What can one say about pools? They are round or square, contain water, and if you intend to swim in them you need to check the temperature! Okay, that’s fairly flippant but I have to admit that when people ask me how much a pool costs, I normally reply “piece of string?”! It is therefore essential that you tease out the expectations of the buyer, so as to balance requirement against realistic budget.
Primarily when buying a pool for a holiday villa you should take into account year round maintenance and external weather conditions. It is best to drain pools in the winter and refill in spring to avoid any major freezing or associated pool damage - don’t forget that when frozen water will expand, and the sides of the pool can be damaged if it is left unattended and full. The cost of the purchase is one thing but ongoing maintenance must also be considered.
Starter Pool
If the villa is to be used only occasionally then perhaps a cheaper pool with simple filter systems would suffice. Prices for these start at around ˆ 12000 and rise to about ˆ14,000 for a 4Mt * 8Mt size, depending on finish and equipment; they normally consist of a sunken concrete shell with local tiling and a small pump room housing the filtering plant. It is possible to buy cheaper, but beware the jobbing builder with the “I can do that” attitude, as in Bulgaria there are many!
Deluxe Ranges
If your intention is to have a more extravagant, larger pool with all the trimmings then costs will rise fairly quickly to between ˆ18,000 and ˆ24,000 depending on pool size, shape tiling surround, pump room equipment and filtering systems being deployed.
