Neighbours kids jumping over fence.

LittleHollow1 · 2023-04-02T14:40:23+00:00

4 kids that live on that back of me have started to jump over my garden fence and next doors to get balls back. I have just watched them on next doors garden (getting a ball) but one them thought it was okay to have a bounce on the trampoline before going back. One boy kept throwing it over just so the other boy had to get it. Another thing the mother of kids has moved the trampoline right up to the fence so they sit on it staring in everyone's garden. What can I do? I'm dreading the school holidays. Tia

Sockloon · 02/04/2023 15:49

Put a trellis on the fence or plant something spiky, blackthorn , Hawthorne, roses ect. Allo g the edge of the fence.

Leave a motion activated sprinkler in your garden, all reasonable. 👍

Mrsherdwick · 02/04/2023 15:50

Motion activated sprinkler. That’s the way to go!!

AppallinglyReheated · 02/04/2023 16:03

Landmines.

TaunterOfWomenInGeneralSaysSayonarastu · 02/04/2023 16:07

Nobody on MN can fix this for you.
You need to fix it yourself, by speaking with the parents.

It's surprising that your first thought was to create a thread bemoaning the situation, instead of taking the obvious steps. Did you not even tell the kids to stop coming into your garden, or did you just sit passively watching them?

takealettermsjones · 02/04/2023 16:09

Anti-vandal paint along the top of your side of the fence. Plant something spiky at the bottom. Install a motion alarm that goes off like a klaxon.

Cupcakequeen75 · 02/04/2023 16:17

TaunterOfWomenInGeneralSaysSayonarastu · 02/04/2023 16:07

Nobody on MN can fix this for you.
You need to fix it yourself, by speaking with the parents.

It's surprising that your first thought was to create a thread bemoaning the situation, instead of taking the obvious steps. Did you not even tell the kids to stop coming into your garden, or did you just sit passively watching them?

This. 👍

MajorCarolDanvers · 02/04/2023 16:22

In order

1 tell the kids to stop
2 tell the parents to stop the kids
3 trellis

#1 or #2 should fix the problem

KittyAlfred · 02/04/2023 16:46

The boy next door to me used to do this. He’d kick his ball over by mistake, then knock on my door to get it back. One time I didn’t get to the door fast enough so he assumed I was out, and I saw him climbing over the fence to get the ball. After that I told him just to climb over rather than knock. I had 2 toddlers and it was a pain to have to stop what I was doing to keep answering the door. All very amicable.

Fast forward 10 years and it was my kids kicking the ball over. The layout of the garden now means the fence can’t be scaled, but the neighbours are very nice about it, always throwing the ball back without drama.

Balls coming over fences is one of those things, unavoidable if you live in close proximity to others and have kids that play with balls.

it won’t last forever OP, so I’d think carefully before you fall out with neighbours over it.

Bunnyhascovidnoteggs · 02/04/2023 16:49

Let the balls down and throw them back over. When their dps get sick of pumping them up you won't get anymore in your garden..

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LittleHollow1 · 02/04/2023 17:05

It's been caught on the camera while I am at work they don't come on if they notice I'm at home ( washing on the line or my windows open). I have sat and watched them numerous times today on my neighbours garden purposely throwing the ball to get on to it, I'm not going out if they aren't on my garden.
The reason I posted on here is for advice before handling the situation incase anyone else had been in a similar situation, isn't this what this site is for?

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TaunterOfWomenInGeneralSaysSayonarastu · 02/04/2023 17:07

LittleHollow1 · 02/04/2023 17:05

It's been caught on the camera while I am at work they don't come on if they notice I'm at home ( washing on the line or my windows open). I have sat and watched them numerous times today on my neighbours garden purposely throwing the ball to get on to it, I'm not going out if they aren't on my garden.
The reason I posted on here is for advice before handling the situation incase anyone else had been in a similar situation, isn't this what this site is for?

So you have just sat & watched, several times, done nothing about it, but reckon MN will have a magic solution?

There is only one way to fix this: use your words.

ChardonnaysBeastlyCat · 02/04/2023 17:08

Nothing a Rottweiler or two won’t fix.

KittyAlfred · 02/04/2023 17:08

Bunnyhascovidnoteggs · 02/04/2023 16:49

Let the balls down and throw them back over. When their dps get sick of pumping them up you won't get anymore in your garden..

What a lovely person you are.

My neighbours on the other side (not the nice side) are like you. They actually refuse to throw balls back, and are rude if my kids knock. Except my kids don’t really knock any more, as they’ve largely outgrown garden football. But guess what - their 18 year old sits in his sports car revving the engine with his stereo blasting at midnight. I haven’t complained yet but I plan to, if it continues. My point is that there are many ways to piss your neighbours off, and it’s fine to pat yourself on the back for not having ball-playing kids, till your kids do something else antisocial.

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LittleHollow1 · 02/04/2023 17:10

Yes. Thanks

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Ktime · 02/04/2023 17:11

TaunterOfWomenInGeneralSaysSayonarastu · 02/04/2023 17:07

So you have just sat & watched, several times, done nothing about it, but reckon MN will have a magic solution?

There is only one way to fix this: use your words.

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But MN have provided a magic solution - motion activated sprinkler and/or trellis with hawthorn.

If you don’t want to offer solutions, let other MNers get on with it. Other threads are available.

ColdHandsHotHead · 02/04/2023 17:11

TaunterOfWomenInGeneralSaysSayonarastu · 02/04/2023 16:07

Nobody on MN can fix this for you.
You need to fix it yourself, by speaking with the parents.

It's surprising that your first thought was to create a thread bemoaning the situation, instead of taking the obvious steps. Did you not even tell the kids to stop coming into your garden, or did you just sit passively watching them?

Bloody hell, who pissed on your chips?

Original poster

LittleHollow1 · 02/04/2023 17:18

Thank you to everyone who's took time to send a reply I appreciate it.

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Iam4eels · 02/04/2023 17:23

Are they doing any damage or inconvenience (jumping on the trampoline doesn't count) or are they just retrieving their balls and going away again? If the former then, yeah, speak to their parents. If it's the latter than is it worth the hassle? Just put up a trellis so they can't climb and leave it at that.

QuillBill · 02/04/2023 17:27

I wouldn't 'use my words' because unfortunately I have had terrible neighbours in the past and I don't want to fall out with the ones I have now and some people are really unpredictable.

I'd put up,some trellis or put something underneath the fence to stop them. And I'd throw the balls back so that they know if a ball goes over it isn't gone forever.

It's just some kids playing with a ball.

bellabasset · 02/04/2023 17:29

I'd show the images to your neighbours whose garden they're entering, can you give your neighbours copies? Agree between you how to approach it. A good soaking seems a start as well as blocking access.

We had a new neighbour once who put tennis court wire up to about 10' to keep neighbours cats out. One side objected but me and another neighbour grew plants up it which took the light out of his garden. It looked really pretty in the summer though with lights

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LittleHollow1 · 02/04/2023 17:29

I haven't seen them damage anything on my garden ( I can't say for ndn). They are chucking balls over the fence to have a reason the climb over. I think the trellis is the wayforward. It's just rude I wouldn't dream of letting my kid just climb on to someone else's property.

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LittleHollow1 · 02/04/2023 17:32

QuillBill · 02/04/2023 17:27

I wouldn't 'use my words' because unfortunately I have had terrible neighbours in the past and I don't want to fall out with the ones I have now and some people are really unpredictable.

I'd put up,some trellis or put something underneath the fence to stop them. And I'd throw the balls back so that they know if a ball goes over it isn't gone forever.

It's just some kids playing with a ball.

Thank you, and I've always passed the balls back, I don't have an issue at all if I ever saw a ball on garden I would just chuck it over, so why they have just started to jump over is beyond me.

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TaunterOfWomenInGeneralSaysSayonarastu · 02/04/2023 17:33

Ktime · 02/04/2023 17:11

But MN have provided a magic solution - motion activated sprinkler and/or trellis with hawthorn.

If you don’t want to offer solutions, let other MNers get on with it. Other threads are available.

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I offered a solution within half an hour of OP posting.
5th post in.

It's far easier to just politely ask the kids to stop jumping into your garden than go through all the MN contortions suggested here. Although the rottweiler is appealing ...

TheRussiansAreComing · 02/04/2023 17:35

Put carpet gripper along the the top.

Badger1970 · 02/04/2023 17:41

Anti vandal paint is a godsend. Ruins their clothes, Mum will shout "where the hell did you get that from", and they'll be told never to climb on it again. We had terrible issues with kids climbing over our business premises including a tin roof that wasn't strong enough to take their weight. We'd politely knocked on local doors and got a mouthful of abuse as a thanks. Paint stoppped it instantly.