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Does anyone have an indoor pool?
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Anonymous
| YMCA does. I swim there all the time. |
Anonymous
| Call your insurance agent and ask them how much such a thing would up your homeowner's insurance rate. Attorneys in the audience, how much liability coverage should someone carry with a pool in the yard/home and guaranteed visits by the young friends of your young children? $1 million? $2 million? $5 million? |
Anonymous
If you have enough money for a house with an indoor pool, you should already have an umbrella policy for at least $5 million, IMHO. |
Anonymous
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OP we have an outdoor pool and our in laws have an indoor pool. Our in-laws house is not large. The house is in a L shape and there is a large room off the family room with the pool. When I was a kid there was a family in our neighborhood that had an indoor pool. For the indoor pool, you do need to check out the ventilation and the chlorine smell. Its not present at my in-laws but it was really strong at my friend's house years ago. The indoor pool was built with the original house p;an while I'm pretty sure that my friend's was added later on. My inlaws live in a climate where its common to keep your windows open almost year round. They have air conditioning and heat but don't need it very often. My friend's pool was in an area where you always had the windows closed because you needed heat or ait conditioning most of the year like you do here.
The sellers may be under chlorinating it or airing things out to reduce the smell. You should check to see if many the windows are open. You might be able to research vent systems and do a more thorough inspection of how this is handled. I would worry about water leakage, especially around the filtration systems. You should also check for any cracks in case foundation settling may be affecting the integrity of the pool. This would be very pricey to repair. We found out the hard way that while a pool comes with a warranty if you put it in, the warranty does not transfer when ownership of the property transfers. Our outdoor pool was pretty new and looked perfect but we had some priecy repairs. The other consideration is that you will need to always do some upkeep if its inside. Its one thing to go on vacation and come back to an algae problem. If the pool is outside, its more work to get it clear and back in balance but not an immediate issue. If its in your house, you don't want to let it go. You could winterize it and put a cover on it but this is something that you do for several months. For safety, I really disagree with the preschool teacher that all you need to do is give the kids swimming lessons. You NEVER leave any child 6 alone near or in a pool. My kids are confident swimmers and we swim everyday. I am in the water with them. Most of my neighbors have pools and NO ONE lets their kids just go out and swim without an adult being present. There are pool alarms that will sound if the water breaks. The problem here though is that the child is already submerged. You don't have much time to respond. The other issue is that your babysitting choices can really be reduced. I'm not comfortable using any sitters who are not strong swimmers. I love to swim. My kids love to swim. We do love having a pool. However, if you are not really into swimming I don't think its worth it. |
Anonymous
| Thanks 1:06 for your very thoughtful and helpful post. You brought up some good points. I will look into a few of those things. It's such a herd decision. Maybe we could fill it and rEpurpose the room. Has anyone done this? |
Anonymous
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Growing up a friend of mind had an indoor pool (with a retractable roof -- so cool!) and their house NEVER smelled like chlorine (maybe the pool area did a little but that was separated like a hotel pool). Honestly, the best part was the hot tub that was attached.
I would probably never buy a house with a pool BUT if you truly love swimming that would make it a little different. |