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How to Add Value to Your House With a Swimming Pool

Thu 16 Nov 2006 - 09:30

How to Add Value to Your House With a Swimming Pool
By Alex Fir

Although swimming pools are generally considered as enjoyment, exercise, and relaxing on hot summer days, they are also an excellent way to increase the value of your house. If you have plans about selling your house or just increasing the value, a swimming pool can be a smart investment.

In ground pools are a terrific way to add the value to your house. They come in a variety of different shapes and sizes, and they give you the most versatility as well. You can select to have a shallow end for kids and those who are learning to swim, and then add a deep end on the other side for lap swimming and diving boards.

On the other hand, above ground swimming pools are much cheaper, even though they need a deck and privacy fencing for those who care for their privacy. If you add a deck around your above ground pool, you will raise the value of your house as well.

Instead of going with a swimming pool, you can also select a hot tub. Hot tubs are expensive, although they are a terrific way to relax. Hot tubs have been well known to increase the value of property.

However, the majority of people planning to add value to their house choose to go with an in ground swimming pool. In ground pools cost the most money, adding instant value to your house. If you intend to install an in ground pool, think about the location, because this will impact the value. In general, in ground pools bring the most value if they are installed behind your house, with a fence going around them.

Take into account that installing an in ground pool will take quite a bit of time. It also involves digging up your backyard, which is why you should choose a location for it where nothing runs under the ground.

After the pool is installed and everything is in its place, you should have your house appraised and see what the value is. You may find yourself amazed at just how much value a swimming pool can add to your house.

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