Average monthly cost of pool ownership

Salt water pool FTW

Mine is probably 75 a month and I maintain it myself.

We didn't notice much of an increase at all. One thing to check will be your home owners insurance. Ours didn't go up because we already had a lockable gate.

We bought a home with a pool that has a copper ion system. The old owners had just bought a new copper bar and it was like $300 and they replace it yearly. The only other thing we've done is added Clorox (don't ask questions cause IDK answers .. that's what they told my husband to do; IDK even how often he does it) and test strips/test solution.

Electricity I can't give you any idea BUT actual pool maintenance wise I'd say ours would top out at $500 MAX. Now we do have a heater that needs to be fixed ... obviously that will be $$.

if you are even remotely considering a pool, and are buying a house, congrats you won the lottery. Buying a house with a pool is a hell of a lot cheaper than having one installed.

As for cost, it really isnt' much. If the pool is done correctly and has the polaris and inline chlorinator (which could be added somewhat cheaply) then it is low maintenance. Make sure pool has a timer. One thing to look at is the number of trees around the pool. That's where your real "maintenance" will come. A tree directly over or around the pool can be a pain in the arse.

You'll get a lot of people telling you that saltwater is the only way to go, but talk to someone who actually maintains both. Not a huge difference.

Heater would increase costs greatly, but if you live in LA, how often will you really use the heater.

Can I come visit?

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The times you have to worry about is when shite goes wrong. Like there is a leak you don't notice. Or the filter breaks. Pools are like dogs. They don't seem super expensive, and then shite keeps going wrong.

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Truth. I had a pool house once, but never again. With all the shite that kept breaking down, I bet I spent $1,200 a year or more for the joy of owning a pool.

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You'll get a lot of people telling you that saltwater is the only way to go, but talk to someone who actually maintains both. Not a huge difference.

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In cost, perhaps, but there is a huge difference in the enjoyment side of it.

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.

Like others stated , depends on type, what chemicals and who, maintains.