AIBU to complain about neighbours' children shouting outside until 9pm?

[Oopsadaisy92]

So my DD3 goes to bed around 6.30pm... some might think that early but it works for us... my neighbours 5 kids ranging from 3-10 spend every waking minute until about 9pm outside screaming and shouting and its keeping my child awake longer than necessary - they moved in about 2 months ago. Their property is a council house. Aibu to want to go nuclear and contact the council about it? Does anyone have any tips to manage the situation. The single mother just says sorry my kids are loud when mentioned but doesnt do anything.

9pm is fine for normal family noise sorry. You will get laughed at.

Kids playing outside at 9pm? Yes yabu

😂
Get some black out material, shut the windows and play some relaxing music.

YABVU. Playing outside until 9pm is perfectly reasonable - it isn't their fault that your dd goes to bed so early.

I don't understand the relevance of it being a council house (unless you're being snobby about it) and I don't know what on earth you think the council will do about it if you "go nuclear". Probably just roll their eyes and ignore, I should think.

Sorry but I think you are being a bit unreasonable. 6.30pm bedtime may work for you but others should not need to work around this and be quiet outside. It's everyone else's tea time and after school play time. My 3yo doesn't go to bed until 7.30 and as he gets older this will shift later. 9pm is a bit late for shouting etc but you won't have a leg to stand on complaining about it on the basis of your child having a very early bedtime. The best you can hope for is asking them to keep it down after 8 maybe. After summer it will hopefully not be so late. It is normal family noise, however irritating you find it to your own personal routines

The council wouldn’t be one bit bothered about the noise of children until 9pm, so your “nuclear” has zero power, might give the staff something to giggle about but that’s it.

It’s totally fine, and part of living around other people and families.

Thanks. Its nothing to do with snobby. If I was snobby, I wouldn't live on a street with council houses. Im just saying that there would be an option to escalate if I am being reasonable because if she owned her own home there wouldn't be the same channels would there?

Can you move the child to sleep at the back of the house or whatever is most away from the noise? I have lived in my home for 10+ years and my neighbours are the same even when youngest was 3, his bedtime was 11pm. In summer the whole family sit out on the street till daft o clock, kids running around, shouting and laughing. I am so used to it now but I do feel for you. When the HA was approached by neighbours whose kids used to do same but from 7am, the just said no noise after 9pm and before 8am. So don't expect much from council. Sometimes I used to pray for rain! And winter is a respite. 🙄

What option do you think you have to escalate? The council aren’t bothered about children playing until 9pm OP😂

And the single mother comment?

I hate loud noise, but there's nothing you can do.
Noise is allowed until 11pm and even then, councils aren't going to investigate the noise of kids, even if you go nuclear.

You could report home owners to environmental health if they were too noisy. But honestly, no council is going to be interested in kids playing in their garden until 9pm.

All you can do is soundproof your own home in a way to limit outside noise.
Kids make noise when they play out, far better than being stuck inside playing internet games.

I like how you got council house and single mother in your OP

Top marks for that.

You could contact the council but they won’t do anything since they aren’t breaking any rules.

The most you can do is play some type of white noise to block them out.

You can’t really expect them to quiet down because you choose to put your child down at 6:30pm.

YABU that’s normal.
what do you think the council would do?
even if it was real anti social behaviour there not much they could do in reality no matter how nuclear you’d go 🤣

9pm is tame. In our street we have little darlings screeching up and down the street gone 11pm on school nights. Its a nightmare. I feel your pain.

Thanks for the support! They are put in the rain too. Fortunately the rain sort of dampers the noise. I dont mind the play so much as the arguing its so aggressive when you hear a 3yr old swear. In reality im not going to the council just venting x

No you'd have said that they rent rather than specifically saying that their council tenants if that was true

People in my family work nights so I could argue your child playing out at any time of the day is annoying as they can't sleep.

I feel your pain too. Xx

No, but you would still have the option of reporting them to the police as a noise nuisance.

I agree thats why I always tell my DD that the neighbours dont want to hear you shouting or screaming is for when you are in danger x

Well, YABU to think the council will do anything about children playing out until 9pm.

it sounds like you have grumbled to her, but not really spoken to her properly, would it be possible for the kids to play out at the other side of the house after say 7pm?

Your DD will get used to the background noise & in the long run it'll be good for her
not to need absolute silence to sleep.

Would i? I think if they rented id have to find the property owner wouldn't I which is why I said council x