pool. Good or bad idea?

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socal123

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Hi just want to get some opinions. We are thinking of putting in a pool in our backyard. We have a 7mo old, a 3 year old and a 5 year old. Of course we would have a fence, but is it still safe?  Anyone else have a pool with small kids?  I think the pros would be aesthetics and teaching the kids swimming, and good family time. Downside would be the safety issue.  Maybe better to wait until kids are older? Thanks for any opinions.
 
socal123 said:
Hi just want to get some opinions. We are thinking of putting in a pool in our backyard. We have a 7mo old, a 3 year old and a 5 year old. Of course we would have a fence, but is it still safe?  Anyone else have a pool with small kids?  I think the pros would be aesthetics and teaching the kids swimming, and good family time. Downside would be the safety issue.  Maybe better to wait until kids are older? Thanks for any opinions.
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There are buyers who will refuse to look at homes that have pools.  Pools are definitely more of a love it or hate it thing for buyers.  That being said, you'll probably get about 30-50 cents on the dollar back when it comes time to sell the home for the cost of the pool/hardscaping.  That being said, the hotter the area the more you'll get back from having a pool.
 
USCTrojanCPA said:
OCgasman said:
No, if you have access to a community pool.  Yes, if you don't.
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Community pee pool that close at 8-10pm?  Ummm yeah, no thanks.  Private pool/spa open 24/7 FTW!
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lots of nutrient in pee...
 
I agree with USC, it is a love it or hate it thing. We also have young kids and when we were looking for homes, pool homes were taken off our list. At the same time we only considered homes in communities with an HOA pool.

It is a personal decision but for our family the risks/costs outweighed the benefits of a private pool. As a side note, I work in healthcare and have seen many pediatric drowning/near drownings. Pools and kids scare the crap out of me. That is also why I would NEVER host a kids pool party. Way too much risk.
 
We didn't want a house with a pool when we were looking around.  Just didn't want to worry about the kids (and spouse) and the maintenance and costs.  You have very small children and I'm sure you have enough things to worry about without the pool.  Probably later is better.

We did want a HOA pool (and tennis court) which we have now.  When we rented, that place did not have a HOA pool so we almost never went swimming.  Now, we go to the pool a lot, mostly for my exercise time.

We did a swim party at Woollett before.  I think you had to hire two life guards so it was o.k.  Good for older kids.  They tested all the kids on their swimming ability and if they couldn't swim to the other side (maybe 15 yards?) you couldn't go to the deep side...something like that.


 
irvinehusky said:
We did a swim party at Woollett before.  I think you had to hire two life guards so it was o.k.  Good for older kids.  They tested all the kids on their swimming ability and if they couldn't swim to the other side (maybe 15 yards?) you couldn't go to the deep side...something like that.
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Despite my parental paranoia about pool parties, I have taken my kids as guests but just never hosted a party. I never can relax at those events since I am keeping constant watch over them. I prefer pool parties at commercial venues like Water Works. They had 3-4 life guards at all times watching over the kids in the pool.
 
With all the possible legal issues, I hear you.  These commercial ones are much better.  It's getting warmer so there's birthday parties at our HOA pool all the time now.  Many of those are bad because the parents are getting drunk and not watching their very small kids.  I saw a very small girl get into the deep pool with those floaties on both of her arms starting to panic with no parent anywhere nearby.  I had to keep an eye on her.  Another toddler got pushed to the real deep side and the parent asked me to go fetch the kid.  :(

iacrenter said:
Despite my parental paranoia about pool parties, I have taken my kids as guests but just never hosted a party. I never can relax at those events since I am keeping constant watch over them. I prefer pool parties at commercial venues like Water Works. They had 3-4 life guards at all times watching over the kids in the pool.
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We wanted a pool.

Even if there is an HOA with a pool, it's more convenient to have your own that you don't have to share.

And if you have one with a waterfall or something, you have this gigantic water feature in your backyard.

But yes, I would be afraid of the accidents. More so for guests (and you know your kids will want have friends over) and parties. We were at Baker Ranch and they had this pool for Irvine (ie small) yards that was only 5 feet wide but about 10 feet long  and a water fall along the 10-foot side... my wife said we should do that in our yard and my blood pressure spiked.
 
before we had kids, pool would have been a def no-no due to safety concerns.
now, after seeing how much they've constantly enjoyed them over the years from an early age, it would be a net positive, despite some safety concern
 
irvinehusky said:
With all the possible legal issues, I hear you.  These commercial ones are much better.  It's getting warmer so there's birthday parties at our HOA pool all the time now.  Many of those are bad because the parents are getting drunk and not watching their very small kids.  I saw a very small girl get into the deep pool with those floaties on both of her arms starting to panic with no parent anywhere nearby.  I had to keep an eye on her.  Another toddler got pushed to the real deep side and the parent asked me to go fetch the kid.  :(

iacrenter said:
Despite my parental paranoia about pool parties, I have taken my kids as guests but just never hosted a party. I never can relax at those events since I am keeping constant watch over them. I prefer pool parties at commercial venues like Water Works. They had 3-4 life guards at all times watching over the kids in the pool.
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Speaking of drowning there's two instance in the past few days in Irvine.

A 3 year old girl was nearly drowned in Irvine Ranch Outdoor Education Center on Saturday.http://ktla.com/2014/08/09/3-year-o...-drowning-at-community-pool-in-orange-county/

A 53 year old man died on Friday in a townhouse complex pool.http://www.ocregister.com/articles/pool-636409-irvine-alone.html
 
lnc said:
irvinehusky said:
With all the possible legal issues, I hear you.  These commercial ones are much better.  It's getting warmer so there's birthday parties at our HOA pool all the time now.  Many of those are bad because the parents are getting drunk and not watching their very small kids.  I saw a very small girl get into the deep pool with those floaties on both of her arms starting to panic with no parent anywhere nearby.  I had to keep an eye on her.  Another toddler got pushed to the real deep side and the parent asked me to go fetch the kid.  :(

iacrenter said:
Despite my parental paranoia about pool parties, I have taken my kids as guests but just never hosted a party. I never can relax at those events since I am keeping constant watch over them. I prefer pool parties at commercial venues like Water Works. They had 3-4 life guards at all times watching over the kids in the pool.
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Speaking of drowning there's two instance in the past few days in Irvine.

A 3 year old girl was nearly drowned in Irvine Ranch Outdoor Education Center on Saturday.http://ktla.com/2014/08/09/3-year-o...-drowning-at-community-pool-in-orange-county/

A 53 year old man died on Friday in a townhouse complex pool.http://www.ocregister.com/articles/pool-636409-irvine-alone.html
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Your KTLA link is a different drowning incident from August. Here is the OC Register link regarding the 3 year old near drowning:http://www.ocregister.com/articles/drowning-636545-year-girl.html

Looks like it happened at at the IAC Esperanza community pool. Good thing it is a very close ambulance ride to Hoag Irvine on Sand Canyon.

The weather will be hot again this coming weekend. Please be careful out there and watch your kids.
 
we found a house at 975K.  the house was okay and have a swimming pool.  We hated the swimming pool and want to remove.  I think it will cost us 30K to remove the swimming pool.  thus, we offer the seller 945K and unforutnately we didn't get the house.
 
My relative bought a house in Chino Hills and filled the pool with dirt.  I'm not sure how much it cost her.
 
iacrenter said:
Your KTLA link is a different drowning incident from August. Here is the OC Register link regarding the 3 year old near drowning:http://www.ocregister.com/articles/drowning-636545-year-girl.html

Looks like it happened at at the IAC Esperanza community pool. Good thing it is a very close ambulance ride to Hoag Irvine on Sand Canyon.
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Thanks for correction.  I heard the news last night and try to google the news for links, apparently there's more than one instance involve 3 year old. :(
 
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