AIBU football in the garden at 8am on a Sunday

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We all have quite small gardens with fences backing onto each other (as is the case for many in the uk). One of the houses have children who are into lots of sports and regularly play football/cricket/basketball throughout the days/weekend.
Although the football being constantly hit against the fence/basketball being bounced and the general shouting which goes with this (not to mention the shear volume of balls in the neighbours gardens) is annoying and very loud it is nice that they are able to play out.
However when it comes to early morning's AIBU to expect there to be some limits set on how early this is happening and there should be some consideration given to the neighbours?
During the working week they are out as early as 7am and this Sunday they were in the garden kicking the ball against the fence at 8am!

Honestly OP you're completely reasonable, you can just see from the responses you've had how many entitled people there are in the world. At weekends no one should be out making loads of noise at that time in the morning, it's selfish and inconsiderate whether it's paying football, mowing the lawn, or whatever. If the kids are up and need to blow off some steam then their parents should be taking them out to the park instead.

You can't tell them to go inside.
They shouldn't be banging the ball against the fences constantly though.

Are most people not up anyway by 9am weekends and 7am weekdays? Kicking a ball against your fence is unacceptable at any time of the day, and so is screaming and shouting in the garden, but I don't think we need to be keeping children indoors at a normal up and about time.

I'm always up early (invariably awake by 6), but I really relish a bit of peace and quiet for that first couple of hours at weekends.

I was seething this morning when the builders working at the house across the road rocked up at 9am and started making a monstrous fucking racket. I accept that building noise is part and parcel of living in proximity to others, but having to endure it for at least 13 consecutive days is a bit much.

I don't object to people having parties now and again, dogs barking don't bother me much, I've acclimatised to the woman across the road having noisy supermarket deliveries very early in the morning and late in the evening (3 deliveries a week!), and even the guy along the road who starts up a noisy Ducati at 7am to go to work doesn't bother me. But the ghastly whine of angle grinders and circular saws is really starting to get on my tits, especially when it's too hot to keep all the windows closed.

Letting kids out to play noisy ball games at 8 on a Sunday is a bit much imo, and I'm afraid it would piss me off, too.

But it’s been roasting! When else are they meant to play.
look maybe op should have asked for no football to be kicked at the fence but I’m not surprised she got their backs up telling her neighbours kids to go inside til 9! That’s entitled, not some poor lads enjoying their weekend

If the fence is yours lean over and paint as far down as you can with anti climb paint...

Whilst it's a bit early for my liking 8am until 10pm is fair game legally so unfortunately you have probably upset them and they will do it more! Manners and common sense aren't distributed equally

No. I'm not up at 9 a.m on a Sunday.

I would find it hard to be considerate with my late night music if they can't be considerate with early morning banging.

Because people get up early for work during the week and they'd like a lie in on Sundays. Obviously.

I entirely agree with you. It has been too warm to play out in middle of the day for the last week and the summer hols were mostly a washout. Kids should be encouraged to be out getting fresh air. Telling them to go back in until 9am is so entitled and won't help on going relationship with the neighbours.

Noise from neighbours is to be expected if you live in a community.

But consideration for others does make it a better place to live for everyone.

I think YANBU op. It sounds as if you are very tolerant of their constant ball games and noise throughout the day, but being woken up early on a Sunday is a step too far.

I would go to see the parents. Couch it as apologising for being grumpy this morning. Say how lovely the kids are and how much you enjoy hearing them playing in the garden, but would it be possible to be quiet before 9am on a weekend? Anyone reasonable will agree. If they don't then there's nothing you can do except wait for them to be teens who sleep until lunchtime and wake them at 7am every morning with your lawnmower, leaf blower etc

Thanks for the responses.
When I spoke to the parents I asked that ball games in the garden please be limited to 9am on a Sunday only. I did not demand anything. Of course I have no objection to anything else so long as it is considerate. But I accept maybe it came across wrong and hence the parents reaction.

The problem with the ball games is that they are soo loud. Basketball against a hard surface or cricket/footballs being hit against a wooden fence.

Yes the children are back at secondary school. But the ball games are generally daily before/and after school and all day yesterday.

Daytime I can live with, even though we have a park literally around the corner, but being woken up by it twice this week was the final straw.

that's what football clubs are for... Take your kids to play on a real football field, in a real team. (or rugby club, or cricket, swimming, any club!)

Better football, more interesting than a tiny garden, meet with friends, leave the neighbours in peace.

Everybody wins.

Whoever is rude enough to wake neighbours up at 7am or 8am can't complain when they retaliate with loud noise late evenings.

I would be playing loud and very inappropriate rap songs to teach them a few new funny words 😂

@DoubleTequilaSunrise great idea, though DH is currently considering drums or bagpipes

So glad I don’t live next some of these entitled posters.

It’s hot

my kids have been up at 5.30 every day this week, 8am is practically lunchtime to us. We were out at 8 am this morning albeit they know they can’t shout in the garden. Keeping them in any longer would be like trying to cage two deranged ferrets.

Is the sound of a ball really that annoying?

parents can’t win - it’s either “kids don’t play out these days and are always on bloody screens” or “they are making too much noise outside”

🙄

YANBU at all, but I agree with @Rollawaythestone and @MatthewsMumFromTikTok you can't dictate what time they come out into their own garden, and that, by not handling it well, you've probably not helped the situation at all.

Is the sound of a ball really that annoying?

Yes.

parents can’t win - it’s either “kids don’t play out these days and are always on bloody screens” or “they are making too much noise outside”

why does it have one or the other? Most of us manage to find ways to let the kids let off steam without being a nuisance for the neighbours. It's a lazy cope out to play the "parents can't win" card.

Tbf there is a compromise there.

OP has said she, and the other neighbours, don't mind the noise during the day and are happy to pass the balls back etc.

I don't think 'loud games after 9am on a weekend' is that unreasonable.