My pond has an official Body Count.
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You have a fabulous attitude, I appreciate that greatly! Want to come help? I'll provide drinks and dinner for any and all volunteers!?
If flipping the house is your goal...ugghhh...i cant say what costs you will have to incur to get that pond to be an asset for the property. Tbh? Right now it looks like a hot mess. 
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That looks very doable
I'll freak out if I come across any more bodies. Sigh.
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I would need flights and accommodation but count me inYou have a fabulous attitude, I appreciate that greatly! Want to come help? I'll provide drinks and dinner for any and all volunteers!?
Ok, the 12' was a wee exaggeration on my part, I've found out it's more like 5' deep - still a LOT of water, since it's so huge!I dont think waders would help if it's 12' deep
What do you plan to have in there?
Is this a natural clay bottom pond or liner or concrete pond?
I'm just thinking that if it's liner, it might be super expensive if you need to replace a liner that's big enough for your pond.
But since youa re from CO.... may be the 12' deep is needed so the pond doesnt freeze solid?
I'm honestly not even joking. We have another house right around the corner that's currently between tenants (also in need of fixing, ugh!) where everybody could crash, and if we could somehow rally a 6-8 man/woman crew, we could make a relatively fun pond-party weekend of it! You are all officially invited...
Dreaming of a friendly crew of experienced pond-people showing up (in hazmat gear) on my front porch, ready to tackle this crazy thing. Beer, bbq, maybe the neighborhood dads-in-a-band would play some music for us... It would be sparkly and immaculate at the end of the weekend, perhaps converted into a natural swimming pool!? We could be floating on funny animal rafts by Sunday evening... Yes, I'm absolutely living my pond-party fantasy here for a minute. Aaaaannnd, I'm done. Sigh. Back to reality.
Im sure CO isI'm honestly not even joking. We have another house right around the corner that's currently between tenants (also in need of fixing, ugh!) where everybody could crash, and if we could somehow rally a 6-8 man/woman crew, we could make a relatively fun pond-party weekend of it! You are all officially invited...
throw in some free tickets to a Broncos game and Im there! Lol! No seriously...pay some teenagers to dig. Damn kids getting lazier and lazier these days!
Oh my goodness. Teenagers. That's actually a stellar idea! Hmm. You guys are great, so many ideas!
Haha! Ive hired them to cut a ditch to my local colvert. When I was a kid, we ran the neighborhood with a bucket, sponge and soap to wash cars! Put those kids to work!
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Well.......if you're looking to sell the house, you'd probably be best to not invest money into the pond's restoration. Maybe you could consult with a few realtors in your area about how ponds affect resale values?
It sure is an architecturally interesting pond and setting
It sure is an architecturally interesting pond and setting
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The stuff popping up looks like iris, they have beautiful blooms
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OMG that's really a gorgeous pond, or at least will be if you clean it up. Once you get the standing water out pumped out, I think you'll find it's mostly rotting leaves in the bottom making the stink.