[TomW]

Some of the TV properties we are considering come with pools and/or outdoor hot tubs. We have never had either one at any home we've owned previously and know little to nothing about them. The concept is kind of nice to contemplate but realtors tell us that no one in TV ever buys their second house with pool if they had one before. Is this just a phase people go through? What is actually involved in maintaining them? Is the associated equipment (heater, pumps, etc.) expensive to service and replace? Is the work and expense worth it?

[rshoffer]

Considering there's a pool located at least within a mile of any home in TV it just doesn't seem worth the hassle to own and maintain one.

[MelZ]

We put a pool in the ground when my kids were little. As they grew it got alot of use................then they grew up. You need to check the chemistry daily and add chemicals to keep it balanced. The pool has to be vacummed at least a couple of times a week, I used a robotic cleaner which made it easier but was expensive to buy.

Considering the cost of running the pumps, cleaning, chemicals and misc upkeep. I would rather use a village pool as go home.

BTW our next house didn't have a pool and my CVY doesn't. We will probably put in an above the ground spa. One nice thing about above the ground is if you decide you don't want it anymore you can get rid of it.

In the ground is there forever

[l2ridehd]

Different opinion. I love having a pool. It is so great to just walk out your door and jump in. I can keep it at what ever temperature I want. Use it when ever I want. Never have to check to see if it's crowded. And as to care? $22.50 a week to T&D concrete. They take care of all chemicals, vacuum, clean, wash, what ever it needs. All I have to do is pay the bill.

[starflyte1]

The home we bought in TV in December does not have a pool, but we plan to have one added. We like having a pool. Others prefer to go to the big pools to meet friends and socialize.

We have a pool where we are now living. It takes work, but we hire a pool service that does most of it.

There are some pools in TV that are salt or some type treatment that is supposedly less maintenance that a chlorine pool. We will check into that.

Our pool heaters have lasted only about 5 years and pumps maybe not that long.

We do like having a pool, like to look at it and think the cost is worth it. I would guess, very roughly, that it costs about $100 a month normal cost for maintenance and electric for pump and filter and add $30-50 a month to heat. Just rough guesses.


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[OpusX1]

We have had 3 different spa's over 28 years at our home up north. Spa maintenance is pretty easy, about 2 hours per month. Checking water ph and cleaning/changing the filter. Most Spa's now have ozone generators and do not use chlorine.

[Talk Host]

Our home is for sale, and we have a pool. It is almost 100% maintenance free. I don't even own a vacuum hose. Salt automatic chlorinator, pop up jet cleaners, auto fill and auto overflow.

All we do is swim in it. I test the chemistry twice a week and smile.

At the public pool, you can't swim after dark and you can't swim in the type of swimming attire that is most comfortable. At the public pool, you don't know whose grandkid used it as his private toilet.

JLK

[TomW]

OK Jan -- now that's a pool. I expect your house is well above our price point but you do have a magnificent looking pool.

[Talk Host]

Originally Posted by TomW

OK Jan -- now that's a pool. I expect your house is well above our price point but you do have a magnificent looking pool.

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[The Great Fumar]

Tomw

pools are wonderful and they add so much to southern living,
they change your whole lifestyle.....
The new rage is the salt water pools , they are maint. Free and very easy to maintain..........check with a few pool companys and ask about the new salt water pools........you can even have a chemical pool changed to salt........the amount of salt used is so small you can't even taste it in the water and a big plus is no algae growth.........its the latest thing......

Lazy fumar

[spk7951]

The house we bought last July had a pool and we quickly added a spa. In December we had both converted to a salt chlorinator for around $1,200. They now require very little maint and the water has tested fine every couple of weeks. One of the reasons that we wanted a pool in so that we can use it whenever we want to while the local pools all close at dusk.