I'm being transferred to another city and one of the houses on my short list for location just happens to have a little in-ground concrete pool in the back yard. Something like a Fastlane would have to be installed in it to make it a true swimming pool. This being the Great White North, it probably would be usable from late May to mid-September only, unless I put a building over it.
How much work and expense is involved in operating a backyard pool? Is it worth the trouble? I'm assuming it's usable as the MLS photos showed it full of water.
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We have a vinyl liner pool in our backyard. The only town pool is the YMCA/Rec center where I swim. (Indoors) Then we have the ocean. (No open water swimming for me.) I do the pool maintenance. We do pay someone to do the start-up and do a power vacuuming at the beginning of the season and to close it (about $600 total.) I take care of all chemicals and vacuuming. It's not hard. And I'm in New York, and refuse to heat the pool. You can put a solar cover on it. My girlfriend in Cleveland does that and her pool stays warm in the summer. I do not have problems with frogs, only the occasional mole. Just scoop them out.
We have a vinyl liner pool in our backyard. The only town pool is the YMCA/Rec center where I swim. (Indoors) Then we have the ocean. (No open water swimming for me.) I do the pool maintenance. We do pay someone to do the start-up and do a power vacuuming at the beginning of the season and to close it (about $600 total.) I take care of all chemicals and vacuuming. It's not hard. And I'm in New York, and refuse to heat the pool. You can put a solar cover on it. My girlfriend in Cleveland does that and her pool stays warm in the summer. I do not have problems with frogs, only the occasional mole. Just scoop them out.
