Making the same decision in md. Current plan is to set aside the money for removal and use the pool all summer. Then based on costs, effort, usage, and safety, we'll make the final call on removal. If we keep it, probably put the funds away long term as a separate major pool repair/removal option.
Definitely look at the quality it's in. You have a great visual metric at the moment, which is looking how the owners winterized it. Is it a normal bubble pool cover or something even jankier? That's less likely to be a well maintained pool. Is it the (frequently green), canvas-like special winter cover that gets screwed into the ground? Thats a sign they're actually taking care of it. It's not definitive, but I worked at pools and on pools and the effort put into winterizing was usually pretty indicative of management/ownership.
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Making the same decision in md. Current plan is to set aside the money for removal and use the pool all summer. Then based on costs, effort, usage, and safety, we'll make the final call on removal. If we keep it, probably put the funds away long term as a separate major pool repair/removal option.
Definitely look at the quality it's in. You have a great visual metric at the moment, which is looking how the owners winterized it. Is it a normal bubble pool cover or something even jankier? That's less likely to be a well maintained pool. Is it the (frequently green), canvas-like special winter cover that gets screwed into the ground? Thats a sign they're actually taking care of it. It's not definitive, but I worked at pools and on pools and the effort put into winterizing was usually pretty indicative of management/ownership.