How to deal with noisy neighbours kids
Discussion
GavinPearson said:
Treat the kids to the culture of Radio 3 or Classic FM at volume level 11.
I might try that the next time im out on the front gardening/cleaning the car, it might keep them and their stupid stunt scooters away from me for a bit.We live in a cul-de-sac in the corner house adjacent to the main road, been there 3 years and had one set of annoying neighbours, banging around till very late, blocking the turning circle with cars, accusing myself and the other residents of ganging up on them. Luckily they moved out earlier this year.
We've been having a few issues with kids playing in road, there was a large grassed area between the road I live on and the next one down. It was owned and maintained by Jelson's but they have recently sold it to a resident whose house backs on to it. He extended his garden into it and then fenced the rest of it off. Kids now have nowhere to play.
The times ive come out from the cul-de-sac and nearly ran them over as they coming running out chasing footballs from behind parked cars or they fall off their bikes in front of you. I even had 3 bikes and 2 scooters left at the bottom of my driveway. The parents just look at you as if im in the wrong... I forgot the road was a playground! They even pick the stones up off my driveway and throw then through the railings that separates the cul-de-sac from the main road. I've had a lad kicking a football at the wall that runs down the garden at about 11:30pm. Soon cleared him off though.
Kateg28 said:
My son plays the electric guitar so when we moved in I went round to our neighbour, an old guy on his own, and prearranged a curfew of 9pm when he would stop playing, subject to renegotiation if it was an issue.
After a couple of years I asked if it was intrusive and was told the neighbour never hears my son so he would be welcome to play whenever he wanted.
I never told my son and he still sticks to the 9pm curfew, 5 years later
After a couple of years I asked if it was intrusive and was told the neighbour never hears my son so he would be welcome to play whenever he wanted.
I never told my son and he still sticks to the 9pm curfew, 5 years later
nicely done.MajorProblem said:
Cc I moved in the end but the parents are the make and break of this - the kids aren't old enough to understand / care.
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Eta - It was around six months in we realised we'd made a massive f
k up and it took till Feb this year to buy our way out even selling the house at a £50k loss to escape.
Bad luck, that sounds f...
Eta - It was around six months in we realised we'd made a massive f
k up and it took till Feb this year to buy our way out even selling the house at a £50k loss to escape. king horrible. 
Least you're out of there now. Edited by budgie smuggler on Friday 31st July 10:33
Kateg28 said:
My son plays the electric guitar so when we moved in I went round to our neighbour, an old guy on his own, and prearranged a curfew of 9pm when he would stop playing, subject to renegotiation if it was an issue.
This is the point - it's all about a little respect for other people. I'm quite surprised about how many posts in this thread were basically - kids are noisy, if you don't like it : Move.Yes, kids are noisy and it's to be expected. But constant noise is entirely unreasonable.
I've lived in my (semi detached) house for 15 years. For the first dozen years or so, no problems with noise. Then the neighbour sold the house.
Two families moved in together - 4 adults, 4 children. The kids rarely go outside even in summer - but they constantly run (on laminate floors) - I can't actually imagine what they are doing - sounds like they're running a marathon. They are never told to keep the noise down, and repeatedly shouting / screaming.
Even that would be OK - IF they went to bed at same time as most children (they are all under 10). But they will still be up running around at gone 10 O'Clock in the evening.
Attempts to ask the parents to keep the noise down got absolutely nowhere. Soundproofing in my lounge and bedroom - which looses me about 4" along the dividing wall - helped a lot with the high frequency noise, but not so much with the thump thump thump of kids running on floors.
It isn't just the kids either - the women seem incapable of talking - they simply shout. When the women are out - especially if it's with the kids - I don't ever hear a single peep from the two men.
Fortunately, it seems that within the last few months one of families has moved out. The woman (and brat) does visit fairly regularly - and it's become clear from those visits that she - and her kid - have been the source of the noise the entire time. It's sooooo much quieter now - and if they suddenly seem unusually noisy again I can pretty much guarantee that if I look out the window, her car will be parked next door.
Kids will be kids blah blah blah - but when it's constant in your own home, it is a big problem - and personally I don't wish to be driven out of mine because somebody else is inconsiderate and ignorant. If there was any way I thought I could get away with it, I would have found a very direct way of stopping the noise a long time ago!
RAClNG SNAKE said:
After putting up with 6 years of grief from my neighbours, I sold the house to a couple with a noisy 2 year old and a new baby. I was delighted to hear that the construction of the new extension has also been very disruptive.
Back in the day when i lived with ma n pa, We had Jeremy Kyle specials move in next to us who were fking hideous - parties at all hours, people coming round, standing in their driveway screaming that they were going to kill them (was hoping they would), dirty etc. Sold the house to someone who immediately filled it with about 8 university students. Enjoy!
We've been very lucky with our neighbors, one of the kids over the back screams constantly (as in she just screams at the top of her lungs when she's "playing") which is f
king annoying but it's only during the day so i just get over it.As for the OP, had a poke at your profile - try this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OraGo8xeYVU
Edited by Hudson on Friday 31st July 14:34
Edited by Hudson on Friday 31st July 14:35
I work from home and strangely don't mind it when children are shouting and screaming. It's the irritating tiny yapping dogs that annoy me. Once one starts, another will bark and then there's a third that joins in. I'm considering getting a whistle just to piss the neighbours off back. I mean a referee's whistle not a dog whistle.
I think it's one of those things that others have said. If you buy a house on an estate, you are going to get family noise.
If you want or expect silence, you need to live in the country somewhere. Our house is a 1930's semi on a 'main road' so as hard as this is to explain, it's an established set of people that live here. Everyone seems normal. Noisiest neighbour is an old boy 4 houses up who collects vintage fire engines and I think, 3 times, has rung the bell on them as he drives past. He's a nice bloke though and everyone seems to like him so no one cares. Cool fire engines etc.
Children and dogs and whatever else make noise. As others have said, fencing with trellis and a load of climbers will soak up some of the noise.
I'm always as careful as I can reasonably be with regards making noise - we have 2 dogs (Cockapoos) and our19 month old boy.
We've worked hard with training classes and the like to keep the dogs quiet and ensure they don't react to other dogs barking - but be realistic, they are dogs, they will bark. When we got the younger dog, she was a puppy and a bit barmy, so we went round to the immediate neighbours and explained it was in hand. Neither minded.
We're doing a lot of work on the house and garden, and restrict noisy tool use to probably 10-7 ish. I think the worse we did was use a sander on our shed before repaiinting it, and that was for about an hour on a Saturday morning. It was at the same time as some guy had a chain saw going though, so minimal impact !
We are lucky our little boy is an incredibly content little chap, so the worst people have to put up with is now that he is talking there will suddenly be 'DOG DOG' or whatever. Both of our neighbours have commented, but simply said how lovely it is that he's talking now and having a great time in the garden. He'll spend seemingly hours walking round talking to himself quietly with the dogs quietly following as he collects sticks/stones/flowers/talks to the chickens etc.
I guess however, I'm a reasonable neighbour and not some of the living hell some people have described.
It's all about mutual respect and being reasonable. A lot of the examples I this thread are simply people who are unreasonable. In those situations, trying to do something rational is never going to work. Sadly, you need to look to move.
If you want or expect silence, you need to live in the country somewhere. Our house is a 1930's semi on a 'main road' so as hard as this is to explain, it's an established set of people that live here. Everyone seems normal. Noisiest neighbour is an old boy 4 houses up who collects vintage fire engines and I think, 3 times, has rung the bell on them as he drives past. He's a nice bloke though and everyone seems to like him so no one cares. Cool fire engines etc.
Children and dogs and whatever else make noise. As others have said, fencing with trellis and a load of climbers will soak up some of the noise.
I'm always as careful as I can reasonably be with regards making noise - we have 2 dogs (Cockapoos) and our19 month old boy.
We've worked hard with training classes and the like to keep the dogs quiet and ensure they don't react to other dogs barking - but be realistic, they are dogs, they will bark. When we got the younger dog, she was a puppy and a bit barmy, so we went round to the immediate neighbours and explained it was in hand. Neither minded.
We're doing a lot of work on the house and garden, and restrict noisy tool use to probably 10-7 ish. I think the worse we did was use a sander on our shed before repaiinting it, and that was for about an hour on a Saturday morning. It was at the same time as some guy had a chain saw going though, so minimal impact !
We are lucky our little boy is an incredibly content little chap, so the worst people have to put up with is now that he is talking there will suddenly be 'DOG DOG' or whatever. Both of our neighbours have commented, but simply said how lovely it is that he's talking now and having a great time in the garden. He'll spend seemingly hours walking round talking to himself quietly with the dogs quietly following as he collects sticks/stones/flowers/talks to the chickens etc.
I guess however, I'm a reasonable neighbour and not some of the living hell some people have described.
It's all about mutual respect and being reasonable. A lot of the examples I this thread are simply people who are unreasonable. In those situations, trying to do something rational is never going to work. Sadly, you need to look to move.
Our kids never did shout and scream, indoors (we wouldn't have tolerated it) or outside.
What I observed over the years when they had friends round was that noisy, loud parents beget noisy kids.
That said, kids making noise when they are playing outside is a happy noise and you have to be a bit of a miserable git to be intolerant of it. Indoor noise, especially if your house is not detached , is a different matter and rather selfish.
What I observed over the years when they had friends round was that noisy, loud parents beget noisy kids.
That said, kids making noise when they are playing outside is a happy noise and you have to be a bit of a miserable git to be intolerant of it. Indoor noise, especially if your house is not detached , is a different matter and rather selfish.
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