Pool or No pool

[Roma]

POOL. I wanted a home with a pool. If I found a home that didn't have a pool we would of just put one in.

[socketz]

The resale homes I looked at with pools had great pools, but were just ok homes. If they had both a nice pool and a nice home, the price went way up.

I think people that build new (in my price range) with a pool in mind simply cut some other corners to get the pool into their budget. Others I looked at with both were much older homes and the pool was the backyard. If I didn't have kids, that would have been ok, but with kids they need more space.

[jacob]

Originally Posted by GoPadge

We're in a 3300 sq ft custom home built in 1988, on a cul-de-sac lot. The original homeowner wanted a pool. But the city wouldn't allow a variance to move the house closer to the street. (Which would have put it inline with the rest of the homes on the block, but at the cost of some of the front yard, due to the cul-de-sac.) So they opted for the "biggest" hot tub they could fit. We paid just over $230k+.

$230k for 3300 sqft ! What area of Dallas is this ? I am assuming this is some place far like Mckinney ? Is your work pretty close to where you live ?

I am looking for close to work (5-10 miles radius) with good school district, and I can only find $100 /sqft rates.

[GoPadge]

I'm in central Plano between Coit and Independance, north of Spring Creek Parkway. I'm less than 5 miles from my office by the Shops of Legacy.

[socketz]

Originally Posted by jacob

$230k for 3300 sqft ! What area of Dallas is this ? I am assuming this is some place far like Mckinney ? Is your work pretty close to where you live ?

I am looking for close to work (5-10 miles radius) with good school district, and I can only find $100 /sqft rates.

I live someplace faaaaaaarrrrr in Mckinney, and I can get to Gopadge's area in Plano in 12 mins (less than 10 miles). Mckinney was actually closer for me than was Frisco (22 miles vs 18)

Mckinney is huge, so assuming that all of it is way out there is incorrect.

Central Plano (between say Coit and Custer) is alot more affordable that West Plano. East Plano (Custer to the other side of the 75) is even less expensive, but I'm not real happy with the schools in that area. It is also very unsightly and bland.

[AppyLady]

We bought a 3300 sq ft home on 20 fenced acres near Greenville with an inground pool and a horse-barn for $280K last year. At first I was leery of having a pool, but the upkeep hasn't been all that time consuming or expensive and I have very much enjoyed swimming again.

Cheryl