Hello everyone. Glad I was able to find these forums.

My wife and I are buying a home, closing on it May 6th. The house has an in-ground pool. The pool is in pretty bad shape, the water is completely brown/black. My wife would like to drain the pool and refill it, but I have been reading on the internet not to do that.

The pool is only about half full or a little more than that, tons of leaves and limbs in it, which would need cleaned out of course. It is a vinyl lined pool. About 18x36 with a diving board and slide.

I guess my question is, what should I do? I'm not sure where to start. Any advice would be much appreciated. I don't have a whole lot of information right now, due to not actually owning the house yet, but I will be coming back here frequently I am sure once we get the house.

Thank you.