dave@cylixd.UUCP (Dave Kirby) (09/30/85)
>> ...improvements make for a high appreciation rate, and others >> actually detract from the value of a house, such >> as, for instance, an inground swimming pool) >> >Why is this the case? It seems counter-intuitive to me. > Depends on where you live. In California, where the weather is nice almost all year, you can't sell a house WITHOUT a swimming pool. Here in Memphis it's different. It's only warm enough to swim 3 or 4 months out of the year (a heated pool will extend it to about 6 months); therefore, most people don't care to have a pool. In fact, most people here HATE pools, because of the constant care that they require in return for 4 months of use. I speak from experience. When we bought our first house, nothing would do me but to have a pool. After the first year I grew to HATE that thing! I swore never to get another house with one, because even if you didn't use it you had to chlorinate it constantly in order to keep new life forms from growing in your back yard. (Toads were a problem in this area too.) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Kirby ( ...!ihnp4!akgub!cylixd!dave) (The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of RCA Cylix. They may not even reflect my own.)