Swimming pools

couriervanman

Vegastare wrote: »

Well a previous manager bought house with open pool and was really bragging about how we would have a great office party etc...then reality hit with her fuel bill...seem it was on a business tariff because of higher than normal domestic usage....she then had some on going dispute with utility company.

But many years ago friends bought a house with pool and right from day one they knew they were going to fill it in.

I guess it is down to each person choice...

SIL bought house with indoor pool she was like Hyacinth Bucket,must come and see our pool/were having a pool party.
Couple of years down the line and a few extortionate energy bills and the pool heating/filter was turned off,only gets turned on when she tries to impress people....someone even went in it not knowing the filter had turned off for a couple of months:eek:

PasturesNew

They don't interest me. Too much of a liability.

But, with enough money, I'd get a framework built in there, then top it off to create a decking area, with a hatch/steps leading down into the pool hole.

Assuming the pool didn't fill with stagnant water when it rained I might even use it as storage space under that decking ... not sure what stuff though.

It'd annoy me that it existed.
It'd annoy me that their perceived "value of having a pool" probably meant the price was higher than one without.... but if I liked the house I'd still have it.

As for heating bills, I'd not bother to heat a pool... we never used to heat outdoor public pools and I used to regularly go swimming in them up to early October with the swim club...

Grenage

I wouldn't mind one in the garden, if the garden was big enough. Easy conversion to a wildlife pond.

Flugelhorn

PasturesNew wrote: »

They don't interest me. Too much of a liability.

But, with enough money, I'd get a framework built in there, then top it off to create a decking area, with a hatch/steps leading down into the pool hole.

Assuming the pool didn't fill with stagnant water when it rained I might even use it as storage space under that decking ... not sure what stuff though.

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i like the idea of covering with decking but can see that filling up with rainwater could be a problem. reckon will come down to how much we like the house

MysteryMe

Would make a good formal pool for koi. They need deep water.

Skiddaw1

Someone I know turned their pool into a covered underground clubhouse. Being in the garden and well insulated the neighbours weren't bothered by it. And jolly good times we had there too!

Owain_Moneysaver

Fill it with fresh water and install an aerator pump and filtration and you can fatten up rainbow trout.

http://www.thepondsite.co.uk/Ponds/Styles_of_pond/swimming_pool_to_pond.html

TallGirl

I'm in the process of buying a house with a small unheated swimming pool down South. The whole garden is laid to different patios and seating areas but it does have a more traditional garden with lawn to the side. I wasn't keen on it but it's in good state of repair and talking to a guy to service them he said to change the pump and other items really aren't that expensive.

Check the liner is ok as that's an expense to change it and they get damaged if you use the wrong mix of chlorine. We are keeping ours for now but also getting a hot tub. Our house will be a weekend house mainly so I want to see what it's like before making any decisions. They can be expensive to fill in my surveyor said as you have to drill through the bottoms and obviously take off the top edges unless you're fitting a deck over it as suggested above. I've seen some retractable can walk on like a deck now that would be cool best of both worlds.

Finally my surveyor also down valued the property by £5k (was on at £400k. I'm paying £385k) he said it's because the pool has no value as such.

Hope you come to a decision.

Flugelhorn

thanks hope you enjoy the pool and hot tub - see what you mean drilling through the bottom - rain water has to get out somehow!

Davesnave

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

Fill it with fresh water and install an aerator pump and filtration and you can fatten up rainbow trout.

Largest trout I ever caught was in a public swimming pool converted to a fish farm.(5.5lbs)