Neighbours kids playing outside early…

[FooFightersFan]

It’s the school holidays and I appreciate that by starting this thread I’m going to sound like a right grump, but here goes…

Our garden backs onto two houses, both of which are owned by couples with young kids. All four parents work from home full time.

The kids (youngest 3, all primary school aged) regularly play outside in the gardens. The houses are new build with literally no plants or shrubs. Just lawn surrounded by fence / brick walls. The noise just bounces around as there is nothing to ‘absorb’ it.

I accept that they are noisy when they play because they are young, energetic and kids!

Now that the school summer holidays are well under way, it’s become apparent that getting up and out into the garden at 8am is their routine. And they shout. A lot.
Then at 10am they go inside and there is silence for a while.

I can deal with it, I have 2 kids and I appreciate that’s what kids are like.

and here’s the “but”…

My son works full time and his room overlooks our back garden. He works 12 hour shifts a lot of days, in hospitality. Most shifts mean he is home around 11pm and in bed by midnight. He’s getting increasingly fed up with the neighbour kids’ morning routine.

During term time, the outside playing is just at the weekend. But now it’s a daily occurrence due to the holidays, I really feel for my son, because being woken up 90 mins before he needs to be up for his next shift is pretty miserable.

WIBU to message or pop round to my neighbours and see if they can encourage their kids to be quieter (a big ask) or to not let them out before 9:00.

I’ve become that grumpy neighbour 😩

Silicon earplugs will sort him out. As others have said, his shifts aren't your neighbours problem and 8am isn't that early.

I am with you OP - 8am for shouting outside is ridiculously early and inconsiderate.

my son gets up at 6am, as do we by default because he comes in every morning. He’s 7.

I wouldn’t be letting him out to play at 8am.

my neighbours have a little yappy dog, at 9pm everynight they let it out into their garden. It literally doesn’t stop yapping. Non stop. Drives me insane. However it’s for twenty minutes and they know it’s annoying so then take it back inside. They’re considerate to their neighbours.

I don’t think it’s fair to ask them to stop playing out 8am. However it’s fair to ask them to keep the volume down.

Absolutely. And anyway how are they sleeping in every day until 11. Until 18 they will be up at 7 for school/college, and then work or uni. At 19 I was doing a full day shift in a hospital in placement 8am -5pm, coming home to study for a couple hours, then off to work at 7pm in a bar until midnight.

School holidays! Mine laid in until late then if he wasn't working. He did have a part-time job for years which he liked and he got up for that. He worked Saturdays from age 14, during the week in the holidays, and for a while when he eventually left school. He had to be there around 09.30 and it wasn't far, one bus from over the road. Laying in bed until late didn't bother me, I always did it as a young person. I'd do it now if I could sleep!