Garden trampolines. I expect most will think IABU.

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Totally fed up. Next door have a trampoline which ( it seems) is in constant use ( or rather, whenever I am at home it is).

I have a nice , garden . Ex Local authority, so on an estate. I'd like to sit and relax in it, but all you can hear is the sound of squeaky springs, usually accompanied by kids screaming, or, teenagers who bounce so high you can see them over our fence. (Most of these kids do not live at the house, it seems the whole neighbourhood visits to use their garden [ hmm] )
I'm all for kids having fun, but in small gardens, is it fair to subject your neighbours to the accompanied noise/ inconvenience caused?

If you've got the sort of garden that is big enough to not overlook anyone else, all well and good, but I feel like I'm going to have nervous breakdown if I have to put up with this noise or the sight of shirtless teens above my fence any longer. It's like torture.

My neighbours are not the kind of people you can just " have a word with", either.( We lived here 8 years with no problems, before they were moved in 5 years ago)

I just wondered what the consensus of opinion is - am I actually unreasonable or have I turned into a miserable ' old' person? ( My own kids are 17, 20 and 24...but I would never have allowed them to annoy the neighbours like this).

Yeh, YABU.

Anywhere children and teenagers are playing in a wholesome way is good, don't do anything to spoil it.

You'd probably enjoy it less if they went out instead out of boredom, for instance.

In my old house the neighbours there were similar. X2 dd who would invite gaggles of children round and bounce from about 9am till 6pm. Every time the bounced above the fence they used to yell doggy and try and get my very old, very poorly dogs attention. Then wind the dog up, to the point would get fed up and wonder back into the house. (He used to love lying in the garden)
It's annoying. But you can't really tell kids of for playing. Hopefully one day it will break, or get taken in a freak storm.

Kids should be outside in the garden and on their roads/streets playing. No harm in that, kids are kids, noisy, move home if your not happy

If it's any consolation we have the same issue and I live in a detached privately owned house with a garden. Neighbours have hot tub frequently used in middle of night. I like the quiet too and have come to realise that if I want that I will have to move into the country! Then there are disadvantages to being isolated so I dont think anything is perfect really but I do still sympathise with you !

unfortunately nothing you can do other than move or find ways of distracting yourself from it

If you've got the sort of garden that is big enough to not overlook anyone else, all well and good, but I feel like I'm going to have nervous breakdown if I have to put up with this noise or the sight of shirtless teens above my fence any longer. It's like torture.

Are you sure it's the trampoline or is it possible you are suffering from some kind of a nervous breakdown or a burnout?
If not, you're completely YABU. They are children, they are outside and play. Better than sit at home and play with their tablets the whole time.

Get headphones and listen to some music if children disturb you, while reading. Sometimes my DH and DD play hockey in the garden, shooting goals and it can be loud. When I have a headache and the noise is highly irritating, I simply put on my headphones and the world is alright again.

YABU
But, I do try and keep my 2 ds's to keep the noise down, because I think that's right. And I wouldn't allow sustained noise, screaming, to go on for long.

YANBU. Totally sympathise with you, trampolines are the worst thing ever created for garden use unless folk adhere to the safety rule of only 1 person at a time. It is this incessant need for multiple kids on at a time that cause the noise. A single child rarely screams and shouts on the things.
Cannot understand why folk allow more than 1. There has been a case of someone threatening to sue when child was injured when on someone else's trampoline with multiple children. Basis was (a) had not sought permission for child to use it and (b) safety conditions had been ignored. Settled before court but it is apparently the next thing that is likely to be ending up in litigation when kids injured. The safety warnings are for a reason.

OP - for otosclerosis, either take out your hearing aids and you won't hear the noise, or invest in some bone conducting headphones. They are fab.

As far as the AIBU is concerned, YANBU to be somewhat pissed off by the noise, but YABU to expect it to stop. It's all part and parcel of living next door to a family with kids. They'd no doubt be making just as much noise without the trampoline.

We've got a trampoline, had it for 11 years and it's only recently stopped being used. A great investment.

Some very selfish parents on here. Yes, of course there has to be compromise and give and take when houses are positioned close together. But that has to come from the parents of young children, as well as from everyone else on the road.

Children screaming their heads off as they bounce up and down should be told, by parents, to keep the noise down so that they don't annoy the neighbours. And, as far as possible, trampolines should be placed where they will cause as little intrusion as possible to neighbours vis a vis kids and teenagers gawping over the fence as they jump up and down.
Also, there is no way that kids should be allowed to use them early in the morning, late at night, or for hours at a time.

Give and take. But for some parents it seems to be all take and no give. Anyone who raises the slightest objection is a miserable git who doesn't want to see children enjoying themselves. Or would obviously prefer that kids sat inside all day on their phones and tablets.

YANBU OP.

I really feel for you OP. We used to live next door to a trampoline owning family of teens, and seeing nearly grown adults (let's face it some teens shoot up fast) bouncing up and down like Tigger and appearing over your fence every few seconds IS irritating.
We now have a young family and a trampoline and my young children play on it, but I'm really mindful to intervene when any shrieking or shouting starts, because I don't want them to impact older neighbours who should also be able to enjoy their own gardens in peace.
Also we're lucky that fences and hedges mean that the neighbours have some privacy.

All the posters who are saying YABU and suggesting all us moaning old minnies should move to the remote countryside........

would you like to buy us a house there? are you all in the countryside? or are you these 'don't give a toss' people who love making noise and getting away with it? .

If I ever won the lottery. Id be out of where we are (no choice in rented place) like a shot, not only out of heer, but as far away from this sodding fucka ll country as possible.

I totally. agree Qui.

All the Marie Antoinettes who come on threads like this, waving their arms and spouting rubbish like 'you chose to have neighbours' , or 'why don't you move to a detached house?' are really annoying.

The vast majority of people have limited choice regarding where they live. Do they seriously think someone living in a small terraced house where they can hear the neighbours flushing their toilet, has actually 'chosen' that over a big detached house in its own grounds?

yanbu.
It's not about the specific noises, it's about the lack of consideration for others

I agree with Que and user, but I was being flippant perhaps due to a bad day..that's my issue..far too long a story.. I guess what I was trying to get across is before children I would absolutely agree.. but now, I see it a bit different. I certainly don't think my children have the right to shout and ball. Quite the opposite. I am very respectful of our neighbours. I agree with the give and take. But all I am saying is kids are allowed fun

Qui, fgs auto correct

I'm totally for children playing in a wholesome way...but sometimes they need to be told to be considerate to others. There are lots of trampolines in our street, and I usually find that they are the families that don't take their kids out much...just leave them to bounce for hours on end. I'm totally with the op on this one.

topless darts?????????????????????? any punctures? when missing the dartboard?!

Im not against kids playing, but agree with what mumzy says too. and robust.