Fucking trampolines.

[DisappointedOne]

That is all.

YABU The developmental advantages for balance, co-ordination and brain development are well worth the inconvenience.

At one point, the foster carers in our county were advised to encourage the children to bounce on trampolines daily for at least 10 minutes to help their development.

Tanith - trampolines, sure.

But people should minimise the noise and the invasion of privacy for their neighbours.

They obviously come with instructions that all the time you are bouncing you have to SCREAM REALLY LOUDLY. If we could just get those amended, I might not mind them so much.

I ended up with a ten foot one in my shared twenty foot garden. It was good for storing all the tables etc underneath and making a snail factory. Must admit the (their) kids loved it, they would come in from school and bounce off all that anger/frustration.

And this always makes me laugh, though I wouldn't want them next door.
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The fox ate the netting on our trampoline and pulled the side bits apart to expose the foam barrier. A magpie was pulling this apart tonight.

My boys loved theirs until the wildlife wrecked it.

Last night (about 11pm) the NDN, pissed, were on theirs.

RedBlu, new estates by their very definition, lack privacy. I think if privacy is really important then you go for something older and more established with high hedging etc.
I have lived in a new build and it was hideously overlooked even though they were 4bed detached. Previous to that we were in a 3bed 1930s semi which had far more privacy and hedges about 8ft either side and at the back. It was also at the brow of a hill so not overlooked at all.
Anyway, our trampoline is now quite a few feet away from our 20ft+ fern hedge. The houses are quite spaced out too so there is no way our neighbours could accuse us of being antisocial. Even when my 12yr old is on there he's nowhere near the top of the hedge.

However, in the case of the op, she is nbu as placing the trampoline on a raised decking is not only extremely antisocial but also extremely dangerous.

We have a huge one in our garden that is sunk into the ground. The DCs are pretty sensible on it (though I did have to remove swords from Warwick Castle while they were on there this weekend as they tried to stage a joust).I don't think they're any more noisy on there than they are when they're outside.

Our neighbours all have high fences and most have children of their own so noise and privacy aren't real issues. Nor do we have rowdy bbqs with loud music.

Our NDN had so many noisy bbqs last summer she was issued an asbo. Compared to her we're practically bloody saints.

I don't let my kids on them unless it is a one at a time go. Few people do it though and think I'm a loon. But after spending 5 hours in a&e with a badly bruised 2yo that dh thought would be fine on the trampoline with 4 others I am just not comfortable with it.

Plus I heard it can bugger up the knees if you have more than one jumping on it as when one is at the lowest point the bouncing surface is no longer bouncy so v dangerous for the one who lands at that point.

I feel your pain. Our neighbours put one next to our fence alongside our patio, directly overlooking our dining room & garden seating area. We can't move our room or patio, but they could either move the trampoline or tell their kids to bounce looking into their garden, not ours. Last year I asked 1 child to stop hanging over our fence, as he had done it for an hour and I immediately became public enemy number 1. Neighbour relationships are now distinctly chilly, but I object to not being able to use my patio & dining room because the parents & kids have no manners or respect for our privacy.

I have a question re sunken trampolines. What stops you from just having a pond with a trampoline in it?

Just got one and put it up! You can't really see it from other gardens though as the fence are quite high and there are lots of trees.

One set of neighbours have one too, as to people two doors down on other side. So I don't think there will be complaints (we can't see these from our garden but have been round and seen them)

Dd got one when she was 1.5yrs and is now 10 and were on our 4th. Best thing ever seriously. Though I position it parallel with ndn shed.

You can always go out and "water the garden".

How would they like it if you stood on a step ladder while looking in their windows and up and down their garden?

Hate them, hate them, hate them...I'm surrounded by them as both neighbours either side of me have them...the kids scream and shout across my garden to each other...that's if they are not staring at me through my back patio doors....one side has no outside netting, and they have 5/6kids on it at a time, most nights, shouting wrestling games...the other side has safety netting but they stare over my 6foot fence at me..A few weeks ago we were woken up at 2am by the mum jumping and screaming on it, obviously well drunk...

And?

We have one. The kids love it. I fucking hate it! They seem to fight constantly on it and see it as a giant wrestling ring. I've considered getting rid of it as it's driving me and probably the neighbours crazy. Sometimes they play nicely and have little parties on it and then I feel bad that I hate it so much.

My trampoline despite being having those giant pegs launched itself over the 6 foot hedge onto the road outside in a storm about 6 months ago.

First thing I knew about it was a team of neighbours asking where I wanted it.

Fortunately no-one was hurt.

I'm not remotely bothered by kids bouncing and looking over the fence into the house. It's really never occurred to me. Am I alone? I suppose if they were looking into a bedroom where I'm naked it'd be different.

My kids never seem that interested in theirs until friends arrive and then suddenly everyone wants on.

They look so scrappy so quickly too.