Is 8am on a su day an acceptable time to take your kids to a play park?

[DrinkingAllTheGin]

There is a play park in the middle of our housing estate. It is very very close to a lot of houses and flats. And particularly close to my flat. About 2 meters from my bedroom window.

At 7.50 this morning a dad came out with his 3 children and started playing with a basket ball and letting them run up the slide. General playing noise.

I don't mind the noise the rest of the day, I chose this flat after all, but 8am is too early. Right?

This woke me up and I assumed it was about 10.
DH is on his first day off in 10 days. Thankfully he could sleep through a small bomb and hasn't woken up.

AIBU to say 8am is inside play time?

Oh and I can't go out to say something. I look like a swamp monster before I shower.

@DrinkingAllTheGin the gate will have a spring device on it to close it immediately to avoid dogs getting in. That's why it's so noisy.

Bobbins36 · Today 08:27
Why not? Seems reasonable to me, it’s not that early. Bet the guys been up for hours already with his kids“

that’s his problem, tbf. 8 am on a Sunday is inconsiderate. 9 is reasonable.

I too think there is a difference between a park/playground in a residential estate and the general town park type thing. Surely playing loudly in the estate playground is no different than playing in the garden/street and most people would be considerate to keep the noise down until a later time in the morning at the weekend

No spring closer.
What makes it loud is the metal fence reverberating all around the park with each clang!

I don't think 8 an is early at all! Probably letting his partner have a lie- in. Good for him.

I wouldn't live that close to a park, end of.

8am seems reasonable to me.
I live in the middle of woodland, the dawn chorus is deafening from 4.30 am and all is quiet again by 8am. Am I to tell the birds to shut up?
Ear plugs are the way forward.

So sod the neighbours who get their lie ins ruined as long as she gets a lie in (if that was even the case!)

that’s his problem, tbf. 8 am on a Sunday is inconsiderate. 9 is reasonable.

It's not his problem though because he's fine with it

Like it's not his problem people chose to love near a park?

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YABU. It's a public area during hours where noise is permitted. If you don't like the sound of kids playing during normal hours, then move away from a park.

There was a thread recently about was 8.30am too early for kids to be playing in the garden, and one (or more) responses was "take them to the park". So it's a tricky one. With little children or very early risers, 8am can feel like lunch time!!

Although I guess not all parks are that close to residential flats/houses.

Those saying "that's not the neighbours' problem" that he's been up since 5am... He's taking them to a public park! It's what it's for.

You'd think he'd dumped them on a neighbour's doorstep with a sign around their neck saying "please put Peppa Pig on for me and keep me entertained while my Daddy goes back to bed", rang the bell and legged it. Ffs.

Maybe that dad has just come home from working nights so it's his only time to play with them before he goes to sleep?
I agree it's early but you never know the circumstances of others.
Could you improve the sound reduction from the park by adding thicker curtains or shutters perhaps.

Marvellous contribution 😂
Totally pointless but made me laugh

"In awe" of a dad taking his kids to play at the weekend, Ffs seriously?

So in five years it's the first time it's ever happened????

Hardly ruining your life then.

(Though of course you would be unreasonable to tell people using public land to not use it because you want a lie in)

There's a housing estate behind me that has a few small parks with times on it due to it being do close to peoples houses. People do adhere to it too.
I agree, far too early for a Sunday.

Just read upthread and the gate banging seems the issue.
Could you ask the authority responsible for the park to put a rubber buffer on the closer to stop the banging.
Alternatively add something yourself I'm sure others nearby would be delighted by you ingenuity.
A bit of rubber ( a rubber doorstop) and some super glue would surely work.

Because everyone has unlimited funds that don't restrict their house buying options don't they 🙄

Sounds like a new build estate maybe? We live on one and there are weird tiny little parks for only under 8s pretty much everywhere so it’s harder to live away from one than in more established neighbourhoods because the council insist on having so many parks installed per house (or per person/square foot can’t remember).

We’ve got a little park opposite ours and the most annoying thing is shrieking teenagers on it late at night leaving litter behind when they finally leave and as irritating as it is we knew it was going to happen when we picked this house. IMO if you’re going to a park that early go to one a bit more out of the way, I would, so YANBU but there’s not really a lot that can be done about it unfortunately.

Yanbu. 8am is too early on a weekend and I'm surprised you are getting people saying it is ok. If you wouldn't chuck your kids into the garden that early for fear of disturbing neighbours then you shouldn't take them to a playpark in the middle of a housing estate to disturb other people. Is it OK because you don't know the people you are disturbing. My lot are frequently awake before 8 am on a weekday and before I had the baby I would let them jump into out bed and watch TV or encourage them to play in their own rooms till at least 8am. As it stands baby wakes up anywhere between 6.30-7.30ak so our day starts early but that doesn't mean I need to inflict the inevitable noise that come with two young kids and a baby. We have a Facebook page for our estate and you can guarantee those with houses near the little playback on our estate would be going mad as its too early.

It isn't as if it's a large public park that rhe op is describing that is far enough away from other homes for there yo be any significant noise. It is a playpark on a housing estate so not likely to be huge!

It's inconsiderate to make lots of noise in a residential area before 9am but honestly I don't think confronting them and and asking them to be quiet is a good idea. To be fair he's taken the screaming child away now anyway.

Whoop-de-do for you love.

I’m surprised this has only happened once in 5 years and you’ve jumped straight to being annoyed and needing to vent. YABU and overreacting really. If it was every single Sunday morning I’d be sympathetic to you being annoyed (although you live next to a park so it’s still to be expected), but it’s a one off, really not a big deal. Glad your DP managed to sleep through it atleast though.