https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 23 May 2026 13:30:46 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool/page/2#post-1647805 Tue, 20 May 2014 17:26:17 +0000 deactivated_account 1647805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I lean towards a pool being a "must have." Or at least a yard big enough to accommodate a pool that I can float in. If I can swim laps in it, that's a plus. But I live in SoCal. Its basically pool weather all year long if you have a pool heater. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool/page/2#post-1647792 Tue, 20 May 2014 17:18:02 +0000 sunny 1647792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would only want an indoor pool. It's no fun swimming in the rain! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool/page/2#post-1647791 Tue, 20 May 2014 17:17:39 +0000 MrsSCB 1647791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I live in Texas but I still don't want a pool. I don't want to have to deal with the upkeep. Also, I'm paranoid and having (future) small children around a pool all the time just makes me nervous! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool/page/2#post-1647787 Tue, 20 May 2014 17:15:15 +0000 Running Elley 1647787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dealbreaker for me. We have MANY months of pool weather here but both my mom and MIL have pools that we can use regularly. I don't want to deal with the maintenance but the main thing is that I'm a huge worrier and I'd be terrified all the time. I'd consider having one if we end up moving when our kids are teenagers or older but...probably not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool/page/2#post-1647778 Tue, 20 May 2014 17:10:52 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1647778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Total dealbreaker. We don't want to deal with the maintenance and costs of having a pool. And I definitely don't want one when the kids are small. I don't worry much, but kids drowning is one of my biggest fears. They go down so silently... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool/page/2#post-1647751 Tue, 20 May 2014 16:58:09 +0000 fairy 1647751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would enjoy it if I had one, but I wouldn't seek out a pool. My mother has a nice pool and we swim there every other week or so in the summer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool/page/2#post-1647749 Tue, 20 May 2014 16:56:54 +0000 PurplePeony 1647749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have time to deal with a pool. Our neighbors have one and have offered us the use of it when it's open, but we have like 3 weeks of weather per year that are really pool-worthy so some summers they don't even bother to open it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool/page/2#post-1647739 Tue, 20 May 2014 16:51:00 +0000 photojane 1647739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We would both like to have a small pool when we buy/build our forever home. We have a May-September swim season. I'd definitely hire someone to open/close it though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool/page/2#post-1647664 Tue, 20 May 2014 16:25:28 +0000 lemondrop 1647664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely a deal breaker until my boys are older. My husband on the other hand would kill to have one, since we have swim weather about 9-10 months of the year. We do swim lessons once a week and have Y membership, so we have pool access regularly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool/page/2#post-1647552 Tue, 20 May 2014 15:40:43 +0000 Mommy Finger 1647552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>100% dealbreaker </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool/page/2#post-1647518 Tue, 20 May 2014 15:28:07 +0000 cheert16 1647518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have one- its so much work!! I wish we had an in ground though </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool/page/2#post-1647495 Tue, 20 May 2014 15:18:30 +0000 Radish 1647495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am anti-pool until kids are old enough so that I don't have to worry about it as a safety issue and they can help clean it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool/page/2#post-1647493 Tue, 20 May 2014 15:17:22 +0000 HLK208 1647493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We only have a few months to use a pool so I would rather live in a neighborhood with a community pool within walking distance. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool/page/2#post-1647483 Tue, 20 May 2014 15:11:50 +0000 wonderstruck 1647483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it would be so nice to have! But DH, who has actually lived in a house with a pool and his chores included maintaining it, says it's a dealbreaker and too much work. Sigh. Someday we'll compromise on a hot tub :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool/page/2#post-1647475 Tue, 20 May 2014 15:09:10 +0000 blackbird 1647475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's a must have in our dream home. Salt water, please! And it'll only be when the kids are older and we have a fenced in yard. I cannot wait to have one again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool/page/2#post-1647454 Tue, 20 May 2014 15:00:50 +0000 shinymama 1647454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have one and I could take it or leave it. Now my boys, they :heart: it! {Southern California = long pool season} </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool/page/2#post-1647449 Tue, 20 May 2014 14:59:23 +0000 heartonastring 1647449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's a deal breaker for us. The maintenance is a PITA, and SIL and BIL have one that we are free to use whenever. We also have a family cottage at the lake, so it just doesn't make sense for us to have a pool. </p> <p>If our dream house had one we'd only be willing to purchase if it was a saltwater pool, but ideally we don't want one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool#post-1647437 Tue, 20 May 2014 14:56:44 +0000 Dandelion 1647437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dealbreaker. Too much maintenance. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool#post-1647433 Tue, 20 May 2014 14:55:13 +0000 Bookish 1647433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: Yeah, it's stupid. I live in phase I of a community, and they just built phase 2. Phase 2 has a pool, which is included in Phase 2 residents' HOA fees, but we have to 'apply' to use it and pay the 300$ on top of our 300$ HOA fee! It's bonkers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool#post-1647427 Tue, 20 May 2014 14:52:09 +0000 lawbee11 1647427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bookish: whaaat?? That's insane. Ours is included in our HOA fees. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool#post-1647421 Tue, 20 May 2014 14:49:38 +0000 mrs. wagon 1647421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Deal breaker for us! We'd rather have the yard space. Luckily my close friend has a pool and they're always begging us to come over since it's so expensive to open and close it every year, so they want to get their money's worth... we're over there like every weekend in the summers! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool#post-1647416 Tue, 20 May 2014 14:48:06 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1647416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If the house doesn't have one, there better be one nearby - it's too flipping hot 9 months out if the year to go w/o one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool#post-1647409 Tue, 20 May 2014 14:46:04 +0000 Bookish 1647409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't care much either way, but I'd much rather have a community pool. We have them here but none within walking distance, which is a bummer. Our neighborhood pool charges 300$ for the summer, which we just aren't going to pay this year! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool#post-1647383 Tue, 20 May 2014 14:38:43 +0000 snowjewelz 1647383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's a deal breaker for us - way too much maintenance/$! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool#post-1647381 Tue, 20 May 2014 14:37:55 +0000 MrsKRB 1647381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I grew up with a pool, but in the Northeast it was freezing even on hot days, so I wouldn't spend money on installing one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool#post-1647357 Tue, 20 May 2014 14:29:47 +0000 Weagle 1647357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I will never, ever seek out a house with a pool. If we found an awesome house that happened to have one I might consider it. I prefer paying to be a member of a community pool. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool#post-1647352 Tue, 20 May 2014 14:26:57 +0000 Torchwood 1647352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It would have been a "could live with" for us, but houses that have one weren't in our budget anyway. My issues are more about the dangers of having toddlers/young kids around them, since we're just now starting to have kids, and my serious dislike of chemicals. Though my dad has an above ground salt water pool for my brother and sister (12 and 14), and apparently that works well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool#post-1647351 Tue, 20 May 2014 14:26:50 +0000 Charm54 1647351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chibee: my parents are talking about putting a pool in and they live just around the corner...I am so hoping they do, that would be the perfect scenario! No maintenance for me haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool#post-1647342 Tue, 20 May 2014 14:22:09 +0000 chibee 1647342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I LOVE pools, but i'm not confident i can take care of it to the best of my ability. Which is why I am so grateful to have in-laws with an amazing pool in my town that i use whenever i want! No responsibilities!!! It seems like so much work though! my FIL cleans it every, single, morning, even with the little robotic thing going around in the pool he is always cleaning and maintaining, no thank you. I can barely clean my house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-having-a-pool#post-1647340 Tue, 20 May 2014 14:21:22 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1647340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our house came with an above ground pool. It's nice to have, but it's a lot of work, and I wouldn't have put one in if it weren't already here. </p>