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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...Ripple, I get up to Alberta every year to visit my wife's family. I don't think it would ever make sense to put in a pool there unless you're rolling in enough excess dough to put it indoors. Plus, at least my experience, the public pool access seems quite good up in the great white north.
I'd never install an outdoor pool up here either. This one comes with the house (in Saskatoon) and I think it has a great future as a garden water feature/koi pond.
And yes, Saskatoon is loaded with recreational facilities, including pools. It's how the local government keeps people from killing each other during bouts of cabin fever in the winter.
...Ripple, I get up to Alberta every year to visit my wife's family. I don't think it would ever make sense to put in a pool there unless you're rolling in enough excess dough to put it indoors. Plus, at least my experience, the public pool access seems quite good up in the great white north.
I'd never install an outdoor pool up here either. This one comes with the house (in Saskatoon) and I think it has a great future as a garden water feature/koi pond.
And yes, Saskatoon is loaded with recreational facilities, including pools. It's how the local government keeps people from killing each other during bouts of cabin fever in the winter.
