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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2011 18:45:53 GMT -5
We live in So Cal and my next door neighbors have an in-ground pool. They don't maintain it and the city has had to put fish in it to eat the mosquito larvae. It is black and green--pretty gross. I'm assuming they can't afford to maintain it. That's pretty disgusting! I imagine that's happened to a lot of the foreclosures, too. A pool is an unnatural system and if you don't maintain it, Nature will take over. |
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Post by BeenThere...DoneThat... on Jan 7, 2011 19:31:50 GMT -5
...garden/lawn, with a nice sprinkler...  |
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Post by marmar on Jan 7, 2011 19:41:15 GMT -5
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Post by marmar on Jan 7, 2011 19:42:27 GMT -5
When I was house hunting, I automatically ruled out any house that had a pool. My grandparents have one, and while we loved it during the summers we spent there, now I understand what a PITA it was for them to maintain.
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Post by 8 Bit WWBG on Jan 7, 2011 19:49:52 GMT -5
If I had to choose one, more thank likely I would choose the garden.
As far as how it appears to a buyer, I think a big part of it is how much of a "pool" neighborhood your house is in. If you are the only one, then yes you probably have to wait for a someone who loves pools. But if every house has a pool, it is probably not as big a deal. I'm sure there are some ultra-luxe neighborhoods where you can't NOT have a pool.
But hell, like anything in a home -- someone who likes it will like it and someone who hates it will hate it.
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