[Happinow]

[quote=CarGuys;422963]

Originally Posted by Happinow

Hi. We have bought a lot on Ft Walton Golf Course and paid a whole lot more than we wanted to because our dream is to have a pool in Florida! We had a pool in our home in Upstate NY, which can't even compare to one in TV. We could only use it for a few months a year and it got dirty often because of leaves.

Gee in the winter you didn't skate or play Hockey on it. Just kidding, You make a good point about owning one. Don't know about the Skinny dipping. I would have to loose about 25 and hit the gym! Gravity is my enemy.

We didn't skate on it or play hockey on it in the winter. It was mostly covered with 2 feet of snow! But it was beautiful to look at and swim in in the summer. As far as the skinny dipping....we are both in pretty good shape...nothing to be ashamed of here! Good luck with the gym...LOL

[CarGuys]

[quote=Happinow;423227]

Originally Posted by CarGuys

We didn't skate on it or play hockey on it in the winter. It was mostly covered with 2 feet of snow! But it was beautiful to look at and swim in in the summer. As far as the skinny dipping....we are both in pretty good shape...nothing to be ashamed of here! Good luck with the gym...LOL

Know all about two feet of snow I'm from Syracuse area!

[Shimpy]

I owned a pool in S Florida when the kids were young and so were we. I loved it then but wouldn't want one now if you gave it to me. I did the maintaince myself and enjoyed many parties with neighbors. Now I would only use it occasionly and much prefer to use the neighborhood pool where all our friends meet. They can come and go whenever they want and I don't even have to be there if I don't feel like it.

[CarGuys]

Originally Posted by Shimpy

I loved it then but wouldn't want one now if you gave it to me. Now I would only use it occasionly and much prefer to use the neighborhood pool where all our friends meet. They can come and go whenever they want and I don't even have to be there if I don't feel like it.

Yes and when on a Cross Country Harley trip Ruth and I are not worried about the pool back home. Love the empty nester life!

I see you ride a Gold Wing! You don't have to worry about that.

[Kelsie52]

We were from up North --we always wanted a pool but never had one .

We moved here last Oct and by March had a pool installed --the best thing we could have done --Love it ---

I maintain it myself --after the first month or so getting the chemicals correct --its really is easy --as stated before --its screened in --never gets real dirty --except for some dust that comes through the screen (and several plants that we needed to have ) !!!!! -----------

in the summer we use it every day --had a solar heater installed --keeps the water at 87 all season and into late Oct --

If you can --move in then decide if you want the pool --

Good luck

[barb1191]

Originally Posted by bigalibaba

The advantage of having your own "ool" vs. using the many available public pools is quite simple. You get to post a sign that says "ool". You'll get it after a bit of thought.

Gotcha!! Nice play on words....

[Shimpy]

Originally Posted by CarGuys

Yes and when on a Cross Country Harley trip Ruth and I are not worried about the pool back home. Love the empty nester life!

I see you ride a Gold Wing! You don't have to worry about that.

We went on a trip when we had our pool and the neighbors had the nerve to ask us if their daughter could hold her birthday party at our pool while we were gone. We would be libel for anything that happened.

[graciegirl]

I kinda would like to have a pool. Sweetie doesn't want to mess with one. He points out that we aren't avid swimmers and that it would be just another task to maintain it. He says if we want to take a dip we have our choice of lots of the pools available to us. In Hadley, we were about 30 yds from the Odell pool and we used it a lot the first year and then not so much afterward. I think, even if you don't swim all the time it is beautiful to look at.

I think if it is your dream, you should do it.

I think that someone said that it costs about five thousand dollars a year to maintain a backyard pool like most have here. Is that correct? I probably remembered that wrong. I would prefer a villager answer me on this one and not a pool advertiser.

[jane032657]

We are putting in an 18 foot above ground swim spa, salt water. Supposed to be easy to maintain and gives us the pool and hot tub combo, waterfall, lights, river jets, ozonator, aerobics, etc. This will go in our Hacienda Villa yard.

[Happinow]

Gracie, after we get our house and pool built I will invite you over so you can swim! We'll have tea and crumpets! We may be coming sooner than we thought. TV running special again...may up our time frame by 2 months! That would put us in TV beginning of May instead of middle of June!

[cquick]

At our old house in Orlando, we had a biggish salt water pool with an attached hot tub. You had to move the levers on the pool equipment to heat the hot tub, which was heated with propane. The pool was heated with a heat pump.

When we build in the village of Sanibel, we are having a small pool, which we hope to heat with solar panels and a separate hot tub. That way we can have the hot tub heated all the time, and we won't have to wait a long time in the winter for it to warm up! Can't wait!


Connie and Chuck

[buggyone]

I know friends who have a pool and many who do not have a pool. They add a lot of atmosphere to the house and are wonderful for a quick dip. If you want one, get one!

My attitude is we worked long and hard for our dream. Live it!

[ilovetv]

Originally Posted by buggyone

I know friends who have a pool and many who do not have a pool. They add a lot of atmosphere to the house and are wonderful for a quick dip. If you want one, get one!

My attitude is we worked long and hard for our dream. Live it!

This is so true. Having the pool gives the home and lanai area a "vacation resort" look. It adds a nice feel of luxury to the villas and homes.

And it's nice to just relax, read, or swim without seeing and hearing others whose conversations are loud and broadcasted....like those annoying cell phone talkers in a restaurant.

[Chi-Town]

The nice thing about having a pool is that you will always have a "water view" even if the pond behind you is drying up.