Hello all -
First, I'm new here. My wife and I are getting desperate for a pool sooner rather than later. I did some browsing through the forums this morning to get some ideas and learn a bit about the process. But now I have a few questions. If these have already been addressed before, and I missed them during my search, I do apologize!
North Central Florida | Homeowner, w/ HOA | Looking at building a pool | 1.25 acres of property to work with
So we have around $25k saved up for our pool build. The plan has always been to surpass $50k saved so we can finance the rest and keep payments low. Our initial research led us to an estimated cost of $75,000, but we inflated it to $100k since we know how these things tend to increase. However, we're getting impatient and desperate for a pool as the hot Florida summer approaches. Obviously we won't have one for this year, but next summer would be incredible.
With that said, would it be foolish to consider having a <$50k fiberglass pool installed this fall, with the plan to eventually have a custom pool installed down the road? I'm talking 10+ years down the road - which would give us more time to build backs funds, learn what we like or want in our future pool, and would give us the foundation to work from when we have the fiberglass pool removed. I was first considering vinyl since it's cheaper and would need to be replaced/redone sooner - but I'm unsure if the timeline and cost/benefit would align.
Thanks in advance for any information or resources offered!
First, I'm new here. My wife and I are getting desperate for a pool sooner rather than later. I did some browsing through the forums this morning to get some ideas and learn a bit about the process. But now I have a few questions. If these have already been addressed before, and I missed them during my search, I do apologize!
North Central Florida | Homeowner, w/ HOA | Looking at building a pool | 1.25 acres of property to work with
So we have around $25k saved up for our pool build. The plan has always been to surpass $50k saved so we can finance the rest and keep payments low. Our initial research led us to an estimated cost of $75,000, but we inflated it to $100k since we know how these things tend to increase. However, we're getting impatient and desperate for a pool as the hot Florida summer approaches. Obviously we won't have one for this year, but next summer would be incredible.
With that said, would it be foolish to consider having a <$50k fiberglass pool installed this fall, with the plan to eventually have a custom pool installed down the road? I'm talking 10+ years down the road - which would give us more time to build backs funds, learn what we like or want in our future pool, and would give us the foundation to work from when we have the fiberglass pool removed. I was first considering vinyl since it's cheaper and would need to be replaced/redone sooner - but I'm unsure if the timeline and cost/benefit would align.
Thanks in advance for any information or resources offered!
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