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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I sold my house above ground pool. I went and got a quote of $500 to have it removed in writing. I told first buyer who did not want it I have the quote and at closing will hand you a check for $500 made out to pool company to remove it.

He bailed on something else. Second buyer really wanted pool as he had a two year old and four year old and being above ground and with safety ladder can’t fall in. So sold it as selling point.

My current house has an “above ground pool” in. I say it cost $20,000. It is semi inground meaning  sunk four feet deep, had beautiful stone work around pool and a trex deck with steps and is salt water.

It adds zero to my property taxes. I maintain it myself super easy. If new owned does not want it I guess we don’t want them.

If we did remove it I would fill in dirt use pavers and put fire pit or gazebo in middle. Or maybe Jaquezzi by steps I have.

I am not selling so not worried resale.

And I think first buyer old house was bluffing. I found out later he wanted cash directly and I know my pump and  ladder equipment he could sell for $1,000 bucks. I think he was looking to use pool and pocket $500. I figured it out when we mentioned I would take equipment with me. [/quote]

Did the 20K include decking and stone?[/quote]

Yes. It was 120k for inground without stonework. However pool quote said would destroy part of fence and had to rip out three trees and most of lawn messed up. My prior owner spent a small fortune in yard with beautiful expensive designer trees, cherry blossoms, pear trees, willows. All bloom different times I squeezed semi inground into sunny patch equal distance between trees. I would have done inground did not want to destroy yard. I did not do above ground as would block view. Semi inground I have view and got it in without destroying yards.

I saw a few houses with swim spas, lap pools, etc when looking with sloping yards. My neighbors house across street has a huge slopping yard with tons of trees she got a quote 300k in ground pool. She is interested in doing what I did semi inground as one side she can have it walk in ground level and other side can be exposed. It allows the pool to be installed on a slope.

In Florida the large hotels have prefab fiberglass pools they dig a hole and pop in ground. They are really no different above ground pool.

Swim spas pre built in repurposed shipping containers are the new trendy above ground pool. I saw one the size of a one car garage for homes with no backyard or HOA. Kinda cool

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