Gunnite vs Vinyl and Resale value

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depending on the area..i.e. area where pools are not commonplace, real estate values will not go up regardless. a pool simply is not attractive to a lot of home buyers, especially given how little most people know about maintenance etc. i would say that a concrete vs vinyl pool will have more 'value" because of it's durability, but i think the first thing a homebuyer who hasn't had a pool is going to do is see dollar signs for maintenance and work involved to take care of. i live in a city of 80,000 with approx 275 pools..some in, most outdoors. swimming season may to september. it is definitely a luxury item to have a pool where i am versus necessity and was certainly a factor when it came to how saleable our home was when we bought it. we used the fact it had a pool to drive the price down 8,000 dollars.