Pool: Before & After

Well, you saw the pool in the previous photo, so let me update you on that.  I don't want you to think we've let that swamp prosper any longer than we had to!

 As you've seen this is the before...

 

Little creatures living in it and all...

  

Getting the gunk drained out...

  

YAY! Phil admiring the size...

 

The surface refinished...

 53 hours later, we have a clean (and full) pool!

 The pool is quite old, the tiles are original, and Brian (our pool hero) told us the tile was in great shape so we didn't have to change it.  I'm glad we got to keep the vintage feel of it.  Overall, it took about 3 weekends to get this pool read for swimming!

What have we got ourselves into?

Looking back at the house when we first looked at it, I can't believe we were able to look past its, well, for a lack of better word, horribleness. It was rough, but both of us could see the little diamond waiting to shine under all that muck!  We actually went to the house several times before we called the realtor, and snuck in the back yard lol.  Here's what we saw our first few times walking around the yard:

 

The front of the house wasn't too bad, just extremely over grown.

 This is actually a really cute grilling area.  Has a stainless steel counter.  Look at the stuff growing up the house. Creepy!

 

This is standing at the back of the front yard, looking towards the house.  You can see the pool enclosure. 

 

This is what happens when a pool sits and no one takes care of it for almost 3 years. That silver stuff back there is the tarp that was covering it.  The PVC pipes were holding it up.

 A rotten looking stair, you can see all the gunk in the water too.

...and THIS had been festering in the water for who know show long.  It was about the size of a basketball.

I bet you can't wait to see the after pictures! :)