Re: Dang is this hard!!!
Sounds like you've already made your decision, but you may want to try to obtain a pared down quote, leaving some features until later. No one says you have to have a 5' deck around the pool right away, no one says you have to have a water feature right away. A number of things can be planned, plumbed and wired for the future - IF you would choose to have them in the future. Your basic pool and its finish and perhaps that retaining wall need to be decided upon at the outset, but other items can wait. Although in Michigan, maybe a heater would also go on the original construction list??
Not sure how Michigan taxes property, but your property taxes will probably go up having a pool and will obviously go up with the addition of lake property. I think some states may tax boats as well????
In addition to talking to real estate agents about how much your pool influences your home's value, talk to real estate appraisers!! Our agent, as nice as she was, gave us outdated info for the neighboring city where she was based. When I talked to the appraiser who actually did our appraisal and works in this area, I got different information and much different numbers!
All in all, go with the pool for the enjoyment of it, not for how much it may or may not add to your property's value. I live in a hot climate and even the most modest of homes here seems to have a pool of some type. I just thought that at least once in my lifetime, I wanted to have a pool and this seemed like the place to do it. I'm in the pool AT LEAST once a day and love it. DH is not the water baby I am, so this is a real indulgence, something we rarely do otherwise.
Sandy
15,600 gallon, screened 15x30 IG plaster sport pool with 6x8 tanning area, Aquarite SWCG, Hayward cartridge filter, Polaris 280 cleaner
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