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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.
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.
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We have one and I could take it or leave it. Now my boys, they
it! {Southern California = long pool season}
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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We have one- its so much work!! I wish we had an in ground though
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100% dealbreaker
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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!
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I would only want an indoor pool. It's no fun swimming in the rain!
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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.
it! {Southern California = long pool season}
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