Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > New York > Long Island
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 06-23-2016, 02:40 PM
 
9 posts, read 17,951 times
Reputation: 11

Advertisements

We are thinking of putting in a pool. How much do taxes normally go up if you put an in groundpool? What about an above ground pool?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 06-23-2016, 02:50 PM
 
5,465 posts, read 7,040,403 times
Reputation: 9532
Call your tax assessors office, I am in Smithtown and when I installed my in-ground in 2000, it was .75 per square foot.
Not including paver work...
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 06-23-2016, 02:51 PM
 
9 posts, read 17,951 times
Reputation: 11
So how much did you taxes increase?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 06-23-2016, 03:06 PM
 
Location: new yawk zoo
8,612 posts, read 10,985,443 times
Reputation: 6279
fyi, your homeowners insurance & electric bill will go up too.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 06-23-2016, 09:58 PM
 
109 posts, read 94,636 times
Reputation: 126
It may also be more difficult to sell your house in the future because families with very young children or families to be see the pool as a safety hazard until the kids get bigger (late elem school- middle school) and then its a big plus. You also have to factor in maintenance and supplies in addition to extra taxes.

We have two town pools within a 10 min drive where we like to swim laps and admission is $4-$5.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 06-24-2016, 05:21 AM
 
Location: Smithtown, NY
1,724 posts, read 4,014,490 times
Reputation: 1346
Quote:
Originally Posted by sirtiger View Post
fyi, your homeowners insurance & electric bill will go up too.
Allstate told me my premium would not change if I added a pool. They suggested a small increase in liability coverage.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 06-24-2016, 06:20 AM
 
Location: SW Florida
1,161 posts, read 1,398,780 times
Reputation: 1860
You need to put a lot of thought into an inground pool. It's fat money for something you use two months a year. On each side of us are inground pools. The one side it is opened and used maybe 3x a year. The young couple next door put it in a 4-5 years ago and already it's use by kids is lessening because they are 11 and 13. Some people love it. You have to be sure you're going to get use of it for years. We put up an above ground pool when girls were little. Eight yrs later down it came.Some people love it and it's worth the investment.

Last edited by OneToGo; 06-24-2016 at 06:35 AM..
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 06-24-2016, 08:01 AM
 
6,373 posts, read 13,087,462 times
Reputation: 4652
Correct. Mine didn't go up at all.


Quote:
Originally Posted by nassau2suffolk View Post
Allstate told me my premium would not change if I added a pool. They suggested a small increase in liability coverage.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 06-24-2016, 10:10 AM
 
12,769 posts, read 18,271,433 times
Reputation: 8762
Quote:
Originally Posted by Paoluccm View Post
It may also be more difficult to sell your house in the future because families with very young children or families to be see the pool as a safety hazard until the kids get bigger (late elem school- middle school) and then its a big plus. You also have to factor in maintenance and supplies in addition to extra taxes.

We have two town pools within a 10 min drive where we like to swim laps and admission is $4-$5.
You will have a more difficult time selling your house. I personally love pools & would have bought one with a pool if i could have - but then again we don't have any lil 'Dawgs'.

A family with children will prob not want it. It decreases the pool of buyers who might be interested. (Hah see what i did there?)
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 06-24-2016, 10:28 AM
 
1,580 posts, read 1,976,650 times
Reputation: 1290
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jdawg8181 View Post
You will have a more difficult time selling your house. I personally love pools & would have bought one with a pool if i could have - but then again we don't have any lil 'Dawgs'.

A family with children will prob not want it. It decreases the pool of buyers who might be interested. (Hah see what i did there?)
I have children and we specifically looked for homes with pools. You can't avoid putting in a pool just because of resale, that's silly. If they are going to enjoy it for years to come, why think of future buyers who may or may not purchase in 20 years from now? Besides, you only need one buyer...
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:




Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > New York > Long Island
View detailed profiles of:

All times are GMT -6.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top