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re: Bigger waste of $$ - Boat or pool?
Posted on 3/27/18 at 9:25 am to whoisnickdoobs
Posted on 3/27/18 at 9:25 am to whoisnickdoobs
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Doesn't a pool add to the resale value of your house? I guess this makes sense if you don't ever plan on moving.
I guess that's assuming your potential buyers want a pool. It would turn me off from buying a house. No need to give myself extra chores.
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Posted on 3/27/18 at 9:25 am to Bazzatcha
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If you figure the 100/mth energy bill plus the 2k/ year maintenance
....I run my pool pump 8 hours a day year round. My entire home electric bill is usually less than $150. My pump uses very little energy. I do my own maintenance (super easy) so I'm at less than $400 a year for supplies. Regarding which is a "waste" of money, I've owned 4 boats and a pool. I've never considered any of them a waste of money as they've all brought an immense amount of happiness and great memories to our family. Both will cost you money. If you use them, the money won't matter. Don't use them then they're a waste of money. I get one round on this earth and I don't consider the pleasures brought into my life that cost money to be a waste.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 9:25 am to Neauxla
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80k pool
This one
Posted on 3/27/18 at 9:31 am to LanierSpots
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I have made a dollar or two in my boat
Captain Stabbin, is that you???
Posted on 3/27/18 at 9:33 am to Drunken Crawfish
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Drunken Crawfish
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Lands of Always Winter
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pool. It would turn me off from buying a house.
Checks out.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 9:36 am to oreeg
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It doesn't bring value down necessarily but it does shrink your market. There are more people looking for a house without a pool rather that with a pool.
I'm opposite or let me rephrase that, my wife is. First, some history. The biggest fight in our marriage to date and we have been married over 20 years has been over putting in a fricking pool at our house. I told her not no but hell no. That's what we have a gym membership with a pool for and a damn community pool one block away on top of that. Plus, it makes no financial sense at all. However, she wants to be able to just walk out the back door and swim and so does my daughter. It's been a struggle that thank God I don't have to fight any more. We are moving and I gave in, we will buy a house with a pool. At least some other sucker will have taken the hit for me. Just got to pay for the upkeep which I guess in the grand scheme is peanuts compared to the cost of putting one in. Plus, the housing market where I am moving to is so saturated at the moment, I doubt I take much of a hit paying extra for it.
As for the boat, I want one bad but I can only justify buying one if I can use it for the tubing, family recreational stuff, fishing, and then converting to duck hunting in the Winter aspect. It needs to be a jack of all trades boat that I can roll from one of those to the other since I can't handle seeing a boat just sitting there if I am going to pay a kidney for it.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 12:18 pm to BillBrosky
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purchased the nicest little blue pool you've ever seen.
Easy to disassemble and junk.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 12:28 pm to Neauxla
I would use a pool more often than a boat. So, boat.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 12:31 pm to DeafJam73
My second homes in Australia and Canada are bigger wastes of money because I only get to use them 4 weeks out of the year.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 1:03 pm to Neauxla
Wife
Posted on 3/27/18 at 1:05 pm to Neauxla
Both....
Flip a coin is your answer.
Flip a coin is your answer.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 1:30 pm to mattgr1983
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Is this true? I know you don't get your investment back, but I've never heard of a pool bringing the value down.
Some people just don't want it. When my dad was looking to buy his place in florida, he distinctly wanted a place without a pool. Just wanted to avoid the hassle. Assuming that more people want to avoid the hassle and cost than want it, I guess you could say that it could affect the price of a place. Definitely safe to say that you're not going to recoup the investment when you sell like you would with some other renovations.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 1:32 pm to Neauxla
Boat
Posted on 3/27/18 at 1:33 pm to Drunken Crawfish
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I can't catch speckled trout out of my pool.
Or could you if you had the right kind?
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Its salt so the maintenance is very small
This post was edited on 3/27/18 at 1:33 pm
Posted on 3/28/18 at 8:31 pm to IT_Dawg
Just wanted 1 more for my first ever 200 upvote
This post was edited on 3/28/18 at 8:32 pm
Posted on 3/28/18 at 8:37 pm to IT_Dawg
Done
Posted on 3/28/18 at 8:40 pm to yellowfin
Posted on 3/28/18 at 8:51 pm to Neauxla
Boats catch fish...
Pools are a much bigger waste of $$
Pools are a much bigger waste of $$
Posted on 3/28/18 at 10:25 pm to Neauxla
If it flies, floats, or fornicates, RENT IT.
Personal aircraft, if they can't be justified as a business expense, unfortunately easily win this competition.
Personal aircraft, if they can't be justified as a business expense, unfortunately easily win this competition.
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