In being fed up with teenagers STILL playing football outside at 9pm

[Codandchops]

FFS! DS is autistic and struggles with noise. In addition this is a residential area with young children who are in bed (one hopes) at this hour.
Honestly I would have more consideration than to allow a teenage child of mine to do this when I knew other families had young children.

This is nightly now - not to mention the number of times the ball hits my front door or kitchen window.

Grr! Am gonna ring the HA on Tursday.

Or am I being unreasonable - after all it IS half term?

I agree with worra give the kids a chance to do the decent thing first. They've probably not given the noise any thought and will move on or whiten down of you approach them in a reasonable manner.

The op made it sound like she had more issue with the time of night and the noise.

Of course hitting the house with the ball isn't ideal, chances are its not intentional. It's not hard however to stick your head out the door and ask that they move away from the house as they are disturbing her young child though - is it?

Oh and I sspeak as someone who always politely asks people not to talk in the cinema. I've never once been given grief back for asking because they are so disarmed by my terribly British "hi would mind awfully not talking" patter!

you should report it, only that it might make the HA realise that there needs to be somewhere quieter for the kids to go

i do feel sorry for kids as any spare space here is built on, kids need somewhere to hang out

I live round a green.
It is full of kids from May till October.

I like it most of the time.

Our cars take the odd bashing that can be a bit

But mostly its nice to see them playing together.
I doubt the teenagers have given a thought to the noise they are making.

BUT i do feel your pain. Other types of noise drive me insane. There is a bloke who walks up and down chatting on his phone at night and the noise the bloody ice cream van makes when its chugging away outside makes me want to drop something heavy from my window.

Oh don't start me on loud mobile phone convos MrsDeVere

I live on the corner of a cul-de-sac with a few 2 story flats down the end. Apparently the phone signal is bad there so they walk down to the end of the road and stand outside my house all hours of the day and bloody night, shouting down their mobiles.

Mind you, some of the 'private' calls I've overheard would make your hair curl

Yeah, am being a bit U. They have all gone now and peace reigns.

Much nicer than my previous place with open drug dealing going on.

Forgive me for my little rant.

Glad its stopped OP. I would say up until 9 is okay for football, but any time after that is annoying and unfair. I have sometimes gone out and asked kids to stop skateboarding up and down under my window or not to gather right underneath the sitting room window making noise when there is a green a few yards away. I always say it nicely and have never got a rude response yet.

I love hearing teenagers "playing out". They seem so innocent and happy. I sympathise with your son, but I think if he can get used to it that's a lot more healthy than stopping them. They are getting rid of energy, forming friendships, keeping out of their families' hair and having fun. You can't control the environment your son lives, unfortunately.

UANBU to ask them not to kick the ball at your doors and windows and I wouldn't feel unreasonable asking them to piss of at 10pm.

Of course quiet at 9pm is reasonable with small children, but it will seem most unreasonable to a teen. I know my 11 and 14 year olds will be in the garden making a din well after 9.

Surely though it's important that teenagers learn that you have to consider the neighbours and stop making noise after a certain time. For instance, I wouldn't go out and mow the lawn at 9pm on a week night because I would be aware that people might be starting to go to bed if they have an early start the following morning. I don't see anything wrong in teach teenagers that, if you live on a road with other houses all around, you have to exercise a level of consideration.