ChrisD14 (Florida)
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We have one tennis court and two pickleball courts for our community. None of the courts get a lot of play (as in you practically never show up and someone else is playing), but the pickleball crowd is more numerous than the tennis crowd. They are also more organized. They have started playing as a group two nights a week. One of them used tape to put the lines down for pickleball in the center of the tennis court (without asking the amenities manager for permission, of course).
Nobody is upset yet, but I can see a skirmish developing over this. I see it playing out like this: "Let's paint a proper pickleball court over the tennis court so we can play three games at once when no one is playing tennis."
It makes sense to the pickleball players, but probably not to all the tennis players.
Has anyone had to address this scenario in your HOA? How did you try to handle it? How successful were you? How did the homeowners react?
We have been doing a summer-long evaluation of our other amenities (pool usage, basketball, fitness center, etc.) because we are about 60% built out. There are about 530 homes currently sold. The last neighborhood is about to start selling and it will add 450 houses. So we figure this is a great time to properly evaluate if we need to pressure the builder to supplement or enhance our amenities. Painting the lines is a much cheaper option than expanding the number of courts, but we do have some room for at least one more pickleball court.
Nobody is upset yet, but I can see a skirmish developing over this. I see it playing out like this: "Let's paint a proper pickleball court over the tennis court so we can play three games at once when no one is playing tennis."
It makes sense to the pickleball players, but probably not to all the tennis players.
Has anyone had to address this scenario in your HOA? How did you try to handle it? How successful were you? How did the homeowners react?
We have been doing a summer-long evaluation of our other amenities (pool usage, basketball, fitness center, etc.) because we are about 60% built out. There are about 530 homes currently sold. The last neighborhood is about to start selling and it will add 450 houses. So we figure this is a great time to properly evaluate if we need to pressure the builder to supplement or enhance our amenities. Painting the lines is a much cheaper option than expanding the number of courts, but we do have some room for at least one more pickleball court.