Whiskeyfox
Well-known member
Let's say this is for example a 500,000$ house without a pool. Now it's a 530,000-540,000$ or so house with a 37yr old working pool without problems, if the pool was new it would be worth more but the age is taken into consideration by buyers. Now what you have on the other hand is a 500,000$ house with a $20,000+ problem, actually making 99% of buyers steer clear, and making the house actually worth less than if it had no pool at all.
I think your best bet is to get in touch with an actual pool repair company, follow the instructions of others here, have them backfill with gravel under the deep end, new rebar, thicker concrete for the 10' depth, and new plaster on the entire pool. This will be no cheap task but it will make the home easier to sell.
In anyone's right mind if you couldn't get the problem fixed, why would they want to buy your house and take on a huge problem with an estimated very high cost of repair....unless you're selling at a deep discount vs any other home comparable.
If you patch the pool with expoy or some other silly method besides a real repair, you are going to hurt a family and I hope you're okay with that. You 100% must disclose EVERYTHING regarding the cracks, hollow spot underneath, shoddy repair/patch job, when you sell the house and I guess if you find a dumb enough buyer to accept that risk then it's on them but still not a good thing to do to a family excited to buy a new home with a pool. Please get the pool repaired by a pool repair company that specializes in replastering, fixing cracks, etc.
I think your best bet is to get in touch with an actual pool repair company, follow the instructions of others here, have them backfill with gravel under the deep end, new rebar, thicker concrete for the 10' depth, and new plaster on the entire pool. This will be no cheap task but it will make the home easier to sell.
In anyone's right mind if you couldn't get the problem fixed, why would they want to buy your house and take on a huge problem with an estimated very high cost of repair....unless you're selling at a deep discount vs any other home comparable.
If you patch the pool with expoy or some other silly method besides a real repair, you are going to hurt a family and I hope you're okay with that. You 100% must disclose EVERYTHING regarding the cracks, hollow spot underneath, shoddy repair/patch job, when you sell the house and I guess if you find a dumb enough buyer to accept that risk then it's on them but still not a good thing to do to a family excited to buy a new home with a pool. Please get the pool repaired by a pool repair company that specializes in replastering, fixing cracks, etc.