Buying house with Swimming pool- bad idea

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Anyone? Dh says no way. It’s something I’ve always wanted. Am I mad. Is it a bad idea?

We had an in ground outdoor one at one property for a number of years. It can be time consuming to maintain it and costly to heat, etc.
I did love it but wouldn’t consider it again. The house also took ages to sell as I think it puts many off.

A colleague bought a house with an indoor pool. He wasn’t looking for a pool, but the house ticked all his other boxes and was a good price because the builder doing it up had gone bust. He’s always said that the main pool related cost that he didn’t account for was feeding and watering his children’s friends all summer!

I'd love a pool...
But being sensible - what are the running costs?

We equated the cost with running your central heating throughout the summer! Chemicals you can shop around for and not too bad provided you keep on top of keeping it clean (otherwise you need lots more chemicals to shock it).

In the UK outdoor pools are a load of work and expense in relation to the number of days you can use them. We had one in our last house but would never buy another house with a pool

We've had two properties with pools, one indoor and one outdoor. Not through choice on the second one, it just came with the pool. Fortunately derelict and now used as a static water tank to water the garden from. The first one? It was cheaper to put £20 notes on the fire than keeping it clean, warm and chemicalised.

If you want use of a pool, hire one when you need it and book a taxi to take you there and back. It will be cheaper than running your own!

I'd love a pool. Even with the costs and hassle.

A friend of mine struggled to sell her house because of the pool, really put buyers off.

Ahhh ok so what are the running costs? Or what do I need to consider? Zero research. 100% compulsive in head purchasing occurring...

@Yogagirl123 this is supposed to be forever house. Perhaps forever house can concrete over the pool once we are too decrepit to use. I think perhaps dh is right here. But I just want to make sure I have a solid argument before he wins hands down

We bought a house with an indoor pool, it was costly to heat and as the door to the pool was off the kitchen, we installed alarms on the doors as I was so worried my young DC would venture in there. The pool was filled in 18 years ago, the room is now a large conservatory with numerous plants in it. We filled it in after I went to collect towels we had been using, I slipped and fell onto the cover that engulfed me. I was lucky DH was in the kitchen and heard splashing. People don’t weigh up the dangers of pools imo.

Indoor or outdoor?

A close friend when I was in school had one in her house. Her family’s business did very well and they built a huge house with a pool. It was used daily by them initially and by all of their kids’ friends that came over (5 kids). It was worth the cost then but as their children grew up it was used less. They’ve drained it now as it wasn’t worth the cost and hassle of heating and maintaining it, even though they could afford it.

Great for little ones. Our teens don't use it. Converting to a natural water swimming pool next year. Look lovely hopefully cheaper to run. Will cost though and add zero value to house.

I'd love one, but only if I had solar to heat it in summer, or ground source pump to heat it. Very costly to run.
However we don't actually need one: Got to love my neighbour, she pops notes through our door eg 'Away for the weekend, back on 26th, please can you slosh some water on the plants if it stays hot & feel free to use the pool'

I slipped and fell onto the cover that engulfed me. I was lucky DH was in the kitchen and heard splashing.

This is terrifying! I've always wondered what happens if you fall onto a coverer pool. Is it possible to get out without help??

My cousin bought a house with an indoor pool at a knockdown price (because nobody wanted the hassle of a pool). Then filled the pool in.

Hmm..we have an indoor pool and it gets used alot. It use to be outdoors but there were loads of problems with it ,but now its indoors aslong as its regularly maintained then its really good. We love it! But you definitely have to take the costs into consideration

We had a house with an indoor pool.
It really must have a proper cover (as demonstrated by a PP). Our cover was rigid and apparently you could drive a car across it (I dunno about that). The pool room was always locked and the key kept hidden as I was SO paranoid.
Also, DH wanted it kept hot hot hot so that along with the permanent hot hot hot tub, we were spending over £1000 a month on gas.
NEVER AGAIN.

Well we well me plan to seek out a house with a pool.
We almost bought one a few years back and fully aware they can decrease the value of a home and the houses that have them are decreased enough that it would actually allow us to be fairly flexible to afford one.

Dh argument is why bother, he had one growing up and was ‘chief pool cleaner’ and therefore is not keen. I went to all my friends pool parties as a dc and fancy holding a few for my dc one day as we all had good fun. I have primary aged dc now.

Under no illusion of the dangers, some of my friends parents who had younger dc had fences put round the pool/gates/alarms etc. I do get that.

We also filled ours in when we bought our house... The cost of refurbing/maintaining it was highly disproportionate to the overall cost of the rest of the house - imo

And yes like pp's i had nightmares about dc's/dgc's 'wandering' in there if someone forgot to lock one of the doors etc etc... Figured we'd lived without one for many decades and would manage to do so for the restjust seemed more worry/trouble/cost than it could possibly be worth

When I sat afford one, I think we can anyway . I would rather an indoor one but I reckon it will be a heated outdoor pool. Have thought of buying land but the costs of installing a pool are huge

We have a heated outdoor pool in the North of England. Not much to add to previous posts - can be expensive to run and time consuming to maintain. But we love it. All been in for a dip today! We run it intermittently between May - September. But if it died tomorrow we would not replace it as it would cost too much.

This is terrifying! I've always wondered what happens if you fall onto a coverer pool. Is it possible to get out without help??

We had the cover installed when we moved in. We were assured it was safe and were shown a video of how safe it was - I thought it was until I landed on it and it wrapped around me. It was a thick cover that rolled over the pool and secured at both ends, it was super tight. I honestly don’t think I’d have managed to get out of DH hadn’t been there. I don’t swim anymore because of it and I’m terrified of water.

How much to run though?

Hypothetically Iv always wanted one but have no choice idea the actual cost of running one.

I'm sorry bleu that must be horrible for you even now.