Tried to sell, no one wanted to buy in the time we had it up for sale, and we got sick of the Saturday open home thingio, so we took it off the market and have went back to our original plan of adding a pool and converting the garage.

So staying in OZ for good? - pool will be fab!

Not for good,christ no ffs

Maybe another 4/5 years (hubby will just have to deal with that )

Canada's aff then?

Hubby thinks it'll be too cold, after acclimatising here

I still have hope!

Silly man! think of the skiing and boarding!

I know - and the easy access to Bonnie Scotland. We are going back for a month's holiday next xmas (2011). You still off on your travels this year?

Yip, next month! can't wait...................We're hoping to come to OZ around Xmas 2011/2012 see how the money goes!

At least your company did the job right. I found the whole process extremely difficult; the pool company were f***ing useless and this was a MAJOR company in Perth.

At the very least the OP should research as much as possible and keep a very beady eye on the company.

Wow, you'll have to save the pennies for that!

We put a concrete pool in last year and now wouldn't be without it (3 kids!). We did have a bit of a nightmare as the excavation came to double the estimate (over $5k) and they dug deeper than they should have. At the time we were really cheesed off as it wasn't exactly to our spec but now the kids are older and diving in etc its worked out for the best. We had solar provision put in for when we want to add solar heating. Hope this helps!

Thank you

What are the costs with putting a pool in? I know each pool's different but roughly! We're thinking of buying a cheaper house with no pool and putting one in to save the money of buying one that already has a pool in place.

We worked it out to be about $35k plus (fibreglass 7 x 4 m) including all finishes (me doing the tiling installing fencing etc), and I've been told its one of those home improvements which you don't get your money back on, so it might be better looking for a house with a pool if you want a pool.

YEah, I know, friends in Melbourne and family in AUckland NZ but the flights alone are horrific!, my hubs will need alot of convincing to spend that amount of money on one trip, so who knows!.