2012 The Year of the Fiberglass Pool!
Posted by Kent Carpenter on Mon, Jan 02, 2012 @ 07:24 PM
This is the year to go ahead and pull the trigger on putting in that backyard swimming pool. Why? The economy finally seems to be moving in the right direction, but stocks are scary, vacations are expensive, short, and soon forgotten. We are seeing an uptick in consumers that are tired of waiting for the "right time". I have always had a difficult time trying to figure out when the "right time" was for any endeavor, getting married, having a child, buying a home quickly are some particular life choices that quickly come to mind. As time goes by it becomes clear to me that there is often there is no "right time" but there is always the passing of time. Home values are not what they were, the interest on CD's or savings is so low that it you wonder if it is even worth the paperwork. Mortgages are easy to get if you dont really need one.
Sometimes you just gotta forget all the peripheral noise and go with your gut. None of us are getting any younger and before you turn around the kids are grown and gone. The opportunity to spend time some precious time with them is already challenging enough. A backyard swimming pool offers a secure place for the entire family to spend time together without going anywhere at all. No airport delays, traffic jams, rental hassles, high fuel prices and best of all no bedbugs! How can it be fun when you have all of the stress of modern day "vacations" to deal with? What is wrong with just staying home? Dorothy wisely told us in the Wizard of Oz that "there is no place like home" and she is right. What place is better suited for you than your own home? your own bed? your own swimming pool? What swimming pool? Yep your own pool!
More frugal? Of course you are we all are. Prior to the economy bomb in October of 2008 most pool sales included "all of the above" for options. Nowadays we are selling fewer options. Many pool customers are opting to "hold off" are some options that they might like and can add later so that they can get swimming. Many pool options can be added later just like the landscaping, outdoor kitchens and waterfalls can be but they are putting in that pool anyway.
How about you? Are you tired of holding off because of the political soundbites? Please don't. Simply take a quick look at your family and follow your gut!
Spring is coming!