Hi All!
Was registered here a few years ago, but seem to not have a login now, so created a new one.
Anyway... we moved out of our house last year where we had an pool we loved. Decided it was time to downsize. We've since built a patio home, and while we love the smaller size home, we are severely missing our pool.
We've been talking about the possibility of putting in a smaller size pool to go with our smaller size house. Joking actually as we thought this wasn't something possible. But as we've been sitting there looking at the space, we've started to think maybe it isn't out of the question.
So we have a space where I think we could fit something maybe 8-10' wide and 15-20'long. Probably would just go 4' deep throughout. Not really for swimming/diving, just for a soak and relaxing.
I'm getting to the point where I'm going to have some builders come out and talk to us about what's possible. We're open to just about anything and are going to look at concrete, fiberglass and vinyl.
Just wondering if anyone here has any experience with anything like this, anything to look out for? Also wondering if anyone had an idea on the type of cost reduction we could see. I'd imagine building a pool 1/4 of the size of our old one would not be 1/4 the cost. I thought I remembered from somewhere using a figure of $50 per square foot as an estimate, I'm sure that would be low if we're going to be very custom though.
Thanks for any advice you all might have!
Was registered here a few years ago, but seem to not have a login now, so created a new one.
Anyway... we moved out of our house last year where we had an pool we loved. Decided it was time to downsize. We've since built a patio home, and while we love the smaller size home, we are severely missing our pool.
We've been talking about the possibility of putting in a smaller size pool to go with our smaller size house. Joking actually as we thought this wasn't something possible. But as we've been sitting there looking at the space, we've started to think maybe it isn't out of the question.
So we have a space where I think we could fit something maybe 8-10' wide and 15-20'long. Probably would just go 4' deep throughout. Not really for swimming/diving, just for a soak and relaxing.
I'm getting to the point where I'm going to have some builders come out and talk to us about what's possible. We're open to just about anything and are going to look at concrete, fiberglass and vinyl.
Just wondering if anyone here has any experience with anything like this, anything to look out for? Also wondering if anyone had an idea on the type of cost reduction we could see. I'd imagine building a pool 1/4 of the size of our old one would not be 1/4 the cost. I thought I remembered from somewhere using a figure of $50 per square foot as an estimate, I'm sure that would be low if we're going to be very custom though.
Thanks for any advice you all might have!
