Kids screaming in garden next door!

[WorkHardPlayHard1]

So for the 5th time this Spring/Summer, the kids next door are playing happily and very loudly in the garden next door directly into the open door of my kitchen.

I really like the adult neighbours (their parents) and really don't want to fall out with then.

Any suggestions of how to approach this as can't bear the idea of a full Summer of screeching kids! They are 10 and 7! 😬

Two options spring to mind.

Shut your door.

Kill them.

As someone who can only sit in the garden wearing headphones, you have my sympathies!

Shut your door maybe?

They are kids, playing in their own garden in nice weather, dont be that person

Buy a house with no neighbours?

I can be a miserable git but as long as it’s not stupidly early/late I couldn’t get wound up about this

No advice unfortunately as I have the same problem. Young kids out screeching until 9.30pm last night which set of every dog in the area.
My garden used to be quiet and peaceful but literally never sit in it now.

Are you my neighbour? 😂 In all seriousness though, it’s up to their parents to ensure they aren’t screeching & screaming. A certain amount of noise is to be expected, but screaming isn’t allowed at all in my house and my kids are brought inside if they can’t be considerate. Laughing, talking (loudly at times) = fine, but anything louder isn’t. I’m not sure how you’d tackle this though; if their parents don’t think it’s inconsiderate (it is) then it’s difficult!!

Wow. Kids doing what kids do. In their own garden. FIVE times this year.

Terrible.

Kids screaming and screeching at the top of their voices is simply not necessary. There is a different between that and what I would consider normal noise. And there is certainly no need for it to go on for hours

Op I would simply have a chat with the neighbour if it’s all day, noise really carries so it wont just be you affected. B6 all means play, just don’t scream

No advice unfortunately as I have the same problem. Young kids out screeching until 9.30pm last night which set of every dog in the area.

I know people like to sympathise with the OP, but that's hardly the same situation. 9.30pm is very different to children out playing in the middle of the day.

As for the OP, I would close your door as it will help muffle the noise, but I wouldn't complain about children playing.

This can't be real 😂 shut your door or move yourself to a remote location with no neighbours? Let kids be kids ffs

Sympathies OP. It’s hard when you want to relax and it’s noisy.

I really try and stop my kids screaming or arguing in the garden as I think it’s not fair on neighbours - but if they are playing happily and it’s not too late or early I think it should be ok and expected for children to play in their own garden. Half term is nearly over and they will be back at school next week.

Your poor kids

Give them all iPads as gifts, then you can moan about them having too much screen time as well?

YABU

Oh for the love of god. They have every right to be out in the garden, making as much noise as they please considering they’re children and we hardly get the nicest weather (assuming you are UK based)

either shut the door, or wear headphones.

We live in an increasingly intolerant society where we are forced to live on top of eachother, but can't actually stand eachother and all want our own space and peace. That world doesn't actually exist except from islands in the middle of nowhere and the people who already have that life all want to live in the intolerant society instead.

Sometimes when you live next to other humans there's going to be noise that irritates you at times you don't want to hear it.

I had kids myself and brought up two gc's as well. Always kept an eye on the noise levels, no early morning, late noise and tbh they did not do the screaming thing. But a family bought a second home near us and my God, I have never heard anything like it. Parties in the shared courtyard until gone midnight, screaming shouting, fires. Next morning it would begin again at first light around 6 am. Constant screaming, kicking balls over and even using a bat to hit stones into our garden. Parents seemed to be in their late fifties, early sixties and they were foster parents. But they were totally hostile people. The kids even told us they went out and left them. Hmmm. Anyway, long story short, when they sold up it was our turn to have a party.

If you say the parents are okay, you could have a polite word but I don't hold out a lot of hope.

I guess you are new to Mumsnet, there will be an influx of these threads now the weather is warming up

Move house to where you have no neighbours.
It's not fair to expect children not to have fun in their garden when it is warm and during the school holidays especially.

Seriously, I feel kids don't actually talk anymore- they just scream.

I just don’t agree that children should be allowed to make as much noise as they like. I allow my kids to play in the garden, laugh, chat, call over to one another, but any screaming and screeching they are told to stop and come inside.

No psychological harm or sad / withdrawn kids so far as far as I can tell.

Why? She's not expecting other than reasonable consideration. Just no prolonged screaming. She's not stopping them laughing and talking.

Foster parents going out and leaving their charges.

How old were the kids?

You made a point of mentioning it, so you obviously felt it wasn't appropriate for them to be left unattended. Presumably you reported them to the authorities?

Are they actually "screaming"? I think a lot of people say that when it's normal kid noise. Honestly, if they are constantly screaming in the genuine sense, I'd be worried.

We have only ever bought detached houses with no immediate neighbours as I don't like the risk of lots of noise (parties, etc.), but kids playing wouldn't bother me.