Who Is Buying All Those Hot Tubs? (Vienna: live, swimming pool)

[Caladium]

Originally Posted by cdmurphy

A couple of years ago, my friend bought a house on Army-Navy Drive overlooking 395, with an in-ground hot tub in the front yard. Who the heck wants to have a relaxing soak while watching traffic on 395?? (There isn't much of a back yard, but still. It was right outside the front door. Bizarre.) He promptly removed it, sold it on Craiglist, and had the hole filled in with dirt.

LOL! I wouldn't feel comfortable with a hot tub next to my front door, but in an odd way I could enjoy relaxing while watching the never-ending stream of cars on 395. It's sort of mesmerizing, maybe even zen (the cars are endlessly flowing, and in some ways the roar of steady traffic sounds like the ocean). Plus, you get the pleasure of saying "ha ha ha, you're all stuck on 395 while I'm in a hot tub !"

[Carlingtonian]

Originally Posted by LetsRock

Hot tub = people soup

That ain't chicken broth!

[Caladium]

Originally Posted by Carlingtonian

That ain't chicken broth!

Might be tastier....

[ngadude]

Originally Posted by HEATHER72

I have no idea! I haven't seen any in my neighborhood. I'd have one if I had a bigger yard. Next house I want... a hot tub, a fire pit, a view.

Not that I plan on getting one, but I wonder if the HOA would even approve one in our neighborhood...

[terrence81]

I was just at a party last Saturday where they had a hot tub. It was dark so I didn't look at the yard but they had a fairly small yard in Clarendon. I didn't jump in. Too cold and windy. Some people love doing the hot tub in the winter I guess I'm not one of them.

[HEATHER72]

Originally Posted by ngadude

Not that I plan on getting one, but I wonder if the HOA would even approve one in our neighborhood...

Yes if you let everyone on the HOA board come over and use it. LOL I don't see anywhere in our HOA rules that we can't have hot tubs, but you know how solid our HOA rules are...

[ngadude]

Originally Posted by heather72

yes if you let everyone on the hoa board come over and use it. Lol i don't see anywhere in our hoa rules that we can't have hot tubs, but you know how solid our hoa rules are...

lol!!

[billscamaros]

I had one at our house in Herndon for about 10 years. And I have one now in the current house. There's nothing better than relaxing outside in the middle of winter late at night. Mine have been pretty easy to maintain. My youngest son is probably in it 4 nights out of the week, and I use it two or three times a week thru the late fall, winter and early spring. Once the temps warm up, it isn't quite as relaxing to me. No wild parties though. I'd say that's because I'm old and married ..... but unfortunately I can't remember many wild parties when I was young and single ....

[HokieFan]

Originally Posted by CaliTerp07

I'm trying to convince DH we should get one...though I'm not sure the cost to maintain it and run it would justify the amount of use it would get.

My DH wants one and those are the reasons why I say "No.".

Plus we would most likely need to have the back patio reinforced to hold the weight.

[GustavoFring]

I would guess that since people rarely have the space for a pool around here, a hot tub is a nice concession prize.