Pool or no pool?
If your house is worth 250k and you spend 50k on a pool, your house is still worth 250k. We bought our house with the pool, you don’t get any monetary return on that investment.
Nope. I just sold my house in July and we had a pool. Absolutely no change in the sale price because of that. Actually, we got more for the house due to the deck and pergola we installed 5 years ago than the pool. We benefitted from Dallas being a real estate hotbed than anything else.
My take on pools is that they are a maintenance nightmare. Sure they're good for the first 4 or 5 years, then you have stuff start to fail. I had spent tons every year getting various things repaired that had failed. Most of the maintenance I could do myself, but even then the parts were expensive because there aren't a lot of companies that make pool parts, so prices are higher, unless you know someone who could get them at cost. If we had kept the house, I was looking at having to get the stonework redone, the pool replastered, and probably having to get a new pump by next summer. All of that alone would've probably cost north of $15K. So, I really don't miss that part.
The part I do miss is the fact that I could go work out, come home and jump straight into the pool and having parties, crawfish boils, etc. I miss hearing the kids having a good time. They're all older no(above 18) but they still would go out there with all their friends. I miss seeing my wife's friends in their swimsuits. :hihi: I REALLY miss my wife having the darkest tan imaginable and her tan lines (GUH!).
I would buy a house with a pool already installed because you're looking to spend at least $50K on a basic in-ground pool. Just make sure you have a pool service person come out and inspect it before you buy.