Pools are the best, the last 3 homes we have owned we have had a pool. With that said, all of these houses had the pools already in. I have checked in this area over the past 3 years on the cost of installing a inground pool with minimal decking and it runs around $50K for an 18,000 gallon pool.
When purchasing a home with a pool already in you get around a $5K credit so we have choose to put the $45K into the house if the house is not what we want.
Up Keep on a pool is a peice of cake, much rather do the upkeep on the pool vs. fucking mowing the lawn. I do not hire out any of the up keep just do all myself, screwed up a few times but wtf I learned and now I know. Just like brewing beer if you keep things clean makes life easy. Are dog is in the pool all the time so I am cleaning the filter system offen.
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