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Real estate and swimming pools

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Real Estate Agent with CKR Properties, LLC

Swimming pools are great fun!!  We had one for 15 years and it was total family entertainment!  You need to have a locked privacy fence for safety and some definite rules to go along with it, but it can be a source of joy and family bonding. The rules help to  keep the neighbor from coming over in their swimming suit with their towel and ringing the door bell to ask "Can Johnny come out to play?"

However, when you are ready to sell your home, sometimes a swimming pool can be a detriment.  It puts you in a special "category" because there are only so many buyers that want a pool.  Many buyers are either afraid of a pool or have heard that it may be too much work for them.  You can't add the price of the pool onto the home price because the value there again, is only in the enjoyment you had while using it.

If you decide to get a pool ask about a solar blanket - - we used this a lot and it helped save on heating bills. 

 

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