I bought a house with a pool already in place. I passed on a house with a "play pool". I wanted a deep end. When adults are all hanging out, we tend to bob around with pool noodles. We have our basket ball goal set up near the place where it goes from shallow to deep - when littles are playing HORSE with the big kids (or adults), we make the adults tread water to do the shots. Kids get to stand in the shallow. Makes the game a lot more fair. At our house we use the deep end as much as the shallow end.
That being said, you aren't going to get money back on adding a pool, so get what you want. Each family uses pools differently, you know best how your family will use yours.
That being said, you aren't going to get money back on adding a pool, so get what you want. Each family uses pools differently, you know best how your family will use yours.