Should I Buy a House With a Pool?
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Owning a Home With a Pool Is Expensive
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Before stepping into the pool, test the water. Owning a house with a pool increases the homeowner's personal liability and her cost of homeowner's insurance. She must either maintain the pool herself or pay for a pool maintenance service. Her electric bill will increase from the pool pump running and even more so if she heats the pool.
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Enjoyment Can Outweigh Costs
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Buy a home with a pool if you plan to regularly enjoy it. A homebuyer's enjoyment of his swimming pool sometimes makes the costs and risks of pool ownership worth the expense. Since a pool home has fewer buyer prospects on resale, he should buy a home with a pool only if he plans to regularly enjoy it.
Bottom Line
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Sparkling clean pool water comes at a price. According to CostHelper.com, as of August 2010, a pool cleaner costs $75 to $165 per month versus do-it-yourself costs of $20 to $100 per month. Add increased electric costs and homeowners insurance, fewer prospects on resale, and the potential for liability issues and the buyer must relish a pool home to justify its purchase.
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