Works for us
Having your own pool is a personal decision. We knew we wanted a pool when we moved here as we had one up North where we used to live. It was a ton of work for about 30 days, at the most, that it was swimable due to weather. Knowing in Florida we wouldn't have to cover and winterized our pool, it was a no brainier for us to put one in. We had ours built when we built the house, it's a concrete pool. As for the maintenance, you can get a pool service for about 20.00/month so you don't have to fuss with it. We have a salt water pool so we don't smell chlorine. We can only use it about 8 month out of the year but the other 4 we enjoy sitting by it and watching the sun sparkle off the water. We don't bother with a solar cover.....way too much work as our pool is larger than most and a cover would be too heavy and cumbersome to put on and take off. So, we enjoy our private pool 8 months out of the year with little to no work on our part. Worth every dime to us. Our friends enjoy it too!
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