For all you chlorine addicted swimmers out there, who do not have their own pool, what would be some reasons you would not install a lap pool in your yard (assuming you had the money and room for a pool). I have wanted to buy a house just so I can put in a pool to swim in, however, I have a bit of motion sensitivity, and the rockier the water, the worse I feel. I'm thinking that a lap pool would be very choppy. That's the only reason I haven't moved yet. What would be your reasons?
Up north, it would have to be indoors, at least 25 yds, with a retractable roof for summer, enclosed in winter. Oh, and a diving well.
Oh what the heck, if money were no object, 50 M by 25 Yd, at least 12 lanes, separate diving well, still with the retractable roof, plenty of locker room and deck space with a viewing area and separate lounge, weight room, and juice bar. (Then, when I wasn't doing laps, I could rent it out to all the nearby high schools and hold the State meet in it!
All I need to do it hit the lottery!
Oh what the heck, if money were no object, 50 M by 25 Yd, at least 12 lanes, separate diving well, still with the retractable roof, plenty of locker room and deck space with a viewing area and separate lounge, weight room, and juice bar.
Here's the perfect property on which to build your swim palace.
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Oh what the heck, if money were no object, 50 M by 25 Yd, at least 12 lanes, separate diving well, still with the retractable roof, plenty of locker room and deck space with a viewing area and separate lounge, weight room, and juice bar. (Then, when I wasn't doing laps, I could rent it out to all the nearby high schools and hold the State meet in it!
All I need to do it hit the lottery!There is an empty property in Scottsdale that, every time I drive by, I tell my wife it'll be where I build a true natatorium. The building shell is there, might need to raise the roof a bit, but I'm thinking two indoor 50M pools so we can finally swim and race in a climate-controlled environment here in the Arizona summers and winters ... just need to hit the lottery as well.
I like to work on technique and kicking alone in my pool. I also give special needs kids and embarrassed teen-agers lessons in my pool, usually free but I may start charging if things here in Indiana get much worse for school teachers!
I have a pool and as the only son, it falls on me to maintain the pool. It's a 20x40 which although is much bigger than your average pool, its not good for laps. Most of my friends have pools have exotic shapes which are even worse for laps.
I don't really feel like owning a pool is worth it. They're expensive to build, chemicals aren't cheap, if you get a leak you're in big trouble, and they're time consuming to keep clean. Work can be avoided if you have a son (me) or a $300/wk pool boy.
You're gym membership, no matter how expensive, is a better deal. Pools are fun though when you're little and all you want to do is screw around with your friends.
We don't have the room for it. I also do not have the money to build it. Being in CT, it would have to be indoors. I'd love to have something that close that I didn't have to share with other people. While I like swimming with the people I know, some days I just want to be alone!
I have a pool and although I fought my husband on it, thinking it was the most crazy decadent thing we could ever have done, I LOVE IT. One lane, 25 yards. Yes, it gets choppy, but as an open water freak, I consider it good training. In Massachusetts, it only made sense to do it indoors, and yes, I know we went a bit overboard.
People used to come to our house and say, "You built a pool? Have you seen your kitchen?" since the pool was quite a bit nicer than our house. Anyway, well worth it.
