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Buyers Pay More For A Swimming Pool

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Demand for backyard swimming pools has jumped 55% since the start of the pandemic.

Swimming Pool and Spa Association of Australia chief executive Lindsay McGrath says demand has risen in every state and territory.

Pool and swimming pool are the most searched terms on realestate.com.au, with buyers entering those key words seven times more often than the next most popular feature, a garage.

Frank Valentic of Advantage Property Consulting says that buyers will pay a premium of  between 10% and 20% for a house with a pool.

He says pools haven’t always been in big demand but they were undergoing a resurgence with home buyers.

“Previously, some might have seen it as a negative rather than a positive,” Valentic says.

“But I’ve not had one person say anything like that since Covid, because there’s been a massive lifestyle shift.”

Valentic says owners shouldn’t install a pool just to add value to their property, but do it for their own enjoyment.

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