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House with swimpool. Is it pointless?

325 replies

SweetSally · 05/12/2019 20:20

Hi lovelies!
My husband and I are considering buying a house with an indoor swimpool. We don't know anything about swimpools and are not sure if it's a good investment...

The property is in the UK and the swimpool is indoors (extension added to the house) and it also has a conservatory added to it. It's large space and the swimpool is rather generous when it comes to the sheer size of it.

Please, could you share your experience? We actually want to use the swimpool and are not considering the house because of it. We do actually like the property.

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CorBlimeyGovenor · 05/12/2019 21:27

My understanding is that, in terms of resale alone, a property has to be worth around £2million pounds for an indoor pool to be an asset to that property. Outdoor swimming pools are always considered to be a drawback for most properties. That said, if you love swimming and can afford the maintenance, the go for it.

sendhalp · 05/12/2019 21:27

About half of Australia have a swimming pool and maintenance isn't that bad. Salt is nicer than full chlorine.

RaguForYou · 05/12/2019 21:27

Oh do stop with the nonsense about swim pool - it’s not important & you just sound nasty & jealous.

I'm genuinely interested as to where this phrase comes from as I've never heard it before even in the USA. I'm wondering why the OP is calling it this. Is it regional dialect? Is it pretention? Is it second language lost in translation?

It's a fair question as it's very odd phraseology.

TatianaLarina · 05/12/2019 21:29

Who actually cares? What’s wrong with you people.

Cautionsharpblade · 05/12/2019 21:29

In my experience it wasn’t worth it. As a previous poster has said, home pools generally aren’t long enough to do proper lengths. Plus I found that without the effort of going to the gym and thinking ‘I’m here now, I’ll get my money’s worth and do 40 lengths’ I’d swim for a few minutes, get bored and get out. There was a bit of maintenance and of course the cost of keeping a large amount of water warm throughout winter.
On the plus side, you don’t have to wear any clothes when you’re swimming in your own pool.

TooSweetToBeSour · 05/12/2019 21:30

What’s with all the dickheads obsessing over ‘swimpool’? You know what she means so why are you being such bellends about it?

OP that pool looks lush, if you’ll use it and can afford it I say go for it!

Also, @PeterRouseTheFleshofMankind your name gave me a genuine LOL moment Grin

BedraggledBlitz · 05/12/2019 21:31

Yeah go for it. I'd love to be able to swim at home!

dontalltalkatonce · 05/12/2019 21:31

She said the property is in the UK, Vanguard. That extension looks amazing!

JenniferM1989 · 05/12/2019 21:32

It's a swimming pool

Justajot · 05/12/2019 21:33

If you want to know about disasters, then you could read all of the news stories of children drowning in pools. I'd struggle to ever feel confident that my DC were really safe. It just takes a guest to prop the door open or similar. Or teenage DC to get drunk and do something stupid.

But my view may be clouded by my DM's tendency to share every accidental death she reads about in the Daily Mail with me as cautionary tales of what might befall her DGC in my care.

dontalltalkatonce · 05/12/2019 21:33

Wow! Sorry, Sally, sounds like a lot of nasty, jealous people here. They know exactly what you mean.

Illeana · 05/12/2019 21:34

What I am looking for is disaster stories of real life experience

It looks lovely! Get a builder to check it’s properly constructed. Ask for drawings of the construction if possible. Check with the council that building regs have signed it off. The room needs to be properly sealed to prevent condensation spreading into the house. And the extension needs to be constructed with deep foundations and proper tanking around the outside of the pool.

My friend bought a house with a pool. It turned out that the foundations of the pool room were only a couple of feet deep (so the pool extended below the foundations) and there was no tanking round the outside of the pool. The result was that the pool started to leak. So she emptied it - and rain water started to seep into the empty pool from outside. She had to fill it in (the only other option was to demolish and rebuild from scratch). If yours is properly built you shouldn’t have that problem.

Veterinari · 05/12/2019 21:34

For the rasists - I am not British. Sort out your attitude and stop being nasty when on Mumsnet and then pretending to be a lovely kind person in real life. Hiding behind a nickname makes your true colours show and you should consider why do you have the need to attack strangers online.

You may want to look up the definition of racist if you think querying the phrase ‘swim pool’ is racist Confused You seem unnecessarily angry

BillHadersNewWife · 05/12/2019 21:37

How many times could you say swimpool in one post!? And it's swimming pool.

Dancingandthedreaming · 05/12/2019 21:39

we have an indoor pool and maintenance wise not nearly as bad as an outdoor one, keep it covered unless in use, use chlorine tablets topped up and have a robot hoover to bumble round. Air source heat pump and solar heating mean v low running costs. We spent about 30 this weekend putting it to bed for the winter because it's freezing now, but will start using it again around April. The pool parties are amazing fun!

Original poster
SweetSally · 05/12/2019 21:40

@Illeana
Fantastic advice

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kateandme · 05/12/2019 21:41

i know of four people.one that built one especially and he says the scare stories are just that scare stories.if you do it logically and systimatically. its not hard to maintain at all.he has three young girls and he says its been very easy to keep them away and to keep it descure.
once you have found the right ph you can keep it maintained very easily especially i its already there so the previous owners should know the dos and donts for this pool.
i dont know why if your husband has always wanted one and you love the house you would jump on this.
god id love a pool.

Kirigiri · 05/12/2019 21:41

The house looks beautiful, go for it

Figgygal · 05/12/2019 21:42

Aw I want it it's lovely

FloreanFortescue · 05/12/2019 21:44

I'm so very sorry I just couldn't get past "swim pool" to RTFT. I trust I'm not alone as I see the word racists has been thrown into the mix. Hmm

TrollTheRespawnJeremy · 05/12/2019 21:45

We have one at a family members house and it is SUCH a treat.
Great for teenagers, we added a sound system and good lighting.

Lots of new year pool parties with the hot tub too.

If you don't mind getting your hair wet it is a great addition to your home.

Kirigiri · 05/12/2019 21:47

Stop going on about swim pool, it doesn’t matter

Middledistancerunner · 05/12/2019 21:50

(Very gently whispering) is being interested to know why someone would say ‘swim pool’ make me racist?
It’s an odd translation, I can’t help myself but be interested to know where it’s from?
OP seems angry though.
(Scuttles back under rock)

FurrySlipperBoots · 05/12/2019 21:50

We have an indoor pool and if it's not one thing going wrong, it's another - dehumidifiers/filters/pump/chlorine levels/water heater etc. It's a pain! I wouldn't say 'Avoid!' but I would definitely warn you to go into it with your eyes open (if you know what I mean!)

RaguForYou · 05/12/2019 21:50

Stop going on about swim pool, it doesn’t matter

No one is saying it matters. very little posted on MN in AIBU matters! It's all BU.

It's normal intellectual curiosity to be interested in the origin and reasons for a perculiar phraseology you haven't heard before.

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