My next door neighbours children aged about 8 and 11 have literally no respect for my property. I'm not a neighbour from hell who kicks off at them for nothing either I never shout at them.
Okay so our driveway and there's is connected even though our houses aren't and they are constantly littering our front garden with, quite frankly, shit, toffee wrappers and bottles which I am sick of saying "guys really sorry but can you pick up after yourself" they use our driveway as a play area which I'm not happy about but don't want to be nasty because theirs have a car on it and mine doesn't, despite them having a full road to play in, the ball goes over my garden constantly which I honestly dont mind, but they're forever at the door knocking, and if I say I'm busy they bang on my door until I get it.
A few weeks ago they were playing football and the ball hit my window, I went out and reasonably said to them look if it breaks I'll have to pay for a new one and it's very expensive, the 11 year old laughed in my face. I never said a word.
They constantly come right up to my window and look inside and their parents never check on them despite one having learning difficulties.
After that occasion they kicked it into my garden and didn't even knock to get it just attempted to climb over my side gate into the garden, which I caught them and politely informed them that this is trespassing and I haven't ever have them permission to go into my garden.
Today I got home and my back gate was completely unlocked, no one in the house had done it and there was a ball on my shed which wasn't there before. Turns out they'd unlocked the gate tried to get the ball and couldn't reach and just left it open.
AIBU to literally be fed up of these kids? Tried to be reasonable with them but it's becoming irritable by the day especially when I have a lot going on at the moment. I want to speak to their parents but I don't want to seem patronising as I don't have kids of my own.