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?

I wouldn't let my kid's out before 9, but wouldn't want to fall out with a neighbour over a one off 8am bounce. If it was happening every week I might have a word, but if the kids are restless and jumping round, the garden is the best place for it.

Jesus Christ.

Imagine actually kicking off about kids having fun.

@RootyT00t

Jesus Christ.

Imagine actually kicking off about kids having fun.

They can have fun, just within their own house until a more reasonable hour at the weekends. And they are not the centre of the universe, every neighbours wellbeing subordinate to their fun. What a poor lesson for the children apart from anything else

I genuinely can't believe everyone complaining about kids being outside doing something which is good for them rather than being stuck in front of a screen. Are you really saying it's so anti social? Get them out there whenever you can I say.

@theleafandnotthetree

One of my neighbours shouts and screams with her man all day pretty much every day. There is absolutely nothing I can do.

Sadly that's adult life.

I genuinely can't believe everyone complaining about kids being outside doing something which is good for them rather than being stuck in front of a screen. Are you really saying it's so anti social? Get them out there whenever you can I say.

It's neighbours like you I fear ever moving next door to me. I don't want to hear a bloody trampoline and shrieking kids at 8am when I had been asleep.

@likeamillpond

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.

These lot placed it right next to my kitchen window - the window does look out onto my garden but can see into theirs as the fence is at a funny angle. Only about 5ft between my window and their fence, and out of all the places in their massive garden they put it right next to it I sorted it though - some exaggerated rubber neck I as I washed dishes followed by loud and passive aggressive tutting and huffing in the garden did the trick

[quote theleafandnotthetree]@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[/quote]
I totally agree. My 2 (5 and 8) get up at 7.30, me a little earlier and I absolutely would not stand for them getting up at 5am. The woman next door (trampoline house) had another baby last year pre COVID and I took a card and flowers round to say congratulations. She mentioned then her eldest wakes at 5am and she can't stand it. Me: "Whqt time do you put him to bed?". Her: "5.30pm. He has dinner at 4.30, bath at 5 then straight to bed so they can enjoy their evening" 🤦🏼‍♀️ well maybe there's your fecking problem

8am is fine with me.

Anyway I've said to angry neighbour that they only got the trampoline as couple of weeks ago so give it time they'll get bored and inevitably it will be a rust bucket taking up space in the garden like they always end up being

I make mine wait until 9 on a sat and 10 on a Sunday

@VerityWibbleWobble

I genuinely can't believe everyone complaining about kids being outside doing something which is good for them rather than being stuck in front of a screen. Are you really saying it's so anti social? Get them out there whenever you can I say.

It's neighbours like you I fear ever moving next door to me. I don't want to hear a bloody trampoline and shrieking kids at 8am when I had been asleep.

Agreed. And of course its good that children are outside and not in front of screens and that's why we have this wonderful thing called The Rest of the Day from 10 a.m. onwards when they can do all the fun outdoor stuff. Or they can move somewhere without immediate neighbours if it means that much to them. Do you know what's also a social good? Hard working adults getting a chance to maybe stay up a little bit late on weekend nights and getting a chance to relax and recharge and lie in peacefully at weekends.

We used to have a neighbour who tried to get us to team up with her against other neighbours for various things that annoyed her. If you have neighbours, you have to expect them to make some noise. Kids playing at 8am really isn’t something I’d be falling out with a neighbour over. Let her whinge by herself. And change your number so she can’t message you. I think it works out best to keep relationships with neighbours polite but not too involved.

I’d say 9 on Saturday and 10 on Sunday for someone else’s kids. If they were my kids I’d say not before 10 either day as I’d not want to start the nuisance earlier for my neighbours.

Depends. 8am Bouncing, playing, chatting - all fine, but if the child squeals or the trampoline squeaks then no time is a good time.

Music never. I do not care what time it is, I do not want to hear anyone else's choice of music.

Neighbour over the back has some kind of exercise machine the whole family uses. I thinks it's probably a cross trainer its squeak squeak, squeak squeak drives me fucking insane, but they're really horrible people so I can't face asking them to keep their sliding doors closed when they're using it, or whatever.

@JamesMiddletonsMarshmallows. The children go to bed at 5.30 p.m.? What madness is this? That schedule is bonkers, which I guess you could say is their business only now its your business too.

I've 1 extremely vocal 4 year old. She is the only small child on the block!
During the week anything after 730 goes (I'm thinking of those muggy summer days). Saturdays anything after 8. Sundays is 9am.

I actually think 8am is fine...

I've often felt guilty about my children being out early, however my neighbours kids play the piano anytime from 6am and it rests against the adjoining wall soooo.. I usually suppress that guilt

If the neighbours want their kids out playing on a trampoline at 8am, I might start mowing my lawn at midnight...

I feel like I live in a parallel universe to some people on here who think its fine to make that kind of noise at 8 on weekend mornings, and presumably would let their children do so. Maybe in Ireland where I am people just dont get up as early or something? I walk down to the local shop at around 9.30 on a Saturday morning for the paper (feeling very virtuous!) and most people I meet comment on bright and early we are all up!

Oh and I close my front door very gently going in and out!

I'd tell my DC 9.30/10am but wouldn't mind 9am onwards from others as long as it was just being on the trampoline and not loud, shouting play.

8am on a weekend is a bit too early for garden noise in my opinion. Unless the children were shouting and screaming at 8am as well, I wouldn't be raising it with the neighbour though.

I feel like I live in a parallel universe to some people on here who think its fine to make that kind of noise at 8 on weekend mornings, and presumably would let their children do so.

I really couldn’t get worked up about kids playing at this time. But my kids didn’t go in the garden that early at that age, they tended to watch some tv or play with toys for a couple of hours first thing in the morning. Everyone is different though and if you have neighbours you have to accept that.
In fact our old neighbour who moaned at everything used to moan about other kids playing outside but then used to also moan if she could hear my kids playing in the house or watching TV. Some people just moan about everything, best not to join in.