Are HDB Flats Next To A Pickleball Court Harder To Sell Due To The Noise?

Pickleball in Singapore has to rank as one of the more divisive topics here.

While most debates are centered around noise levels, someone took it one step further to ask: Could living next to a pickleball court actually make it harder to sell your HDB flat?

In a video posted to Instagram, property agent Justin Chiu stood at a window in a flat overlooking several pickleball courts while sharing his views on the matter. The pickleball courts were located at the top of a multi-storey car park next to the block. 

According to Justin, the presence of nearby courts and the noise from a game can make an otherwise attractive unit more challenging to sell.

While Justin did not reveal where the courts featured in the video were located, a quick check on PropertyGuru shows that the unit in question is at Tampines St 45 and is currently up for rent. 

8days.sg has reached out to Justin for more information but did not receive a response by press time.

In response to Justin's take in his video, netizens were divided.

Many felt this is the reality of living in public housing, while some say there will always be pickleball fans who don’t mind easy access to such courts.

In 2025 alone, it was reported that there have been more than 700 complaints about the noise from pickleball games.

To combat the noise issue, Mountbatten Town Council introduced silent pickleball, aka foam-ball-only games, at community courts from 7am to 10am, and 7pm to 9pm.

And as pickleball continues to be popular across the country, Sengkang MP Jamus Lim raised a formal proposal was raised in Parliament to convert under-utilised second-to-top floors of MSCPs into pickleball courts.