This is what I’d call a super-sized pool. This house was purchased by Folsom Asset Management as one of their flip projects. For some perspective on the enormity of this swimming hole, look at my Realtor friend Whitney Johnson in the top image. Also, compare the 4400 sq ft house (single story with a 700 sq ft garage) with the pool. Have you ever seen a residential pool this big? What would you do with it if you were going to flip this house?
Even if the pool was finished, it would very likely be a market liability since most buyers are not looking for a pool this big. On top of that, imagine the cost to heat the pool. It’s no wonder the investment company filled it in before selling the house.
10 signs your pool is too big for the neighborhood
- If your backyard is a potential site for the next Olympics.
- If Google Maps mistakes your pool as a lake.
- If your pool looks like it should be at a resort.
- If prospective buyers think “Yikes, what were they thinking?”
- If aerial fire fighters use your pool to scoop up water.
- If the Coast Guard uses your pool for rescue training.
- If your pool yields little value in the resale market.
- If “block party” means the entire neighborhood can literally go swimming.
- If your buddies constantly ask you to use their jet skis in your pool.
- If buyers don’t have the expectation for such a large pool in the neighborhood.
Questions: What do you think of this pool? What is the 11th sign a pool is too big? I’d love to hear from you in the comments below.
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The total cost of that pool project alone was probably more than the value of the home. The aerial photo shows tremendous detail and size. Thanks for sharing!
Well said. The quality is astounding. This isn’t your thirty thousand dollar pool. While I would never advocate building such a pool for a residential home like this, I certainly would swim in it. 🙂
Those are the people in the neighborhood you wanted to be friends with. It would have been interesting to see what the pool would have looked like finished.
Very true, Elisha. It would be like a resort location to swim at this house. Thanks.
Whoa,that looks like a resort pool with the swim up bar! You wonder sometimes what people are thinking with the things they build. Thanks for sharing Ryan.
Great description, Tom. We often talk about overbuilt houses, but sometimes it’s that thing being built in the backyard that is really overbuilt.
That is amazing … the aerial shot was a trip too, I can’t even put my mind around the size of that pool in this area. Your top ten list is hilarious Ryan! 🙂
Thank you so much, Heather. I really appreciate it. I had fun with this post. It is (was) an incredibly large pool. May it RIP.