Home & Garden Do you have a Pool?

[Silent Alarm]

Bikinis

You might actually need to have girls willing to come over to see them in action though. Then again I have a feeling you'd be pretty good with birds

 

[Papa G]

I reckon a pool would be great if you had kids - we had one when I was a kid, and the entire neighbourhood would spend all summer in there. But as an adult I think I'd struggle to justify the expense in any house I owned myself.

Not sure how the capital costs of installing a pool affect the sale price of a property. Would be interested to hear, if there's a real estate agent around.

Yep. Brilliant if you have kids. Gives you probably 2-3 hours a day of boredom relief during holidays. Tires the little turds out too.

I look after mine myself. If you do a little bit every day it's not too bad. Biggest cost is running the pump, but if you take into account how much the kids use it the cost is more than justifiable.

If your house is a family home, it would definitely add value. It probably cost close to $40,000 to put in a good pool these days.

 

[Silent Alarm]

I reckon a pool would be great if you had kids - we had one when I was a kid, and the entire neighbourhood would spend all summer in there

 

[TheFreshBanana]

You might actually need to have girls willing to come over to see them in action though. Then again I have a feeling you'd be pretty good with birds

The trick is to hide breadcrumbs in your pocket.

 

[JD11]

Tires the little turds out too.

One of the first lessons in Pool Maintenance is do not shit inside the pool.

 

[Quivorir]

People saying its expensive - what do you class as expensive? A rough estimate per year? How much do you think running the pumps cost?

 

[Caesar]

People saying its expensive - what do you class as expensive? A rough estimate per year? How much do you think running the pumps cost?

http://www.ausgrid.com.au/Common/Cu...rgy-usage-calculators/PoolPumpCalculator.aspx

They generally recommend you run the pump for six to eight hours a day in summer, and around four in winter. Plus whenever you're in the pool.

In addition my parents' pool loses anything up to 100L a week in evaporation, depending on the amount of sun and wind (and it has a pretty small surface area).

Chemicals are maybe $500-$1000 a year - mostly acid and salt, plus a bit of algaecide and sunscreen. If you let it get out of balance though it can be quite expensive. My parents went away last spring and I neglected to visit and treat the pool for about a month - cost me close to $200 in chemicals to get it all rebalanced.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

In a word, they're shit. Expensive pains in the arse that you don't use enough to even come close to justifying.

As mentioned good for kids if it's a hot summer.

Otherwise ****in pointless. If you had the space and money one of those single lane lap pools would be good. Other than that I don't know why anyone would want one. It's not hard to keep cool these days.

 

[Quivorir]

Okay, I am assuming that is per year. Do you know what sort of pump the average sized pool will have?

 

[Papa G]

http://www.ausgrid.com.au/Common/Cu...rgy-usage-calculators/PoolPumpCalculator.aspx

They generally recommend you run the pump for six to eight hours a day in summer, and around four in winter. Plus whenever you're in the pool.

In addition my parents' pool loses anything up to 100L a week in evaporation, depending on the amount of sun and wind (and it has a pretty small surface area).

Chemicals are maybe $500-$1000 a year - mostly acid and salt, plus a bit of algaecide and sunscreen. If you let it get out of balance though it can be quite expensive. My parents went away last spring and I neglected to visit and treat the pool for about a month - cost me close to $200 in chemicals to get it all rebalanced.

Yeah I don't spend anything near that. I only run my pump around once a week in winter and I used the cheap Chlorine you buy from KMART for $60 for 10kgs, just to keep the water looking half decent. When the warmer weather comes I get it tested, balance it out with alkaline or acid and its ready to go in a day or 2. I then use the better chlorine which is $100 for 3kg and I usually go through 3-4 of them a Summer.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

Everyone I know who has one said it's worth the maintenance. However I don't mind going over and using theirs

 

[Scotland]

Had one as a kid. Pretty much lived in it in in Summer during primary school then progressively used it less until I barely used it at all once I was past school age.

If I was going to get something now (30, not married, no kids) I'd get a spa instead.

 

[TassieSaint]

I would rather put the installation money toward a house right near a good beach and not have the ongoing costs personally.

 

[Scotland]

I would rather put the installation money toward a house right near a good beach and not have the ongoing costs personally.

How much does a pool cost to install? $20k? $50k?

If I added $50k to the value of my house I could probably move about two blocks closer to the beach. Better off whacking the pool in.

 

[TassieSaint]

How much does a pool cost to install? $20k? $50k?

If I added $50k to the value of my house I could probably move about two blocks closer to the beach. Better off whacking the pool in.

Bloke earlier in the thread said 40k I think?

But yeah might be a better option from a Tassie perspective where the houses are cheaper. Even then if you're gonna be in the house for 10+ years, the running costs will add up, and I'm much more of a beach than pool guy.

 

[Run n Spread]

Pain in the arse in Melbourne I reckon. Costs maintenance vs actual suitable period for useage renders the cons > pros. Also reckon when it comes to selling property they could be a bit of a white elephant.

 

[Halloween Jack]

I have come to clean zee pool

 

[Shell]

No. I wish I did.

**** you all who complain, bitch and whinge about having one. No srsly... **** you.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

It'd be nice to have a pool but living in Melbourne I'd be struggling to use it more than 20 days a year unless it was heated/indoors.

There are a lot of home buyers who will walk away the moment they see a pool because they don't want the upkeep.

Couldn't they just drain the water?

But yeah might be a better option from a Tassie perspective where the houses are cheaper.

Is there even pool/beach weather in Tasmania...

 

[TassieSaint]

Is there even pool/beach weather in Tasmania...

If you're a soft mainlander who won't go near water unless it's 30+ degrees, then probably not

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

My friend's parents bought a house with a pool, drained it as soon as they moved in, and built a deck over it.

 

[BALKAN]

Just befriend someone with a pool.

 

[Silent Alarm]

 

[Andre]

It's great when the weather is hot, but an expensive pain to maintain. When my boys (7&9) hit 10 or 11 keeping the pool clean gets added to their list of chores since they get the most use out of it.

As for other kids, unless it's only one or two I go with the policy it's a pool, but I'm not a lifeguard. You can have your kid under 12 in the pool, but you need one of THEIR parent/guardians in with them. I'm not providing a pool AND free babysitting to boot.

 

[Gasometer]

Policy on 'its time to **** off home guests'?

Just turn off the lights?