We just installed our 3rd pool.
They have a long life but our 2nd one was a used one that we had bought, taken done & reinstalled. We got about 12 years out of it.
This one is 24 foot round like our others but 54" deep instead of the 48".
We have a deck around a 1/3 of it & flowerbeds & pavers around the rest & this area is surrounded by a wooden fence. We enter this area from the master bathroom & it is a gorgeous area.
We find it easy to maintain. After the initial startup yearly then we keep tablets in the floater& every 10 days I liquid shock & put in another chemical in it. We are under lots of trees so we have a leaf vacuum & use it often.
We also use a timer & run our filter lots.
Putting up a pool by yourself is a tough job. My husband & I did this one by ourselves In the Texas heat & it's no fun. We did install our other two so we knew what we were doing but it's not easy.
Our spot was level already but our pool is also sunken about 16" so we had to dig downto remove the old one & remove all the landscape pavers we had around it. That was a huge job.
We put foam on the sides, bottom & foam coving around the inside also to help protect the liner. It makes it so soft to have the foam on top of the sand under the pool. I'd recommend that. Also, remember to put the nut grass killer under the
best above ground pool area as nut grass can grow up into the liner.
We love our pool & find the enjoyment & useage far outweighs the small time we use on maintaining it. Our water stays sparkly clear & we never have a problem. Just never get behind on chemicals , earlier is better than later. Shock after a big rain or heavy pool useage & run the filter as much as necessary.