Early morning noisy neighbours in garden

It sounds like hell, OP. All i can say I that kids eventually grow up. 😬

6 is a bit early but these days in most towns and cities we all live cheek by jowl so have to accept a degree of being exposed to the lives of others. For some that's kids that get up early, for others it's rave music or death metal in the afternoon, weed smoking or power tools. One of my neighbours has a barking dog. We can't expect to live in a sealed cocoon and have our own personal preferences met by all of our neighbours, it's just not possible. I think in days gone by people were more accepting of it, expecting deathly silence pre-9am is a very modern concept.

Imo before 0700 is pretty harsh, but equally, it’s hard to believe that hubby leaving on some gravel causes enough noise to wake you up, so maybe you are sensitive to sound in general. My fathers second wife had this and went to the gp who was able to help with a bunch of stuff from hearing tests to an mri!
it was a relief to find she didn’t have any concerning diagnosis but actually, the way she described the gp had put it, it seemed a lot of a weight off her mind (Or ears I suppose)

With LOs it would be impossible to stop them
With building work or land lord mowing, I think there's a 9am limit.

But children playing, it's a natural thing.

I think my automatic sprinkler would go on at 5.45am and stay on till 9am x

Mine wouldn’t have been out before 9.30 at a weekend!!! I think I’d have tried more for 10 tbh. I just couldn’t be that inconsiderate. Even in the heat that someone else has mentioned!!

i currently have a neighbours teen son kick a ball off their wall for 2+hrs daily and I snapped and went out last night and said to go to the local park (200m away) and do it there. How his parents put up with it I’ve no idea but He has his headphones in while just constantly kicks the ball. My teen has never done it so I don’t expect someone else’s to annoy me more!

they’re clearly early risers (we are not!) but doesn’t excuse rudeness and consideration for others. Would you pop a note through the door? You could Send yours out and make them realise the noise they make.. 🙈

Sorry 6am! I would be having words along the lines of people are still sleeping, stop the bloody noise

If it's only in the recent heat they've been outside early, I think you need to suck it up. It's too hot for them to play outside later, they probably can't sleep in the heat.

It will return to normal soon.

Good luck speaking to them. I hope you get further than me. I got told by my noisy neighbours that it’s normal for kids to play and make noise.

Not the racket they make. At all hours.
Total gaslighting DAVRObehaviour.

Mine are 3 and 5, I yelled this week as zi thought I’d lost one at half eight trying to get out for the school run (hiding in the garden I panicked he’d got into the road while I locked the door) and was mortified but was a panic shout. Pre 6 is far to early. 9am sounds about right.

God, for years we had this from our NDN at 8am every Saturday morning, then they went out for the day. All we wanted to do was have a much needed lie in. It has progressed to balls booted at the fence, landing on us in our garden and smashing our plants, car horn tooting boyfriends plus barking and howling dogs. Gentle requests are ignored. I feel your pain.

Mmm, hardly “neighbours from hell”. I think many people are putting up with a lot worse than this.

No sympathy if you are not prepared to say anything. No reason why they could not be outside without banging drums.

I think summer and a heatwave are 2 different things. In general I dont think kids in the garden screaming before 8am is ok but when its a heatwave we all have to pull together to manage the best we can

YANBU. There are threads like this every summer. Last year I said on one that I didn’t let my kids out in the garden before 9am and someone ridiculed me!!

A lot of people are just generally grumpy about noise. Whether it’s kids, a dog, music, chatting, lawn mowing or power tools. So quickly offended by the fact that living next door to people means you might occasionally hear them. You can’t assume everyone lives in whispers between 8pm and 9am every day just because you do.
Yeah it’s annoying but you see the house’s proximity to other houses when you buy it, it’s like people who buy a house next to a school and complain about kids and parents every day.

Are you offering to look after her toddlers in your garden? Then no, her life choice hasn’t become yours.

Ours was 31 this morning and we also do all them things its like the house just holds the heat in

I think a lot of people have similar issues.
It juts shows you the uk is not built up for open windows/ outdoor/ garden living.

Next doors kid is only here half the week, but every weekend. The squealing starts at 6am and they never shut the fuck up.

My kids are 3 and 5, they're not allowed in the garden until 9 at the weekend (regardless of temperature) as I'm not a selfish bastard.

Our house isn’t 30+ degrees?! I doubt many other people’s is that early on either? For clarity we live in the hottest and driest parts of the country so are well versed with the heat. We have the curtains closed, windows open, fan etc

I think people should be a little bit understanding that where in a heatwave and high temperatures can be dangerous for small children

Someone in my street, let their kid practice the recorder at 7am this morning. I'm wondering if their neighbour pissed them off and this is payback, or if they're just inconsiderate, like 99% of folk

having toddlers on a boiling hot morning is hard work and they can use their garden as they please.

so other peoples life choices should automatically become mine, because it’s hard work? Got you @CactusHeart