Massive trampoline

[madcatladyforever]

Next door neighbours have bought the biggest trampoline I've ever seen. I didn't know you could get one that size!! You could fit 10 adults in there.
Now I never compain about anything but now the decibels are through the roof and there are adults and children leaping around on it all day and all evening screaming. Them and their friends until 9 at night.
Am I withink Mt rights to read the riot act.. I have zero privacy as they all have a good look into my garden with each jump.
I tempted to sunbathe naked which at 58 isn't pretty.

What exactly would "read the riot act" consist of in this context? It's hard to know if YABU without knowing this.

Yabu

Neighbours enjoy own garden 🤷‍♀️

I can imagine its annoying but i would think there's not much you can do about it, apart from asking if they could move it away from your fence /stop nosing in?

It's new. Give it a few weeks and they will be using it far less. It's their garden, you would be very unreasonable to say anything, its normal garden playing noise and 9pm isn't that late.

Every time the sun comes out or the school holidays start out come the trampoline threads.

Our neighbours have one, I moaned on social media about it, I'm not friends with them on FB but someone must have told them because it moved away from my fence shortly after. Never expected a fb moan to work

What I hate about trampolines is my neighbours place theirs as far away from their house as possible, so it’s right up against my fence.

The novelty wears off pretty soon. Last summer their kids played noisily in it every day from about may to October. i haven’t noticed it used at all this year.

Riot act as in ask them not to constantly be snooping over my fence. And have a time limit in the evening. I think I should be able to enjoy my garden in peace after 7 pm without ear splitting screams. I don't play heavy metal or drum and bassbass at full volume until 9 pm.

I’m another one saying that the novelty will soon wear off.

Snoop over your fence? Have you been on a trampoline? It’s so much fun but the thrill isn’t getting a gawp into the neighbours garden.

I think you’re being unreasonable, sorry.

As someone else said they will ease off using it - and actually if the don’t - it’s their garden.

I personally don’t understand why people go bananas at hearing kids playing through gardens. What do you expect if you’ve got neighbours 🤷‍♀️

They really aren't snooping and no you cannot ask them to be quiet at 7pm.

Are they snooping over your fence or enjoying a trampoline? It's probably the latter, isn't it, unless your flower beds are v exciting?

I'd give it a week or two to let the novelty wear off then talk to them about the noise if it's still a problem.

See if it wears off and if not maybe ask them to move it away a bit.

We have a small garden and the neighbours next door got one. It was a bit distracting because every time the kids popped over the top they yelled “hello!” and I felt rude not responding. As others have said the novelty wore off fast.

It’s nice to see kids playing outside. YWBU to “read them to riot act” so soon.

I sympathise as our neighbours got a big one too and the screeching is awful and drives our dog mad! Can't really say anything though as they are in their own garden. But why the constant screaming?

my parents have this with their next door neighbours, they don't get on so we know its to wind my parents up. Having looked into it you are within your right to complain to the council as it can be classed as invasion of privacy. In my parents case its right up against the fence and close enough to see into the back of the house if they wanted to.

It will rain soon and they will all retreat inside. I doubt they are purposefully snooping, it's just somewhere to look. Unless you have an amazingly interesting garden?

Yabu. They’ll get bored of it soon enough. They are allowed to enjoy their own garden

They’ll get fed up once there’s bird poo on it.

But screeching children bouncing up and down, repeatedly looking directly at you over the fence is not allowing the person on the other side of the fence to enjoy their garden.

If you want them to be considerate, speak to them calmly and politely. If you go to them screaming and shouting, they are likely to respond in a similar way and continue to be noisy. I wouldn't accuse them of snooping. Think about what you're going to say before you go to them so you phrase it correctly. As Roy Keane said in Saipan "Fail to prepare, prepare to fail".

I don’t understand what riot act you could expect to read. Surely the only legalities which cover this scenario are in their favor, not yours? YABU.

You can play this one of two ways.

Go around all guns blazing, 'read them the riot act', piss then off and have no change to their behaviour other than it getting worse and destroying any chance of a good relationship with them.

Or go round and calmly and politely ask if they could keep the noise down a bit after 7/8pm. Mention that you sometimes like to sunbathe and feel a bit embarrassed.

When they are jumping around enjoying themselves I guarantee you and your fence are of zero interest to them.

Kids play in gardens in summer. Unless they are sacrificing goats I think you're being a bit mean.

You won't get much sympathy for this, it's MUMSnet... but I agree with you, & YANBU, my neighbours kids are never off theirs, the screaming & shrieking is off the scale, it starts at 3:30 when they come home & carries on until almost midnight some nights, and it's all weekend.... (these kids are 3,5 & 6) my other's neighbours daughter is kept aware by the noise & that neighbour has spoken to them..... nothing has changed.... and nothing will

But try even raising it as an issue with the authorities, nobody will do anything....we're just supposed to suck it up (although I defy my local EHO to put up with noise I have to put up with & keep smiling) - but didn't you know, children are above reproach in 2019, they can do exactly as they please, they have more "rights" than adults, & woe betide you even have an opinion on this, still less express it...

I'm really sorry for you, but would suggest you get some really good noise cancelling headphones & consider moving if/when you can (I'm selling my house & moving because of this).

Neighbour noise is a huge issue and increasing year on year, it has a massive effect on people's mental & physical health, but until such time as neighbourly consideration is restored (unlikely) or politicians actually recognise the problem & bring in enforceable noise control legislation, there really is nothing you can do.

Looking at your username - can you train your cat to use it as a giant litter tray? (LIGHTHEARTED before anyone complains)