anyone put in a swimming pool?

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DH wants to put a pool in the garden - a sort of natural pool for swimming but filtered by reeds/gravel (I think - haven't really listened to the technical side of it all). I think he's bonkers, that the maintance costs will be through the roof & it will be a financial drain! He genuinely would use an unheated pool all year round, I might do, the kids would use it on hot days... anyone done something like this?!

Are you wanting to sell the house at any point in the next 25 years?

Haha, probably some time in the next 25 years, yes.

Sounds dreamy.
I see these natural pools in house and garden magazines and on pinterest and they look wonderful. I imagine they would be quite the full time hobby to keep in check.

Look them up on YouTube. No maintenance as the plants do it all for you apparently. We stayed somewhere with one and it was fantastic. I want one in the garden!

He's saying he would use it all year round, I'm assuming with a wet suit?
In terms of the filtration system I would say it's completely doable.
But even to use an outdoor pool (assuming unheated) in the he U.K. for the odd heat wave is completely insane and not doable.
Our pool in Spain is just hitting 29 and was bloody freezing yet usable a few weeks ago.
If your DH is used to free swimming and out door swimming then it's probably a great idea, otherwise no!!

It's something you get used to, plenty of people swim all year round!

My friend looked into this. To dig and plant the quote was £250k?! I may have added a zero but she does have a massive pool.

Surely some kind of pump/fountain needs adding so it isn't stagnant?

Massive garden not pool

An ex boyfriends family had one, they do take a bit of looking after, once the novelty wore off no one could be bothered with it and the plants died. Then one day his dad filled it with fish.

Ok having googled £250k is entirely possible. Some website quoting £60k presumably for something small

www.homebuilding.co.uk/advice/natural-swimming-pools

What about an actual pool. A friend has one that is maybe 10 foot long. It creates waves so you can swim against the current. You can stand it on hard ground and it looks a bit like a hot tub, which you can sort of use it as as well as a swim pool. You can also sink it into the ground which looks much nicer. And you could take it when you move. The kids love it for swimming and mucking about in. Also good for drinking wine in. No idea of cost but maybe £50k?

Looks a bit like this www.directhottubs.co.uk/MobileDetail.php?Prod_ID=4666

Sadly having a swimming pool generally devalues your house and makes it a lot harder to sell. A natural one that would require no upkeep might be a lot better.

If it's good enough for Olympians...

www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/other-sport/welsh-teenager-trained-months-only-21078569

He's saying he would use it all year round, I'm assuming with a wet suit?

Why’s his choice of swimming attire relevant 😂

@CliftonGreenYork

Sadly having a swimming pool generally devalues your house and makes it a lot harder to sell. A natural one that would require no upkeep might be a lot better.

I really don't understand this. I'd happily have paid an extra £100k or so for the same house with a pool but we couldn't find one. Actually, maybe you've explained why we couldn't!

Pools are a lot of maintainence and costly if something goes wrong. A friend has one and every weekend he's trying to fix something himself and trying to avoid getting a company out that will cost loads.