AIBU new house neighbour dilemma

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Just bought a lovely new house had been and checked it out lots as have a bit of grass in front of it and was worried we would have groups of people hanging around. All seemed good until the weekend we moved in and the people opposite have erected a goal post where their kids and all their friends play right in front of our kitchen/diner window. There is a large park to the left of us - no more than 100 metres- why can’t they play there?! AIBU do I say something - it’s been 3 weeks and they are out there every day and the dad is now joining in!

I would absolutely hate this, so imo YANBU, OP.

Mind you, I would never buy a house with a green right outside because I know what a magnet they are for noisy ball games and, when the local kids get older, groups of teens hanging around making a racket until quite late into the evening.

MN is obsessed with "kids playing out"
Apparently its so lovely
Reality is hordes of annoying screeching "kids" annoying everyone unsupervised and almost getting run over.
There is usually a clause banning ball games OP -check your deeds.

Ah, that would annoy me. The thudding of a football and the fear it would hit your property is more intrusive than the sound of children generally playing. It's also selfish of them to take over the communal area for their football. Just like in schools the (mostly) boys get to take over any outdoor space for their game. I'd much rather a communal area was used by all ages, both playing on bikes, scooters, just generally milling around. How big is the communal area, in metres?

Are there goal posts set up in the park? Is the park already busy with other kids? I can't think why they don't go to the park.

I think if you buy a house in front of a communal green space you have to expect it to be used communally. If you were the parent of a little footballer you’d be delighted - no need to trek to the park to supervise a kickabout, just open the door and there’s a ready-made group of like-minded kids. I’m assuming there are no footballers in your house so you are not seeing the benefit. I do kind of sympathise, but I think you should have seen this coming - your initial instinct that communal space would attract and be used by members of the community was the right one.

@maybeotsmsybeline I’ve never seen this kind of behaviour in other countries. Definitely seems to be a very British thing. It’s definitely not considered acceptable behaviour in Australia (barring perhaps British decent Australians but they’re basically a transplant of lower middle class Britain into the Southern Hemisphere 🤷‍♀️).