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Home search in Massachusetts: Would you buy a house with a swimming pool? Part I
Home search in Massachusetts: Would you buy a house with a swimming pool?
If you are a buyer, now on a market for a home here in MA, you have come across these listings: a house with a swimming pool. Is this a good deal or not?
If you always wanted a pool, or were planning to put one in, it will be more cost effective for you to buy a property with an existing swimming pool. Putting an inground pool can cost roughly between 20 000 and 40 000, depending on the size and complexity of the project. A house with a swimming pool tends to sell for about the same (or slightly less) as comparable properties without a pool, so that's a saving right there. 
Major concern about swimming pools is the upkeep (cost and time involved), and relatively short swimming season. Both valid points.
Usually, home owners in MA open up their pools around Memorial Day weekend, and close them up again around Labor Day, give or take a couple of weeks, so yes, the pool season is short. But think bout this: Even if you hire a company to do EVERYTHING for the pool, it will come to ... more

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