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Originally Posted by spk7951
There are many reasons why we wanted a house with a pool. But I suspect from talking to some of our friends the main reasons they have a pool are privacy and no restrictions. You can use it when you want and it never gets crowded. I especially like comments from folks about how much work a pool is. Well that was true up north as our pool there required a lot more time and effort than the pool here does. It takes us about one hour per month to clean and service our pool. Once a month we bring a water sample to T&D for testing when we will be near the store. For us that is not a lot of time.
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You said it. Privacy and convenience, especially when family is visiting.
Plus lovely to look at through the living room and master bedroom sliders, open or closed.
Up north, an inground pool requires much more work by the home owner or the pool service; most people do it themselves. Lots of cleaning plus maintaining the correct balance of chemicals.......no birdcages so lots of leaves and "stuff" like pollen get into the pool ....not to mention bugs...so filters have to be cleaned out.....proper PH or whatever maintained. Just lots of cleaning, vacuuming.........then covering in the fall prior to winter and reopening, uncovering in the late springtime.........we kept the pump in our shed. We had a deep end diving board and a fibreglass sliding board on the long side......plus walk in steps.........a very big olympic sized inground.
In Florida, we've seen the pool guy come ONCE A WEEK.....and it's in and out very quickly. The water definitely stays cleaner under a birdcage.
Maintenance definitely seems easier. We were quoted something like $15,000 for a birdcage (two story one) and $25,000 or so for a pool which would have the salt water, supposedly a good feature. Also, GET A HEATER installed. Even in balmy November the heater was a blessing.........the sunshine was wonderful and the temps were in the low 70's but still the heater is needed.
WE were pleasantly surprised as we thought the birdcages would be much more...having seen them going up while driving around to get our "bearings" in all the villages. Home pool is one of the first things I checked out.
Not all the homes in TV are that close to a neighborhood pool. Having one right off your own lanai and under a birdcage would be wonderful ...........again, as you said, PRIVACY is why people have home pools put in.....plus convenience.