Would you buy a house with a pool?

[magnoliaparadise]

It's extra money to maintain, but if you have that money and feel you would use the pool, I'd say go for it. And if you don't use it, you can always fill it up. If you didn't have kids and were looking to buy a house with a pool, I'd say meh. But with kids, especially older than 5, I'd say it's great. But definitely fence it in even if your state law doesn't require it to keep it safe from toddlers.

Funny because I'm looking for a house, too, and having a pool is *not* on my 'necessary' list at all. But I can see the advantages now that it's summer.

In my old state, no one had pools. Here, now that it's summer and hot, what I see is that those families with pools can host so easily. So lucky! We are going to a pool party tomorrow and my DD2 can't wait. I was just thinking that it's such an easy win for the hosts - they will have 12 Kindergarteners and their parents and we are all bringing food and we aren't even going into their house - I would LOVE to have the opportunity to host and have people over like that!

This all being said, our area has 'neighborhood pools' and those are super fun, too, because you meet your neighbors and it's less work. So all things being equal, I would probably prefer to buy a house in an area near a neighborhood pool than have my own. But if my area didn't have neighborhood pools or one that was close by, I'd be happy to buy a house with a pool!