{"id":19363,"date":"2019-08-28T10:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T10:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chesmar.com\/?p=19363"},"modified":"2019-08-28T10:00:42","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T10:00:42","slug":"is-a-swimming-pool-a-match-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/28\/is-a-swimming-pool-a-match-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Is a Swimming Pool a Match for You?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many dream of having their own swimming pool. \u00a0The sun shining softly on your skin\u2014as you squint to block out the glare and take-in the beauty of family time while your dog joyfully splashes into your new pool.\u00a0 Ahhh\u2026it sounds so dreamy!<\/p>\n<p>Everyone loves some \u201cme\u201d time, whether that means basking on the beach, getting your nails done, shopping, but probably not cleaning, right? \u00a0Few (maybe none) would ever say they love to CLEAN for their relaxation time. As much fun as a pool may seem, it comes with a lot of responsibility&#8211;a big part of which is the cleaning.\u00a0 If it is your dream to own a pool, a smart choice might be to test one out before taking the deep dive into an in-ground pool.\u00a0 Get yourself an above ground pool to see if you can (or want to) handle the maintenance and equipment management.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19661\" src=\"https:\/\/chesmar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blog-swimmingpool-funfloats-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"431\" height=\"248\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As a previous home swimming pool owner, I found out just how onerous one can be.\u00a0 Now, I choose to get my family\u2019s pool fun in other ways like visiting a friend that has one, enjoying my community pool, or taking advantage of a public swimming pool. It\u2019s a big decision, to own a pool and there is much to consider: not only the financial and maintenance aspects but also the liabilities associated.\u00a0 Do you want to put in the expense, work and time to maintain something that you won\u2019t use each and every day?<\/p>\n<p>This writer recommends that you do your research and dip your toe in&#8211;with caution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Written By: Rubi Garza<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Marketing Coordinator, Dallas Division<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19662\" src=\"https:\/\/chesmar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blog-swimmingpool-kids-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"269\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many dream of having their own swimming pool. \u00a0The sun shining softly on your skin\u2014as you squint to block out the glare and take-in the beauty of family time while your dog joyfully splashes into your new pool.\u00a0 Ahhh\u2026it sounds so dreamy! Everyone loves some \u201cme\u201d time, whether that means basking on the beach, getting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}