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NOW.
WE ARE LIKE THE GEESE FAMILY.
>> Reporter: ALTHOUGH TOUGH TO
SAY GOODBYE, JOAN HAS THIS
REMINDER OF THEIR SPECIAL TIME
YEAR-ROUND.
AMANDA ANDERSON, CTV NEWS YOU,
EDMONTON.
>> Jonathan: SUMMER IS JUST
AROUND THE CORNER.
NOTHING BETTER THAN HAVING A
POOL IN THE BACKYARD BUT AT WHAT
COST.
REAL ESTATE.
FIRST QUESTION, WHEN IT COMES TO
HAVING THAT POOL HOW DOES IT
HELP IN TERM OF RESALE?
>> THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO
DEPEND ON VALUE IS IN THE EYE OF
THE BE HOLER.
I THINK THAT FOR PROPERTIES WITH
POOLS, WE HAVE BEEN BUYERS WITH
TEENAGERS ARE KIND OF THE
BIGGEST MARKET FOR THOSE.
FOR SENIORS OR FOLKS WITH YOUNG
KIDS, POOLS JUST MAY BE A
LIABILITY ISSUE.
THERE IS SAFETY CONCERNS
DEFINITELY, DROWNING RISK.
THERE IS MAINTENANCE COSTS WHEN
IT COMES TO IT LANDSCAPING TO
FENCING, HAVING CHEMICALS
HEATING COSTS, THOSE ARE FACTORS
TO CONSIDER.
SO AND THEN THE COST OF
INSTALLATION.
A NEW POOL CAN COST TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
MAYBE ANOTHER OPTION OUT THERE
FOR INSTEAD OF INDOOR POOL BE
ABOVE GROUND.
THE COST IS USUALLY A FRACTION
OF WHAT IT WOULD COST.
AND --
SORRY IN GROUND.
AND IT COULD BE TREATED AS
MORE --
NOT A FIXTURE.
>> RIGHT.
>> IT CAN BE REMOVED IS WHAT YOU
ARE SAYING.
>> CAN BE AN ITEM OF
NEGOTIATION.
SIMILAR TO A HOT TUB.
AND I THINK YOU KNOW THE REALITY
IS WE LIVE IN REGINA.
SO A POOL CAN ONLY BE USED FOR A
FEW MONTHS OF THE YEAR.
SO THE REST OF THE TIME MIGHT BE
TAKING UP SPACE IN THE YARD.
THAT'S A CONSIDERATION AS WELL.
>> Jonathan: WHAT ABOUT INDOOR
POOLS.
OUTDOOR POOLS.
SEEM HAVE TO HAVE LIMITED TIME
WHAT ABOUT INDOOR POOLS.
COME TO HOT TUBS TOO BECAUSE
PEOPLE PUT THEM THERE.
>> HERE'S THE DEAL WITH HOT TUBS
AND POOLS.
INDOOR HOT TUBS AND POOL CAN BE
MORE EASILY USED I GUESS
YEAR-ROUND IF THEY ARE INDOORS.
BUT THERE ARE STILL
CONSIDERATIONS NEEDED TO BE HAD.
HUMIDITY-INS BEING PROBABLY ONE
OF THE BIGGEST ONES WHEN YOU
HAVE A POOL OR HOT TUB INDOORS.
SAFETY.
THE SMELL, JUST THE REFERENCE OF
CHEMICALS BEING USED.
>> A CHLORINE SMELL, RIGHT.
>> INDOORS THE SMELL CAN'T
DISSIPATE AS EASILY AS IF IT WAS
IT OUTDOORS.
MIGHT HAVE THE CHLORINE SMELL.
POTENTIAL OF MOLD FOR THE HIGH
HUMIDITY.
AS A HOMEOWNER WITH ONE OF THESE
NOMS YOUR HOME, YOU REALLY NEED
TO FOCUS ON VENTILATION WITH
THESE ITEMS TO GET THAT
HUMIDITY, EXHAUST THE HUMIDITY
ISN'T THE ISSUE OF MOLD
POTENTIAL BEING GROWN.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO PURCHASE A
HOME THAT HAS THESE ITEMS
INDOORS, MAKE SURE THERE IS
PROPER VENTILATION.
HAVE YOUR INSPECTOR OR REALTOR
GO THROUGH WITH YOU, HAVE
VENTILATED THIS PLACE PROPERLY.
AN IDEA THERE MIGHT BE MOLD FROM
A HOME INSPECTOR'S WORDS GET IT
TESTED.
GET A HOME TED FOR MOLD SPORES
AND ELIMINATE THAT THOUGHT THAT
THERE COULD BE OR IS OR ISN'T.
>> DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE, BEST
THING TO DO.
THANKS.
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