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re: Renting out your swimming pool/backyard

Posted on 8/5/26 at 3:36 pm to
Posted by FliesByNight
Whale, wail, well
Member since Apr 2026
556 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 3:36 pm to
I'm sure there is stuff built into it, but this seems like a huge liability to do. The only thing I can think of is you sign a waiver saying you can't sue the homeowner.
Posted by Sofaking2
Member since Apr 2023
22605 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 3:47 pm to
Sounds like a good way to get sued and lose everything.
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
26610 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 4:33 pm to
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But as a homeowner, if I had a pool, I would not want strange people in my backyard.


I hope Swimply or whatever its called provides some good insurance for the people who list their backyards for rent. Your homeowner insurance isn't going to cover anything that happens in a situation like that. Whether its damage to your property caused by the renters or the liability if someone gets hurt.

The type of people who would rent someone else's backyard are the ones who would have way more people over than they were supposed to have and be using patio furniture as diving platforms to do flips into a crowded pool. The odds of property damage and/or injuries are high

Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
26610 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 4:33 pm to
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The only thing I can think of is you sign a waiver saying you can't sue the homeowner.


Those kinds of liability waivers often aren't worth the paper they're printed on
This post was edited on 8/5/26 at 4:34 pm
Posted by Hondo Blacksheep
Member since Jul 2022
3640 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 4:34 pm to
Better have a PUP (an umbrella policy) in place!
Posted by Dragula
Laguna Seca
Member since Jun 2020
7074 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 4:40 pm to
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I did not know this was a thing. And why is this a thing!


$30/hr for someone to act a fool/be drunk and break their neck/drown an sue the hell out of me...

No thanks, I'm not that destitute...
Posted by junkfunky
Member since Jan 2011
36930 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 5:09 pm to
The first lawsuit involving homeowner's insurance is going to be a good follow. People are so stupid sometimes.
Posted by chryso
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
14190 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 5:19 pm to
Do you think people really follow that rule?
Posted by cyarrr
Prairieville
Member since Jun 2017
4389 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 5:32 pm to
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I imagine pool owners would jump at the opportunity to recoup some of the maintenance and installation costs. If it’s only a couple hours once or twice a week, that’s not bad


Costs less than $100 a month to maintain ours. I’d be concerned about liability.
This post was edited on 8/5/26 at 5:34 pm
Posted by FieldEngineer
Member since Jan 2015
3173 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 5:37 pm to
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Well apparently there is a website called SWIMPLY, where you can rent out or rent your pool/yard for a few hours.


Who gets sued when some little bastard breaks their neck doing a backflip in my pool?
Posted by FireawayLSU
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2023
2112 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 5:38 pm to
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Have a bunch of strangers in my pool,no way. Sounds like some people put in pools they couldn’t afford.


Bbbbingo. Couple wanted to buy out last house and then backed out he contract to buy a house that was $100000 more in just so happened to be our new neighborhood. Because it had a pool. It’s been up for short sale for two weeks now.
Posted by real turf fan
East Tennessee
Member since Dec 2016
12330 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 5:45 pm to
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I’ve done it and had a blast. Why not turn your pool into an asset?


physical liability. Lack of enough insurance as a business to cover someone drowning who can't swim. No life guard?

Correcting any foreign liquids that might have been deposited (on purpose or not).

Does your insurance company know?
Posted by ManBearTiger
BRLA
Member since Jun 2007
22684 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 5:47 pm to
This is like begging for a lawsuit
Posted by wackatimesthree
Member since Oct 2019
15310 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 5:48 pm to
Seems like you would assume a lot of liability if someone drowned.
Posted by DawgCountry
Great State of GA
Member since Sep 2012
34003 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 5:50 pm to
So much pee in the pool
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
76656 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 5:51 pm to
quote:

do you want teens? this is how you end up with teens.
Yutes

It’s how you end up wid yutes.

frick that.
Posted by SquatchDawg
Cohutta Wilderness
Member since Sep 2012
20832 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 5:56 pm to
Please submit a full body photo of you and your guests in swimwear for pricing.
Posted by Maillard
BTR
Member since Jul 2021
468 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 5:57 pm to
Fun fact, I've never peed in my own pool that I built. I don't think I'd ever rent it out as they would use it as a bathroom. If they are renting it but they ain't going to get out of it to pee in the bathroom that's air conditioned. F*** that.
Posted by nealnan8
Atlanta
Member since Oct 2016
5296 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 6:10 pm to
And I wonder what your homeowners insurance policy says about this?
Posted by CR4090
Member since Apr 2023
10804 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 6:13 pm to
See, that's how you end up on X for being a pervert.
This post was edited on 8/5/26 at 6:15 pm
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