AIBU to ask neighbours children & teens to keep noise down in the garden?

Give a shout out to the kids (in a friendly manner) asking them to keep it down a bit as you getting the toddler to sleep. Or call around and nicely speak to the parents. Unless they are a very unfriendly family they should be ok about it

I can imagine it is really annoying in the evening. I am very conscious of our kids' noise as most of our neighbours are retired and v quiet. However I'm not sure what you can realistically do. I'm sure the council would not be interested in household noise at that time. I personally wouldn't wand to fall out over it though they are BU.

There are a lot of inconsiderate people around unfortunately. A friendly word about bedtime might be okay.

It may or may not depending on the council or may refer to normal levels of noise from play. It is unlikely that kids playing will reach the level of noise required to constitute a nuisance anyway.

If the OP looks on her council website it will say children playing isn't a noise nuisance.

Edited to add - councils also interpret that to mean children shouting at you and throwing items in neighbours gardens isn't noise nuisance or anti-social behaviour.

Depends on the noise level. You could ask the council to come to record it but unless it reaches a certain level it would not count as noise nuisance at that time of day however much it is a nuisance to you.

4 kids are going to make noise, you say you can hear it in the garden but also through the walls so I don’t know what you want them to do - sit indoors fingers on lips from 7:30? We live next to a 4-kid household (4-11) they’re kids, they’re just noisy!
As my two have gotten older they’re just as wild and noisy having fun in the garden, it’s what kids do.
Do whatever you like but if you plan on living next to them for a long time I wouldn’t burn any bridges on this. I get it can be annoying but it’s literally just what a gaggle of siblings are like!

Good, it's bank holiday Monday, why the hell wouldn't they be kicking a ball in the afternoon?

It’s torrential rain here and kids are still kicking a poxy ball

People are so inconsiderate. It would wind me up. With rights vome responsibilities. The screaming is unnecessary

Oh jeez. That’d tip me over the edge. Thing is, what can you do?

We live in London

Unless you have railway line/park/allotments/road behind your gardens then the family are annoying lots of households in gardens that are adjoining theirs.

The fact none of their neighbours have managed to find away of keeping them quiet means it's hardly likely you will be able to either.

Btw myself and a sibling have had issues with noisy neighbours. I've only had to deal with adults thereas my sibling had to deal with children once as well. It took until the children did something criminally wrong before the noise issue with them was resolved. In all cases we required supporting evidence from their other neighbours to resolve the issues.

Kids being loud in the summer is normal, this is their time of year to be children and have fun! Yours will be making that noise in 5 years when you have 2 or 3 kids, don’t be precious in thinking they won’t!

why did you buy a house with neighbours if you don’t like noise from the neighbours? Maybe you should have picked a house with elderly either side instead of a family of four kids.

The best you can do is to tactfully say "little Johnnie's sleeping so badly now the nights are light, he gets distracted by yiur dc playing and having fun. Hopefully he'll be more grown up next year and it won't bother him so much. Tinkly laugh, "and oh I thought your dc might like some of these buns I just baked, we'll never get through them".

Get them onside op, however machiavellian you need to be. The other way will have consequences and they won't be pleasant or comfy to live with.

They are A'holes, you have to be the bigger A'hole here

Go and have a conversation with the parents.

Start with the fact that it sounds like the older ones are winding up the 6 year old so much that to you it sounds like they are bullying him due to the amount of distress he sounds in.

In regards to making a noise complaint to the council that will go no where as children playing even if they are screaming isn't a noise nuisance. There are other ways to get a complaint listened to but you really don't want to go down there....

Btw always have it in mind that the 6 year old could be looking out for/hanging out with your toddler in future so you need to keep relations good.

I think that you have to pick your battles. What time does your child go to bed? Ask if they could keep it down in the garden after that time.

Just have a polite chat with the parents. It doesn't need to be a big deal at all.

It's reasonable to ask the parents to be mindful of the noise across your toddler's bedtime. It's not reasonable to object to four children playing football in their garden until 9pm.

It's annoying, I agree, but families play loud games in their gardens and there's not much anyone can or should do about it.

Ah ye olde summer noise problems. Bring on the autumn

Don't be daft. Don't you know the difference between normal playing noises and constant shouting and screaming?

I agree with you OP your comfort and enjoyment should trump your neighbours rights to enjoy their property however they want