Point #6: You can skinny dip in your own backyard. 😁👍🏼➕

My dads house had a pool. He said a pool is a hole in the ground into which you pour your money.

I will throw my comments in on my pool experience. I have a small 12x28 inground as that’s al I had space for constant depth and love it. We don’t have big crowds but what big crowds spend the whole time actually in the pool vs on the deck anyway. I hear people say how much work they are... I opened mine very early and staying was easy it was clear in days. Shocked twice since opening. It’s a salt pool and it’s easier to maintain than traditional from my experience. My pool is about as much work in an entire season as my dog is in a week.. and one is more enjoyable than the other. We won’t get in to the details. Pools are very easy to open, close and maintain. Orient it properly with the sun and use a solar blanket and you’ll only be heating to get it started early and run it the last few weeks. We’re having five day heat wave very hot for this time of year and spending 5-6 hours outside after work while my lazy neighbour is now green and full of leaves is awesome. If you got enough energy to mow your lawn weekly you can handle a pool easy. Worth every penny and my small pool was only 15k with a concrete deck. You don’t need a 20x40 and driving board. Especially since pool season is only 12 weeks here. Sorry vid poster don’t mean to cost you sales!!

4% and 6% increased value not worth the investment for those that are planning on living in your home 3-5 years. I agree on investing in your family and saving on those expensive family trips. Just know that you will loose money in the end but gain on life long memories.

FYI for anyone watching, currently going through a FB pool build in 2021. All told it’s going to be about $100k. This includes: pool shell, install, retaining wall, patio, waterfall, patio furniture, fence w/ brick columns, dirt removal and some clean up. Landscaping to make it look good, not sure yet. The pool shell/install alone was about $70k, heater, paver coping, waterline tile, waterfall

I have an Intex above ground pool for more than a decade. Now, living in the south , I’m spoiled. I love my pool on the hottest days, it’s a great and wonderful luxury.

What about the actual costs of owning the pool? How much in electrical costs? How much in water usage? How much in maintenance costs, i.e. (having a weekly pool cleaner) and additional costs a year for those really hotter than normal summer days costs?

Good points made. Thanks

It really just depends on how many times your gone use it and for me personally its totaly worth it i atleast swim everyday when the weather allows it of course

A bunch of kids over? I think I just changed my mind about getting a pool.

I’m watching this while I’m having someone demolish my pool. They aren’t worth it - constant maintenance and expense in cleaning, equipment repairs or replacement, having to buy the expensive chemicals add just the right amount to the pool, test the water, on and on. If you really want one get an above ground pool and throw it away when you’re tired of it. And if you hire someone to maintain your pool, I guarantee they will not do as good a job as the you. And some insurance companies increase your insurance if you have a pool and you must fence it in.

Put in a pool and have it for 20 years for 50k. Enjoy family, parties, memories, etc. Buy a 50k car and not be worth much after 7 to 10 years. Pool better imo. (I say 20 years cause I live in cali and want to move out after full pension, otherwise pool last forever.)

None of that is relevant to me... My kiddos will not be inviting anyone over and nobody else will be swimming in my pool but my wife and kiddos lol...

My kids prefer going to the beach since we live 10 mins walk away. There they can run, build sand castles, kick balls, throw frisbees, kayak and it’s all free. All my neighbours have pools and they use them two or three weekends per year and complain about $10,000 every year in electricity, gas, chemicals, and lack of back yard. A pool is a poor use of perfectly good money. Buy a yacht instead if you like wasting money like I did 😅

Never had a pool growing up is the maintenance that bad as ppl say it is? Do I have to become a chemist? 🤔

It's definitely worth it if you live in a warmer climate area. We had one in our last home in Chicago and barely used it. Was not worth the investment.

What’s the annual maintenance and sustainment cost for a pool?

Forgot about the financial maintenance obligations and duty you'll have to provide every month to keep it up and clean. $$$$ it's a lot. Public pools are great. Lol

So wait - I could barely put up with my kids more less have all the neighbors kids over to put up with as well!!! Noooo Thanks!!!! Just got a membership to the YMCA 🙌🏻

don't think this guy would be biased at all

What is the name of the pool behind you in this video?

Worth it if you live in Florida and have solar. Pool is open year round and my solar system negates ALL electric cost. So many pool companies out here that they will maintain your pool for 50$ a week (since they are on your street anyways because your 10 neighbors have pools also). Property taxes are already low.

What about the increase in your home owner's insurance. In most cases swimming pools become a liability.

“Guy tries to sell swimming polls by pointing out all of the advantages”. This should be the videos title

I think I want my in-ground filled in with dirt. It was great when my children were younger. Now they are adults & I have an empty nest. Too much trouble.

He forgot to mention how much a pool would cost

He left out added cost to maintain chemicals and

This is not an objective answer...what about increase in property taxes, if you have children who are toddlers and risk of drowning?, increased home insurance?, are you gonna use it after year 5?, opening and closing the pool? This was more of an advertisement.

Be it swimming pool or fish aquarium: I can tell you that maintaining ANY body of water is an enormous, time consuming, worrisome, tedious, bad-surprise filled, and expensive task. It holds you hostage at home. The bad outweighs the good by a million times.

You just convinced me not to put in a pool.

You were too late

In summary, "no".

I have a swimming pool and I never hated anything so much in my life. A Swimming Pool is a hole in the ground you fill up with money. They require constant maintenance and expensive repairs on a daily bases. Parts and chemicals for a pools are ridiculously expensive,. I'm afraid to take a vacation for fear another pipe will brake and flood the neighborhood or I will come home to another clogged up filter or a pool full of green slime. Is it worth the money? I would pay $25,000 to get rid of the damn thing if I could get approval and the expensive permit to rip the thing out and also pay for the Hazmat inspection. i only get in the Pool to scrub the tile and walls. i spent over $5000 on it so far this year and it still looks like crap after a root cracked the concrete which is going to devalue my house which I plan to sell because of this crap pool. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DO NOT BUY A SWIMMING POOL.

This Guy is clueless. Wait of time watching this.