This pool was left for 8 YEARS!! 

You're probably correct in saying that it might have its own ecosystem. That is clear, not murky, meaning something in there is filtering the water.

To be honest, for 8 years the tiles were surprisingly clean.

The fact that a COMPLETE ecosystem was made in that pool is mind blowing.

The house my wife and I bought a few years ago had an abandoned pool. Had a snapping turtle, a red ear slider, and an unknown amount of frogs and tadpoles. I rehomed the slider to my fishing pond and moved as many frogs as I could to that area as well. The snapper went to a friend's pond. We filled it in at that point.

I went the other way. We had a drought, so couldn't fill the pool. I added plants and within 4 days dragonflies were mating and laying eggs. Next added 12 x galaxias and 10 x tilapia (indigenous species). Haven't added anything since except occasionally a bread slice to watch the feeding frenzy - there are now a lot of fish. And it's a thriving ecosystem - no chemicals, no electricity, no effort, and it looks great. Also fun to occasionally catch some of the occupants, especially for the youngsters. The fish, dragonfly larvae and water striders ensure there are no mosquitos, and it's a really relaxing place to sit and take a nature break during the day (I work from home). If I ever sell and the new owner wants a pool? Drain it into bladders, relocate the fish (there's a dam just down the road), repaint with fibreglass, and refill from the sterilized bladders. Much nicer as a natural pond, tho'. And I can still take a dip - it's like swimming in a mountain pool...

Leave it for another 10yrs, you’ll see a civilization and the lost city of Atlantis

That is not a pool, it's a scientific environmental experiment. It looks like a sci-fi horror movie in there. 😷 Good on you for taking that on. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

I find it quite fascinating what nature does in only 8 years. It's taken the whole thing back in a relatively short amount of time. Imagine mankind is gone for 100 years. What would it look like then?

1:13 I outright started appreciating on how beautiful nature can turn a misrble pool into a green ecosystem that i personally want to live in.

The first home I bought had a pool that looked like that. I debated whether to fill it in or repair it. Spent about 10 grand having it repaired and refurbished. The kids loved it. Got quite a bit of equity out of that house when we sold it 12 years later.

The underwater shot was amazing, from a swamp to a pool.... just so satisfying!

Now if this was Florida you would have found a gator in that pool.

Personally, if I had a pool that has advanced to that level of ecosystem, I'd keep it like that. Those underwater shots were incredible.

3:08 the dog 🤣

y'know, the algae makes it look... cooler and more nature-ish i would totally dive in there with a full set of diving gear to look at the beautiful ecosystem that formed

“It’s got its own ecosystem down here” 😂😂

Just some advice, lately its hard to hear what you say, even on max volume. You should talk louder or use a microphone 😅

It looked like an underwater forest!

I love how the surroundings were clean unlike other transformations 💀

LOVED the underwater shots

Would have liked to have seen the whole process, like the tilling and heater set up maybe could have done a part 2 or even 3

When you're under the water, it's so gross knowing it's a pool. Yet, it's so beautiful cause the plants grew very well 😂

Keep the volume level consistent, boy. We're watching this at 3:00 am.

when he put the camera underwater it looked kind of cool, but falling into that would be discussing

It honestly looks amazing, how nature does it’s thing “naturally”

Even the dog is like, “You sure you want to go in there Man?”

It's so fascinating how nature can take back over even a chlorinated pool and see all this amazing growth in the water.

It looks beautiful when he puts the cam under water.

those underwater shots were something I never knew I needed to see

These videos are really cool and these pools were built to last. Just amazing how they were built back then.

Please bro record the time when you fill the swimming pool with clear clean water at the end cuz it's so important 👍🏼

I know the number of mosquitoes in that backyard was insane!!!

Amazed that human remains weren’t found in that algae-scape!

My daughter had brought a house were the swimming pool wasn't in use for 3 years, and one of our grand daughter felt in it, but her sister of 2.8 years alert the father and save her !!! The swing pool was all fenced but somehow she get in there and play a bit around and fell in it. So scary !! She is alright now, married and soon she will make me a happy great grand father !! Thank God.

The underwater shots are fantastic!

It's insane that someone would have a pool and leave it like that

Surprised there wasn’t small fish living in it!!

When you went underwater I was expecting to see a lure skimming through the water. That looked like every fishing show underwater scene I've ever seen.

3:09 the dog like “bro, the hell you doing?” just cracked me up 😂😂😂

How do you unclogged the water drain in the inside of the pool? And how many times should the pool be drain and reclean during the summer/ and through out the year? Can you leave a treatment to sit in the pool and concrete during winter months that will keep it clean and make it easier to clean during spring and summer and fall?

We had almost the same neglected pool when we bought our house. Unfortunately under all of that neglect was $30k of plaster, plumbing, coping, concrete and equipment replacement. I wonder how much was left out of this video between the end of cleaning and final product.

One of my favorites because of the doggy supervisor! I bet he was waiting to get to swim! Also I dig the choice of time lapse music.

those algae formations in the pool are so mesmerising- thanks for that underwater shot

I'm just amazed he went into the pool, that's some level of dedication to get GoPro footage!

1:35 feels heaven❤️

The underwater shot at the start is one of the coolest things I've ever seen lol

Can someone give this man a raise? After what he cleaned he deserves one :,>

The lack of “pressure” used in this video bothered me for some reason 😂

That pool looks like a mini-sized swamp

VFX artists and Under water photo Grapers know the real value of this

As an aquarist I kinda love when pools turn into ponds

I purchased a house that had been in foreclosure and a neighbor told me that the pool had all sorts of algae in it.The pool had already been cleaned when I bought it.The pool guy said he would fix the problem with the recurring algae growth.The algae gets into the pourous cement and you can't get rid of it.It grows back,not alot but its always noticable.So after numerous chemicals have been tried and all of them have failed,the pool guy says drain the pool and use two coats of rubberized paint.I hope he is right this time,its been over ten years of failure.

That was too nice of a underwater view to clean up I was hoping for decent fish inside there

Years ago, I had a neighbor with an above ground vinyl pool 18' dia x 5' deep. He let it go for about 3 years. One hot day his daughter's new 18-yo boyfriend decided he wasn't gonna let a science project stop him. He dove into the pool!!! From my upstairs window, it was the most colorful display I had ever seen --- red and green and orange muck radiated out from the impact. He actually swam underwater to the far end of the pool and resurfaced with slime pouring off him. He wasn't that bright to begin with so I couldn't tell if the plunge affected him.

Add a couple of fish and a baby gator, and I'd swear that GoPro footage was shot in the Everglades. It's nothing I'd want to swim in, but it's strangely lovely~

Thought we switched to a update on what the titanic looks like now.

The dog dont even want no parts of that 😂

Get a bucket, drill some small holes in it, sink the bucket into the sludgy mess and then stand you pump inside the bucket. The small holes will stop the gunk from clogging the pump up but sill allow the water to enter.

Wow, so beautiful, both at the beginning and at the end

When he drained the pool it looked like there were mounds of shit in the bottom Like it looked amazing underwater but now I'm not so sure about that

I wonder how much he charges to do a job like this.

Follow ya boy for the pool work

This is a massive undertaking! Can I ask how many hours it took you to do the job from start to finish?

We bought a house and the pool was horrendous, like a bog with frogs, lizards dead mice and birds etc. Kept cleaning it waiting for the pool company to sort our lining, pump etc. After well over a year it’s almost ready, they kept cancelling appointments or giving us excuses. This pool was a horror movie, well done, amazing work.

I am impressed with the tiles and how good it now looks. great job guys.

Have you ever gagged or felt sick doing any pools

Shrek doing well for himself, an upgrade from the forest!

Besides cleaning and refill, do you do pool repairs? Would be cool to see pool repairs done

Came back to tell you this is still my favorite video you have made! It’s just so magical! And I see something new every time. XD I feel so weird saying this but I just wanna make my own pool like this one! :)

At first I was like OMG HOW WILL YOU GET IT ALL OUT, but when you scraped some off at the beginning I thought oh it’s not that dirty

I love these videos! A lot more than compilations. Also that underwater shot was crazy, looked like a forest

Use a snow shovel for that algae, won’t damage the tile and most likely do it in half the time 👍🏻

I’m in love with seeing the inside of the pool! Thank you! It’s a whole amazing ecosystem of Succession I’ve never seen close up and beautifully made for us to see! I think I’ll add this to watch later because literally it’s so awesome!

That algal forest was absolutely beautiful. Ofc clean the pool, but it was bittersweet to see it go

Get a bucket that would fit the pump in, then drill lots of holes in the bucket. It would act like a sieve for the pump. Perfect for all that gunge!!!!

Great work mate but please sort the Audio editing out one minute I had to turn it up so I could hear you next I was deafened by music. But keep up the hard work great results

Literally a whole ecosystem started growing down there

1:13 welcome to Subnautica also forest

I know it's only a swimming pool, but when we envision this on a larger scale, it shows how destructive mankind is. What took 8 years for nature to make, took one day for man to remove. We are our planets biggest enemy. By the way, fantastic cleaning job.

It's cool see underwater view kinda like those clear swamps/rivers and just wow at same time

It's interesting how addictive these are to watch.

Looks like my uncle's pool, except it's been a lot longer that 8 years and had a disintegrating rat in it.

The dog was making sure you ain’t gonna steal the pool

It's beautiful if only flowers could bloom underwater

I love the underwater shots!! You should start doing those more often!

the mud is REALLY GOOD fertilizer for plants in the garden

I want to do this for a living! I clean homes in my cleaning business for a living, and now this makes me want to take pools on!

The mosquitos must have *LOVED* that pool! 😉

dude id leave a camera in there all day and night and just watch it, the plants/algee was in the coolest possible form

2:50 it looked like you were moving a bloody blanket mate

1:08 I dont know why but I feel the necesity of swimming in that place, it looks so crazy!!, like an ancient natural formation.

1:16 wtf that's amazing! It looks like an alien forest😂

When the guy took the camera under water I got the feeling dat Sumeru is gonna be smthn liek dat 😂😂😂😂

This guy is like an apocalypse for single celled organisms lol

I’m loving the Edwardian style house in the back

It's like a bloody fabric peeling off the walls! That's so cool and awesome! Though I feel bad for the man an owners having to deal with it.

7:26 me after taco bell

Thank you for keeping your language clean. Makes your videos good for everyone.

That dog when you turned around 😂😂😂

It's basically a portal in form of pool, we have this type of pool on our planet for travelling🙃