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Cape Cod couple rage they cannot sell their $1.3 Million home due to 'endless racket' from neighboring pickleball court
A legal battle has broken out after a Massachusetts couple claimed they are unable to sell their million-dollar home due to the 'endless racket' from a neighboring pickleball court.
Judith Comeau, 65, and her husband have been forced to hire lawyers after failing to find a buyer for their three-bedroom home, situated a two-minute walk from Sagamore Beach in affluent Cape Cod.
The couple originally listed the property for $1.3 million before slashing it to $995,000 and then delisting it altogether - after spending eight months on the market and attracting 'over 60' potential buyers.
They claim home viewers were deterred by the constant volleying sound from the four private pickleball courts just over the fence from their backyard. The sport has rocketed in popularity in recent years, amassing a slew of celebrity fans.
'We have a beautiful view of the bay, we have beautiful gardens, and we're so close to the beach. There was something wrong,' she told Boston.com.
Judith Ann Roan Comeau (right) and her husband have been struggling to sell their three-bedroom Cape Cod-style house which is a just a two-minute walk from Sagamore Beach
The pickleball courts were created about four years ago by the Sagamore Beach Colony Club, which has been in the neighborhood for over 110 years, according to the Boston Globe.
Comeau claims that she has since lodged complaints about the noise to the club and suggested using softer balls or paddles to muffle the sound but has seen no success.
Neighbor Kim Hannon, 70, of Boston, who has spent almost 50 years in her in-laws house that borders the club also told the Globe: 'It's a very harsh, hard sound.
'It eventually does start to bother you. I didn't think it would in the beginning, but it really does.'
Comeau believes that they haven't been able to make the sale due to the near-constant volley sound of pickleball games from courts located just over the fence from the their backyard
The pickleball courts were created about four years ago by the Sagamore Beach Colony Club, which has been in the neighborhood for over 110 years
Earlier this month Comeau took to a Facebook support group 'connecting families who are dealing with the unintentional but significant noise nuisance of pickleball courts' to complain about the issue.
She wrote: 'We had over 60 people come through [the house] and many come back again for a second look. Each time, no matter what time it is, someone is playing PICKLEBALL.
'Well guess what they the people wanting to buy it don't think they could deal with the noise. On 9/1 it will be 4 years since my first complaint to the tennis club. Since then many emails and arguments to do anything like soft balls and paddles has gone on deaf ears.
'They keep saying we have done everything to try to make it better, yet when we ask what it is they have done they have no answer. First one court was snuck in without any noise mitigation on their part to see how it would affect the neighbors. Said they were only adding one now there is two.
'They knock on my door to ask me to lower my music( seriously) say they are just trying to have fun. Well we are NOT HAVING FUN AT ALL!! Imagine being that entitled not to care what your neighbors are dealing with.'
Invented in 1965 as a children's backyard game in Washington, pickleball has slowly become a celebrity favorite sport due to its resemblance to tennis
Jonathan Polloni, Comeau's attorney also noted: 'When you have this particular noise this close to residences, it's just not something that can be mitigated, and it clearly qualifies as a nuisance sound.'
Polloni also said that he is writing a letter to the club asking them to relocate the pickleball courts elsewhere. If the letter is unsuccessful, he plans to begin litigation.
'This is actually a growing issue. With the rise of the pickleball we were also seeing a rise in more complaints,' the attorney told Boston.com.
DailyMail.com has reached out to Polloni and Comeau for a comment.
Earlier this month Comeau took to a Facebook support group 'connecting families who are dealing with the unintentional but significant noise nuisance of pickleball courts' to complain about the issue
John Duggan, the Comeaus' realtor also noted that in the past eight months, three homes in the area listed between $900,000 and $1 million all have been sold.
In April, reports emerged of a multi-millionaire venture capitalist couple being driven out of their wealthy neighborhood after waging war on pickleball players.
Karl and Holly Peterson, an ultra-wealthy couple who launched a petition to shut down pickleball courts in their neighborhood back in August 2023, are selling their multimillion-dollar home for as much as $29 million.
Peterson had claimed noise pollution from the 24 hour courts was affecting homeowners and wildlife and urged city leaders to shut them down immediately.
The single or multi-player paddle sport has recently gained enormous popularity as courts have continue to emerge all across the world.
Invented in 1965 as a children's backyard game in Washington, pickleball has slowly become a celebrity favorite sport due to its resemblance to tennis.