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Basket ball bouncing

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Cakefolk · 07/04/2025 15:45

45 minutes of bouncing a ball, is that too much? I don’t know, I feel no at the moment but oh my god it is driving me mad! I feel I’m not good with repetitive noises so maybe I’m overreacting? I mean it’s good they’re out in the glorious sunshine but bloody hell it’s driving me potty!

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WheresYourSnickers · 07/04/2025 16:20

Cakefolk · 07/04/2025 16:14

I have no idea who They are or where, I can just hear it. I think the problem is it was constant last summer and know it will be constant again. I too love the sound of birds and the giggles of children playing I’m not a monster! Just the god dam basket ball! I can’t even work out which direction it’s coming from!

Ok, so they're not your children or your neighbours then.
And presumably not on your property.
Do you know where they're playing?

Not a lot you can do I guess if you don't know who or where they are.

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Cakefolk · 07/04/2025 16:16

Akela64 · 07/04/2025 16:10

It's reasonable for families to use their outdoor space for recreation during the day.

I mean to be fair this is kinda lighthearted, I’m sure I’m as annoying as hell with my bagpipes

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Cakefolk · 07/04/2025 16:14

I have no idea who They are or where, I can just hear it. I think the problem is it was constant last summer and know it will be constant again. I too love the sound of birds and the giggles of children playing I’m not a monster! Just the god dam basket ball! I can’t even work out which direction it’s coming from!

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springbringshope · 07/04/2025 16:12

Akela64 · 07/04/2025 16:10

It's reasonable for families to use their outdoor space for recreation during the day.

It’s not reasonable to have your wall or fence used though as many posters are describing.

Akela64 · 07/04/2025 16:10

It's reasonable for families to use their outdoor space for recreation during the day.

Hotdayinjuly · 07/04/2025 16:05

Feel your pain. I have it with a football against my fence. There’s a fence at the end of their garden too but strangely they don’t seem to do it there as If it goes over it can’t be retrieved. it gets kicked over more than 3x I tell them I’m too busy to keep sending it back over . Seems to have worked and it’s happening a lot less. I don’t think can do anything but I know I would speak to my own children and would tell the to stop it.

vodkaredbullgirl · 07/04/2025 16:02

Would annoy me too, as well as banging from kids playing football in the garden.

GrandHighPoohbah · 07/04/2025 16:02

We need a bit more context. Is this a regular, prolonged thing, or more of an occasional activity for an hour or so during the school holidays?

pearbottomjeans · 07/04/2025 16:01

I count that as peace and quiet tbh. Sitting outside listening to birds, lawnmowers, kids playing. Screaming and dogs barking not so much. Everyone has their own limits hence not everyone on same page!

TheFlis · 07/04/2025 16:00

A bouncing basketball is a horrible, intrusive, thunking sound. We turned down a perfect house that ticked all our boxes purely because we realised you could hear a local park basketball court from the garden.

itsnotabouthepasta · 07/04/2025 16:00

our NDN plays basketball right by our back door all the time in the summer. It’s fucking AWFUL.

WheresYourSnickers · 07/04/2025 15:58

Who are they?
Is it on your property?

Tbh, it wouldn't bother me 🤷‍♀️ but on MN basketballs are the work of the devil 🙄

In fact NDN is currently playing BB against my gable wall, which unfortunately isin their garden.