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Noisy neighbours

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Loobyloo5503 · 15/06/2022 21:54

Hi. Just been reading a thread from a good few years back and it was like reading my all about what's going on in my life right now! Just wondering if anyone can remember it and if anything was resolved? It was all about nuisance football thuds at unreasonable times. Just wondered what time is a reasonable time to expect the neighbours son to stop playing football in the garden? I'm not against children playing and don't want to come across as grumpy but it's getting ridiculous. We have a park which is a 1 min walk from our house and he doesn't even have to walk on a road. He isn't a young child. Think he is around 10 so more than acceptable to go to the local park. They are not the most approachable people in the world and unfortunately they don't speak with us at all anymore. We are still unsure why this happened. Not only is the constant banging from the football annoying but the ball sometimes comes in our garden. We once threw it back over the fence 8 times in one evening. So we have been keeping the balls waiting for him to come and ask for them. He never came! We then get a knock on the door from the police last week to say we have been keeping the balls and intimating the boy while he is out playing football. I'm at my wits end with it all now. Just don't know if there is anything else we can do about the inconsiderate behaviour.

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Bingbangbongbash · 15/06/2022 21:59

What?? The police came round to investigate ball theft? Round here they won’t even come round for car theft. Ignore it - you aren’t doing anything illegal and the police presumably have better things to allocate resources to.

Ignore the batshit neighbours, ignore the balls that come over, ask the kids nicely to stop kicking the ball against the fence, and if he refuses, start playing music with lots of swearing in across the garden.

TooMuchToblerone · 15/06/2022 22:11

Seriously? The police came out? What area do you live? It's not a crime, there's no intent to keep.
I'd be having a word with the police management as to why they'd use resources on that - it's not proportionate or right and the police actions have now left you feeling you can't keep the balls which was your only obvious deterrent option! (I'd still keep the balls though, what could the police do realistically??)

ladydimitrescu · 15/06/2022 22:14

I feel like there's a lot more to this for the police to have come out

Applespearsandoranges · 15/06/2022 22:14

So when you told the police about the child’s anti social behaviour how did that conversation go?

Applespearsandoranges · 15/06/2022 22:15

I’d be stabbing the balls and throwing them back over and blaming it on the sharp plant you have….

Loobyloo5503 · 15/06/2022 22:17

I know! We couldn't believe the police had come out for that too. The officer didn't look amused either. I was shocked and mad that they had phoned them about something so petty! Such a waste of valuable police time. Shocking. My husband asked them once to stop playing football at 7.30am once and got abuse from one of the child's friend. He is often out there till 9.30pm. I take things to heart a little more and I'm struggling with the animosity. We have to put up with a lot of noise from inside the house too not just outside. Just wanted reassurance that I'm not being unreasonable and if there was anything we could do that we hadn't thought of yet.

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RRK593 · 15/06/2022 22:19

My son is 10 and loves to play football - he would be out playing in the morning before school 8/8:30 and playing football before he goes to bed 8:30pm in the summer kicking the ball against the wall. I’d rather him do this than be in on a device!

I agree with previous poster - for the police to come round there must be more to the story - maybe the intimidating behaviour?

MistyGreenAndBlue · 15/06/2022 22:27

The police once visited my 9 year old brother for - get this - spraying water on the neighbour's driveway. The copper that came was unamused and told the neighbour if he did it again he'd (the neighbour) be had up for wasting police time.
So yes, sometimes they come out fire the most ridiculous things.

Kris02 · 15/06/2022 22:27

Unbelievable. Isn't that just typical of the police? They will knock on someone's door over a ball theft, but when some vicious chavs make life a misery for everyone in the street, they just shrug and say "yeah, we know what they're like..wadda ya gonna do?"

I'm sitting here with noise cancelling earphones on because cars with screeching engines and modified exhausts race up and down the lanes near me all day and all night and the police do NOTHING.

Loobyloo5503 · 15/06/2022 22:27

Absolutely no more to the story. The intimidating behaviour was apparently when either me or my husband have been in our bedroom while he is out playing football. We are definitely not the kind of people to intimate a 10 year old. I couldn't agree more with regards to getting them out rather than being on a device. Would much prefer children to be out in the fresh air which is what I always used to say to my children. However with the park being that close and that both my property and my neighbours property backs on to the park just wondered if it was too much to ask to be a little bit more considerate and head to the park!
Unfortunately the police have been out a few times to their house but like I said before we don't speak so not sure why they have been to them. Nothing to do with me at the end of the day but the police must know the family. Not that this has anything to do with this situation just trying to paint a picture.

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Loobyloo5503 · 15/06/2022 22:29

It's ridiculous isn't it!

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Loobyloo5503 · 15/06/2022 22:33

That's shocking. I'm so sorry that your having to put up with that. I agree it's shocking that they actually came out to be honest. The neighbours child was caught trying to get into a friend of mines house and because my friend got hold of one of his mates he is the one in the wrong and has it on his record for a year. I was shocked at that too. Absolutely ridiculous

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StoneofDestiny · 15/06/2022 22:33

Love to know where the police have so little to do that they came out for that!

A ball coming over into your garden so regularly and banging off your wall is not acceptable. I've never understood why a parent would expect their neighbour to put up with that.

Loobyloo5503 · 15/06/2022 22:35

Thanks that makes me feel better that it's not just me

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Loobyloo5503 · 15/06/2022 22:36

Not sure the police was that interested but did say he would have a word about the time he was playing football. However tonight he was out till 9.30 again so thinking that fell on deaf ears!

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Loobyloo5503 · 15/06/2022 22:38

Hoping I am managing to reply to everyone properly as haven't been on here before. Thank you all for your responses

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