"San Diego Joe" wrote in message
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" wrote:

talk to real estate agents in the area. If it is well done,
integrated into
the
whole landscape AND low maintenance and the house is typically
being sold to
people
without children, then it could add value.

OTOH, it is relatively easy to fill in an unwanted pond.
Ingrid

I don't think you can say pond & low maintenance in the same
sentence

Depends on the pond, doesn't it? I have a filtered
150 gallon stock tank containing a bunch of plants
and a few goldfish (ok, a few adult fish and a bunch
of babies I need to give away), plus an approximately
300 gallon inground pond with a bunch of plants
and a few goldfish. The inground pond isn't filtered.
I add water when needed and once in awhile
(every two years, maybe) suck some stuff off the
bottom. It really is low maintenance. Even the
stock tank needs minimal maintanence - cleaning
the filter when it starts to clog and doing a simple
partial water change at the same time.

I wouldn't consider any Koi pond low
maintenance, but that's a different ... uh, kettle
of fish.

Gail
near San Antonio TX