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Pools usually are not covered by a home inspection. You would have to hire a pool company to do the inspection, I strongly suggest you have someone look at the pool and make sure it's in good shape. If you don't know what to look for it could cost you a small fortune to correct any problems. Being that the weather is getting nice now, you should ask that the homeowner have the pool opened and up and running, if they refuse I would be a little suspicious. This has happened many times where the homeowner is trying to hide some sort of issue, in that case you need to have escrow held just to be sure everything is ok. Sometimes the homeowner is just plain old cheap and doesn't feel like dealing with the expense and upkeep of the pool when they know they are selling. I'm telling you from my years in the business, don't believe it when they tell you everything is fine with the pool. I've had people buy a home with a pool and have to spend thousands upon thousands of dollars in repairs and/or renovations. The best line is "everything was good last summer".
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Some inspectors include it if its open..... but Karl is correct, pools for the most part are excluded in the inspection process. You need to be certifed from the National Pool & Spa Assoc. to be a pool inspector. Its also good to contact the company who maintains the pool.
Add another $30 grand to do all the surrounding work.
Adds up.
The person who posed the cost question also did not state whether they were supplying a pool heater or not. There's the expense of that system installed as well as the cost to run it.
I think people overthink pool ownership. It's not hard, and costs me $200 per season in chemicals to maintain. If you pick an appropriate site (NO trees) and learn some simple concepts (The filter has to have water in it to actually work) it's really no big deal.
One of the things which has saved me from pool ownership is our trees Three large oaks would have to come down. We compromised and bought a hot tub instead.
I LOL at what you had written; some people really have no clue!
Hmmm... after going thru' all that what do you have.... about 2 months of "real" pool enjoyment per year, by "real" I mean you do not have to convince yourself that the water is warm enough to dive into the pool.... I certainly feel that its not worth the money, JMHO.
If you notice, even low end houses in warmer climates have pools, maybe the maintenance cost is the same, but if you can enjoy it for 10 months instead of 2, then you might think of doing it.
We went to about 5 places and all the pool quotes were about the same.
$19,000 - $20,500 for a moutain lake pool ranging in size from 18 or 20 x
34 or 36. We then had some extras figured in like a fountain, at least 500 sq ft of pavers (we would probably get closer to 1000sq ft) one of those
auto pool vacuums, pool lights, and a bunch of other things i can't remember.....LOL So with the extras it's around $30,000. Which will actually end up being anywhere from $30,000 - $40,000 if you add a possible hot tub and landscaping and a pool heater.
Our yard is already fenced in, but we'll be replacing some of it
My husband and i both had pools growing up and we just love them!
I think it adds a nice look to your landscape also. We already have a deck
so the pavers and pool would add a nice extra entertaining area.
We at least narrowed it down to two places we like....lol so we know who to use when we are ready
We went to about 5 places and all the pool quotes were about the same.
$19,000 - $20,500 for a moutain lake pool ranging in size from 18 or 20 x
34 or 36. We then had some extras figured in like a fountain, at least 500 sq ft of pavers (we would probably get closer to 1000sq ft) one of those
auto pool vacuums, pool lights, and a bunch of other things i can't remember.....LOL So with the extras it's around $30,000. Which will actually end up being anywhere from $30,000 - $40,000 if you add a possible hot tub and landscaping and a pool heater.
Our yard is already fenced in, but we'll be replacing some of it
My husband and i both had pools growing up and we just love them!
I think it adds a nice look to your landscape also. We already have a deck
so the pavers and pool would add a nice extra entertaining area.
We at least narrowed it down to two places we like....lol so we know who to use when we are ready
What do you know about Air Exachange pool heaters? I'm not sure that's the correct term. And have you ever heard of Jandy heaters?
Thanks!
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Three large oaks would have to come down. We compromised and bought a hot tub instead. 
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