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http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.a ... 1044513956
Click the view multimedia button on top to see good pictures.

Just had home inspection, some work to be done, but overall solid house. Its not in any real town, but close to some. 45 min drive form my office, but 30 min of that is on country roads.

House was a great show! While I was sorry to see it end last season I guess they'd pretty much done everything they could with the character, apart from having him go off his rocker entirely and blow up the hospital or something. Anyway, pool party at Veg's cool new place!

Tach Deneva wrote:House was a great show! While I was sorry to see it end last season I guess they'd pretty much done everything they could with the character, apart from having him go off his rocker entirely and blow up the hospital or something. Anyway, pool party at Veg's cool new place!

Ya I ma a year or 2 being on house myself. Love the show but never seam to be able to get to watch it in last year or 2.

Very nice house Veg!

veg under no circumstances will you buy a house with a in-gound pool. !!!DO NOT BUY A HOUSE WITH AN IN-GROUND POOL!!!! unless you live in Florida or California (which you dont) it will be a nightmare in hidden costs. your resale value will suck.

Buffalo Six wrote:veg under no circumstances will you buy a house with a in-gound pool. !!!DO NOT BUY A HOUSE WITH AN IN-GROUND POOL!!!! unless you live in Florida or California (which you dont) it will be a nightmare in hidden costs. your resale value will suck.

u got experience ??

Poking around Google, found some stuff:

The Disadvantages of Owning a Home With a Pool

Regular maintenance. Pools require chemicals, cleaning and over time, repair.

Children can drown. Drowning is the leading cause of accidental death among children ages 1 to 4, says Safekids.

Pool homes appeal to fewer buyers.

Pools consume valuable yard space, and in a small yard, they can overwhelm.

It might cost more to insure a home with a pool, and heating it can drive up utility bills.

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Do Pools Add or Detract From the Value of a Home?

Whether a pool adds value to a home depends on where you live. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the three most popular states for pool homes are California, Arizona and Florida. The National Association of Realtors says an in-ground pool adds about 7.7% more in value to the home's market value. However, in colder climates, such as Minnesota, a pool may add no value at all.

Pam Erickson, a Realtor at Coldwell Banker Burnet in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, says, "We price the house as though the pool does not exist and hope it does not detract from the house. But it most always does. So I keep showing until that ONE buyer comes through."

Erickson says there is a growing segment of baby boomers who pass up buying a vacation home to invest in their own back-yard paradise. They install complete pool systems boasting waterfalls, hot tubs, climbing walls and extensive landscaping. That's a lot of money for a pool, she says, especially in an area where pools are used three months out of the year.

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There are four issues to consider: safety, cost, time, and reward.

First, how old are your children and are they water safe? The pool you're considering is fenced, but, regardless, raising young children near a pool requires a commitment to vigilance on your part. It only takes moments for a child to drown.

Second, the highest day-to-day operating cost of a pool is the heater, which you haven't mentioned. Solar heaters are cheap to run but you'll be limited as to how many months of the year you'll be able to use the pool. Electric and gas are considerably more expensive to operate. Find out what kind you have and how old it is.

Other ongoing costs will be water (you have to keep the pool filled), chemicals (you have to keep the ph balanced or the pool will fill with algae), and equipment maintenance. Pool equipment doesn't last long and it's expensive. For instance, to replace the automatic vacuum system would run you about $1,000.

All of your ongoing costs depend on how big the pool is, how warm you'd like to keep it, and what your electricity/gas rates are. Ask a (potential) neighbor for an estimate of what their pool costs them to run.

Third, it takes time and effort to keep a pool in good shape. hiring a service to do the regular maintenance can cost up to $150 a month.

Fourth, other considerations aside having a pool is a heck of a lot of fun. It's a good way to keep your family active and your kids from playing video games nonstop all summer.

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Heating costs seems to be a common theme. What's the weather like there, Veg?

To be honest, the pool to us was soothing that's just there. We where never hunting for one but would take it if its there.

Good part is its a salt water one with one of those automatic cleaner things so cutting down maintenance time and costs. The thing comes with solar heating panels meaning no heating costs (not used in winter anyway). We got LOTs of land besides the pool area so we are good there as well. Also the cost of the house with that much land, everyone is surprised when we say 425,000$ as most expect bear minimum 600,000 range+. Remember Toronto area overall is expensive, tho not as bad as new york area or San Francisco. But that price to me means we are paying nothing for the pool. So hey if it works out cool, else it gets filled in

So this summer has been a complete write off for me. Decided early summer we where selling the town house and getting out of the city a bit. so between work around the town house like painting and fixes, cleaning and such. Finely once it was on market we started shopping, I think I walked through about 30 different houses and failed offers. Finely got the place linked below (its off the mls site bit the relaters own site has the pictures still).

So hoping to get a little more time to do a bit of mechwarrior in the future. but looking forward to moving into the new (well new to me ) house in the country.


http://homesite.obeo.com/viewer/unbrand ... cale=en-US

nice Veg. enjoy the new house.