On 2 occasions we rented homes with heated pools on the Outer Banks. The temperature was already set when we arrived and we were not charged a separate fee. One pool was a little too warm for what we were used to and we had the realtor lower the temperature. I really didn't want to play around with equipment that wasn't mine.

That is a complex equation. Depends on the starting water temp and ambient temp, sun, wind, size of the heater, pool dimensions, plaster color, etc etc. I do know our pool at home only goes up about a degree an hour, but it is indoors.

When we put the pool here in, 2 summer ago, I was really worried about heating it. It's rarely cold tho. I think the dark plaster is an enormous help; which we wanted anyway to give a sort of "swimming hole" effect.

TBH I would not even know how to turn it on (tho we have a fancy remote). I do however turn on the hot tub.

We like to rent houses with pools in Rosemary Beach, FL. Typically they charge $35 to $40 a day if you want the pool heated. These are not as large or deep as your pool. Someone comes by to turn it on before you arrive (if not already on). Even though Rosemary is on the Gulf of Mexico, the water can be chilly from September through May.

$35-$40 a day? Wow! That's a lot of moolah! How warm does the water.get?

We rented a nice house in Hilton Head and the pool heat was an additional $500 deposit. I’m not sure how they calculated how much was actually used.

Anyway, I missed this blurb when we rented so we did not have heat. The pool was freezing and by the time they were going to get someone there to turn it on, the week would have been half over. I had no idea that the water would be that cold in South Carolina in the summer.

I would just heat the pool to a comfortable amount and include it in your rent. Easier that way and you don’t have to worry about people jacking the temps way up.

I’ve never rented a place with a pool so no experience with this. We usually rent nicer places and I would expect a heated pool to be included in the daily rate (If climate warrants). I don’t like getting nickeled and dimed - cleaning fee, pool heat fee, etc. if I’m renting a premium place vs a budget one.

On a related note we visited some friends in FL in March. Pool was so cold it wasn’t usable which was disappointing. I guess our friends don’t like to spend the $ to heat it though they can certainly afford to do so to hear them describe their wealth at other times. Were it me and I would heat my pool if I was having house guests.

I just looked it up.

https://www.sapling.com/5506596/average-cost-heat-pool

Where you live will affect your energy bills dramatically when it comes to heating an outdoor pool. Of course the rates are higher per kilowatt-hour in some places than others, but more importantly, you should take into consideration the season during which the pool is used and will need to be heated. In Miami an outdoor pool can be used year round, resulting in higher usage, while in Seattle the swimming season is basically limited to the three summer months of June, July and August. How hard the heater must work to maintain a certain water temperature is even a larger factor than the length of season, and this is directly related to geography as well. If the air temperature is warmer than the water temperature, the pump basically has to do nothing. If the air outside is cooler, the pump has to work harder. Assume a 1,000-square-foot uncovered pool with an identical heat pump was installed in each city for the duration of the swimming season. In Miami it would cost approximately $1,460 to keep the water at 80 degrees for the entire year. In Seattle, the annual cost to keep the water at 80 degrees will run $900 despite the short season, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

Here is something that might help:

http://noanderson.com/services/swimming-pool-energy-temperature-calculator/

We have rented homes in the Outer Banks with pools. They usually charge about $200 for heat for the week. We usually go in the beginning of summer so the water can be quite cool...but we are there for the beach and not the pool so we never have it heated. The realty office sets it up before you arrive.

It was comfortable. Don't know exact temp.

"On a related note we visited some friends in FL in March. Pool was so cold it wasn’t usable which was disappointing. I guess our friends don’t like to spend the $ to heat it though they can certainly afford to do so to hear them describe their wealth at other times. Were it me and I would heat my pool if I was having house guests."

Our house in the Florida Keys has a pool but no heater. And yes, during the euphemistically named winter down here ;), it is too chilly to swim. I was really impressed this past holiday season when we went to a neighbor's house that also has a pool-this one had the heat turned on and boy was it pleasant to lounge in there on a glorious January day. OTOH I don't think I would bother to use a heated pool even during the winter when it would just be me in there.

Now that we will be living here full time I'll have to decide if I want to install a pool heater....and if it's a battle I want to fight with my spouse who unequivocally thinks it will 1) cost a fortune 2) take up way too much footprint on what's already a limited amount of patio space and 3) be absolutely useless 99% of the time. As with your friends 3katz, I'm not sure husband is wrong in his objections so I don't know if I"ll tackle that one either!

Our Florida pool has a propane heater but we never use it. The cost to heat it a few degrees is in the hundreds of dollars range.

eta: a ‘s’ to hundred because It cost hundreds of dollars to heat our pool a tiny bit.

Your electric company can give you info about average costs for your specific area.

We don’t heat our pool in southern Arizona when we winter there bc we were told it costs $200 per weekend. Also we have two uncrowded community pools which are in the 80’s.

My parents never heated their pool in FL, except when we used to visit in the winter when the kids were little and swimming was a big part of what the kids wanted to do every day.