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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in Vienna. Just moved there from FCC where we were members of High Point (which we did have to wait 2 yrs to join).  I feel you with the waitlist pool situation. But I'd never buy a house with a pool, even though we don't have kids. Too much of a PITA. We just walked past a friend's house today, a friend with a pool, and he has had a rough year (death of spouse) and hasn't filled his yet. Too much work. [/quote]

You have to empty a pool every year????[/quote]

No, you do not empty it. But in the fall you drain it down a couple feet to account for winter rain and to protect some of the equipment from freezing. You can pay a service $400 to $500 to open the pool, if you don't want to, but it's not hard to do (different situation for PP's neighbor with the rough year, of course).

I'm in Vienna postal code but outside TOV, and I have a pool. My neighbors do too. Most of the lots in TOV-proper are too small for a pool (without eating the whole yard) or are otherwise not ideal for a pool, which IMO is why they are not as common. [b]I am not sure if the DCUM attitude about pool safety (i.e. that no pool is safe) actually carries over to the general population.[/b] [/quote]

Yeah, if you have the safety fence and/or a lock, and you supervise kids then I think your liability is pretty minimal.

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We've lived in a house with a pool our DCs' entire lives. When kids were young, we had a safety fence, a home alarm that would notify us if/when anyone opened a door or window, and a floating alarm in the pool that signaled if anyone entered the water (used only when we were not in the pool). We also taught our kids to swim as early as possible. Having a pool has been fantastic - especially during COVID when it was one of our only forms of recreation. We use it all the time and love the convenience of having it and having it be a reason to get people together. It's not that much maintenance and with the heater, we get many months of use from it. Never would have looked for a house with a pool because we didn't know anything about them, but are so happy we have it.[/quote]

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