All Forum Posts by: Polly Tu

Getting rid of it legally is very expensive (I used to be a swimming pool contr).

So I'd keep it...... You are paying way too much...... for a small pool, 1x wk service, should be < $100 per month. There should be few repairs once you replace the basic equipment.

I'd get more bids for service, you're getting ripped off.

Where I live, I couldn't imagine removing a functional pool. They add a lot of value on rentals and on resale.

But even if you're not getting much of a rent premium, I'd still consider the cost to maintain every month compared to the cost to properly remove it (for example, if you're paying $100 per month for pool maintenance, but it costs $10,000 to remove, is it really worth it to spend the money to remove the pool?)

I'm actually demoing an old pool this week on a new build spec I'm doing (where I'll be building a brand new pool in another location in the back yard). To remove this pool the right way (demo concrete, back fill, compaction, soil test) is very expensive.