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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tons of maintenance and insurance costs. [/quote]

Not true.  We put in a pool two years ago.  I'm not going to debate the pros and cons, they've already been stated above.  We happen to love pools, swimming, our kids are older, and my DH has an aversion to public pools (too many chemicals, kids who vomit and pee in the pool, etc.)

I'll just talk about insurance and maintenance.  If it's a new pool, the maintenance is actually quite low.  Ours is a salt water pool.  We never put chemicals in it except the first day it is opened in the Spring.  Then we have to put in chlorine to kill any bacteria that has grown over the winter.  After that, we only add salt, and usually only once or twice during the season.  So we never have to buy or mess with chemicals.  To clean the pool, we have a little robot called a Polaris, that is on a timer and turns on for about 3 hours per day.  That cleans out any and all leaves, debris, etc.  Only if we have a big storm do I have to pull out the skimmer to take out larger things that might fall in during a storm.  We've had a pool company service it bi-weekly that past two years, but there is really so little to do that I'm not going to hire them again this year.  You can really do it all yourself.  We also have a heater which allows us to use the pool from May to October.  We also have a spa attached that we use longer in the season.  We have a remote control that controls everything - heater, lights, waterfalls, filter, Polaris, etc.  It's really cool.

I would imagine an older pool will be more maintenance, but if it's new, chances are it's salt water.  Our pool company said almost all the pools they put in today are salt water and they are much lower maintenance than chemical pools - and much better for your skin.

The addition of the pool and attached spa added about 200.00 per year to our homeowner's insurance.  So no big deal for us.

It might be harder for us to sell our house, but we plan to be here a long time so we'll have enjoyed our backyard immensely before we have to face that challenge.

Good luck - it's a personal decision.  We love having our pool but understand that there are people who wouldn't touch one with a ten foot pole![/quote]

This poster is absolutely correct. We have a nine year old pool that is considered large and the maintenance and insurance are no big deal. I have always done all the maintenance on the pool, not my DH! I even do some of the opening and closing work myself to reduce the bill. I can't imagine paying someone to come every week or two in season to maintain my pool. Blech! Excessive and unnecessary.

I am from New England where we also had a pool. The D.C. area is the ideal place to have a pool! Our is open from mid-March to late November.

I have had several realtors tell me that a pool is not always a negative to selling a house, In some houses, it is expected. One realtor told me she loves to sell houses with pools, assuming they are good ones.

In terms of safety, it is good to to have redundancies in place. We have an auto cover as well as a fence with locked gates. But there is no substitute for vigilance, anywhere. Lifeguards DO NOT mean your child is safe. Ditto for life vests.

OP, a pool may still not be for you. However, do not let this silly talk of maintenance, insurance, length of season, or resale scare you off. It really is no big deal.[/quote]

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