Two years later and still getting views, comments. I appreciated the approach with sharing this information; personable and conversational. Thank you for the insight.
I'd have loved to hear more about the day-to-day maintenance he does. and the cost of the chemical and tests he does on a weekly/monthly basis. thanks for the video thou :)
I’m visiting now and He said he takes a little sample into the local pool company he uses. Maybe once a month, but that’s ONLY if the water is looking bad. He said he also has an in home test kit that he uses weekly.
@@extrastout1741 we built our own pool last year and we have a Crepe Myrtle that hangs over from the neighbors yard. While it looks gorgeous it is a booger to clean!
Sitting in California. Just got a pool (installing this week).....and I'm from Arkansas 😘 Great surprise to hear you are too. Lots of hidden cost with the pool install here in LA. Such a fun purchase though.
You can use baking soda. But it raises your pH almost just as much as it does your alkalinity. Using ALK increaser doesn't raise your pH as much. Which 9 times out of 10 you don't need to raise your pH that often (using baking soda wil, most of the time, cause you to need pH decreaser, or muriatic acid) nothing wrong with it. But water testing is also free at most pool companies(cost them 3-5 dollars a test, so not buying their quality grade chemicals is not required but would be appreciated for their free advise on taking care of your pool. Also their advise is based off their products going to a box store like home Depot or Walmart and using their chemicals will require a different amount of the said chemical they suggest to use )
Great video. I literally was researching pools for a house we just got and I think I am going to just go with a hot tub OR a very small pool just to have it for our enjoyment vs increasing the value of the property. We are in SOCAL so it might be different but again, this video offered great insight so thank you! :) JZ
Hi Jenn! I thought about going that route too. We built a pool last year (I need to make a video on it, but I have two small kids now! 😆), and we did a hot tub. I am glad we have both for the sake of HOT Texas summer and room for the kids. But if I didn’t have kids, I would have gone the SPOOL (spa/pool) route!
Great info from your brother in law. We have been talking about putting in a pool of a house we just moved into. I sooooooo want a pool, but it may be too much for us right now financially. I don't want to be house rich and bank poor. I see the reality of it now. I think I'll just go with putting grass in my yard instead. 😥 😔
Only live once Don't get old and didn't do what you wanted in life it's ways to afford the pool We got a pool 16 by 32 we don't have new cars we don't shop like crazy etc.. and we not rich financing a pool is probably cheaper than that dream car your driving
Excellent information, thanks for providing. I am in southern NJ where we typically get four good months out of the pool. How many. Oaths use do you get from this pool?
I don’t live in in Arkansas anymore, but I think they have it open from mid May to late Sept. They don’t have a heater, so would be longer if they did. Thanks for the kind words!
Just curious on the basketball ball goal. I have been looking for one to use pool side and coming up short. See if you can get the details from your brother in law???
I would need to ask Kevin on both of those. But I want to say they spent btw 75-100k. There is a hot tub you can't see and also a covered patio with fireplace and outdoor kitchen.
He said total cost was around $150k for the entire backyard (pool, hot tub and landscaping). Cost to maintain during summer $800-1,000 in chemicals. Around year about an additional $150 in utility costs each month.
Great video! Do you think a heater would be worth it in a northeastern state? I’m in the process of planning for a pool and if I can get April thru September/early October with a heater it may be worth the additional cost.
He told me to tell you that yes it would add time to your season, but most of the time people use the pool heater the first month and then stop bc the cost to heat is so expensive.
When you invite people over you can pop the heater on that day. Regular Solar cover use helps as well. We mainly use our heater when people come over and water is chilly, or late in season. Maybe 10 to 15 times a year
@CR, also there are some other options to heat, if you are a person that uses wood to hear your home, they have wood burning pool heaters, cost about same as electric pool heater, but then you ou whatever you do for wood (be it buying by the cord etc, or harvesting your own wood each year for your hone heating).
in most markets it will be linked to the overall value of the property. If you invest 60K into a pool on a 1 million house, then you will probably get the money back. But if you invest 60k into a 200K house, then probably not because people at that price don't want to pay a huge premium on the house just for a pool.
Obviously living in a southern state is more of an advantage for building a pool. In central Indiana, there's only a good 6 to 7 good months of swimming weather. I would plan on firing your heater the first and last month of that swim time. Fiberglass pools hold heat well. Keep the cover on, (alot)!
Hi there! Yes, this video was made in Arkansas and I live in Texas. My husband and I are about build our own pool. It is so flipping hot here and I find that we are stuck inside when it’s like that! We hope to start digging in the next month or two. I’ll made an updated video about it.
Good video I don't know his neighborhood but if I had that pool, it would be way over what the neighborhood could support. You don't want to be the nicest house on the block or the entire city. We put in a fiberglass salt water pool. It is not very large. My house is only 1800sqft in Raleigh. Not many people in our area have pools. My biggest surprise about our pool was, it was way less work and the maintenance costs were way less than I expected. My electric bill is only $35 extra during the season. Chemicals cost are maybe $75 per season. My biggest costs are for opening and closing the pool at the beginning and end of the season, $350 each. Most people leave their pools open all year. I don't want to maintain it. My other reason for not keeping it open all year is my fear we would have an ice storm, loose power, and have the pipes freeze. My real-estate friend says I should expect around 35% ROI.
What a wasted opportunity. The pool looks amazing but the cameraman or producer missed the boat in not showing it or it's features. The waterfall in the back is beautiful, too bad they didn't pan the whole thing.
😂 LOL Cameraman and producer is me - AKA the amateur. I’ll try to do better next time. I’ll be visiting them in August- it seems like I should do a part two and get more shots of the pool, I suppose.
This video wasn’t meant to show this pool off. It was meant to talk about the pros and cons, and what it’s like to own a pool. You can go look at a million other videos to see nice pools.
No get higher look people stop waiting to see if this or that is coming down if you want it get it if you can afford it get a 50000 pool that you and your family can enjoy instead of a 50000 dollars car or truck that only you really car about
@@susannalatham that’s really cheap for all those features. We got a quote for a hot tub and pool in GA without any features, 1 pump, and 1/2 this size for $90,000! Pools are pretty cheap in our area but I’d think that would be more like $125,000-150,000.
i have a 225 square meter garden and i am plannin to install a pool, this video made me want it so bad and also made me convinced that its a bad investment !! Did not help lol
@@susannalatham LOL I don't know much about SHS. I was just passing buy looking at pools and saw you... geez Susan they build them right in the south, Your pools aren't to shabby either! ☺ video !
That's literally one of the nicest pools I've ever seen in a residential property. Who ever drew this up has a real good eye.
Agreed.
I think it was my sister’s vision. The inside of their home is beautiful! So that would make sense.
@@susannalatham that's an amazing pool design... it looks beautiful especially that waterfall effect from the rocks looks very pleasant to look at...
It would have been nice to have a tour of the whole pool. We couldn’t see much. It looks gorgeous.
You really don't need a pool. You just need a friend with a pool.
I have no friends. Plus after you’ve asked like 10 times in 2 weeks your friendship gets put to the test 🤣
Hahahahah
Hahaha now that’s the TRUTH!
You will wear out your welcome very fast
Wow. This has been the best pool infomercial. I am contemplating this addition.
I don’t know how you don’t have more views! Your videos are great and informative
Hi there! Thank you so much! I am about to start making more videos in the next week or so. I appreciate your nice comment.
Two years later and still getting views, comments. I appreciated the approach with sharing this information; personable and conversational. Thank you for the insight.
Loved the video. I want to see the whole pool though!
I'm in the process of getting quotes, about to sign a contract actually, and this put my mind at ease! Thank you for this.
Nice.
This guy is RICH RICH!
Not rich just really well off
Thank you, nice advice.
Very educational. I am researching, I need a pool at a my new home in Portland Oregon. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! I am glad this helped you!
Leave Portland immediately 😳
I'd have loved to hear more about the day-to-day maintenance he does. and the cost of the chemical and tests he does on a weekly/monthly basis. thanks for the video thou :)
Hi Marlon! I’ll have to make a part two, with him, next time I visit Arkansas!
I’m visiting now and He said he takes a little sample into the local pool company he uses. Maybe once a month, but that’s ONLY if the water is looking bad. He said he also has an in home test kit that he uses weekly.
I have mine under willow trees and it is very picturesque to swim but my goodness a nightmare to clean
@@extrastout1741 we built our own pool last year and we have a Crepe Myrtle that hangs over from the neighbors yard. While it looks gorgeous it is a booger to clean!
Sitting in California. Just got a pool (installing this week).....and I'm from Arkansas 😘 Great surprise to hear you are too. Lots of hidden cost with the pool install here in LA. Such a fun purchase though.
Save money for vacations or money to all the pool expenses...hmmm. id be bored of the pool after a while but vacation destination is never boring!
I totally get it!!! We love to travel too!
Yeah I think I’m leaning to local vacations and not adding a pool.
Pools have more than doubled in price and will not be able to recoup
You can use baking soda. But it raises your pH almost just as much as it does your alkalinity. Using ALK increaser doesn't raise your pH as much. Which 9 times out of 10 you don't need to raise your pH that often (using baking soda wil, most of the time, cause you to need pH decreaser, or muriatic acid) nothing wrong with it. But water testing is also free at most pool companies(cost them 3-5 dollars a test, so not buying their quality grade chemicals is not required but would be appreciated for their free advise on taking care of your pool. Also their advise is based off their products going to a box store like home Depot or Walmart and using their chemicals will require a different amount of the said chemical they suggest to use )
Oh good to know! I will tell my husband this. We built our own pool last year. He gets the water tested a lot!
@@susannalatham feel free to ask me anything!
Great video. I literally was researching pools for a house we just got and I think I am going to just go with a hot tub OR a very small pool just to have it for our enjoyment vs increasing the value of the property. We are in SOCAL so it might be different but again, this video offered great insight so thank you! :) JZ
Hi Jenn! I thought about going that route too. We built a pool last year (I need to make a video on it, but I have two small kids now! 😆), and we did a hot tub. I am glad we have both for the sake of HOT Texas summer and room for the kids. But if I didn’t have kids, I would have gone the SPOOL (spa/pool) route!
Dude. That's a lake size pool. Good for you. If you get tired of sailing in the open sea you can just sail in your pool. 😜
We called our cleaner R too Dee too
Thanks for the comment. When I was growing up we called our pool cleaner Herbie for some reason! 😂
Great info from your brother in law. We have been talking about putting in a pool of a house we just moved into. I sooooooo want a pool, but it may be too much for us right now financially. I don't want to be house rich and bank poor. I see the reality of it now. I think I'll just go with putting grass in my yard instead. 😥 😔
Only live once
Don't get old and didn't do what you wanted in life it's ways to afford the pool
We got a pool 16 by 32 we don't have new cars we don't shop like crazy etc.. and we not rich financing a pool is probably cheaper than that dream car your driving
Excellent information, thanks for providing. I am in southern NJ where we typically get four good months out of the pool. How many. Oaths use do you get from this pool?
I don’t live in in Arkansas anymore, but I think they have it open from mid May to late Sept. They don’t have a heater, so would be longer if they did. Thanks for the kind words!
Let's see the tour.
Nice video and great pool setup. I know we enjoy our pool. Thanks for the video!
Thank you for the comment! My husband and I built one last year and we LOOOVE having it during our hot Texas summer!
The sister cameo was funny.
She’s kinda silly! Haha
Just curious on the basketball ball goal. I have been looking for one to use pool side and coming up short. See if you can get the details from your brother in law???
Awe I wanted to see the pool
I’m going back to visit in August or September. I should do a part two and get shots of the whole thing.
How much does this pool and whole backyard cost? And around how much a year you need to budge for maintenance to own a pool like this?
I would need to ask Kevin on both of those. But I want to say they spent btw 75-100k. There is a hot tub you can't see and also a covered patio with fireplace and outdoor kitchen.
@@susannalatham I'd be shocked if they were able to get that pool built for between 75-100k.
Pending on where in the country I'd guess around 175-200
He said total cost was around $150k for the entire backyard (pool, hot tub and landscaping). Cost to maintain during summer $800-1,000 in chemicals. Around year about an additional $150 in utility costs each month.
@@susannalatham Wow kudos to him for getting it done for a fair price.
Thanks for the info as well Susanna.
In california that pool would cost at least $300k🤫
Great video! Do you think a heater would be worth it in a northeastern state? I’m in the process of planning for a pool and if I can get April thru September/early October with a heater it may be worth the additional cost.
He told me to tell you that yes it would add time to your season, but most of the time people use the pool heater the first month and then stop bc the cost to heat is so expensive.
When you invite people over you can pop the heater on that day. Regular Solar cover use helps as well. We mainly use our heater when people come over and water is chilly, or late in season. Maybe 10 to 15 times a year
@CR, also there are some other options to heat, if you are a person that uses wood to hear your home, they have wood burning pool heaters, cost about same as electric pool heater, but then you ou whatever you do for wood (be it buying by the cord etc, or harvesting your own wood each year for your hone heating).
I was hoping to hear about how it will effect home value. For instance investing 60k but home value goes up 30k?
in most markets it will be linked to the overall value of the property. If you invest 60K into a pool on a 1 million house, then you will probably get the money back. But if you invest 60k into a 200K house, then probably not because people at that price don't want to pay a huge premium on the house just for a pool.
Hi, I just moved to Conway, AR. What company did he use?
Obviously living in a southern state is more of an advantage for building a pool. In central Indiana, there's only a good 6 to 7 good months of swimming weather. I would plan on firing your heater the first and last month of that swim time. Fiberglass pools hold heat well. Keep the cover on, (alot)!
Hi there! Yes, this video was made in Arkansas and I live in Texas. My husband and I are about build our own pool. It is so flipping hot here and I find that we are stuck inside when it’s like that! We hope to start digging in the next month or two. I’ll made an updated video about it.
Good video
I don't know his neighborhood but if I had that pool, it would be way over what the neighborhood could support. You don't want to be the nicest house on the block or the entire city.
We put in a fiberglass salt water pool. It is not very large. My house is only 1800sqft in Raleigh. Not many people in our area have pools.
My biggest surprise about our pool was, it was way less work and the maintenance costs were way less than I expected. My electric bill is only $35 extra during the season. Chemicals cost are maybe $75 per season. My biggest costs are for opening and closing the pool at the beginning and end of the season, $350 each. Most people leave their pools open all year. I don't want to maintain it. My other reason for not keeping it open all year is my fear we would have an ice storm, loose power, and have the pipes freeze.
My real-estate friend says I should expect around 35% ROI.
Remember the movie extract?
What a wasted opportunity. The pool looks amazing but the cameraman or producer missed the boat in not showing it or it's features. The waterfall in the back is beautiful, too bad they didn't pan the whole thing.
😂 LOL Cameraman and producer is me - AKA the amateur. I’ll try to do better next time. I’ll be visiting them in August- it seems like I should do a part two and get more shots of the pool, I suppose.
This video wasn’t meant to show this pool off. It was meant to talk about the pros and cons, and what it’s like to own a pool. You can go look at a million other videos to see nice pools.
Would love to see the entire pool. You just gained a fan!
I’d rather have a house with an indoor pool great for swimming in it all year.
I quite literally didn’t hear anything anyone was talking about because I was so focused on the rogue butt in the background
Lol!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 that would be my sister!
Do you think the price of pools/pool installations will come down in the months/yr to come?
No get higher look people stop waiting to see if this or that is coming down if you want it get it if you can afford it get a 50000 pool that you and your family can enjoy instead of a 50000 dollars car or truck that only you really car about
Did your taxes go up?
great info
How much did it cost
I want to say they spent btw 75-100k. There is a hot tub you can't see and also a covered patio with a fireplace and outdoor kitchen.
@@susannalatham that’s really cheap for all those features. We got a quote for a hot tub and pool in GA without any features, 1 pump, and 1/2 this size for $90,000! Pools are pretty cheap in our area but I’d think that would be more like $125,000-150,000.
Ok he said everything was around $150k
If you spend 150k for a pool install you can afford $350 a month to heat it lol, anyway nice pool
These days that pool is probably 175k.
Wow, this is really interesting. I never thought I would learn so much about pools. Oh, and cats are better than dogs. 😉
Sydney Gayle I learned a lot too! I also learned that I miss my sisters pool! It’s still so hot! 😏
Susanna Latham that Pool is amazing!
I wish I could get in the pool with you 😊😊
i have a 225 square meter garden and i am plannin to install a pool, this video made me want it so bad and also made me convinced that its a bad investment !! Did not help lol
given the sheer size and features, these folks make bank. That pool no doubt cost more than some houses..
Pool? Looks like a lake.
Pool?? Lake dude, lake.
I am a fan of lakes too! Only thing is I'd have to drive a few hours to get to a really good one.
Maybe he was saying the pool you are sitting in is basically a lake.
@@durtydeedsREI I see it now! Haha I'm a new mom so I'm short on sleep these days!
If you are lazy then a swimming pool is not for you. Swimming pool = work.
🥰😍
Two heads talking forrrrrrever and don’t show you anything. They really like talking.
Thanks for your intelligent comment! 😂😂😂🙄🙄🙄 I’ll be sure to tag you in my next, even longer video! So you can hear me talking about nothing!
A pool is just one more problem on your mind.
a pool adds no value to your homes value its only a selling point
Kevin I need money
Hahaha I’ll pass that on!
A pool it’s like a horse owner, waste off money🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️😂😂😂😂😂
You are a cutey :D
If my neighbor looked like her I'd be at her pool instead of building mine. 😂
Is this my ole buddy from SHS?! :-)
@@susannalatham LOL I don't know much about SHS. I was just passing buy looking at pools and saw you... geez Susan they build them right in the south, Your pools aren't to shabby either! ☺ video !
Not impressed!
LOL alright