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Closing Pool...Sad day

10 years ago

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judiegal6
Original Author
10 years ago
I had a message along with pics, don't know what happened to it. We closed our pool yesterday after 25 years for the best times. Birthdays, showers, graduations, my kids are so sad. We are moving into a new home we are building, now that my kids are grown. We will be renting out this house, but didn't want the liabilities of the pool. Great memories.
deegw
10 years ago
Closing the pool? To me, that means putting a cover over it! You are destroying yours. It is a sad sight.. Why are you taking it out?
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You already have many dollars and plenty cents invested in this house so don't let a small wrinkle automatically make you back out. Sure, you may be able to insist on possession at closing or no deal but uness you are actively searching for a way out of the contract, consider the idea. Ask your realtor for more details and see if you can figure out why the seller is asking for additional time. If they have a delay in getting possession of their next residence or trouble scheduling a mover, it is a reasonable request. However, if they have not yet made arrangements, be more cautious. If you have to pay additional money to cover your expenses for the delay, perhaps ask for one and a half times your expected expenses in credit to closing costs. Then negotiate a security deposit and also a higher fee for going past the week. Or, request that funds be held in escrow so seller can't collect all their money until you get possession in satisfactory condition. In any case, make sure the seller has an appropriate incentive to move out within that week so this doesn't drag out. In my state, you must be resident at the new address on January 1 to claim homeowners property tax exemption fore year, or delay closing until owner moves out.
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They should have done their research about fees to develop land in the county, before they decided to buy land there. Then, they should have only made offers on pieces of property that fit within their overall budget for building. As a kind of side note, anyone who wants to build and who is saying that $10K extra means they cannot afford to build (before they even buy the land) is either playing some major games or they are never going to finish their build. Houses always cost more to build than you expect. It's really entitled of them to expect you to take money out of your pocket and give it to them to build the house they want, and that's exactly what seems to be happening. They can get a loan, build a smaller house or reduce costs for building in some other way, in my opinion. I'm wondering if they are planning to treat the people who build the house in the same way? Tell them that they should work for less, because it's costing more than they expected to build? Maybe they'll tell that to the people who supply the materials to build the house? I can just picture them at the lumber yard, telling them they want to pay thousands less for the lumber, because it's costing more than they expected to build, as the lumber is being loaded onto the trucks for delivery. The house we recently sold... There were multiple all cash offers for less than the house was worth. We rejected them all. I'll share some of the calls that we then received from one particular real estate agent... "But, it's an ALL CASH offer," he said, as if that entitled them to pay less than the house is worth. "But, they want to add on, so that's why they can only pay that much," he said, as if we should take less than the house was worth, because they wanted to add a bedroom. "It's not up to us to fund their addition, they can get a loan for that, or wait until they save more money," we said. "Won't you just meet with them, so they can tell you what they want to do with the house?" "No, absolutely not," we said, "we don't care anything about their plans for adding on...they can do whatever they want with any house they buy, after they buy it, but they aren't buying the house we're selling for less than its fair market value." You are basically dealing with buyers who are playing the same game these people tried to play with us. There was no way we were going to tolerate or reward their behavior. But, we could wait (indefinitely) for different buyers. It's also a market here that favors sellers. You'll have to decide what to do, taking into account your needs and the real estate market there. People will do whatever they can get away with. I am not really sure that them finding out it costs more than they expected to build there actually entitles them to get their earnest money back. I'm sure their real estate agent will say that it does, though, whether it's true or not.
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judiegal6
Original Author
10 years ago
The liabilities of renting out a house with a pool is just not worth to me. It also need major repairs $$$.
dedtired
10 years ago
Aw, that's sad. I can understand that you don't want to expose yourself to liability, I guess. Too bad. My mom's pool has become a frog pond. After everyone grew up and left and got too busy for swimming very often, she stopped opening it. It eventually "returned to nature". It's even got an island floating in the middle! Fortunately she has a large property and the pool is set far away from the house.

I miss it and wish I could go for a swim sometimes, but not often enough for the amount of maintenance it requires.
judiegal6
Original Author
10 years ago
I'm hoping one of my daughters, will put one in. It would be nice to enjoy the grandchildren swimming, without the headaches. I pretty much took care of it for all those years. I don't have the back for it anymore.
judiegal6
Original Author
10 years ago
I'm hoping one of my daughters, will put one in. It would be nice to enjoy the grandchildren swimming, without the headaches. I pretty much took care of it for all those years. I don't have the back for it anymore.
Annie Deighnaugh
10 years ago
I'm sure you had a lot of happy memories there, but definitely the right choice with tenants. Everything in life changes...that's the way of life...
annkh_nd
10 years ago
That is a sad day! What a gorgeous pool. Our neighbors have one, not quite as big as yours, and we've spent many delightful afternoons there. Neighbor kids, boys and girls, ranging in age from 9 to 19 would play together for hours. What other activity offers that?

What will yo do with the gaping hole in the yard?
mtnrdredux_gw
10 years ago
Aww, that is sad. But pools are indeed a lot of work and/or expense. That said, I do think that creating a nice setting for parties and events is totally worth it. When you have a pool, you have more parties, and more memories, IMHO. My kids have hosted end-of-school-year all-class pool parties since preK, and they are in middle school now and still love the tradition.

Let's hope your DD caves!
madeyna
10 years ago
That is sad it was beatiful. But I totally understand why you felt you had to do it.
Holly- Kay
10 years ago
(((Hugs))) Judie. Yes change is the way of life but some changes are just bittersweet.
patty_cakes
10 years ago
Judie, as sad as it is, IMO you're doing the best thing if you'll be renting. Memories don't require something tangible to be savored. I haven't had a pool for years, but when the kids were younger we had one installed in our first home in San Diego. With 5 kids, it was constantly filled their friends, but only when I was home. When they became teens, it was quite the gathering place, especially on summer evenings, with more talking than actual swimming, and many parties, including my 50th!

Bring everyone together and toast to all the good times had there! ;)
DLM2000-GW
10 years ago
Sad but certainly understandable. I have no doubt you'll continue to create wonderful memories with or without another pool in the picture.
glad2b
10 years ago
That is sad indeed! I can only imagine all the feelings you must have had, I hope you find lots and lots of joy in your new home. :)
juddgirl2
10 years ago
I'm sorry :(

Pools are very fun, especially when you have young children, but are a lot of work and a big expense to keep up. Besides having to maintain it, our electric bill is quite high due to the pool motor, particularly during the summer when it needs to run for several hours a day.

We still have one 10-year old at home and she and her friends love using the pool during most of the year, but If and when we move we won't be looking for a house with a pool. Jacuzzi, yes! Pool, no.

My daughter and son-in-law filled in the pool in their first home that they bought last year. They now have a beautiful deck in that space

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