To put a knife through the neighbours kids football

[Lolly34h]

My neighbours have 2 late teenage sons who have all day to play ball and don't. Then between 7 and 8pm every night they play ball in the garden screaming shouting and banging the back off the already broken fence. I have a young baby also who doesn't sleep the greatest and is always disturbed by them!!!!

7-8 isn't too late to be playing football. Yes it would be unreasonable to damage their property.

7pm/8pm on a light June night is not too late.

They shouldn't be damaging fences though.

Ask them firmly and politely not to do that.

Yabu.

If your baby isn’t a great sleeper I wonder if they are woken by them

Ask them not to bang the fence. But it’s good they are out there getting some exercise, and that time is reasonable. How do you know they have the whole day to play? Your baby has to learn to sleep in the real world.

Maybe I am but I'm so pissed off with said neighbours over other things also and today I'm just angry with everything they do!

Could you have a quiet word with their mum. Maybe she doesn’t realise how it’s affecting you? But it’s not an unreasonable hour for them to be outside.

I'd focus on the damage they are causing. Be specific about that. Teenagers, generally, would have sufficient skills to avoid causing damage.

It's their garden and it's still light at that time so yes sadly YABU as annoying as it is.

No need to put a knife through the football, but ask them not to bang the fence.

How do you know what they get up to all day?

That's not late at all though! It sounds a perfect way for teenagers to get vigorous exercise after dinner.

When Dh and I were in our 20s and renting with a family friend, DH used to go and play football with the adult children in the garden on a summer evening. It was great 😁 They were all big kids.

What can you do to lessen the disturbance inside - of whatever time of day? Thicker curtains? Move bedrooms? Have a bath at that time?

It doesn't last long at all with babies going to sleep that early on an evening. Pretty soon, he/she will be running round your garden before bed.

I'm always mindful of noise and how we as a family effect other neighbours. I don't ply loud music don't garden with electric tools before 10. I know the teenage sons don't go in the garden in the day because the wounded siblings and cousins are in the garden and the eldest one works. I just get so peed off I initially had the fence fixed and now it's bloody broken! They also have loud parties and I have to keep my windows shut to mask the noise even on hot sticky nights!! I'm just not happy with them!! They park outside my house to stop another neighbour parking there it's all shit!!!

At their age, you should be able to explain to them that banging the ball off the fence wakes the baby. If you are reasonable and treat them like adults they should respond. No need to involve the mother.

Late teens should play in a park, not in a small garden.

After 7pm, it's just rude and banging against the fence, screaming is not acceptable. They are old enough to know better. Even my 5 year old know that early morning and evenings mean being quiet in the garden!

Garden noise after 7pm in the Summer is completely normal though.

Before long there'll be lots of noises from people having BBQs, laughing, chatting, children playing on trampolines etc.

Your baby really will learn to get used to it.

the eldest one works.

In that case he doesn't have 'all day' to play then.

Sounds like you have a bit of a list of other grievances against them though and just find them generally annoying...

I agree with Sparklingbrook.
The issues here seem bigger than some teens playing football.