Warwick's Vanessa Carlton Files Lawsuit Against Noisy Neighbors

For years, singer Vanessa Carlton and her husband, John McCauley, have raved about their Warwick, Rhode Island home. Now that dream house has become a nightmare.

The musician couple are currently battling noisy neighbors in Kent County Superior Court, over what they say is "maddening" noise from a neighboring industrial property.

But it's not the first time the owners of this property has caused controversy in the neighborhood.

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Vanessa Carlton Lives in Rhode Island

Back in 2021, Carlton and McCauley bought a historic home on Post Road in Warwick surrounded by nearly an acre of woodland but still close to the shops and restaurants of Pawtuxet Village.

The pair meticulously renovated the home, even adding a recording studio where the pair could work, and their restoration of the property was featured in an issue of Architectural Digest.

They raved about this house when the first moved in and Carlton even once said she was "never moving again."

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However, she might be rethinking that stance in more recent days after having to take allegedly noisy (and nosy) neighbors to court.

Carlton Files Lawsuit Against Noisy Neighbors

On October 17th, Carlton and McCauley filed an emergency motion against Artak Avagyan and Lee Beausoleil, the owners of a neighboring 16-acre industrial property, and their tenants, JOGO Corporation and North American Crane.

The couple claims that the hammering from construction work and the whirring of cranes has created "maddening" noise levels that prevent them from making music or even relaxing in their own home.

The lawsuit notes that the pair have called Warwick police 10 times and that the noise levels from the property have often exceeded the city’s 60-decibel noise limit.

Carlton even noted being afraid to leave her home after she allegedly witnessed Avagyan filming the property with his cellphone.

Defendants Have History With Warwick Residents

Avagyan dismissed the entire complaint as "lies" and denied any filming of the property. His lawyer countered by pointing out Carlton and McCauley's recently installed Ring cameras as essentially filming their neighbors too.

Avagyan and Beausoleil have previously fought with residents of the area over their plans to contractor storage units on the site along the Pawtuxet River.

The neighbors won that battle and plans were withdrawn, but afterwards the pair also knocked down a footbridge over the river built by Rhode Island boy scouts and denied resident access to a 2.3-mile walking trail near their land.

Kent County Superior Court documents show the noise complaint case continuing November 7th, so the issue is definitely far from closed.

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