Do I have to give balls back?

sillygoose

I do feel empathy, we have a manic ball kicker-over next door. His 'football dad' encourages him to play and got him a large goal and net. The lad is obviously crap as he can hardly kick any of his many balls more than once with any control at all and they soon all come flying over the fence. Destroying plants, I gave up on solar lights as always they got wrecked.. why the hell shouldn't I be allowed to have what I like in MY garden because my neighbour wants to do what he wants? Wife had one land in her face while lying sunbathing, its not funny its dangerous.

I do throw the balls back but usually take a good few days over it and show them the same respect they do to me and see if there is anything I can damage in their garden with it. I am now resigned to the fact they have created yet another job for me, I am going to add 6 feet high netting fence on top of the already 6 foot fence, perhaps they will take the hint when I turn their garden into something like Alcatraz that maybe little sunshine's talents may be in ping-pong or playing guitar. Sure as heck ain't football!

Anyway op, it sound like you have a fair amount of space in your garden, If I were you then I would be planting a decent hedge along the border. And no you don't have to cut their side, they can do it or leave it, stop being too nice!!!!

mrs_sparrow

sillygoose wrote: »

I do feel empathy, we have a manic ball kicker-over next door. His 'football dad' encourages him to play and got him a large goal and net. The lad is obviously crap as he can hardly kick any of his many balls more than once with any control at all and they soon all come flying over the fence. Destroying plants, I gave up on solar lights as always they got wrecked.. why the hell shouldn't I be allowed to have what I like in MY garden because my neighbour wants to do what he wants? Wife had one land in her face while lying sunbathing, its not funny its dangerous.

I do throw the balls back but usually take a good few days over it and show them the same respect they do to me and see if there is anything I can damage in their garden with it. I am now resigned to the fact they have created yet another job for me, I am going to add 6 feet high netting fence on top of the already 6 foot fence, perhaps they will take the hint when I turn their garden into something like Alcatraz that maybe little sunshine's talents may be in ping-pong or playing guitar. Sure as heck ain't football!

Anyway op, it sound like you have a fair amount of space in your garden, If I were you then I would be planting a decent hedge along the border. And no you don't have to cut their side, they can do it or leave it, stop being too nice!!!!

Trust me, football over an electric guitar where the kids gets no lessons and only knows a few notes...... I'll take the football.

mazza111

mrs_sparrow wrote: »

Trust me, football over an electric guitar where the kids gets no lessons and only knows a few notes...... I'll take the football.

Lol Bless. It's not really my neighbours' kids I dislike, it's hearing them yelling and swearing at the kids. Although then, everything the kids do start to annoy me, the eldest one has been taught to shut the gate to keep his sisters caged, but he bangs it, for what feels like 100 times a day. I think when there's one problem, everything else they do seems to grate on your nerves. I seem to have developed over sensitive hearing wherever they are concerned or maybe I'm waiting for the fun and games to start again. It's just horrible having horrible neighbours. Although they might think i'm horrible for telling the kids not to draw on my new fence, or not to jump in my flower beds. etc.

blossomhill_2

faerie~spangles wrote: »

Burst the balls and then toss them back over to the neighbour.

Collect the dog poo and give it back to them.

Combine the two and you may have your problems solved!

Ash_McCloud

How come he expects you to replace the fence? If he doesn't like yours he should put his own fence up, then his brat can kick balls at it to his heart's content.

sillygoose

mrs_sparrow wrote: »

Trust me, football over an electric guitar where the kids gets no lessons and only knows a few notes...... I'll take the football.

ah... that would be our other neighbour.. you know all those huge drums they played in the Olympic Opening Ceremony? well the other neighbour tries to perform a rendition it seems every (all)day with the lids of his wheely bins.

Judging by the number of times a day the lid is slammed down, their house must be cleaner than an operating theatre as every molecule of waste is instantly ejected from the house 1000 times a day if needed. He is multi-talented though, sometimes he adds musical accompaniment known as the symphony of the 9.30pm lawn mower by moonlight.

Poppy9

mrs_sparrow wrote: »

Trust me, football over an electric guitar where the kids gets no lessons and only knows a few notes...... I'll take the football.

I'll raise you a family of 5 who play the piano at 7am and a daughter who has singing lessons and enthusiastically practises!

faerie~spangles

Leif wrote: »

I would certainly not throw dog poo into their garden and I would not destroy the ball. You just start a feud, and commit criminal offences. Thus far the neighbour is in the wrong, and has no reason to get angry. Stand up to them, don't stoop down to their level.

I wouldn't throw the dog poo into the neighbours garden.

I would bag it and hand it to them:)

candygirl

I'd throw the balls back, only after smearing them with their dog poo:j:j
They sound like nightmare neighbours tbh:(:(

cyclonebri1

mrs_sparrow wrote: »

To keep the dog out go to a fencing place and get some stock fencing - it should cost around £40 and tack it to the posts that are there (I am assuming they are wood) that will temporarily keep the dog out of your garden. If there is no wood you could wire it to the posts or attach some timber and tack it to that.

Now you can either keep it that way and plant some privet in front of it, you can get 3 or 4ft plants for around £2/£3 each, and it'll grow up an just need trimming once or twice a year - this would mean no fence panels ever get broken again. once the lad next door is old enough to stop paying football then get some fence panels and replace them. The stock fencing will cost you around £50 for 32ft.

Or you could get some chain link fencing: http://www.screwfix.com/p/plastic-coated-chain-link-fencing-10-x-1-2m/52027?cm_mmc=GoogleBase-_-Datafeed-_-Outdoor%20and%20Gardening-_-Plastic%20Coated%20Chain%20Link%20Fencing%2010%20x%201.2m

This is a nice self supporting one - looks nicer and is plastic coated: http://www.hardware-ironmongers.com/details.aspx?code=4470854

When our dog got bigger than expect and jumped over next doors garden, this is what we did. We have 130ft and it cost around £120 for the 4ft stock fence, posts and the hire of a post whacker to get them in. I paid a local trademen to come and do the posts and then helped him do the fence. Not grown anything just yet though, it's just fence, and it does the job which was to ensure that my dog did not impose on anyone elses garden.

PS. As they do not like looking at your shrubbery I'd be going with the metal fence anyway. Tell them you cannot afford anything else but if they want to do it then you do not mind.

You don't have to keep the dog out!!!!!! They have to keep it in, full stop, ie, don't spend money.