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A property of interest to us has an inground pool that is current defective -- needs new liner and equipment in bad shape.
At our initial showing, the seller's agent volunteered that seller will have the pool either repaired or filled in, buyer's choice. We have no interest in a pool, and they are relatively uncommon in our area (New England); maybe 5-10% of houses in neighborhood.
Side note: the listing notes the broken pool, but not the seller's willingness to pay! I feel OK attributing to incompetence rather than game playing, as the listing text was lousy and it was one of few listings where the place looked much better in person than the listing photos. Seller's agent does not seem good at the advertising part of the job....
The details of pool removal would obviously be important, but I'm wondering about the general principle. If done right, is a pool fill-in no big deal? Or something at high risk of causing drainage or settling or whatever problems in the future even if done by a reputable contractor? Our buyer's agent didn't find the very idea of a filled-in pool a deal breaker, so long as it's done right.
If seller wants to handle it before closing (which is probably what my bank wants, too), beyond generally asking that we have to approve the contractor and inspect the results, anything in particular we should be asking for, or watching for? I gather a basic thing is to be sure fill is being compacted in relatively small layers, not just a big dump and only one round of compaction.
To be clear, we're not even at the offer stage of this property, just deciding whether to keep it on the shortlist or if the pool issue crosses it off.
If this is a vinyl pool the removal is a relatively simple process and I would keep it on the short list if it were me. If you were to decided to write a contract just ask for (as you said) you get to approve the contractor and inspection of the results.
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