House Adjacent to Rec Center
 

Okay let’s explore another ‘what if’. Looking for first hand thoughts on having a house that’s directly adjacent to a regional rec center. I guess smaller ones as well. Pros/cons. I imagine living near pickle ball courts could be maddening, but what about the other end? What if there is a berm or shrubbery dividing. Anything else.

Pros of being close to rec center - Walking distance to pools/pickleball/shuffleboard/other activities, and maybe walking trails. Walking distance to your postal station. As the crow flies, I am three blocks from the pickleball courts. As I type this, I’m sitting on my outdoor screened-in lanai. Now that I’m “trying” to listen for pickleball noise, I can barely hear a faint pinging. I love my location close to the rec center. I live in a villa on a corner lot. On the side of my house facing the street is a high berm, that is beautifully landscaped, and maintained by the developer. A high hedge has grown across the top of the berm, which also has three tall, mature palm trees along with flowers that are changed out every three months. . It all feels like “my” personal property which gives me a wonderful view and loads of privacy.

Might do a search as I know it’s been discussed, yes, Pickle Ball courts and don’t forget if it has a mail depot then all the cars n carts with extra traffic leaving at night will shine in your window if the house is pointed in the right direction.

Next to a rec center.
The pros. You are close to the rec center. 🙂
The cons. You are close to the rec center. 🤬

Let your imagination run wild.

We were considering a home across the street from the center so we walked around, sat on a bench, watched and listened.. After about an hour we decided that it was way too noisy and way too much traffic in and out. Glad we passed on it.

I did do a search. It was not fruitful.

Value peace and quiet too much to be too close to congestion.

You’ll notice I am wondering about rec centers on the whole. I’m not concerned solely about pickleball courts per se. But thank you for drilling down on a search for one of many elements that make up my specific question. Good information regardless.

It depends on you…..

The rec center are active starting around 7AM until early evening. If you are active and out of the house most of the day, you probably wont even notice. When you are home in the evening, not much is going on. Remember, the entire Villages shuts down at 9.

But lots of traffic, cars and golf carts going to and fro

and.....dog walkers all around the center and the mail station. Barking? maybe.....maybe not

Run run run from a location near rec centers, mail box depots, busy corner lots, pickleball courts, and power line line of sight homes. Our village has 2 homes that have been for sale for months because of the busy streets (corner lots) and directly across the street from a mail depot. Terrible location. All day you have rec center noise from pickleball, water polo, water aerobics, etc. When we were looking for a house, our realtor took us to a few homes that backed up to the large power lines, we didn’t even get out of the car.

Remember, location, location, location is the best criteria for buying real estate. Even if you said you wouldn’t mind the noise of a rec center, interstate or 301 noise, or backing up to a mail depot, if you try to sell your house, the new buyer might not want any of that, so your house sits on the market much longer than normal.

There are rats, more than usual lurking around looking for food from all the events. That was a complaint my friend had as they chewed his screened birdcage. He was close to the rec center. After an event with catered food the door to Seabreeze in back was open and I saw a big, I mean big, rat scurry along the wall and go behind the stage. I alerted the attendants when I left.

We have rats? Hahaha 800k homes with RATS???