Backyard Pool: Pros and Cons

I've got you thinking about summer.

You're looking at my Canada Day Moving Promotion and thinking, "I could have a new house by Canada Day, a new house with a pool?"

Make sure you know what you're getting into with a pool. Here are some pros and cons to having a pool in your backyard.

Swimming Pool Pros: 

• Cooling off after a long day at work. Ahhhhh, daily vacation all summer long.
• Being "cool". You'll be the popular house on the street, the popular family to visit.
• Pool parties!
• Exercise
• An excuse to be outdoors and off screens
• Family time
• Kids will be good swimmers
• Potential income from swimming lessons

Swimming Pool Cons:

• Daily maintenance. Another job to do after work, before you can relax.
• Being the neighbourhood babysitter/lifeguard might be less fun than expected.
• Hosting all the summer parties and family events can become costly and stressful
• Upkeep costs and time (winter closing, liner, pump, and filter replacements, and landscaping issues, fence and gate, etc)
• Cost of water and chemicals, and electricity to heat the pool early and later in the season.
• Insurance and legal issues to consider (accidents)

As soon as the snow melts, we start dreaming about summer. We remember how hot it was last summer, and think how nice it would be to have a pool to cool off in. But, do you have the time and money to maintain a pool? What else do you have to think about? Make sure you think it through carefully.

If you're looking for a house with a swimming pool in Newmarket, or in Aurora, Bradford, Richmond Hill, or anywhere in York Region and the GTA, call Harry Naghavi, Your Friendly Realtor! You'll be working with one of the best Realtors in Newmarket or anywhere.