subject: 5 Myths About Owning A Pool [print this page] What if you found out that the only thing that's preventing you from a home oasis was just a myth? Pools aren't the high-class things they used to be, and owning a pool is more within your reach than you think.
Only if you're paying top dollar. The pool industry is highly competitive, and there's a huge range of prices for very good pools which are much lower. Cost is dependent on a lot of things such as materials and accessories. Finance is usually available for pools.
The short answer to this myth is "Shop around". Pick a budget figure, and see what you can get. Ask your pool suppliers, and you'll get even more options. Don't talk yourself out of a beautiful home pool on the basis of the price tag of an Olympic size pool.
The builders will be messing up my yard for months.
It's a bit hard to even figure out where this particular myth comes from. It's way off. To be brutally honest, No they won't. Although you need to be realistic about this, it won't really take anything like that long to install your pool.
Can you imagine a professional builder, installing five or six pools a year? They'd go broke. Ask around for quotes and installation time frames, you'll be surprised. Many different types of pools can be installed extremely easily, and very quickly, with no mess at all.
I don't have the room for a pool.
You'd be surprised. Pools can come in all shapes and sizes, custom or off the shelf. Some of the most elegant upmarket designer pools are actually quite small. Ask an architect, and they'll give you a virtual shopping list of pool options for your place.
A pool can be a Jacuzzi, spa, and swimming pool all rolled into one, and just the right size. All that's required for all these features is an area about half the size of an average studio apartment. In the average back yard, you've got a lot of space left over with those dimensions.
I don't have time to maintain it.
Yes you do. Half an hour a week and maybe an hour a month is manageable for anyone. Pools don't take a lot of effort or time, as long as you can schedule it in, it should only take a few minutes a day, maybe an hour or so on weekends for maintenance, and most of the work's done automatically.
Pools detract from a home's value.
This is one of the more bizarre, truly inexplicable myths. Are you kidding? There's little more appealing to a real estate agent than a shiny, well-kept pool with a house. Stock up on thepool supplies, and you'll be swimming in interested buyers when you decide to sell.
To buyers, pools are like magnets. They're definitely not turning off buyers in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane's top suburbs, where house prices start around a half to a million dollars. A beautifully landscaped pool is a major selling point. It's a lifestyle plus to buyers.
