Noisy kids

[MrsOH1]

No idea if we are unreasonable or not. We have 4 young children (7, 6, 5 and 3)
We live in a semi.
We are, in all honesty a noisy household. But very much in daytime hours. We don’t have a dog who barks all night, don’t hold wild parties etc.
We have been out for most of the day but got back at 4ish and My kids have been playing balloon tennis. Probably the laughter has been loud but I have so loved seeing them
Play together.
Our neighbours have complained about the
Noise at 6pm.
In fairness we never hear their children but I think this is because they do nothing but watch tv.
Surely noise is fair between maybe 7am and 9pm?
Or is that unreasonable?

@FlamingoDust

9am earliest on a weekend and 8pm latest seems reasonable. 7am is way too early and 9pm seems a little late. As long as it's not constant noise during those times!

9am with kids?? No chance lol. And no one can say that’s anti social behaviour. If they want quiet and silence then I agree with another poster to live in a detached house in the highlands somewhere

Sorry but to everyone saying no it’s ok this is about how her neighbour directly feels. They are trying to tell you that and instead of dismissing it and deciding whether you think that is acceptable for them to feel that way is missing the point really. Parents will always not mind the sound of their kids playing. If however they’re not your kids and you can hear loud shouting going on as part of that playing all you’d need to and should have the decency to do as a parent is just say sweetheart play but keep the shouting or loudness down. We all talk about poor mental health but don’t care that others have to hear it all what if they’re struggling themselves for whatever reason? I’m sorry but this has become a bit of a joke with so many (not all) parents thinking it’s ok to shout loud and everyone should hear them and it’s completely unnecessary, disrespectful and no need. There is every reason children can play and not need to shout loud for everyone to hear. It’s not their fault it’s the parents that don’t bother to say anything.

I think (maybe wrong) the times OP is referring to are the acceptance times for noise complaints. Eg, excessive noise from 2am to 4am. Whereas anything from 7am is reasonable, we had a new estate being built behind us and the workers and equipment never entered the site before 7am, work began by 8am.
Now, maybe neighbours are having a bad day, headache or something to complain out the blue or the kids may have been louder than usual. Either way 6pm, I wouldn't bat an eyelid. It's lovely to hear the kids having fun. Next time just be civil and say they will be quieting down for bed time, as always, but until then they're just playing.

I have lived with both sides in regards to neighbors.

My first loved a party and loves to drink. Yes, Even weekdays. The mum would come home after school run at 3pm, crack open the wine and blast music until midnight on a school night, all while her kids were also blasting music and thumping up and down the stairs and shouting. Weekends were worse where you would wake at 5am hearing woman being sick in the toilet (toilet was at our bedroom wall) then from 1pm onwards, constant music and drinking.
It was a nightmare.

My neighbors now are really quiet. You would rarely hear them at all and I'm really lucky. They do play music the odd time at the weekend but it doesn't bother me.

Personally if its after 8am and before midnight on a weekend night, I wouldn't complain at noise. Weekday from 7am to 10pm.

See, I don't think it is! It is all subjective!