How much fuss is a home pool?

Former Member
Former Member
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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  • So you were still swimming in an outside unheated pool a few weeks ago when it snowed in Charlotte? No one swims in their outside pools in Charlotte in the late Fall, Winter or early Spring. You don't need a heater here to keep it from freezing, same as you probably. My bro has a 35,000 gallon pool at his house in Phoenix and he loves it and this one requires almost zero maintenance. It's enormous for a home pool.
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  • So you were still swimming in an outside unheated pool a few weeks ago when it snowed in Charlotte? No one swims in their outside pools in Charlotte in the late Fall, Winter or early Spring. You don't need a heater here to keep it from freezing, same as you probably. My bro has a 35,000 gallon pool at his house in Phoenix and he loves it and this one requires almost zero maintenance. It's enormous for a home pool.
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