Maybe you rented a place with a pool and liked it. Or you’ve decided, for sundry reasons, that you’d like to swim in your backyard. For some homeowners, a vintage pool already in place — say, one ...

Question: Last summer, we bought a “fixer-upper” home built in the 1930s. Although we should have done better “due diligence,” we just fell in love with the house. The major problem now is the ...