Pool or no pool?

As stated and implied above, it’s a personal choice. My vote? Unless you have pre-teen kids, money to pay someone else to take care of it, or expect to only own the house for a few years, don’t do it.

When our caboose left for college, we moved from a 3600 sq ft house with a pool to 4000 sq ft house without one...and we could still honestly say that we felt like we downsized.