pool size - is this really small?

[JLH]

I am looking for a villa for Greece next year and have found a really lovely stone built one but I have concerns over the pool size for 6 of us. It is 2.5m by 5 m- I have tried measuring it out in my house but am struggling to envisage it as pool A couple of the many reviews have mentioned small pool size but it does have very good reviews. For some reason I have set my heart on a stone villa rather than a more modern one which is a bit silly as we will be outside most of time so pool is very important !

[Mr Tom Morrow]

I have to think twice about Metric as I still work in Imperial.

However that pool is only circa 3 foot wider than a tall Man!

Sounds more like a plunge pool to me. Certainly couldn't swim properly in it.

[novocastrian]

12 / m2

2.5m is about 8 ft. not very wide

fwiw my garden is 60 m2 and this would be a small pool imo

[mick]

To convert linear metres to feet and inches multiply by 3.281 so that produces 16'5" by 8'3"

Have a look at our profile avatar - the villa we always go to. That pool is roughly 30' x 15' although it narrows a bit at the far end. So the one you refer to is roughly half the length and half the width.

Mick

[megaflyer]

Originally Posted by Mr Tom Morrow

I have to think twice about Metric as I still work in Imperial.

However that pool is only circa 3 foot wider than a tall Man!

Sounds more like a plunge pool to me. Certainly couldn't swim properly in it.

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Definitely a plunge pool and with 6 people you own the able to do much if all in it - I like a pool to swim a decent length in and one big enough to take my whole party for floating around drinking cocktails etc and if I cant do that with ease it would get a swerve from me

[Beth_Disney]

That is a small pool, it's not that much bigger than a 6 man hot tub. It would be nice to get in to cool off but no good for swimming (unless it's a toddler/young child) or water games.

FWIW, I'd be happy sitting in there - sunshine, a (plastic) glass of Mythos and a good book! Perfect.

[Melbatb]

We have a pool (I live in the South of France so pretty normal ) and our pool is 10m x5m. The smallest that is considered as swimmable is 8m x4m. When my kids have friends over, with 4 or 5 of them playing in it, it is good. More than 8 it gets a bit tight and they knock into each other a lot.

5m x 2.5m would be a plunge pool.

So it all depends on what you would be doing in the pool! Cooling off (ok), 2 of you playing games (ok), swimming (not ok).

[mickeyspal]

We had a pool when we lived in spain it was 8x4 and you could swim in that , any smaller and you would only be able to mess about in it

[Gryff]

Our pool is 12and a half wide by 25 long in feet so,it really sounds like a plunge pool
Fine. For cooling off and generally messing about in but not if you want to swim
Comes back to what are the priorities for booking

[JLH]

Thank you all for replies - deep down I think I knew it would be too small. There is another lovely stone villa but it’s a semi and that’s putting me off more than the smaller pool one 😀 think it will have to be just a ‘ normal ‘ villa though there are worse problems to have 😀.