Resale for homes with pools

[OutdoorLover]

Originally Posted by MikePRU

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Last year someone sold a house in Needham with an indoor lap pool. It's basically a big hot tub that has a current running from one end to the other so you can swim in place. It's kind of like a pool/treadmill. I thought that was pretty cool.

I recall talking with a colleague at a former employer who was looking at putting such a pool into her house in VT. That's a very different idea, but also cool, focused on exercise, doesn't require a lot of space, allowing it to be easily incorporated into a house of ordinary size if desired, so you could get your workout year round in there. One brand of those is SwimEx - uses a paddlewheel at the one end that produces a current that's nearly the full width of the pool.

[arleigh]

Next house I get will have a pool.

[brightdoglover]

Originally Posted by MikePRU

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Last year someone sold a house in Needham with an indoor lap pool. It's basically a big hot tub that has a current running from one end to the other so you can swim in place. It's kind of like a pool/treadmill. I thought that was pretty cool.

I think that's called an Endless Pool or some such. I remember seeing that they cost about $25k to install.

[OtterTrees]

While I like pools, it is definitely not a must have. i think many feel that way around here so pools don't really add much value. Now, if you lived in Texas then it would be a different story.