Fuck off with your fucking basketball all day fucking long

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That’s all. Except before anyone says if you don’t want neighbour noise then move to the middle of nowhere, we are. Just have to bite my tongue and hold onto that thought!

Would you feel brave enough to go and say something? A polite request to "please give me a bit of a break.." Not always easy.. Do you know/interact with the neighbours? I think a direct approach, if you think they are reasonable, can work rather than notes through doors. You shouldn't have to put up with this, regardless of whether you live in town or rurally.

I can only cope with about half an hour before I tell my own kids to stop. Same with football

They seem nice enough people we say hello, make a bit of small talk they are just a bit oblivious to their noise at times. I did just passively aggressively shut all the windows when I realised it wasn’t even the kids today just dad out there on his own!
I will probably just seethe quietly in a peri menopausal rage knowing that we are moving soon.

We have neighbours who's kids play basketball all day.

I'm just grateful for these neighbours as they are far better than the previous ones who's teens thought coming home pissed at all hours was normal (because their parents let them).

I'd much rather they were engaged in something they can work and improve on and is healthy.

When my daughter got her netball hoop, I was always very considerate to the neighbours. I was mindful of the fact that bouncing balls are actually a pretty annoying sound!
No way would I have allowed her to use it continuously throughout the day.
YANBU.

Badminton is healthy and can be improved on with the added benefit of being relatively silent,

My brothers used to be rationed with basketball hoop play as my mum was pretty obsessed with not annoying the neighbours and they seemed to appreciate it. Sooooo annoying the noise endlessly, you could definitely say something kindly and just ask that maybe a bit of awareness that it’s constant would be enough to make them realise.

I feel the same about my neighbour’s 2 dogs, both of them have ear piercing barks, instead of putting their leads on indoors to walk them 3x daily, they are trying to chase them down in the garden while they are running around shreiking, taking 10 minutes at a time, then they bark all the way down the street at cars or people 😡 They also bark constantly when left in the garden. I love dogs but I could quite happily put a bullet in these two, especially as DH is currently working nights. She works shifts as a nurse but always seems to be at home.

My son has a basketball hoop but it’s kept on the grass for this reason! The noise is very annoying.

So no bouncing, just shooting.

Hmm...do you live in a village by any chance? lol

I think just go have a polite word with them if it's bothering you that much. We got a complaint from the police recently about our dog barking (actually the complainiant threatened to poison our dog) and the really annoying thing is that it's not even our dog it's the next door neighbours. If they'd just come to us nicely we'd have been able to explain that because I'd hate to be annoying someone without realising. You could make some suggestions like putting an outdoor rug down near the hoop to dull the noise or move the hoop to a grassy area if they have one so you'rerecognisingthat kids need to play but just trying to find a compromise. I think if you're being reasonable and you go with a nice, friendly approach most people will be responsive to that because noone wants to annoy their neighbours on purpose most of the time. Its probably something they haven't even realised would be as annoying as it is. They obviously might decide not to do anything and send you on your way but at least you were respectful and reasonable and its fair to ask the question nicely.

Are you wfh OP?
I know the noise is annoying but pre everyone wfh I think it was less obvious.

Gardens are there to be enjoyed and unfortunately different people like to do different things. I think noises become unbearable once you find yourself listening for them.
Not much help I know.

No not working from home. This is a family estate children playing out in gardens and the street is the norm and has never bothered me in the 15 years I’ve lived here. I don’t think one families enjoyment of the outside space over rides other peoples enjoyment of their outside space. It’s give and take and consideration for everyone around you. I don’t expect silence but I think some people have no consideration for others. Fortunately the majority of families round here are considerate.

I have lived 15 foot away from a primary school playground for 26 years, the noise is just normal to me.

I have to get used to not hearing kids during holidays🤣

See I don’t think that would bother me as it’s a different kind of noise and not the solitary continual thud thud thud thud thud thud echoing around the street. There’s nothing to drown it out!

A friend of mine was caring for her dying mother at home. The NDN's son bounced a basketball all day. My friend did explain the situation but the NDN was having none of it. Dying woman or not it was her son's right to knock the ball against the wall all day.
After her mother died this NDN's son turned up at the school my friend taught at. The NDN was fairly horrified and did a lot of smiling at my friend. My friend is lovely and would never have treated the boy differently but all her friends at the school knew the story. You reap what you sow

Can I raise your neighbours basketball with my neighbours old, rusted trampoline, squeak, squeak, squeak fecking squeak.

I feel your pain, our neighbours go out anywhere from 8pm - 9pm for an hour. We can hear it despite closed windows and doors, it quite often wakes up our two year old. I thought the woman with wind chimes three doors down was bad but the basketball really is absolutely dreadful.

I’m always a bit like hmmm, really? when people/adults ‘don’t realise’ how noisy they their adult friends and family or their children are being when outside.

I have three children, two diagnosed with autism and adhd, and I’m aware that the street doesn’t want to hear everything that is happening in our garden.

Our immediate neighbours on the other hand don’t give a shit who can hear them.
They think it’s ok for ‘football training’ to happen at 10pm, and for badminton games with the cousin to include squeals so high pitched I’m surprised the double glazing hasn’t shattered.

Add in a skip load of what is almost Performance Playing from actual the parents where they’ll all play together and the parents will be shouting sounding like they’re on the verge of hysteria worse than the children! It’s like they want everyone to know what a great time they’re having. It’s gotten worse in the last 6 months.
We’ve had visitors who have commented while stood in the garden that they could hear the neighbours from the pavement - that’s next to a busy road!!

I wish we could post audio clips because their noise level is ridiculous and they look like your asking for the impossible when you mention anything.