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?

My tried and tested method is to let the balls down before throwing them back over.. . When their dps have to keep pumping them up and impacting THEIR lives the dc will be more careful.

Spikes on the fence.
Big dog.
Camera and police involvement

Id also when throwing back fucking lob them back at her house preferably hitting their windows

I did this and it hir their bins sending them rushing out panicking woth the noise. Followed it with more thrown at equally full force

Inconsiderate bitch

It's mean but effective — start collecting all the balls then donate them to charity. Or just keep them for a few months before returning them.

Say you'll start throwing balls back when they learn to stop coming in your garden.

We found older children were using younger ones to climb over the fence against their will. Mother didn't care. The kids did when they didn't have footballs anymore.

You are being disrespected OP. You can tell them until you are blue in the face not to go into your garden but they will keep doing it because of their mother's attitude. To say, " dont know why she throws the ef*ing balls back to her kids" is the problem. If you went round and spoke to her, then i feel you will get a mouthful from her. It is just the attitude of they can do what they like.
I would put netting around where the balls are coming over your fence or could you put in some higher fencing. Than again, you shouldnt have to especially when you are being neighbourly and throwing the footballs back.

I have two boys and they play football in the garden all the time. We have lovely neighbours and when the footballs fly over my boys will wait until they get throw back over into our garden.They wouldnt dream of going next door. Same with neighbours, as there dc's have balls come over and we throw them back. It is called respect and your neighbours haven't any and are entitled. Good luck.

Another vote for anti-climb paint or grease on the fence.

Just because the mother is aware they do it doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t go round and ask her to stop them doing it.

Loose your shit woman! Go round get hold of the mother tell her if it happens again you are coming for her... be mean be nasty use language like a navvy and show her up. You have to make them more frightened of you than they are. I appreciate it is not lady like behaviour but used rarely and effectively it works..well ,it has for me!