Hi all, I'm new here and have never owned a pool. I have posted a few other threads and folks here are SO helpful. Our contractor is really trying to push using one of their folks for maintenance, but its not super cheap its $140 a month for a once a week visit. Its do-able $$ wise but I'm like ehh. I wanted to see if they were willing to do that for the swim season from like May-Sept (I'm in Vegas) but they will not, its all or nothing. I have never had a pool and we have pebblesheen so the contractor is like you REALLY need to be mindful of the chemicals, pH, etc. The pool is 14X27 and its just my husband and I, no children. We have a cartridge filter and salt water system too, if that helps to know. Any input on this? Do you have a person who does it, or do you maintain yourself? Does it take up a lot of time? I know time is money!