Neighbour kids climbing in my garden

[littleHollow]

Neighbour boys on the back play football against my fence all day long which is annoying but my problem is they climb over into my garden to collect them. I have never kept their balls as I throw them over if I see them on the garden so I don't understand why they keep coming over for the balls. I have caught them I don’t know how many times on my garden and asked them politely to not come on to my garden. The mother is well aware of what they are doing so going to speaking to her I feel isnt going to get me anywhere. As I am writing this I have had to ask them again to not come on to my garden . I have also ask if they could play facing the other way with I have just heard the kids slating me for it. I’m not sure where to go from here. I feel disrespected and feel like I have no privacy and I don’t want to go on my garden as I’m just waiting for balls to come flying over and can’t relax. The kids are polite and do apologies but they are back over the next day. What should I do about it?

Why would you post things that are clearly inaccurate ? Do you know how many people call the police day in day out repeatedly over things ?
of course the police can’t come out for this

Add trellis to the top of your fence so they can't climb over.

I would want to stab the ball and throw it back over too. If the kids and mother don’t listen then start disposing of any ball that comes over.

The Romans used big trenches full of wooden spikes - might be an idea 😀👍

Don’t ask them not to come into your garden TELL them, very firmly

Go and speak to their parents. They may know the kids are climbing over, but they may not be aware you're unhappy about it. The kids probably tell them you said it's fine.
I've not RTFT but no doubt some will suggest keeping or bursting the balls. Don't do that. For one it won't work, they'll just get more, and it will create more animosity than there needs to be. Besides, what kind of person steals or destroys childrens toys? Plenty of MNers it seems.

We reported three things online, not harassment but absorbed car, nice and something else and they knocked on the door stating this was policy.

Stab the balls with a kitchen knife and throw them back.

Trespass is a civil offence, pal.

Spikes/approved deterrents on the fence. Simple.

Go round and let them know you’ve done it so there’s no surprises/accidents.

If she asks why you’ve done it just say that seeing how easy her children can get into your garden has made you rethink your security set up.

The OP would like to keep owning her house but that would solve the garden problem when she ended up handing over her keys to its new child owners🙃

Thanks for everyone’s replies I appreciate it ❤️❤️ I have thought about putting up a trellis but I feel it would just get broken and it would be something else to wind me up. I’m going to have a look at a net possibly if it doesn’t stop the balls it may stop them from climbing over. I’m also thinking about talking to the mother but I can’t see it ending well with how she goes off.

Inform their mother that you're going to be painting your fence, so could she tell the boys not to climb on it as they'll ruin their clothes.

Then put a patch of wet paint/varnish precisely where they climb over every day for the rest of the holidays. You can always sand it down when they're back at school!

The other thing I'd be tempted to do is lob them back so hard that you break things in her garden, but that would probably be unwise 😂.

Alternatively, have you thought about chucking a few balls into her garden, and then climbing over to retrieve them?

I’d stab the balls with a pair of gardening shears and then throw them back over and tell them if they keep coming back over the same will happen to the next lot

Burglar grease.

What on earth does “absorbed car, nice” mean? I’m assuming this is autocorrect but can’t for the life of me work out what you intended to say!

Is it your fence? If it is, put anti climb paint on it.

I have 🫣 god knows what it hit but it went with a loud bang but that only lets the boys know I’ve chucked it back and then come straight out to play with it 😔 I’ve even tried gently putting the ball down but they must have a sixth sense 😅

Buy a couple of well established holly bushes. That will stop them. Any balls that come over, throw them in the bin. Had issues myself with balls coming into my garden. My plants were trashed and my back door hinges snapped due to them forcing a bolted door and climbing over it. Had it on camera and knew the kids and their mother. Presented mother with the video and she denied they were her kids. Her kids have numerous logs in with the police so I added another one and they got a police visit. Haven’t had them terrorising my end of the street since.

If you Google “defensive planting” there are lots of websites suggesting fast-growing spiky plants specifically to deter people from climbing over boundaries. There is even a page on this on West Yorkshire Police website. It is certainly not illegal

My dog has destroyed 2 balls that have landed in my garden because the neighbours kids kept kicking them over the fence .
Quite a few landed and I had to throw them over , eventually my dog got 2 of them and popped them 🤣
One of my friends said “ oh that is a shame your dog ruined the ball , you ought to replace it “
Me “ No way am I replacing their balls “

abandoned car and noise :-)

That's outrageous!!

Another vote for anti vandal paint on the fence along with jaggy bushes along side.