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Kids fighting and shouting in the garden until 9pm

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NameChangeAsICouldBeOverReacting · 28/08/2025 20:15

Would you be happy if your neighbour’s children were fighting, shouting and screaming whilst playing football in the garden until 9pm?
The three children are aged 7-16 and the older ones tend to bully the youngest which causes him to shout and argue with them. The parents never intervene or ask them to keep it down.

It’s waking up our 3 year old and 7 month old, even over white noise, as their rooms overlook the garden and we’re in a Victorian terrace, so we’re getting frustrated with it. The sound is so loud that I can hear it through the monitor clearly.

We genuinely don’t mind playing, laughing, talking, we get that kids are loud, but the constant shouting, bickering and screaming as balls constantly bash against the wall is starting to drive us a bit insane.

How much do people tolerate before asking the parents to intervene?

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Nofrillsandpeace · 28/08/2025 20:37

Try having a hot tub next door, with drunken adults cackling into the early hours under your kids window.

Corfumanchu · 28/08/2025 20:37

NameChangeAsICouldBeOverReacting · 28/08/2025 20:33

I understand 10pm is the cut off and when you can raise noise complaints in our area, but isn’t it inconsiderate to be shouting in the garden until 9pm?

I honestly have no idea on what’s reasonable, unreasonable or us being sleep deprived, so feeling more annoyed with it.

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No it's 11pm not 10

friskery · 28/08/2025 20:37

Annoying but 9pm isn't late.

Once school starts and the evenings get darker they will probably be in before 9.

ImGoingUpstairsToTakeOffMyHat · 28/08/2025 20:35

NameChangeAsICouldBeOverReacting · 28/08/2025 20:33

I understand 10pm is the cut off and when you can raise noise complaints in our area, but isn’t it inconsiderate to be shouting in the garden until 9pm?

I honestly have no idea on what’s reasonable, unreasonable or us being sleep deprived, so feeling more annoyed with it.

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I think it’s actually 11pm?

Yes it’s inconsiderate, screaming kids are awful and the shrill ones never seem to get checked. I must have more sensitive ears than those parents!

But in the grand scheme of things, quiet from 9pm is heaven. Then again I once lived in a house where a neighbour’s dog barked for 16 hours a day, including through the night, it was like torture

Corfumanchu · 28/08/2025 20:35

Yabu. 9pm is not late at all. The world doesn't revolve round your toddler!

PamIsAVolleyballChamp · 28/08/2025 20:35

Are they shouting aggressively or just being noisy and annoying?

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NameChangeAsICouldBeOverReacting · 28/08/2025 20:33

ImGoingUpstairsToTakeOffMyHat · 28/08/2025 20:26

9pm isn’t late at all.

I understand 10pm is the cut off and when you can raise noise complaints in our area, but isn’t it inconsiderate to be shouting in the garden until 9pm?

I honestly have no idea on what’s reasonable, unreasonable or us being sleep deprived, so feeling more annoyed with it.

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RoseAlone · 28/08/2025 20:32

They're in their own property and 9pm isn't late. Yours will be doing the same soon enough

ImGoingUpstairsToTakeOffMyHat · 28/08/2025 20:26

9pm isn’t late at all.

HardworkSendHelp · 28/08/2025 20:19

The screaming is just a hard no for me! My kids were screaming in the garden and I told them we had a letter from Environmental health. They can play, laugh but cut the screaming out. I would be having a word.