When we bought our house it was a spec house with a 14 x 32 pool. We have been here 5yrs and use the pool quite a bit. Definitely would go a little smaller if we were to build. Did add a small spillover spa which gets a lot of use in the cooler months. At some point, down the road, I am leaning to the idea of replacing the propane heater with an electric heat pump, cost to operate would be much less than propane.
The pump did burn out three years ago but thankfully it was under warranty. When/if the pump goes again I would replace it with a stronger pump due to the solar panels.
The logic board also burned out luckily about two weeks before that warranty expired.
As to taking care of the pool we do it ourselves. With the salt chlorinator we have found the time and cost of a pool is significantly less than what was required of us with the pool we had back in CT.
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