Noisy Neighbour Kids

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Since last year neighbours kid and his 10 sometimes more friends constantly playing football and hanging around outside our house. Every day after school till late and all day weekends unless really bad weather, dont know if I can cope with another summer of it. Sick of coming home with them hanging around and the noise is really pissing me off.
Is there anything I can do? On low income so can't afford to move. Feel like telling them to fuck off tbh😞

Can you ask them nicely to
move along a bit? How old are they?

You can get those things that play high pitched tones that only kids can hear. Alternately find one on youtube and rig up a makeshift one with a bluetooth speaker. You can also speak to a PCSO if the noise/behaviour is getting to you.

What's so appealing about outside your house? Is it your position on the street? Are they actually on your front garden?

Unless you have left a lot of information out of your post then YABVU. Posters love to bemoan children being indoors all day and wax lyrical about their own free range childhoods. These boys are playing football and socialising and you want to tell them to fuck off. Lovely. If they are extremely antisocial that is a different matter entirely.

There is a teen next door to me, and boy, he is a sore loser on computer games. He properly shouts and screams, and sometimes throws stuff.
I am used to it now, but early on, I felt like I should have called the police!

To be honest, I wouldn't do anything; the noise is annoying but if they're just playing then they're not doing anything wrong. Telling them to shift, or shouting at them to go play somewhere else, is ultimately just going to make enemies of them and lead to other problems further down the line.

I don't mind the noise of kids playing outside though. It reminds me of when I was young and did the same sort of thing and having the same conversations.

Noise can be awful, especially at certain times.

Children do need to have fun but the noise level should be reasonable and finish at a sensible time, so people can have quiet meals and enjoy their evenings.

It seems to me that 90% of people get this, but the 10 % who don’t can really ruins people’s enjoyment of their homes.

First option is always a polite request, second is complaint to council and final is making lots of noise when they least want it.

Lord.... People on MN complain about kids in restaurants cafes etc making noise, and exclaim should they want to make noise they should do so outside. But they play on their street (which most kids did when they were young) and suddenly they are a nuisance again. Maybe they should sit inside and speak when spoken to

Ask them nicely to play else where is all you can do I'm afraid.

To add I don't think telling them to fuck off as your starting position is reasonable.

Have this on my estate too. Neighbours chuck their kids out to play away from their houses due to the noise - they congregate around mine instead. Really annoys me but I’ve never said anything because you’d just get abuse and “they’re only playing” “kids will be kids” etc. The hours of ball thumping and shouting does my head in thought. YANBU OP.

If it's your child's bed time and they're still being loud, then popping your head out "hey lads my little one is going to bed, can you play a bit quieter please" would be ok, but otherwise let them be.

I've always felt safer living in the kind of place where you have people wandering round who see you/your family/your house every day and would know the guy climbing over the fence isn't your husband who forgot his keys anyway.

This reminded me of when I was about 12 and me and my mates were being very loud, a head popped out the window with a polite "baby is going to sleep now girls can you keep it down" immediately we apologised, moved a bit away from the house and were a lot quieter. Honestly at that age we were so wrapped up in ourselves it was only when reminded there are other people in the world did we become considerate to them!

OP you've I assume not said anything to the children and just been holding it in and seething hence your starting point of f off. Take a step back, breathe then calmly politely friendly speak to the kids involved. If you've no baby then "boys my absolute favourite show is about to start can you keep it down for an hour please" is a good starting point, see how they respond, if they are polite and considerate for that hour then great communication has opened and you can put up with the noise better and when it's too much pop your head out and talk to them. If the response isn't great well yeah you might need to go to f off lol just remember they will likely take their cue from how you model the conversation so don't go out all angry and aggro, be friendly and if they respond positively make sure you go back outside after your programme has "finished" and thank them. Building a positive relationship with them will get much better longterm results and help these boys become more considerate as they grow. They are just boys playing by the sounds of it and not total hooligans ruining the neighbourhood

At least try the diplomatic route first. Kids are generally OK with a "guys I've got to work, can you take the ball to the park for a bit please". Firm but pleasant. Channel your favourite teacher for tone of voice.

Hi OP

Did the situation change for you? I've got the same issue now. I'm annoyed at myself for letting it get me down. It's been non stop and I've tried asking them to move on because baby is sleeping now. Next day/night they are back.