Neighbours kids

[Lazym]

Hi, i know I'm going to get mixed comments on this but aibu for expecting a bit of peace on a Sunday morning until 10? Already, neighbours one side have been out moving cars about to clean, young daughter has been out on her bike and ringing the bell. The other side who are just selfish tossers anyway have had their small kids outside banging, screaming before 9am and our bedroom window, which is right by their garden, is open because of the heat, (still hear them even if the window was closed anyway). So aibu to expect them to keep it down a bit or is it just a case of "oh well we're up and awake so f* anyone else?" When my kids were younger, not long ago, I wouldn't dream of letting them out before a reasonable time.

I think 10am is far too late and 8am is fine! In hot weather like this people often like to do stuff before it gets too hot and children wake up early. For me personally, Sunday is my only day off at the weekend so I would want to get on with things. Unless it was anti social behaviour I would be absolutely fine with it. Do you live in a really quiet place? I could hear people walking about and talking outside about 3am last night!

I grew up in 70s and certainly we were told to make no noise for 9am Saturday and 10am Sundays. I’ve always stuck to that , never use mower, car vacuum, or even talk outside before that

BUT I now live next door to a couple of young girls with quite severe disability and SEN. I woke this morning at 7am because they and dad were outside playing and there was some squealing- not that loud and their normal level. I was momentarily annoyed. But, I also then realised that it was cool, it would get hotter today, the girls have probably been up for hours and parents are like f*&£ing saints in my eyes for taking on these girls ( they fostered, then adopted) . So, after giving myself a stern talking to I got up and made a cuppa
by 8am there was quite a lot of noise- everyone around me has windows open trying to cool houses and noise was carrying well.
we only get this type of weather up here in NW occasionally, this year has been exceptional, so I need to put up and shut up. Next year it’ll probably be back to damp NW summers and doors and windows will be shut and small kids will have to be kept indoors.

Yes, fair comment and we do/did leave in a quiet place. Tbh we get on ok with one side (car washers) and their property is situated differently to the other sides (their garden is further away from our house and the other sides garden is literally a couple of feet away from bedroom window and they're bungalows).

There's a difference between an adult pottering around in the garden/hanging out washing/eating toast and children ringing bike bells/the noise of a car being washed/kids screaming and banging.

I would happily sit out at 6am and have a cuppa in the garden. That's not going to bother anyone. Screaming etc at 8 am? Absolutely not. Sure, some children and parents may have been up since 6, doesn't mean the whole street needs to be. I'd really rather not hear my own kids at 8am on a Sunday, but that's the life I chose for myself. My childless neighbours next door did not choose that life. So I don't impose it on them.

Same here 70s/80s child, maybe things have changed? Maybe I should've made a cuppa and had a word with myself, instead I came on here!😬

This! Thank you😊

I’d absolutely hate this. But although it’s annoying I suppose maybe parents are getting the children outside now so they can come in at hottest point of the day.
I guess if I had small children I’d find it less annoying and if I liked my neighbours I’d find it less annoying.

We all know that people who are not up at 7am on a Sunday are a waste of space and totally useless to society wasting their life. As if we don't have the same 24h in a day.

I always find it interesting that making fuckton of noise at 8am is totally acceptable and to be expected but then noise in the evenings is totally unacceptable.

I think 9am is a reasonable time. Continued squealing, barking, loud music or talking (inc phone convos) is out of order but I'd expect all of those intermittently, especially over the summer. Even the odd party.
I wouldn't be calling on someone (ringing bell) at 9 though, unless it was prearranged.

8am is not a reasonable time to make noise on a weekend. Also what time do your days end that you can't wait till 10?!

If a person day is 16h then according to my calculations her day is 2am-6pm. So I'd argue waiting till 8am is showing a lot of restraint!

When it's so hot, I think 9 is fine. It's already too hot to be out for long here.

Screaming that early isn't though, nor is using a noisy car washer at 7.45!

9am is acceptable. That's what time I started mowing my lawn this morning and I wasn't the only one.

Next door neighbours kids are the same. Screech at the top of their lungs, repeat the same phrase and yell it for hours on end, shout to each other even though they are only next to one another. Really selfish and another reason why I hate the warmer months.

We are potentially The Noisy Family here (two ND boys including ADHD, Tourette’s etc etc, a dog who hates squirrels, we use our garden a lot as an extension to the house which we have outgrown but can’t afford to move, I like having music on when I’m gardening etc)…

HOWEVER! I make sure my boys are quiet in the garden after 8pm as I know one side has a 5yo and their bedroom windows look over our garden and they are open in this heat (because I remember the bedtime struggles in summer when mine were small) and have told that neighbour to text me if we’re ever too loud. This morning I waited until 10:30am to strim and mow as the other side is a young couple (and I remember precious Sunday lay ins pre kids).

I don’t think it takes much to be good neighbours- it also helps them be more tolerant to our daytime and evening family noise!

I let mine out at 9, 10 is ridiculous

You sound Incredibly selfish

10? You're kidding. In this weather (or any) I'd be happy to hear kids out early. You have neighbours you have noise.
Maybe it's my area but there was even an organised 'let's beautify our street' drive and as so hot the call was to start at 8am planting up around a couple trees on the pavement this morning. I'm sure they weren't particularly quiet!

I like it when I hear my neighbours/kids etc making noise . I don't care how loud it is.

Agreed, it might be who I'm moaning about😆 seriously, these are the sort of posters that I can't be doing with. Can some people not get their point across without being rude with it?

You must be an early riser or a deep sleeper!

I think 9am is fine for a Sunday. Many people do shift work and it's hard to please everyone.

My pet peeve is bifold doors on semi detached houses. I like the concept of bringing the outside into your home, but where I live it's achieved the reverse.The inside is out, Glastonbury blaring whether I want to hear it or not !.

You're an asshole then. Just because you're awake, doesn't mean everyone else has to be. Hopefully karma will sort you out. Utterly selfish.

My NDN-but-one chucks her screamy kids into the garden at 6am whenever it’s sunny and warm. She herself has a voice like a foghorn and you can hear the family coming down the street from half a mile away.

Drives me mad that some people are just so LOUD. No doubt she has no concept of it at all.

YANBU about the screaming - shouldn’t be happening at any bloody time.

I think in this heat it’s perfectly acceptable to be out and about earlier than normal. Be that getting the children burning off energy, walking the dogs etc to then have everyone in / relaxed at the hottest point of the day. I’d then expect it would probably get louder again as it cools down the evening.

Mine have been in all day by their choice the silly sausages.