Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Average cost to maintain a pool. I budget 5K a year. Actual so far has been about $4200. That includes T&D weekly service, added cost of electricity and water, and maintenance and service. I have solar and gas heat and keep the pool at 88 degrees.
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Pool maintenance is that high?
WOW. Is it the heating that drives it up or the cost of the salt water men coming to maintain it? I may reconsider putting in a pool.
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My wife longs for her own pool where she can be relaxing in it, in peace, anytime her heart desires. In NJ her brother who lived 10 minutes away has a pool and we were there often and she would be in that pool all day. Here there would be no "pool closing" as in NJ, so even better for her. I have an estimate of around $40,000 from T&D for a 16X24 foot pool with a large birdcage area and solar heating. When I ready I'm going to get estimates from Advanced Construction and All Seasons also.
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As for the maintenance keep in mind the parts you don't see very often...the pumps, the motors, the filters, the salt generators.
Gas heaters have a life of 6 - 10 years....I have replaced one at 7 years...the big one for the pool...$4000-$6000!!! Filter housings....I replaced one of those too...$500. Pool pump motor at 6 years...$700. If you have a solar system the panels and piping are exposed full blast to the sun which dries them out and cracks form. I have had panels repaired twice the last two years, fortunately the panels we bought have a 10 year warranty. And we have had one of the elbows in the piping split. Remember theses components do regular duty many, many hours out of a day and they are almost all exposed to the elements 24/7 with the sun being the most destructive. Make sure you or your control for the system has a freeze protection cycle or you will be replacing components from our occasional freezes here in TV. Do not cut corners and try to reduce the price of your installation by using anything but the very best pool equipment.....and check and clean them often. btk |
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Thank you Billie. This is just the kind of information a "never had a pool" owner like me needs. It's much appreciated.
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I would guess that a lot of your cost is in gas heat and service. In almost 4yrs of living in this house we have spent between $1,500 - $1,800 per year to maintain our pool/spa. From April to October the pool water temp is generally at least 85 and we rarely use the heater except for the spa. Using a salt system we chose to do our own service which saves us a lot. |
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Does building a swimming pool to your house raise your taxes in Florida?
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We just had a spa, birdcage, and summer kitchen put in. Had T & D do everything who we worl VERY MUCH RECOMMEND. The quality and alsways insuring it is done how YOU what it done.
Ok, here is the breakdown as best I can in whole numbers: Spa-$12,000 Birdcage-$7,000 Summer Kitchen-$21,000 The monthly fee for T&D Pool Service is $60.00 a month for a spa, and they do everything. They even wash the whole inside of the birdcage down every two weeks. Very happy with them, and yes, they provide all chemicals etc in that fee. Army Guy
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The price can vary, but that is about the going rate. To us it seems very reasonable since it includes all chemicals, vacuuming, cleaning sides of spa, removing and cleaning filter, draining monthly and refilling. Bird cage clean is pretty much just a bonus.
Army Guy
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This was for a stainless steel bbq and fan hood, hot and cold water and sink and refrigerator, cabinets and tile counter. For 4K in savings I might wait until after we close. |
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using Villages pools vs building your own
Hey, I think if you can afford to build and maintain your own, why not? If nothing else, it's a beautiful place to entertain, even if you don't really use it much. For most of us here, this is the last place we will ever live, except perhaps for the "home." I say go for it if you can comfortably afford it. I think the very biggest financial factor in retirement (at least for me) is to be able to afford your lifestyle, whatever that may be. Buy only what you can afford. End of lecture.
As far as actually using the pools once you live here, I would say it just depends on the user. Ohioboy is a real swimmer, actually enjoys swimming 1 mile (at a time)! in the Sports pools and also likes to go for a dip on a warm or hot day at the adult pool. I probably go more often than I would if I lived by myself, just because he likes to go. I am one of those that gets in the pool mostly to cool off, although when it gets hot starting in April I will sometimes go to a pool exercise class. People chat in our pool, but usually in one corner or another, and there is always a quiet spot. Seems to clear out around Happy Hour time and we often have the pool to ourselves then. I don't go at all unless it's about 78 degrees or higher. And, I do agree, the longer I am here the busier I am with other stuff. Probably also makes a difference that we are a 5 minute walk or a 2 minute cart ride from ours, and only 10 minutes from 1 sports pool and 15 minutes or less to 2 others. |
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