Bouncy Castle in Communal garden

[Londonmum20222022]

Hi all,

We live in a mews house with a small garden. We also pay a maintenance charge for use of a communal garden and other amenities each year. The communal garden backs onto row of two story flats in our development.

I am trying to keep costs down for my sons birthday and cant fit a bouncy castle in our garden and therefore was hoping to use the communal one. I have written a polite note to all neighbours to ask if this is ok and if they object. Its for two hours on a Monday morning.

Just looking for feedback thanks!

Wow there are miserable shits around aren't there?! Imagine getting this annoyed about a short child's party.

We used to share a communal garden (we were the only ones with children) and we always asked other residents and they never minded if we wanted to do something like this.

Before we had our children people would sometimes use the communal garden for parties etc and as long as they have advance warning no one minded.

@Springhassprung86

Op anyone who objects for two hours on a weekday morning is a miserable, joyless arsehole and I genuinely pity what a sad life they must have.

This!

I wouldn’t object and if on the day the noise got a bit much I’d just go out somewhere.

It's something wouldn't bother me at all, in fact I'd probably quite like it.

However I wouldn't say someone objecting is being miserable. The noise from a generator is not ignorable and add to that shouting children and it will be something that will disturb shift workers/wfh meetings and that sort of thing.

I'm not sure Monday morning is the best time. I'd have gone for an afternoon, 3-5pm type timing, preferably on a Friday. I think people are generally happier to be disturbed then.

@Springhassprung86

Op anyone who objects for two hours on a weekday morning is a miserable, joyless arsehole and I genuinely pity what a sad life they must have.

Or maybe they just have an urgent deadline / crucial job interview (for example) and they're stressed?

OP, it would be neighbourly to give people advance warning.

@AHungryCaterpillar

Only your neighbours can answer if they are ok with it? I wouldn’t like it but then I also wouldn’t live in a place with a communal garden and luckily I don’t

Well lucky for you! Others aren't so fortunate and I think you'd do well to remember that.

Wouldn't bother me in the slightest. Two hours? Who cares?
But the management company may have an issue with it because they might not be covered with their insurance.

[quote Londonmum20222022]@allczycoup I defiantly will NOT go ahead if someone objects to it. I was going with the theory in that there is no harming in asking.

It would be brilliant for my LO and really help as I have not got the money for a hall hire as well.[/quote]
Surely you'd only be defiant by going ahead if someone objects?

Sounds like a lovely idea just hope it doesn’t rain for you

It would be no problem for me as long as I could have a go on it.

I would say yes, though it would be annoying where I live because the noise really travels. I would have thought a weekend afternoon would have been a better time, but it's a one off, I think you'd have to be fairly miserable to say no.

If I lived in your block, I'd be prefectly happy with this. Not unreasonable at all. But yes, check if you're allowed to do this.

I used to live in a block of flats with a shared garden. The people in the ground floor flat had kids and they had birthday parties in the garden (with notice). Never a bouncy castle as far as I recall but no one ever objected to them using it for a party.

In fact other people in the building had parties/gatherings out there from time to time, not just the family with children.

The only time I remember any controversy is when the parents of the children sent round an email saying they wanted to put up a play shed for the children in the garden. Then the other residents objected because it was a permanent structure.

I’ve actually investigated this myself, and found that all the bouncy castle hire places local to me have a clause in their T&Cs that they will only set up on your own private land, not a communal space.

It’s for insurance purposes apparently.

If you had written permission from the landowner, presumably the management company, that might make a difference.

Anyone who objects is a twat quite frankly. You'd have to be very miserable indeed imo.

I wouldn’t object, if anyone did they’d be entirely miserable!

[quote AllOfUsAreDead]@AHungryCaterpillar

You saying what you did just makes you arrogant and snobby though, that's why someone rolled their eyes. You wouldn't like it if you lived there, that's all you had to say. You didn't have to add the bit on about how you wouldn't live there, it wasn't necessary. Perhaps that is all op can afford, you going to look down on her for that? Maybe houses cost more where she lives and really, if you lived there, you'd be able to afford nothing at all.

All you did with your comment as I say is make yourself look arrogant, snobby and just stupid.

Op, I hope no one says no but you've done the right thing by asking. It would be likely if you hadn't asked that someone would then complain of course.[/quote]
😂 totally twisting my comment, when I said I wouldn’t live in one I was referring to the fact that people who do will have to accept that there will be noise, loud children playing etc, it’s not something I would like or want so hence why I wouldn’t live in a place with a communal garden as I realise it is part of what comes with having one. I would rather have no garden. Reading the comments it seems most places won’t put one up in a communal garden so they obviously accept it’s not really appropriate.

totally twisting my comment, when I said I wouldn’t live in one I was referring to the fact that people who do will have to accept that there will be noise, loud children playing etc, it’s not something I would like or want so hence why I wouldn’t live in a place with a communal garden as I realise it is part of what comes with having one.

That's absolutely not how it came across though. As a PP said "I wouldn't like it" was all that needed to be said as the rest came across badly.

Wouldn’t bother me in the least.

Well it’s not my fault people have taken it the wrong way, I simply meant noise is to be expected in a shared garden which is why I wouldn’t choose to live in one so I don’t, it doesn’t matter how I would feel and why I said only her neighbours can answer whether it bothers them or not, literally everyone has answered more than just a yes/no, people shouldn’t be quick to jump on others and twist what they have said.

Because you asked first, I wouldn't object.

@AHungryCaterpillar

Only your neighbours can answer if they are ok with it? I wouldn’t like it but then I also wouldn’t live in a place with a communal garden and luckily I don’t

Yeah we aren't twisting it, it's what you said. Even adding the luckily I dont bit at the end. If you don't mean these things, don't say them. You sound snobby and as I said, stupid.

It's fine though, you keep disagreeing. You're just proving my point more.

😂

We live on a garden square and there is a management company who organises the key each year and arrange the gardeners etc. We need to get permission from them to hold any events like children's birthdays and pay a fee.