[Jims5543]

One of our requirements when shopping for our house 10 years ago was it had to have a pool.

10 years later I will admit it does not get used like the first year but, it still does get used a lot.

We do our own maintenance on it, my wife does the chemicals during the week and is a pro at it now. We are looking into switching to the salt water setup as well.

We also have 8 solar panels on the roof and a good "bubble wrap" cover for it. We swim in it year around and can keep the temps in the 90's in it during Florida winters. Our 3 year old wants to be in it every day and usually manages to convince one of us to go in with him.

Get your little one swimming lessons now. She will be swimming in 10 lessons. Best money we spent, our 3 year old can swim across the pool or, if he fell in, back to the side without any panic.

My pool is almost 20 years old now and its beginning to give me little problems, I replaced the entire pump filter system 5 years ago with a DE setup. My light was never installed correctly and springs a leak every 5 years or so. Right now my pool is drained as it started to leak again. I should be able to fill it after 5-7 days, once the 3-M marine adhesive cures. It was loosing about 2 inches avery 36 hours.

Since you getting a brand new pool with lots of the new goodies you will not have a lot of upkeep. I say go for it, your kids will love it.