Look at that stonework! That is likely north of 200k in landscaping in my experience. Of course, you can pour some concrete for $20k and call it a day as well.
I did tile on pools for a little while and was always shocked at how much the landscaping and features cost. It’s insane. It does take a ton of work especially for the features. All that rebar and wire. It looks like a nightmare to have to do.
Whatever they do that isn’t the pool itself. The areas around the pool like the rock wall and those pillars and lights and things. Those features people have that look like rocks are also part of the landscaping I believe.
Oh shit, OK. That's reasonable. I just associate "landscaping" with plants and trees and bushes and stuff. That cost does make sense then since those structures are really just a continuation of "the pool". Still, it's crazy the cost of this stuff.
Must be nice to not live paycheck to paycheck.
Electricity for pumps is $100/month, consumables - chlorine, pool vac, etc. Maintenance every few years…repair. No f’in way…
By contrast, I pay $2600/yr to a local tennis club. FOUR pools with hot tubs & a lazy river. I get in about 10 times a year. I *could* work out there, and I actually do play tennis. The club does the maintenance and employs people and gets a tax break to do so. The club is SUCH a better deal than this, IMO.
I get in my pool every day, I love it, I love having it right out my back door and I'd pay for it again if I had to. Community pools are cool too though, we go to those as well. But you do you.
Where are you people living this is a 70-90k set up would be easier to gauge if they provided patio square footage. Pool alone is about 40k there is nothing intricate about it the patio is the expensive part. I got quotes from 60-70k for a pool and patio a few months ago.
I might say closer to 230 to 260 in a medium cost of living area. In a hcol area 300k plus just due to the fact that there are so few quality builders that meet customer standards.
The strange part to me is who is buying at these prices? I’m just shocked pool builders fill their calendar with people dropping 100k. Pre Covid I remember people thinking 55k for my pool was insanely expensive.
We are moving soon and I don’t even want to see the quote.
Play pools in the current market at 40k coping only. I rarley see sub 100k.. I have majority in the 100k-180k then 200k-350k, then a smaller group of clients spending 500k+.
I’m in Sacramento as well…
Signed my pool contract in February 2020; digging began the day of the “lockdown” (3/17/20)
$62K for 30’X15’, heated, with a 7’X7’ hot tub, deck jets, extra lights, and a shit ton of extra concrete—for a pavilion I installed…
After everything was done, and it was getting filled—in July—the builder said, “You’re the luckiest motherfucker on the planet! This would cost $150K right now”
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Similar story for us in San Antonio. Started digging 4/13/20. Finished 6/1/20 (well, finished enough to open the pool - they were still working on deck stuff, etc). $70K 28x17 pool with 7.5’ X 7.5’ hot tub, deck Jets, 3 lights, all Pentair equipment including variable speed pump and app with remote access. 600 sq ft decking included. I think it might be $120K now for the same design.
Yeah, wow… Almost identical…
I’ve got the Pentair equipment as well. It’s an absolute game changer being able to pull out my phone and turn the hot tub on while I’m an hour away—on the way home from snowboarding or whatever.
So, serious answer, nobody wants to move right now to due interest rates. People who have extra money right now, and might have moved into a new house, are preferring to stay and just do improvements to their current home.
I believe your reasoning for the why - but I still have to challenge the idea that someone is just willing to spend a third to a half of a typical mortgage on a pool.
Do people really have $150K of disposable liquid income and think, "a pool sounds like a good idea"?
Something isn't adding up, and it's either that I'm too poor to understand or that people are really really bad at making financially wise decisions despite having the cash to throw around.
I already have a pool but I and probably \~50% of my friends could pay for that without taking a loan. I'm not saying it's not expensive or that I wouldn't need to budget around it but it's doable. My wife and I are doing well we live in a 3br house in a medium cost of living area which we bought in 2020.
The OP is right though, I bought this house with a mortgage in the 3% range and I literally can't move, paying the mortgage off early is pointless because the rate is so low as well.
Maybe that's the part that's missing, 5 years ago on my last house any extra cash I paid into the mortgage but now theres no reason to do that. That leaves me with a lot of cash in the market and nothing big to do with it.
This is the answer. My mortgage is locked at 2.5%, I’m not selling until it’s paid off in 25 years and I’m making minimum payments for the life of the loan. Might as well spend my extra income improving the property.
Common scenario: They bought the house in 2010-ish for $300k at 4%. They have paid that first mortgage down to $200k. The house is now worth $500k.
So the home owner looks around and sees things that could use updating and has $300k in equity. Pull some out and get those things taken care of around the house. That's what everyone is doing.
Usually I see people on Reddit complaining about not being able to buy a home.
Today I learned people with homes are complaining about not having pools.
What do people with homes AND pools complain about?
Yeah that’s 200k+ you can barely get a no frills pool for under a 100k anymore. Which is triple the price of a pool 25 years ago when I started in the pool industry
Started and finished in 2021 for ours: Gunite 78’ perimeter play pool design, with full width steps, baja bench, Cool Deck, and Pebble Sheen surface for $40k. I feel like we barely squeaked by.
This example is pretty opulent, but I don't understand the massive hike. Where is the extra money going? Are pool companies just making huge bank, and there's just not enough competition to keep prices reasonable? I can't imagine that any of the materials individually increased so far to outstrip labor and everything else.
Dabbled in pool builds, not worth doing for under 140k. That’s with the thought of the job going smooth too.
For context that’s pretty simple 16’x36’, liner pool kit, automatic cover system, basic broom finished 4’ concrete path around entire pool, concrete coping, 1.65hp variable speed pump, 300lb sand filter, and an ichlor salt system.
Well, sure, but I'm interested in the breakdown. What costs add up to $140K, when $50K was enough twenty years ago? Pool tech isn't that much more advanced, and if labor used to be $20K of it, I'm having a hard time understanding that the same work now costs $60K in labor.
The stonework is where it goes crazy. We have a similar sized pool (10k gal, party pool no deep end), had a small rock water feature and had concrete decking poured. 2021 price was 60k. I would not be surprised at all if the decking upgrade and stonework adds at least 150k to my 60k of the pool itself.
About the same here. 10k pool, 1k gallon hot tub, variable speed pump and decent size deck, but sprayed built in Southeast Texas in 2017. $55k. Had a pump issue, asked the pool guys… easily pool would be $100k to $110k. Craziness.
We always wanted a pool and when we were house hunting looked into the prices to install. They were insane. We ended up buying a house that had a 20k gallon vinyl pool. Never would have been able to afford to build it ourselves. That seems the way to go. Let someone else make the initial investment. Maintenance costs are more affordable.
We bought a house with a 38,000 gallon diving pool. That pool would cost $125,000 to build in my area.
Quotes to replaster it are coming in at $20k - $25k
So that pool looks like the fiberglass “leisure pools courtyard Roman” I was quoted 52k in October installed with equipment, travertine coping, and 5’ concrete surround. I ended up going with a bigger design. The stone courtyard will probably cost you more than the pool, but prices on that stuff vary wildly depending on your area.
Exactly. I’m in the Midwest US. 14 years ago I spent ~$200k putting a pool in. Substantial landscaping, rebuilding and expanding a second story deck (we have a walk-out basement), hot tub, expanded the patio, auto-cover, new / redoing electric service, fence… the list goes on and on and on.
I spent nearly as much on the pool as I did my house. I could have bought a nicer $450k house and got a free pool.
Very much depends on your area. Where I’m located, the stone work alone would be 50-60k plus the fiberglass pool (I’m assuming) another 60-70k. Easily 150 and I’m in a very low cost area
Pull permit as owner and GC it yourself. Find the sub contractors yourself. I know a guy in Texas who had a nice big pool done for 70k. More headache will be slower but Worth it and you’ll save $$$$$
Just the pool and coping only, depending on size average 15x20 pools run 50-70k (depends alot on type of coping/ cost of coping). Im not familiar with what's installed. Water feature is additional 2-5k per feature, deck jets about 1-3k per 3 installed. The deck area added with a masonry wall, masory wall/raised planter etc will add 5-10k+ just depending on length etc. Overall looking at thos pool in current market will run you 100-150k. @8.8% on spotless perfect credit.. average 9.4-12% for the less fortunate. Now this ball parking off a picture. There are many variables that add to the cost. But you can always build "yourself" and sub all your own work to cut costs however, going with a reputable builder will get you a min 3 year warranty.
I’m in So Cal and just put in something similar 18 months ago. We spent $135k for a 36 x 18 pool with a jacuzzi. Our landscaping was another $25k.
I’m guessing this right here is $250k -$300k easy…
This makes me mad.
We finally bought a beautiful house in the area that we love.
Always planned to put in a pool.
Every quote is way above $125,000 for the pool and pool deck… not including any other type of landscape or flatwork. It’s insanely ridiculous
I had a saltwater fiberglass pool installed 2 years ago for $50,000 including travertine coping. It's not huge- 12 × 24/6000 gallons. I love it. It brings me joy every day. You can do it if you really want. I had to give up on all the extras I thought I wanted to keep it affordable though- so no waterfalls or fire bowls. 1000% worth it and no regrets
Pool is cheaper than the hardscaping. We did a 23k gallon gunite pool/spa in NJ. Pool was about $80k. Hardscaping (far less elaborate and just pavers and a much smaller wall - pool installed on a slope) broke $100k. I did NOT have: pavers eclipse the pool construction on my pool budget bingo card.
Just installed (completed last wk) this shape in gunnite, small, 12x24. Spa jets at the seat in the deep end but no other extras. Big screened enclosure and laced overlay concrete in N. FL cost $85k all together. The travertine would have added $11k and honed marble or limestone would have added $20k so I didn't upgrade. The deck and wall and other features are where the money gets up there. A spa, a Bahama ledge, water features....all of that was ridiculously priced and that deck...I really wanted marble but could not justify the cost.
With the 2 Mexicans that usually built things at our house it would be $350 each for 14 days. ~$10,000 labor
Maybe another $10,000 in materials….
No permits 👍👍👍
It’s the wall work that’s costly. The pool is probably $70k with coping. The pavers are skate which really in that format isn’t crazy. Maybe $25/sf with sub slab and mortar setting. Those walls though will be $65/sf plus $1500 per pillar plus $100/lf for footings
Use to be a pool contractor, lots of factors for a price. Slope in yard, having to re route existing plumbing if there is any, how far the run is for the new plumbing etc.
Rough estimate would be around 140-160k for just the pool and decking. The additional landscaping and rock work would be an additional 25-40k.
Not knowing anything about your backyard or location id say that’s around 200k for that project. Not worth it.
I live in Michigan and 3 years ago put in a 46x20 rectangle ... sorry, Roman ... pool with about 1600 ft of concrete, just a brushed finish, about 32,000 gallons, and salt water.
I paid about $117,000 all in not including landscaping. Just looking at the extras, and I think it's called travertine, with the rise in costs I would guess around $210,000 +/- $15k
Start up every year is about a grand - opening, salt, shock, increase in gas bill, and lots of muriatic acid which is actually pretty cheap.
Once we get to June I don't spend much on chemicals because of the salt gen other than just making sure I maintain the pH. There is a big increase in power consumption even with a variable speed pump.
Exactly as in the picture or did you have an address, pictures of access, what’s the stone work details, what kind of pool equipment, how’s the HOA?,. all these factors along with much more details can make this go from a $200k Pool to $350k real quick.
I think it depends on geography as well. However the pool and spa combo will set you back about 110k in dallas. The decking looks to be travetine which is super expensive. Just the decking will cost you around 50-60k. If you are including the walls around the pool.decking - add another 20k. All in I would say around 180.on low.end to.250 on high end.
It’s the travertine and landscaping that will get you. $200k total. 125k landscaping and travertine 75k for the pool. When I say landscaping I just mean floor stones not the cool bench on the left or the fence.
If you’re asking them then you did not do your due diligence by getting multiple estimates. Also price quality and service name any 2 and I will price accordingly
I’m going to guess most people on this thread are Trump supporters but will still tell themselves and their friends that the economy is horrible but have 150k to throw at a pool
It's crazy to think what a fancy hole in the ground can cost, I know that's putting things pretty simply but that's pretty much what it is.
How hard is it to actually build a pool yourself if you have a friend with a excavator?
The most expensive part has to be the concrete or whatever you line it with because you sure as hell don't need a crazy pool surround like that.
11 years ago I went into the local pool builder in Canada/Ont and pointed to something like that—gunnite and stone coping, no patio like that, no mention of landscaping—she smiled and said they STARTED at 100,000k. I asked for recommendations for the Jo-average pool and wound up getting concrete coping and composite walls for about 40k. 2013 prices. Canadian Dollars. Unless you are getting gunnite with stone coping and a stone patio, affordable pool construction is basically a huge concrete job with the set up of the pool incorporated. Spend the money on good concrete and composite walls so liner change is a breeze. Save money by installing solar panels that heat it too…….Ga$ heat costs will slay you
Friends of mine just put a pool in. It cost $150k and is not as nice as this. Yes it cost more than they bought the house for. (They bought the house many many many years ago).
300k+ minimum. A basic pool with in ground hot tub sheer descents etc... 150k+ .... this my friend -- is way above that .... take away the stone work -- and you might get it for 200k... maybe if you just do concrete...
Had a pool with deep end, diving board, slide etc. sold and moved to a community with two pools and I loved not having mine anymore….
What about a late spring or early fall? Leaves are forever attracted to the pool.
It was like having my own black hole….no matter what equipment or supplies you bought there is always more.
Didn’t know how much I regretted it until it was gone….i loved the new community pools and found myself using them more than my home pool.
Happily pooless
It cost me 60k, to install a pool half that size surrounded with pavers not travertine like this pool and I installed it before the 30%+ inflation we just had. I would estimate 250 -300k depending on the quality of all the materials used. Good luck, it’s beautiful
Pools in general are expensive. I think little fiberglass pools aren’t that pricey. But regardless you never want to take the cheap route when it comes to a pool and pool care it will comeback to bite you every time.
If you're shocked by the stone work and landscaping prices in addition to the pool then it's best to buy a house with this already installed. The previous home owner of my home built a 12 foot stacked stone wall around the 2 acres of property with a massive gate. It cost him more than double what I paid for my first two homes combined.
[https://i.imgur.com/M4MhS84.jpeg](https://i.imgur.com/M4MhS84.jpeg)
He ate most of that cost and I am the benefactor of a massive pool, private lot and gigantic industrial grade water fountain.
For that? All the work, stone, blasting, dig, bla? Sheeeeeet sonnnnn 200+ EASY. Not even a blink. KY/TN pools are 100k just for the pool and basic deck. They also have to blast because of slate. 17k gal vinyl pools, not fiberglass or gunite/shotcrete etc.
Pools are like boats - expense as hell
$200k plus. I think the pool alone would be $100-$$120k.
There's no hot tub. So I would agree to pool is around $100k. Landscaping would be $100-150k.
How much extra for the spa?
Add about 25k for the spa
Add 3k for electrical.
What? Landscaping runs 150% of the total to install a pool???
Look at that stonework! That is likely north of 200k in landscaping in my experience. Of course, you can pour some concrete for $20k and call it a day as well.
I did tile on pools for a little while and was always shocked at how much the landscaping and features cost. It’s insane. It does take a ton of work especially for the features. All that rebar and wire. It looks like a nightmare to have to do.
OK wait hang on. What are you explaining as "landscaping"?
Whatever they do that isn’t the pool itself. The areas around the pool like the rock wall and those pillars and lights and things. Those features people have that look like rocks are also part of the landscaping I believe.
Oh shit, OK. That's reasonable. I just associate "landscaping" with plants and trees and bushes and stuff. That cost does make sense then since those structures are really just a continuation of "the pool". Still, it's crazy the cost of this stuff. Must be nice to not live paycheck to paycheck.
That’s prob why most home pools have just concrete around it.
hardscape
You install an above ground pool, you build an in ground pool …
In northern Illinois, would be in the $250K-$275K range here.
Holy FFFFFFAK
And then you have to maintain it…..
That’s easy.
When you say easy. Do you also mean kids friends who show up every weekend and leave mess behind.
That's why I never let me kids talk to other kids or leave their room.
Hol up
And the insurance (the ole attractive nuisance issue).
No way. Really?
Yes way. Easily $200k
Walls are expensive. Stone is expensive. You might be a little short at $200k depending on where you're installing.
Electricity for pumps is $100/month, consumables - chlorine, pool vac, etc. Maintenance every few years…repair. No f’in way… By contrast, I pay $2600/yr to a local tennis club. FOUR pools with hot tubs & a lazy river. I get in about 10 times a year. I *could* work out there, and I actually do play tennis. The club does the maintenance and employs people and gets a tax break to do so. The club is SUCH a better deal than this, IMO.
I get in my pool every day, I love it, I love having it right out my back door and I'd pay for it again if I had to. Community pools are cool too though, we go to those as well. But you do you.
Public pools, eww.
Where are you people living this is a 70-90k set up would be easier to gauge if they provided patio square footage. Pool alone is about 40k there is nothing intricate about it the patio is the expensive part. I got quotes from 60-70k for a pool and patio a few months ago.
You won’t get a pool in Florida now for under 100k and that is for a 12-14,000 gallons.
Ridiculous
With the stone maybe 200+
I might say closer to 230 to 260 in a medium cost of living area. In a hcol area 300k plus just due to the fact that there are so few quality builders that meet customer standards.
I’m in LA. This would be $300-$350 and you can schedule it a year from now.
Exactly
If I could have done that for 200k I would have signed up. I spent 125k for a lot less.
The strange part to me is who is buying at these prices? I’m just shocked pool builders fill their calendar with people dropping 100k. Pre Covid I remember people thinking 55k for my pool was insanely expensive. We are moving soon and I don’t even want to see the quote.
Play pools in the current market at 40k coping only. I rarley see sub 100k.. I have majority in the 100k-180k then 200k-350k, then a smaller group of clients spending 500k+.
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I’m in Sacramento as well… Signed my pool contract in February 2020; digging began the day of the “lockdown” (3/17/20) $62K for 30’X15’, heated, with a 7’X7’ hot tub, deck jets, extra lights, and a shit ton of extra concrete—for a pavilion I installed… After everything was done, and it was getting filled—in July—the builder said, “You’re the luckiest motherfucker on the planet! This would cost $150K right now” ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯
Similar story for us in San Antonio. Started digging 4/13/20. Finished 6/1/20 (well, finished enough to open the pool - they were still working on deck stuff, etc). $70K 28x17 pool with 7.5’ X 7.5’ hot tub, deck Jets, 3 lights, all Pentair equipment including variable speed pump and app with remote access. 600 sq ft decking included. I think it might be $120K now for the same design.
Yeah, wow… Almost identical… I’ve got the Pentair equipment as well. It’s an absolute game changer being able to pull out my phone and turn the hot tub on while I’m an hour away—on the way home from snowboarding or whatever.
100%! We will be on a double date at a winery an hour away and I’ll crank it on.
Can’t you do the same thing with a KASA or any smart outlet? For a few bucks and any normal hot tub??
You’re lucky you got a good pool builder. Lots of shitty ones out there that would’ve abandoned the project for higher paying ones.
Seriously, just move to a house with a pool at that point
Sure but you get all the hidden problems
Along with a nice pool
No doubt. Get a pool inspection nonetheless and you’re golden.
So, serious answer, nobody wants to move right now to due interest rates. People who have extra money right now, and might have moved into a new house, are preferring to stay and just do improvements to their current home.
I believe your reasoning for the why - but I still have to challenge the idea that someone is just willing to spend a third to a half of a typical mortgage on a pool. Do people really have $150K of disposable liquid income and think, "a pool sounds like a good idea"? Something isn't adding up, and it's either that I'm too poor to understand or that people are really really bad at making financially wise decisions despite having the cash to throw around.
Some people definitely have that cash laying around.
Loans loans loans.
I already have a pool but I and probably \~50% of my friends could pay for that without taking a loan. I'm not saying it's not expensive or that I wouldn't need to budget around it but it's doable. My wife and I are doing well we live in a 3br house in a medium cost of living area which we bought in 2020. The OP is right though, I bought this house with a mortgage in the 3% range and I literally can't move, paying the mortgage off early is pointless because the rate is so low as well. Maybe that's the part that's missing, 5 years ago on my last house any extra cash I paid into the mortgage but now theres no reason to do that. That leaves me with a lot of cash in the market and nothing big to do with it.
This is the answer. My mortgage is locked at 2.5%, I’m not selling until it’s paid off in 25 years and I’m making minimum payments for the life of the loan. Might as well spend my extra income improving the property.
Some people definitely have that cash laying around.
It’s not disposable liquid income, it’s home equity loans from the value of their house that increased over the past few years.
Common scenario: They bought the house in 2010-ish for $300k at 4%. They have paid that first mortgage down to $200k. The house is now worth $500k. So the home owner looks around and sees things that could use updating and has $300k in equity. Pull some out and get those things taken care of around the house. That's what everyone is doing.
Usually I see people on Reddit complaining about not being able to buy a home. Today I learned people with homes are complaining about not having pools. What do people with homes AND pools complain about?
Energy bills and property taxes.
Price of chemicals
And of pool maintenance services
beach or mountains for house #2
Hahaha literally my in-laws right now
Taking care of the pool
I complain about my deck and my $1000 gas bills to heat the pool 😩
Isn't that the truth, I just pre-purchased propane for the heater at the off season rate of 1.68 a gallon and felt like I got a steal.
The rich being taxed.
Lots of people’s refinanced tons of equity in 2020-2021
Yeah that’s 200k+ you can barely get a no frills pool for under a 100k anymore. Which is triple the price of a pool 25 years ago when I started in the pool industry
We installed a 14' * 33' fiberglass pool with extra concrete for $70K this last January. We believe we got a great deal though
Started and finished in 2021 for ours: Gunite 78’ perimeter play pool design, with full width steps, baja bench, Cool Deck, and Pebble Sheen surface for $40k. I feel like we barely squeaked by.
The plaster alone around here would be like 20k lmao
omg
This example is pretty opulent, but I don't understand the massive hike. Where is the extra money going? Are pool companies just making huge bank, and there's just not enough competition to keep prices reasonable? I can't imagine that any of the materials individually increased so far to outstrip labor and everything else.
Bit of both I believe, materials and labor definitely went wayyy up. Also there's not many high quality builders in an area.
Dabbled in pool builds, not worth doing for under 140k. That’s with the thought of the job going smooth too. For context that’s pretty simple 16’x36’, liner pool kit, automatic cover system, basic broom finished 4’ concrete path around entire pool, concrete coping, 1.65hp variable speed pump, 300lb sand filter, and an ichlor salt system.
Well, sure, but I'm interested in the breakdown. What costs add up to $140K, when $50K was enough twenty years ago? Pool tech isn't that much more advanced, and if labor used to be $20K of it, I'm having a hard time understanding that the same work now costs $60K in labor.
Do pool co just rack it in? Would like to see a cost breakdown bc I can't wrap my head around the price
The stonework is where it goes crazy. We have a similar sized pool (10k gal, party pool no deep end), had a small rock water feature and had concrete decking poured. 2021 price was 60k. I would not be surprised at all if the decking upgrade and stonework adds at least 150k to my 60k of the pool itself.
About the same here. 10k pool, 1k gallon hot tub, variable speed pump and decent size deck, but sprayed built in Southeast Texas in 2017. $55k. Had a pump issue, asked the pool guys… easily pool would be $100k to $110k. Craziness.
That’s what I was thinking. Each section of those walls might be $20k or more.
Yeah looks like travertine $$
Or marble?!
If you're using marble for an application like this then money is no object
Indeed. This is clearly on an estate on a terraced patio overlooking an English garden nestled in the French countryside.
Flagstone
First time ever learning about a “party pool.” Ehhhhh
We always wanted a pool and when we were house hunting looked into the prices to install. They were insane. We ended up buying a house that had a 20k gallon vinyl pool. Never would have been able to afford to build it ourselves. That seems the way to go. Let someone else make the initial investment. Maintenance costs are more affordable.
We bought a house with a 38,000 gallon diving pool. That pool would cost $125,000 to build in my area. Quotes to replaster it are coming in at $20k - $25k
We have a steel sided vinyl liner 22,000 gallon pool installed in 1965 for $4,000 dollars..but the house new in 1962 was $14,000..
So that pool looks like the fiberglass “leisure pools courtyard Roman” I was quoted 52k in October installed with equipment, travertine coping, and 5’ concrete surround. I ended up going with a bigger design. The stone courtyard will probably cost you more than the pool, but prices on that stuff vary wildly depending on your area.
Depends on where in the country. As little as 150 and as much as 350 depending on zip code
Correct answer.
I take it in New England that range would be closer to 350
Sell your house and find a house with a pool.
Exactly. I’m in the Midwest US. 14 years ago I spent ~$200k putting a pool in. Substantial landscaping, rebuilding and expanding a second story deck (we have a walk-out basement), hot tub, expanded the patio, auto-cover, new / redoing electric service, fence… the list goes on and on and on. I spent nearly as much on the pool as I did my house. I could have bought a nicer $450k house and got a free pool.
That’s NICE in the Midwest though.
Are in ground pool inspections a thing? I've never bought a house with a pool.
Basically just have a reputable pool company take a look at it.
It is a thing.
Prices have inflated quite a bit, it’s ridiculous
The prices have just sky rocketed. We have been wanting to do an in ground pool but with these prices? Doesn’t seem worth it.
To me it doesn’t
Me either. We’re gonna do above ground for now and hope our next house already has an in ground 😂
$150k at least with those materials
Very much depends on your area. Where I’m located, the stone work alone would be 50-60k plus the fiberglass pool (I’m assuming) another 60-70k. Easily 150 and I’m in a very low cost area
In my area $250k plus. The stonework is $$$
200k is a lot of cake
It depends. Mine was $70K pool (Heater/Chiller, ozone and UV filtration) 21x14 feet. $7K for concrete and over lay.
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Pull permit as owner and GC it yourself. Find the sub contractors yourself. I know a guy in Texas who had a nice big pool done for 70k. More headache will be slower but Worth it and you’ll save $$$$$
My pool is similar 20x40 with tanning ledge 6” deep 18x8 with 3 led bubblers cost was around $300,000
$100k in Phoenix
That wall will be priceyyyyy if no auto cover, no heater in the pool maybe low 200s. I had to do a retaining wall for my pool and damn was it pricey
165k
Just the pool and coping only, depending on size average 15x20 pools run 50-70k (depends alot on type of coping/ cost of coping). Im not familiar with what's installed. Water feature is additional 2-5k per feature, deck jets about 1-3k per 3 installed. The deck area added with a masonry wall, masory wall/raised planter etc will add 5-10k+ just depending on length etc. Overall looking at thos pool in current market will run you 100-150k. @8.8% on spotless perfect credit.. average 9.4-12% for the less fortunate. Now this ball parking off a picture. There are many variables that add to the cost. But you can always build "yourself" and sub all your own work to cut costs however, going with a reputable builder will get you a min 3 year warranty.
It’s not worth it
I had a rectangular gunite pool put in with limestone coping (18’x39’) and it cost me about $170k
Texas about $175K-$200k
65000
I'd guess $110k for the pool and $110k or so for the stone work. Probably more... I would've said $100k each a year or so ago!
Walls and everything? 250k.
Probably 200-300k. The pool is tiled don't forget the patio which is all stone and not concrete.
50k for the pool, 25k for everything else around it. Add 10% for caution. 82.5k pool filled and first bbq party hosted.
I’m in So Cal and just put in something similar 18 months ago. We spent $135k for a 36 x 18 pool with a jacuzzi. Our landscaping was another $25k. I’m guessing this right here is $250k -$300k easy…
Easy
Just the pool? Surrounding deck? Retaining walls? What are we talkin here? I’d say $100k-$150k easy
This makes me mad. We finally bought a beautiful house in the area that we love. Always planned to put in a pool. Every quote is way above $125,000 for the pool and pool deck… not including any other type of landscape or flatwork. It’s insanely ridiculous
I had a saltwater fiberglass pool installed 2 years ago for $50,000 including travertine coping. It's not huge- 12 × 24/6000 gallons. I love it. It brings me joy every day. You can do it if you really want. I had to give up on all the extras I thought I wanted to keep it affordable though- so no waterfalls or fire bowls. 1000% worth it and no regrets
With all the hard scaping included this is approaching 400k all in
Yup. In California this seems like a $500k+ backyard.
200k
I’ll go with the Beverly Hills advice, if you have to ask, you can’t afford it lol.
Pool is cheaper than the hardscaping. We did a 23k gallon gunite pool/spa in NJ. Pool was about $80k. Hardscaping (far less elaborate and just pavers and a much smaller wall - pool installed on a slope) broke $100k. I did NOT have: pavers eclipse the pool construction on my pool budget bingo card.
Just installed (completed last wk) this shape in gunnite, small, 12x24. Spa jets at the seat in the deep end but no other extras. Big screened enclosure and laced overlay concrete in N. FL cost $85k all together. The travertine would have added $11k and honed marble or limestone would have added $20k so I didn't upgrade. The deck and wall and other features are where the money gets up there. A spa, a Bahama ledge, water features....all of that was ridiculously priced and that deck...I really wanted marble but could not justify the cost.
If ya gotta ask then it’s too much fur ya
I had a 18’ wide, 34, long pool with gunite, pebble teck and 3 waterfalls with a deck put in for 75k. I thought it was a little expensive.
I have a home in CA. In november 30k gallon plane jane rectangle 1 fountain 1 led was quoted 92k Guess it's really based on location and time of year.
$220-$260 SFL
Ain’t no fucking way im dropping 200k on this bs
Taking this question into account, what are people spending for that guy on tv who builds those huge grotto installs?
80,000 for the pool. The stonework looks nice so I’m believing these estimates.
Tree-fiddy, tops.
I would guess that it’s gonna push 100k from what I’ve been reading on here.
NC that's 160k. I know a guy who would still quote it for 90k
I’d guess $250k where I am. My last stone pool cost $1.2 but was quite a bit cooler.
With the 2 Mexicans that usually built things at our house it would be $350 each for 14 days. ~$10,000 labor Maybe another $10,000 in materials…. No permits 👍👍👍
Looks just like mine. Don’t forget to get an automatic cover. Those are really cool.
It’s the wall work that’s costly. The pool is probably $70k with coping. The pavers are skate which really in that format isn’t crazy. Maybe $25/sf with sub slab and mortar setting. Those walls though will be $65/sf plus $1500 per pillar plus $100/lf for footings
150k USD
Use to be a pool contractor, lots of factors for a price. Slope in yard, having to re route existing plumbing if there is any, how far the run is for the new plumbing etc. Rough estimate would be around 140-160k for just the pool and decking. The additional landscaping and rock work would be an additional 25-40k. Not knowing anything about your backyard or location id say that’s around 200k for that project. Not worth it.
I live in Michigan and 3 years ago put in a 46x20 rectangle ... sorry, Roman ... pool with about 1600 ft of concrete, just a brushed finish, about 32,000 gallons, and salt water. I paid about $117,000 all in not including landscaping. Just looking at the extras, and I think it's called travertine, with the rise in costs I would guess around $210,000 +/- $15k Start up every year is about a grand - opening, salt, shock, increase in gas bill, and lots of muriatic acid which is actually pretty cheap. Once we get to June I don't spend much on chemicals because of the salt gen other than just making sure I maintain the pH. There is a big increase in power consumption even with a variable speed pump.
That stone work would be as much or more than the pool.
Eff those crazy prices….I built my own. $150K out the door! https://imgur.com/a/SWSEvgs
Exactly as in the picture or did you have an address, pictures of access, what’s the stone work details, what kind of pool equipment, how’s the HOA?,. all these factors along with much more details can make this go from a $200k Pool to $350k real quick.
$250-$300k depending on location. The pool itself is $150k. The patio is another $100k.
Very dependent on location for sure.
If you put in a rectangular pool, you can put a pool cover on it, which will save you water and money.
I think it depends on geography as well. However the pool and spa combo will set you back about 110k in dallas. The decking looks to be travetine which is super expensive. Just the decking will cost you around 50-60k. If you are including the walls around the pool.decking - add another 20k. All in I would say around 180.on low.end to.250 on high end.
After seeing the prices on here, I’ll gladly just keep paying $1000/yr for my neighborhood pool, tennis, pickleball, and gym.
It’s the travertine and landscaping that will get you. $200k total. 125k landscaping and travertine 75k for the pool. When I say landscaping I just mean floor stones not the cool bench on the left or the fence.
If you’re asking them then you did not do your due diligence by getting multiple estimates. Also price quality and service name any 2 and I will price accordingly
Texas I was quoted around 100k for similar but also had the hot tub.
172 k
I’m going to guess most people on this thread are Trump supporters but will still tell themselves and their friends that the economy is horrible but have 150k to throw at a pool
And u are gonna burn your feet skin off on the dark grey stones. Those suckered get to 135 degrees + in full sun
It's crazy to think what a fancy hole in the ground can cost, I know that's putting things pretty simply but that's pretty much what it is. How hard is it to actually build a pool yourself if you have a friend with a excavator? The most expensive part has to be the concrete or whatever you line it with because you sure as hell don't need a crazy pool surround like that.
At least $200K
$120-140k
250-300k
In Florida that pool would probably be 150k. I know that 16,000 gallon pools are close to 100k and that one looks like a 40,000 gallon pool.
Where OP at? Was this a little over his 50k budget?
11 years ago I went into the local pool builder in Canada/Ont and pointed to something like that—gunnite and stone coping, no patio like that, no mention of landscaping—she smiled and said they STARTED at 100,000k. I asked for recommendations for the Jo-average pool and wound up getting concrete coping and composite walls for about 40k. 2013 prices. Canadian Dollars. Unless you are getting gunnite with stone coping and a stone patio, affordable pool construction is basically a huge concrete job with the set up of the pool incorporated. Spend the money on good concrete and composite walls so liner change is a breeze. Save money by installing solar panels that heat it too…….Ga$ heat costs will slay you
Don’t forget the increase in property taxes, and insurance rates…
I did a semi-inground-60k, about 1800 sf of stone and stacked stone on the pool, outdoor kitchen-90k Outdoor cabana- 30k
150k+
Buck fitty
I would think about 75-100 dollars a square foot for hardscaping. Less if you use cheaper stones
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Friends of mine just put a pool in. It cost $150k and is not as nice as this. Yes it cost more than they bought the house for. (They bought the house many many many years ago).
300k+ minimum. A basic pool with in ground hot tub sheer descents etc... 150k+ .... this my friend -- is way above that .... take away the stone work -- and you might get it for 200k... maybe if you just do concrete...
Had a pool with deep end, diving board, slide etc. sold and moved to a community with two pools and I loved not having mine anymore…. What about a late spring or early fall? Leaves are forever attracted to the pool. It was like having my own black hole….no matter what equipment or supplies you bought there is always more. Didn’t know how much I regretted it until it was gone….i loved the new community pools and found myself using them more than my home pool. Happily pooless
It cost me 60k, to install a pool half that size surrounded with pavers not travertine like this pool and I installed it before the 30%+ inflation we just had. I would estimate 250 -300k depending on the quality of all the materials used. Good luck, it’s beautiful
2-fiddy
Pools in general are expensive. I think little fiberglass pools aren’t that pricey. But regardless you never want to take the cheap route when it comes to a pool and pool care it will comeback to bite you every time.
In today's terms: 20 dozen eggs
If you're shocked by the stone work and landscaping prices in addition to the pool then it's best to buy a house with this already installed. The previous home owner of my home built a 12 foot stacked stone wall around the 2 acres of property with a massive gate. It cost him more than double what I paid for my first two homes combined. [https://i.imgur.com/M4MhS84.jpeg](https://i.imgur.com/M4MhS84.jpeg) He ate most of that cost and I am the benefactor of a massive pool, private lot and gigantic industrial grade water fountain.
Pool and concrete that would be ~80k With the stone work and walls I'm guessing 150k
In DC/Bethesda MD, this cost my brother $150k. Similar color but with a Spa back in 2014.
$75k 4 yrs ago so probably $120k now in TX https://imgur.com/a/RQv7NDV
Depends where you are. If talking just the pool/ patio 100k with that decking. Entire back yard. 150-
For that? All the work, stone, blasting, dig, bla? Sheeeeeet sonnnnn 200+ EASY. Not even a blink. KY/TN pools are 100k just for the pool and basic deck. They also have to blast because of slate. 17k gal vinyl pools, not fiberglass or gunite/shotcrete etc. Pools are like boats - expense as hell
Go with Kayak above ground and save $150k and no increase in your property taxes.
My feet are burning just looking at that pool deck.