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House with swimpool. Is it pointless?

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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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GoGoLego · 05/12/2019 21:51

It would be a requirement of my dream I've just won the lottery house.

If I could I totally would

00100001 · 05/12/2019 21:52

If you're buying in the UK, you need to call it a swimming pool. Otherwise, as you can already see... You'll fuck off the locals who will think you're a twat for insisting on calling it the wrong name.

joystir59 · 05/12/2019 21:52

I'm raving over 'swim pool'.

SebandAlice · 05/12/2019 21:52

Speaking from experience with young children it is not worth it for the worry.

Hellofromtheotherside2020 · 05/12/2019 21:54

Go for it. Like I said, our pool is easy to maintain (less than 5 mins per week to check chemicals).
Definitely get it to a level of child safety you're happy with. I'm in Queensland so we have to have to confirm to strict legislation in regards to pool safety, gates that open outwards that all has to be over a certain height with CPR posters displayed etc. From the pics you posted, you could perhaps get a glass pool fence from one end of the room to the other (width ways from where the pics were taken) with a lockable gate. That means your children would be safe and wouldn't be able to access the pool area alone.

You could always look into hiring the pool out too, look into your council's guidelines. Though just consider that may cost you more than its worth when you factor in additional chemicals needed (the chemicals are cheap as too), insurance etc.

Go for it though, it looks stunning.

And as for the swimpool / swimming pool / pool semantics - don't worry, you don't have to explain yourself. Those of us with more than a couple of brain cells and not too much time on our hands to pick apart word use knew exactly what you meant. Just no idea why they would spend their free time analysing a stranger's word use? Or maybe because I spend the vast majority of my life marking essays and dissertations I don't feel the need to do it in everyday life? Who knows. But ignore them. Good luck :)

Kirigiri · 05/12/2019 21:55

I think people are saying it matters. Ohh out of interest why do you call it a swim pool versus I couldn’t get past swim pool or I’m raving over swim pool. One side is curiosity the other is just people being arsey 🙄

TheSpottedZebra · 05/12/2019 21:57

The house isn't very balanced, is it? TINY kitchen, small garden - so the pool is a bit overspecced.

IndecentFeminist · 05/12/2019 21:59

I wouldn't want one because I don't want the maintenance or safety worries.

However, my parents have one and that is the best of all.worlds. We have free access to it but none of the work involved. 👍🏻👍🏻

In all seriousness though, it depends how much you like to swim. My mum used it almost daily from around April until end of September. (Heated outdoor pool) We (kids and I) are there a few times a week, after school, weekends etc. In the summer hols it is a lifesaver, if it is very hot, or just on days where we have exhausted the beach (rare) or don't feel like doing very much.

thatdamnwoman · 05/12/2019 22:02

You may find that a house with an internal swimming pool is more difficult to sell. They cost a lot to heat – the bigger the pool, the greater the cost – and there are issues with condensation, damp and so on as well as the safety and security issues involving children and pets.

A modern pool in a purposely designed and insulated structure which has good ventilation and heating systems (MVHR) could be an asset but anything short of that is likely to raise problems.

ChazsBrilliantAttitude · 05/12/2019 22:05

I think the pool is excessive for the size of the house. The pool room is almost the same footprint as the rest if the ground floor. I think it would put off potential buyers should you want to sell in the future.

rp30 · 05/12/2019 22:08

@ChazsBrilliantAttitude I think it is a buzz for the price.

dun1urkin · 05/12/2019 22:11

Ok can someone who has found the listing post a link please

strongswans · 05/12/2019 22:14

Sorry I agree with pp's, the pool space is huge in comparison to the rest of the downstairs, the kitchen seems small for the house. Although it is clearly used as a family home so they have managed to keep their family safe from getting into the pool area I can assume.

ChazsBrilliantAttitude · 05/12/2019 22:15

I can’t judge the price. I live in London so my reference point for house prices is way off.

Izzabellasasperella · 05/12/2019 22:15

I always thought that swim pool describes a long narrow pool that has a current that you swim against.
Op your pool is gorgeous, I would love one the only thing is I would want it heated to the max which I guess would cost £££s.

kateandme · 05/12/2019 22:18

Middledistancerunner i didnt get it but didnt want to ask.

rp30 · 05/12/2019 22:18

@ChazsBrilliantAttitude living in London, doesn't a 4 bedroom detached with large driveway and an indoor pool for less than £550 seem steal, regardless of location? That's studio money, if that, in zone 1.

rp30 · 05/12/2019 22:22

@dun1urkin www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-64419831.html

OP I hope you do not mind me sharing the link. I don;t think you have said anything outing and I did think about competition but then it has already been featured in the local press so I figured MN won't make a difference. If it is a problem, I'm sure MN can delete this post.

kateandme · 05/12/2019 22:23

dun1urkin if you find it tell me.its driving me crazy

dun1urkin · 05/12/2019 22:25

@rp30 thank you

IaIa3 · 05/12/2019 22:26

Having seen the property I'm not so sure the pool is a good addition. The rest of the house is much smaller than what you'd expect for a house with a pool.

RaguForYou · 05/12/2019 22:28

The swimming pool is perculiarly large for the footprint of the house. The kitchen is tiny by comparison.

My guess is that is why it is comparatively cheap. I think that would be hard to sell unless you happened to be lucky and have two people who were really competitvely keen for the swimming pool.

The house is a family house. People with young children would be very wary of it. The bedrooms are small for adult/older children.

00100001 · 05/12/2019 22:28

The house is not to my sate. That striped carpet, small kitchen, oddly massive bathroom with smallish bedrooms...

absolutelyknackeredcow · 05/12/2019 22:29

I would
Have a chronic condition which is much improved by swimming but only for about ten mins at time and I just can't be arsed to go swimming for such a short time.
Also both my children are fishes although that doesn't reduce all the risk

rp30 · 05/12/2019 22:29

OP I think the house is great. It is sizable and I think a pool would be fun. Regarding the concerns posted here, the kitchen can always be extended and the pool can be converted - finances permitting. I also think the garden is big enough, especially with all of the patio area.

I like it.

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