To think that 7.15am on Sunday is too early for kids to be out yelling in the garden

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Our neighbours behind us have two noisy little girls. I actually like hearing them giggling and shouting in the day, they are nice girls but dear lord, Sunday 7.15am is TOO early.

I don't blame them, whoever is looking after them should be the one setting limits. I occasionally hear a female voice shouting loudly so presume it is their (slightly odd) Mum. Never seen Dad.

Gah. No point here really, I'm just tired, can't get back to sleep and needed to grumble.

That is way too early! I don't let my kids out to garden until 10am on a Sunday for this reason. But 7.15 is just unsociable!! Sorry for you OP!

Of course it is too early. Parents need to parent. I found out recently when I complained about some booming bass that apparently the cut off is when someone complains not to be considerate and not make a ridiculous amount of noise before someone complains!

I would tell them now. You could be sick, working shift or just want some quiet time.

YANBU at all!

We let the dogs out for a wee around 6.30 and occasionally my husband shouts them back in and I’m like shhhhhh, wtf are you doing!

I have a toddler and he’s not out in the garden before 9.

YANBU. It's selfish and entitled behaviour.

Legally people are allowed to be noisy between 7am and 11pm. But it’s annoying if you want a lie in.

Our previous neighbours allowed their young children to yell and wave at the bin men- anytime between 5-7AM- every week!!! Also yell 'bye, bye mummy' from their front balcony when mum went to work at 6AM- she worked shifts, so this could have been over weekends too!

They would scream whilst 'playing' in the garden and were allowed to play with a leaf blower- just for fun till well after dark. YANBU at all. Some people have no concept of what being a normal, considerate neighbour is.

No, this is out of order. There are unspoken rules about noise at the weekend. Anyone breaking them faces the risk of neighborhood wrath -and rightly so. I would say anything before 10am is frowned upon.

In what way Is the Mum "slightly odd" by the way?🤔

I live down a cul de sac. Two sets of neighbours opposite each other sit out until late (10-11pm ) and let their children run up and down screaming while they chat and drink. Some of these children are as young as two. At least while it’s raining it’s quiet !

Yanbu. I didn't let mine do that when they were little and none of the people with young kids do round here so it is possible!

I think after 8:30 is ok as almost everyone will be awake but 7:15 some people are likely still asleep at the weekend.

I don’t let my children out before 10 at the weekends. 7.15 is really selfish and inconsiderate

Our neighbours put on "wheels on the bus" on really loudly around 6 am for three days in a row (it's a terraced house with the child's bedroom backing onto ours). My DP shouted on the last day -- thankfully, that stopped them. Totally unacceptable.

We had 6.30am noisy playing (including noisy toys and endless shouts of ‘Mummy!’) most mornings through that hot spell last month. Ended up sleeping with the windows shut and sweltering, and I’m guessing at least 20 other houses had to do the same, given how loud it was and how close the houses are (terrace with tiny back gardens).

They should cover 'consideration' at school in my opinion
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Our neighbours often have noisy garden gatherings until midnight, I don't therefore worry about my kids playing in the garden early .

Our neighbours have been out shrieking since 7.15 too! Not impressed

@TheyWentToSeaInASieve

Our neighbours put on "wheels on the bus" on really loudly around 6 am for three days in a row (it's a terraced house with the child's bedroom backing onto ours). My DP shouted on the last day -- thankfully, that stopped them. Totally unacceptable.

Sounds like torture

Definitely not okay. I keep mine inside until 9 on a weekday and 10 at a minimum on a Sunday. Am then I’m always saying “ssssshhhhh! The poor neighbours 🥴”

If it's an amazing summer day, I wouldn't be at all annoyed. I would much prefer it to building work, music or loud swearing and partying.

For weeks now the people who moved in behind us (garden is joined at the bottom), had work being done on the house starting at 6/7 every single morning, and a permanent fire. Then at night they'd sit out with their kids and family til gone 12.

I have dogs and kids, I could be like sod it I'll let them out to make a racket early doors, but I can't seem to bring myself to be that inconsiderate when I know it'll affect my decent neighbours too.

Thankfully it's been raining for days (which sucks really) so the building work and bonfires has come to a halt for a while.

Generally I don't mind noise, it's part of life. But building work at 6am on a weekend takes the mickey. I'd take noisy kids over that.

@GallopingGreen

That is way too early! I don't let my kids out to garden until 10am on a Sunday for this reason. But 7.15 is just unsociable!! Sorry for you OP!

10am is rather late though don't you think? I'm not sure there's a need to keep them in until then if they're itching to get out!

@MattyGroves

Our neighbours often have noisy garden gatherings until midnight, I don't therefore worry about my kids playing in the garden early .

All of them? Or does that mean that the other neighbours have to put up with the partying at night then your kids in the morning?

Yanbu I don’t let my 3yo out in garden before 9am at the weekend

I don’t let mine out before 10 on a Sunday. I can tell a fair few neighbours have a lie in because their blinds are still all closed so I don’t want to disturb them.

I agree, I keep DS inside until 9ish at the earliest on a Sunday, or we go for a walk rather than in the garden.