Quiet neighbours now making noise.

How long do I think is reasonable? As much as he wants as long as he is at the park!

I think you underestimate how much the basketball noise has been annoying them.

They clearly feel you haven't done enough and so now they are no longer going out of their way to minimise the noise they make.

I suspect they will only stop if you go too.

So if you want to keep letting DS play basketball then the price is occasional music.

Basketball noise and occasional music during daytime hours are both reasonable things to do.

Complaining won't get you anywhere.

You need to move the hoop...that would go a long way to helping your neighbours think you actually care about what they have said.

Get some flagsstones and put them over the grass then move the hoop so it is far away from their house and by yours. You dont even have to cement them in, just put them over the grass as a temporary measure until you redo your garden to accommodate your sons oh- so-important hobby

Indeed no wonder the neighbours are a bit crabby

Oh they absolutely can, I promise you.

There definitely are people out there who think they can do whatever they want but expect total silence/obedience from others and demand a level of consideration from others they would never even consider giving. I know someone like that and it genuinely doesn't seem to occur to them they should be considerate.they can only see that others should do what they want and be considerate of them at all times. <cough> my mother <cough>

So your son disturbs them for up to 2 hours a day, and you're complaining that they've started to disturb you for up to 2 hours?

You're both making noise. There should be no complaints.

On a side note the thump thump of a basketball would drive me to distraction. I think you have the better deal!

Same here. We had a neighbour exactly like the OP too- thought it was fine to make as much noise as possible but the second we dared to do it they moaned.

Sorry but no. What's good for you is good for us.

YABU

I don’t think this can be a real post?
if it is this is next level entitlement, and totally shellfish behaviour. Op you are completely in the wrong and should sort it out asap

Just to add to the posters who say the noise from a basketball is horrendous. Sorry OP but you're being unreasonable. At 13 he is old enough to go to the local park to play. Why haven't you been sending him there?

I think the neighbours have been very patient. Basketball practice needs to happen somewhere else.

Basket ball noise is really annoying and YABU.

Don't limit your son's hobby, find the nearest public park with a basket ball hoop and work out how your son can get there safely (bus, bike etc if necessary) and independently so he can go and do it for 2 hours at a time without disturbing a residential neighbourhood.

Personally I think every single day is the problem here. It’s too much. Give the neighbours at least one day off. You said it’s up to four half hour sessions Every. Single. Day. That’s 2 hours every single day of thumping. It would drive anybody mad. You have to remember not everyone adores your son.

It's hysterical that you think you are a good neighbour because you reduced the basketball playing from 4 hours to 2 hours.

So you can take your son banging that for two hours right next to you but I can’t tolerate a radio? Have you thought about earplugs if the radio is too distracting?

This has to be a joke.

No one who can hold a down a job can be seriously this self unaware. 🤷‍♀️

Sorry, just seen he's 13

I would suggest one session per day, an hour max.

have you looked into alternative options? A local park, sports camps, etc? The idea of having to listen to a basketball bouncing three times a day all summer is torture tbh.

Pave an area as far away from their house as you can get and let him play there.

You can improve things if you choose to.

People on Mumsnet are so odd about normal noise. I WFH two days a week and currently we have a building site next door and ongoing water pipe replacement works on our road. I just crack on, it's not the end of the world as we do need water pipes that don't leak and houses to live in.

The sound of a basketball repeatedly slamming on the ground/wall would drive me mad. You need to change where he’s doing it if possible.

I suspect the music is going on to either try and drown out your noise or because they have stopped trying to be considerate on the basis you are not being remotely considerate towards them. You should be apologising not asking them to turn their radio off!

We've got our son down to no more than three or four times a day now, so it's not excessive
It is. Also from the neighbours point of view, they don't know when it's going to start so there is the anxious feeling of anticipation of the noise but they don't know when ( I've had this with a previous neighbour and his noise)

What does seem odd to me is that they've suddenly decided to be tit for tat and use that expression. To me that's very childish. But I'm also surprised you asked them about it tbh. They are just listening to music!
They have decided to give up wearing headphones to listen to the radio in their own home. That's reasonable, not tit for tat.
But both need to grow up and just do your thing!
How does the neighbour need to grow up?

So you can’t tolerate radio for an hour but you can put up with a bouncing ball?

How old is your son? If 11 or older, surely he can go to a local basketball court?