re: Pool owners...regret it?

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We built a shade structure on the west side of the pool. The fence helps keep the pool partially shaded in the mornings and the structure keeps it shaded in the afternoon.

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Ours has Crepe Myrtles on two sides of it, but the biggest pain is my neighbor's huge oak.

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Ours has Crepe Myrtles on two sides of it, but the biggest pain is my neighbor's huge oak.

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I have a historic Oak and 3 River Birches over my pool with 1 skimmer. Still worth it. Will never not have a pool, unless it's on the water somewhere.

Installed our pool in 2018: about 20k gallons, spa, water bowls, and put in an outdoor kitchen living area. Set us back quite a bit, but absolutely love it. We have it set so the kitchen is always in the shade, pool is in the sun until mid-afternoon and the shallow section is in shade and rest is in the sun most of the time.

Maintenance is easy: clean the filter every 3-4 months, we have an in floor cleaning system so no vacuum or hoses running all over the place, just have to empty the baskets 1-2 times a week. Use liquid chlorine and tabs. Probably spend about $20-$30 on chemicals a month. Electricity use is higher than I had expected, but probably could reduce our pump schedule to cut that if we were worried about it, the cleaner pumps run a good bit so that’s an extra cost. Overall, I think like what someone else said, chemicals and utilities bring it to between $1500-$2000 year in expenses.

Been out here almost every day during quarantine, our own little paradise

I purchased my home with a pool already built. Definitely was the best route to go cost wise VS building one (parents' are 100K+ into their current build out). Maintain it myself. It's not difficult or overly costly, but can be time consuming. I maintain daily thanks to tree coverage. I would recommend doing away with the trees, I curse my four oaks daily because the leaves NEVER end. It's going to be a matter of when, not if, I have those bastards cut down.

The only way I get a pool is if I promise myself to only utilize the it like Leonardo DiCaprio did in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

I guess I'm one of the few people that bought a house because it had a pool...going on year 3 and it's not a big deal at all. In fact I take pride in keeping the water clear and everything running.

Would I have paid to put one in? Absolutely not...after having one for a few years I would pay to put one in if I were to ever move for whatever reason.

Keep your pH in check, buy a big arse bucket of chlorine tabs in March or so, shock with liquid Chlorine once a week along with algecide and you're good to go. I'd say 400-500 a year.

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I guess I'm one of the few people that bought a house because it had a pool.

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One of my criteria for buying a house when we moved away from New Orleans was that I had to have a pool. I still need to get some outdoor covered living area built to complete our setup, but we do have pool parties pretty often.

I'm an adult in my 50's. Grew up with a pool...

we certainly used and enjoyed it, I'd say us kids a lot more than my parents. I spent a lot of spring, summer and early fall afternoons out in the sun and water.

I remember a lot of work cleaning it, we had several trees. The pool is an absolute magnet for any and all leaves, and if you don't get them soon they go down on the bottom. Vacuuming is only for light dirt, you gotta go scoop out the leaves.
The trees also made the water cold as hell, as in goosebumps in May and June.
Chemicals were pricey and took work to keep it clear, we eventually had a service come out with the clorine gas (after decades of buying drums). There were 4 of us kids, we all did a lot of daily maintaining of it, including through the winter. Hated that thing in the winter. You couldn't slack then or it was a bear to get clean again.

Pump was a bitch to work on, had to replace it several times outright, lots of work over the years. Has a vinyl liner that has been patched a few times. Probably needs it again. Kids do things, plus general wear over the decades.

Had to drain after heavy rains, hurricanes, etc. Had to add water after hot periods. Every time you did that, your chemicals got out of whack awhile.

Occasionally found a dead snake, frog, squirrel etc, with the loads of dead beetles. Again, wanna keep that out as much as you can. Always attracted horseflies and bees, which attracted bats at dusk and night. And somehow got those water bugs, looked like watermelon seeds but bite the shite out of you.

Tons of fond memories, but I'm glad I don't have to deal with it now.

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It will limit your market of potential buyers

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While this is definitely true, the reverse is true also where having a pool will be a benefit to a group of potential buyers.