with young kids, that is where we went when I was little. My parents put their pool in a year before I graduated college, kids did not factor into their decision.
Posted on 12/1/11 at 9:37 pm to kfizzle85
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Lakeside is awesome for people with young kids
I can jog and have my kids ride their bikes over there from our house. Much easier than me fighting traffic across town to Elmwood where I have a company paid membership.
This post was edited on 12/2/11 at 8:34 am
Posted on 12/2/11 at 8:20 am to notiger1997
i think i may have actually played a flex league tennis match there.
Posted on 12/2/11 at 11:32 am to lsu1980
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Because when you decide you don't want your pool anymore it's not easy to get rid of.
IRL, I had to remove a pool/pool house, then backfill/compact/grade the area to sell a piece of property this year that was part of a double parcel. Many people want zero to do with a pool, which can limit resale opps. If one has to finance something that might actually detract from valuation in the future go for it. But, hey, it ain't my life or $$,$$$. I would have to spend a ton of money on tree removal to contemplate building a pool, then the tree guys would f up the stone walls during ingress/egress, so it is a non-starter---but I still like OTP's pools and will bring beer/dranks.
Posted on 12/2/11 at 4:04 pm to kfizzle85
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My parents put their pool in ...., kids did not factor into their decision.
Posted on 12/2/11 at 4:08 pm to TortiousTiger
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I don't get the anti pool crowd...
Agree completely! It costs about $200 per year and 1 hour per week upkeep for 6 months of fun.
Posted on 12/2/11 at 4:16 pm to TigerScratch
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It costs about $200 per year and 1 hour per week upkeep for 6 months of fun.
No way it cost $200 a year for upkeep. But you are forgetting the utility increases as well as cost to put the damn thing in.
Posted on 12/2/11 at 4:39 pm to Chad504boy
My dad said he spends about $80 in the Spring on a bag of salt, and about $60 on one of those vacuum things that runs around the pool all year but has a shitty design breaks every year, and that's it. I'm not sure what the utility increase is, theirs is heated, but according to him, its negligible. That's obviously a relative term.
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