To ask what the acceptable time is for kids being in the trampoline on the garden on a weekend?

[JamesMiddletonsMarshmallows]

Next door's kids were out at 8am on the trampoline. Neighbour on their other side is hoping I'll kick off about it with her (we are friendly and she messaged me). But I think 8am is actually ok, but no sooner. I CBA with a neighbourly dispute (plus my kids are gobshites any given day of the week)

Thoughts on an acceptable time?

9 am is about right at the weekend. I would be really annoyed if my neighbours kids were out at 8 am on a Saturday.

Agree 8am is early, maybe any when from 9.30 is more acceptable. However before saying anything I'd monitor it just incase it was a one off.

I think 8am is too early if neighbours are close and can hear them. Most people like a peaceful lie in at weekends. 10 o'clock seems more reasonable. I have to say mine wouldn't have been up by 8am at a weekend, neither would I, but everything is different now because of lockdown, etc.

Mine aren't allowed in the garden before 10am on weekends, but they are fucking noisy things who can not play quietly. 8am wouldn't bother me as I will have already been up for 2 hours, but our neighbours on 2 sides are childless so I wouldn't inflict the noise on them so early!

8am is too early.

10am on the weekend

Gosh no. Sunday is my only day off. I was annoyed with DIY and children out the back at 10am.

I wouldn't let mine play out at 8am in case other people are asleep, but since I'm awake by then I wouldn't complain about it.

I don't know why you'd want to get draw into a neighbourhood dispute if it doesn't bother you.

It depends, generally 9-10am however if it was a one off I wouldn’t be able to get too stressed about it.

I'd say 9 am - 6 pm...

I also thought you might mean "how long for" when you mentioned length of time! My neighbours children seem to be on theirs all the time and I don't begrudge it as such, but they spend a lot of time watching me over the fence and engaging in conversation which, while very sweet (they're lovely children) I also find very intrusive and an invasion of my privacy. I love "losing myself" in the garden and it's my space to relax... I often find myself checking whether they're on the trampoline and sometimes decide not to use my own garden because I just want peace and quiet and not to be watched/engage in conversation.

I don't really know how unreasonable I am for feeling as I do... I certainly wouldn't complain about it as the children don't mean any harm. But I did roll my eyes when one of their fence panels broke several months ago and they said they'd be fixing it ASAP because "it's nice to have privacy in your garden"... ha, yes, it is... but their massive trampoline is ruining my privacy!

All those saying its fine at 8am, let me move in next to you and then ill just turn on my music or go int he garden myself and make noise at 8am and see how you like it.

Everyone has been locked up its not just kids suffering.

I have had neighbours gutting and doing their house up for 4 months thats every day putting up with loud drilling, banging, hammering, chatting noise. The only time I get to read a book in peace is before the noise hours are allowed. After that I've been having to wear headphones to block it out.

It wouldn't be such an issue if I could of gone to the office for 5 days a week but I cant as many people cannot.

Thats why in lockdowns its even more important to just be more considerate, people cannot escape, there is nowhere else to go

10am

Along similar lines, I don't let my dog outside on weekends until near 10. I think anything which has even the potential to wake people before that (especially things like yelps, shrieks, barks) as opposed to a murmer of conversation, is to be avoided. I expect the same respect in return.

@Luxplus

8 am seems fine to me. Ours are outside from above that time when weather allows it.

How fortunate for your neighbours (please tell me you don't have any)

Who are these eager beaver children who want to be out in the garden at such an hour. Why cant they be normal and be zoned out in front of the tv/game/screen until at least 10 while their parents doze, drink coffee/have sex (take your pick).

My kids always wanted to be in the garden as soon as they had breakfast but we made them wait until 9am.
This was when they were little. To whoever said about having teenagers as neighbours don't bother considering them. My lazy arsed teen was still asleep after I got back from work at 3:30pm.

I also thought you might mean "how long for" when you mentioned length of time

See the NDN stop at around 11am then stay indoors. I said to the other neighbour I'd rather this than up at 9am and bouncing til 6pm! Which I've had before

1030, but I might send mine out at 10 if they are under my feet. However our neighbours are thoughtless with putting glass recycling out at 730am and the other side slam car doors with no consideration so there is potential for 930am!

Oops...I read it wrong sorry!

@JamesMiddletonsMarshmallows

I also thought you might mean "how long for" when you mentioned length of time

See the NDN stop at around 11am then stay indoors. I said to the other neighbour I'd rather this than up at 9am and bouncing til 6pm! Which I've had before

That's my idea of hell... I can definitely see where you're coming from there!

@rainbowfairydust

1030, but I might send mine out at 10 if they are under my feet. However our neighbours are thoughtless with putting glass recycling out at 730am and the other side slam car doors with no consideration so there is potential for 930am!

I had to have a word with these same neighbours (trampoline) because they were doing glass recycling every day at 6am and were waking me up. They were utterly perplexed that anyone would hear this, apparently their kids are up at 5

@Poppins2016 it really was, there wasn't a moment in the day I could go out and read my book. Too much noise - but not necessarily from the kids from their dad who used to SHOUT ALL THE TIME. And then he'd go on their trampoline and jump so high he could see into our garden and actually used to say "Top of the morning James". I started a thread about it 😂

The main issue with trampolines is that a lot of people place them as far away from their house as possible, right down the bottom of their gardens. The trampoline sometimes ends up being closer to the neighbours house than their own.
They do this so that they don't have to look at it and it keeps the noise down.
It's so inconsiderate.

8am is too early. I would think 9am is fine.

@JamesMiddletonsMarshmallows. God they sound awful. Do the kind of people whose children get up at 5 - and I am sorry but they absolutely can be trained out of that - have amnesia about their life before and you know, normal life where people mostly sleep til at least 7 during the week and lets say 9 at the weekend. Or at least want to lay in bed without shrieks and whoops and the sounds of glass recycling. Dont they have friends, family who come to stay or who they stay with who say, WTF? I cannot comprehend someone being that myopic