Bloody loud kids in the communal pool all day, everyday.

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We've recently moved into a new house on a small development - 20 houses, at present only 10 sold, of those 10 only 5 of us are permanent residents.
Not in the UK.
Up until about 3 weeks ago everything was peaceful, harmonious, pretty idyllic. Then the "holiday homers" arrived.
Now, out of the 5 nonresident households, 3 have lots of children ranging in ages of about 1 to 13 years old. Approx' 9 children between them but every day there are friends arriving to spend the day (and sometime night) at the pool.
Now I'm all for kids enjoying themselves and its lovely to see them doing something other than sitting indoors in front of a tv/tablet/phone/games console but AIBU in thinking that the parents (who are rarely at the pool) should A) be keeping an eye on them and B) be telling them to hush down a bit?
All we can hear from morning 'til night (up to 12.15am this morning) is the children shouting, screaming, jumping in the pool etc.
It's incredibly hot here (40c+ in the day, never dips below 32c at night) so all doors and windows are open therefore the noise carries everywhere.
If we want to use the pool we have to dodge bombing children/passing li-los/random balls and floats along with said 'DC'.
We would just like to enjoy our downtime and relax. Is that too much to ask?

I feel your pain DBN1. Until a couple of years ago we ran a gite/camping complex with a shared pool and we also lived on site. We asked that children were supervised in the pool and this was (mostly) adhered to, but the constant shrieking and screaming day in and day out was just awful. Not sure there is a solution, many of the parents were noisier than their kids. Sending sympathy and hope you get some peace.

They are little tinkers aren’t they. Well enjoy your solace for now OP and let’s hope their parents take their little angels on some excursions!

When we lived in Spain, our urbanisation had a time limit and the pool couldn't be used before 9.00a/m in the morning and 10p/m at night.
Do you have a committee who meet once every couple of months?They could then discuss this.
12.15 a/m is utterly unreasonable. In the morning the groundsman used to test the water and put chemicals in the pool if necessary.
To be honest if someone was quietly having a swim though, nothing was said. No doubt you are paying a service charge,and you shouldn't have to put up with this.
Sorry just read up thread that you have posted some of the answers.

In a country that hot, frankly, of course the pool is going to be in use almost round the clock. Especially if no one is allowed air conditioning. That should have been obvious from the get go.

I think you should move if you don't like it.

You need to send someone to fake stagger around the pool area drunk and muttering unrepeatables (as though they have lost their marbles) around the pool. I bet that may scare them off. Either that or shout at top of your voice OP ‘somebody has urinated in the poo errrrr!!!!’ They’ll all scamper our before you get a chance to follow through on that little corker.

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If their parents aren't supervising what would happen if one of those kids got into trouble in the water?

I can't bear the noise children make nowadays - I'm sure my DDs weren't screechers like today's kids and I've seen first hand DD1 take both DGS t task when they are being disturbing.

Sorry for you OP

So the parents are using the pool to babysit their snowflakes from early morning to midnight and it's the OP's fault for not considering that she'd have such inconsiderate irresponsible neighbours before buying her house? 🤔🤨

I can't help but think the people writing that garbage have poorly behaved children that when they misbehave they start off defending them with "My child's no angel BUT..."

I don't think it's inconsiderate or irresponsible to let one's children hang out at their own pool. Asking them to tone down the level of noise, yes. Asking them not to use it, no. And of course people should be keeping an eye on their own young children

What is it about pools and rules that people think they can break them? The hotel i’m at has 3 pools. A baby/toddler few inches deep mini thing, a main pool (i’m 5’9 and it comes to nearly my shoulders, with a swim up pool bar, and an adults only pool, which is mainly jets and underwater benching. Clear no balls and no inflatables signs around the non baby pools. Yet this doesn’t stop parents from allowing their kids to use inflatables and balls in the main pool. It’s not really suitable for kids as it’s got no shallow end, and spoils it completely if you are trying to relax and cool down and keep getting splashed by balls or squirted with water pistols.

I only use this one first thing in the morning and made sure our allocated loungers are by the adults only pool to stop me getting too irritated by it. (Can be hard not to go into teacher mode when surrounded by misbehaving and/or rude children!) At least the lifeguard did evict a family from that today, even if they do nothing about the balls/inflatables in the main pool.

Hope you manage to get some rules imposed via the residents association.

Not sure if this could work where you are but where my parents live the pools can only be used when lifeguards are present and gates are locked outside of these times.

Obviously this is not on. Your neighbours are real picks but it would be deluded to buy one of these houses thinking that this wouldn't happen during school holidays.

I think during the day you might have to suck it up for a bit, but the closing hours of the pool should absolutely be enforced.

Kids - or adults - shrieking in the pool at gone midnight is absolutely unacceptable.

I'm being deluded to think children should know how to behave? Obviously....

BewareOfDragons Yes, of course dear.

PasstheStarmix I could do that for real....

This is one of the reasons we have booked this year to go to a (small and basic) villa with a private pool for our holiday rather than somewhere more luxurious but with a communal pool. I hate the noise of other people’s kids screeching.

The idea of children being in a pool without an adult supervising them brings me out in a cold sweat.

I would take the line of there being a lack of appropriate adult supervision, rather than the noise with the resident association tbh.

Wait until the other ten are sold!

Worth knowing some of the local language so you can tell them off next summer when they return.

We do have our own pool and as we back onto an empty space when the Dc are excited and screaming it echoes around he neighbourhood. If they don’t take it down a notch I send them inside. Why should everyone else have to put up with screaming and shouting.

YANBU OP, if their parents aren’t supervising, they shouldn’t be in the pool. If they’re excessively noisy, ask them to leave the area and come back when they can be quieter.

OP you need one of these

Worth knowing some of the local language so you can tell them off next summer when they return I know a bit that would be useful but its really not child appropriate

Unsupervised children in a swimming pool is a tragedy waiting to happen. I'd make that point very strongly indeed to your management committee/head man, OP.
(And ask if their insurance policies cover such an eventuality.)
If they do have relevant rules in place then it's up to the management/person in charge of complex to ensure they are adhered to, or otherwise... see point above re insurance....

brizzledrizzle Love it!