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Basketball hoops in small gardens

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Myneighboursandtheirfuckingbasketball · 11/05/2024 20:53

We live in a new build. Gardens are actually a decent ish size but still...new build gardens. About 30ft sq, no trees or anything yet. My fucking twatty cunty NDNs have astroturfed the entire garden and basically use it as a sports pitch. Football, hockey, tennis and motherfucking basketball. Not one but two bastarding hoops. And not one member of the family is capable of being in the garden for even 5 minutes without thwacking or thumping some kind of ball around. I hate them.

It's a lovely evening. All the other gardens are fairly quiet, you can hear people chatting, bbqing, eating, some quiet ish music.

Not in our garden oh no, thump thump fuckity thump bash. Scream, shout. Repeat. Repeat. So where am I? In the fucking house fuming because its actually impossible to enjoy being in my garden. Even my high pitched shriek over the fence of 'for fuck sake that fucking basketball' didn't even register. It will go on til about 11pm from experience. There are 4 adults out there plus multiple children. They have absolutely zero self awareness, literally do not give a shit how noisy they are.

We are actually looking to move house just to get away from them and I'm going to sell it to whoever appears to be the loudest, most irritating family.

ARGH.

Anyway. AIBU to think that my neighbours are cunts?

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EmmaEmEmz · 06/12/2024 01:30

Curtainqueen · 05/12/2024 14:33

Because you'd have to be a bit thick to put a trampoline on a balcony several floors up?

I meant more the front gardens than balconies. I've never seen a balcony big enough for a trampoline but surely, if it was an enclosed balcony (all the flats by us have enclosed ones) and it was strong enough to hold one, which u imagine they would be, why would it be a big issue?

Not something I'd do because like I said, I bloody hate trampolines, but unless I'm being thick, I wouldn't see sn issue.

mathanxiety · 06/12/2024 01:45

Zombie thread

BettyBardMacDonald · 06/12/2024 01:45

They are the spawn of Satan

Cornflakes44 · 06/12/2024 01:52

EmmaEmEmz · 05/12/2024 08:54

I have four children.

We have football goals and basketball hoop in out garden (along with bikes, slides and other outdoor play equipment except for trampoline)

They're children. They need the exercise and fresh air. They're playing in the garden that we pay for and can use how we want.

In the summer they're out 10am - 9pm and those days are lovely because they barely touching screens, and with teen and tween boys especially, that's important.

We are mindful for no unecesssrily screeching and shouting and to be careful that balls don't go over fences.

This is exactly what I wanted to say. Can't you just enjoy that people are happy and enjoying their garden. It's what it's for. If you don't want noise you might need to move out of a family area.

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