An Oregon man earned £155,000 ($200,000) in just two years by doing little more than opening his back gate to paying guests, and thousands of American homeowners are now copying his side hustle. The money comes from Swimply, a fast‑growing peer‑to‑peer marketplace that lets people rent out their private pools by the hour and has already attracted more than £38.5 million ($50 million) in funding and over 4 million bookings across the US, Canada and Australia.
A British equivalent, Swimple, is already live in the UK and taking listings from local owners, meaning Britons with back‑garden pools may be sitting on an income stream they have yet to tap.
