What time is reasonable for children to be playing loudly in the garden at the weekend

[Chexton]

Ok, loaded question at the top. We have very loud neighbours with young children (2,4,7) who seem to shout and scream in the garden from (what I consider) quite early.

We have young children also but are constantly woken by garden noise.

So, what is a reasonable time in the summer to chuck your kids out into the garden to play?

From about half 9am until about 8pm.

anything earlier or later than that (on a regular basis) is downright rude.

I work all week and like a lie it at the weekends, usually till about 9am. If I had neighbours making noise before then I’d be making noise at 9pm until they got the message.

7.30 weekday, 8am saturday, 9am sunday
However we will walk to the park early if they are desperate to get out!

Inside for the night by 7pm latest

My old neighbours (new build estate) would be out at 5am. One of the daughters would sing loudly (lovely girl but very out of tune), the mum was a generally loud person as well, there was no time they were ever quiet really. Then as the girls became older, parties/karaoke on a Saturday night became a regular occurrence whatever the weather.

They backed on to us. Front neighbours didn’t have enough drive for their 4 cars so there was always coming and goings at all hours, they were South African and loud too. Even if they went on holiday, early hours there would be banging of doors and speaking at the top of their lungs.

I felt like it was in the middle of a noise sandwich. Left in the end, after a particularly bad weekend and cried. Now only have 4 neighbours and 2 are elderly. It’s quieter than quiet.

Ours are out no earlier than 8:30, if i can stretch it out I try and aim for 9:30 but they are 6 and 4 and are usually both up by 6:30. At the other end of the day, if normal British weather then back in by 5 for dinner and no going back out after. In the hotter weather we may say out at 8:00 and back in at 11:30, then possibly back out from 4-5 under the gazebo. We are all very fair and burn really easily, despite using factor 50+.

It used to drive me demented having a toddler who went to bed at 6:30 and couldn't ever sleep in the summer because neighbours kids between 2 and 12 were out careering round screaming their heads off till 10pm some nights.

My kids are teens and I have no idea what time I used to let them out. We have big well spaced out gardens. I don't believe they were ever that noisy unlike the England music which is blaring out two doors down and highly likely to go on until the small hours - which is fine.

9am

earlier is anti social

We had a comment today on the volume of our smalls this morning. They were inside but windows were open 🫣 They were in happy high spirits, laughing, playing together and just having a marvellous time and I was enjoying watching them so much I didn't think to close the windows for about 20 minutes. Was about 6.30am. Oops!

We don't play outside till after 7 on a weekday, 8 on Saturday and 9 on Sunday. Also monitor/regulate screaming/shrieking at any time. Noone wants to be listening to that, not even me!

Not before 9.

I say 9 am at the weekend. Understand why some might go for earlier with a siesta during a heatwave, though I think before 8 is unreasonable regardless.

9 the earliest. Same as I wouldn’t allow mini blondes to be out being noisy

tbh she would still be asleep /chilling in bed at 5/6/7/8/9am

9 ish seems reasonable

Definitely never before 8.

Someone saying 5 am is presumably joking.

That said, I never used to send mine out into the garden to play on weekend mornings - seems bizarre.

@MandemChickenShop said 5am so earlier?!

This. Neighbours near us have young kids they release into the garden and scream their heads off constantly. Today it was 8 a.m. 😡. They get in their trampoline and scream at each other. Parents nowhere to be seen. So annoying

9 at the very very earliest and it would annoy me. If the kids are NT then there is no need for mindless shouting. I’ve had two families live next to me with young kids. One families kids were always screeching while the other families kids just played normally. My Mum also has a family with young kids living next to her and they kids play outside a lot. You can hear them chatting, laughing and playing. It’s lovely. It means that the odd time they are noisy you don’t care as they are generally such nice kids. They are also very polite if they kick a ball over.

parents that let their NT kids screech and shout are lazy and selfish parents. No kid is perfect all the time but continual screeching or shouting is not ok

8am. What time are they sending them out?

I'd say anytime my grandaughter comes out into the garden with me at 7.30am she is 5 but she knows its still quiet time.. I wouldn't let my grandaughter be screeching and being really loud at any time in the day .. play yes but screeching screaming no can't be doing with parents who allow that and dont teach kids to respect a space.

9

I hear my male neighbour coughing and spluttering like youve never heard nearly every morning when going out to his van uggghhhh its 6am feel sorry for his wife.

I don't let mine out (5&7) until 10am on the weekend. If they are climbing the walls then I take them to the local National Trust for a walk. We live rurally so every noise seems to be amplified. With the exception of one house all of them around us are elderly or have teens. Likewise I'll challenge any unreasonable loud noise from 9pm. I think we generally have mutual respect in our little corner.

Weekends 10am and weekdays 9am, but I don't have kids. Why inflict your child's noise on others who might work all week and want a sleep in or just peace for an hour after getting up?

Neighbours had kids a similar age and would let them scream off their front porch at the bin men at 4-5am!

They'd also play with a leaf blower up till 10pm at night and urinate through the fence when a panel came off 😡

In hot weather like this, 7am.

Council rules expect quiet between 11pm and 7am. After that, normal domestic noise like children playing is regarded as acceptable.

9am to 9pm I would say

For a few years my cue to get up during the week was a family, not sure where they lived but it wasn't next door calling out "Bye daddy, have a good day, love you." Sounded like a couple of children about infant school age a couple of streets away.
It was very sweet and they did it every day at about 7:15am. Always made me smile. They suddenly stopped it and I really hoped there hadn't been someone complaining about it.

Anyway, I'd say it depends on the children. If they're screamers, or bouncing loud balls, then probably 9am. General playing noise 8am. Mostly quiet and the odd shout earlier.
Tbf other people's children playing noise very rarely bothers me though.

8am.

No one in my extended family would ever let them be very loud in the garden-we'd take them to the park (except on the rare occasions when all the chlidfree neighbours are away).
It is difficult as some children in the family are SEND, and can't understand the quiet voices because neighbours might be ill/working thing, but we try to manage things.