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Remember when Embassy Gardens built a floating bridge swimming pool between two of its residential buildings in Nine Elms? Well, the ten-storey-high Sky Pool, which offers views of the London Eye and Houses of Parliament, is racking up a colossal heating bill and the complex’s residents aren’t too happy about it.
According to the Sun, it unexpectedly costs residents £164,250 per year (£450 per day) to make sure the pool’s temperature remains at 30C all day, every day. Going for a paddle in a heated pool in January might seem like a blissful idea, but the pool isn’t currently warm enough to swim in, despite being heated, as the cover that keeps it toasty is apparently broken. One resident was so upset they told the Sun that they were ‘basically heating the sky’. Seems like even luxury buildings have maintenance issues.
Apartments in the complex start at £635,000, so it isn’t surprising that there is another pool on site that residents can use. Now they’ve asked for the Sky Pool to be shut during winter to cut those astronomical heating costs. It’s almost as if having an outdoor pool in London isn’t really worth it.