kids playing football-what do i do??

gregg1

suzysue wrote: »

It is not correct for other people to damage your property. However like myself I originally thought that you were fed up with children playing football near your house and the ball banged on the fence or off your new car. It was only later that you said these children had damaged your property. As I said the only way is to get evidence if they are doing ACTUAL damage.

As I have been in this possition but I am the family with the football. I would rather come to some amicable resolution. Try ringing your local council and ask to speak to your Area housing officer or if they have a liaison officer to deal with a neighbour dispute. Even though your in private accommodation I believe they can still assist.

My boys and their friends have now grown up and the street is full of new children to kick the ball around. If you really can't stand it consider moving as this will happen in your area too.

And what planet do you live on if you think that it is OK for kids to bang a ball off a someone else's new car? Or someone's fence for that matter?

Peater

I recently moved into a flat that overlooks a school playing field. I had a day off last week and got pretty pee'ed off with the kids playing football.

Problem was, there had been a 'sport relief' event the weekend before where they had moved the goal posts (5-a-side) out to the edges to use as markers for the course. They hadn't moved them back sufficiently afterwards so it felt like these kids were literally playing on my patio. The ball hit my fence a few times which was enough for me (bearing in mind i just forked out for new patio windows....).

I had tried to move the nets myself but they were weighted down with 20kg kettlebells on each side. So, i marched out there, told the kids my greivance and got 4 of them to help me move them. They were all silent, no backchat etc (probably behind my back afterwards mind) but i think they were shocked that i actually challenged them..

If you can approach them in a non 'narky' man and explain your issue, then perhaps they will listen? If we (as a nation) tolerate anti-social behaviour, its only going to get worse.

Person_one

alwaysbrassic wrote: »

so true. I feel like this after 6 months. After facing this myself, I really hope things do improve for you. I wouldnt wish it on anyone. Your home is supposed to be your safe haven.

You might need to try and toughen up or chill out a bit.

Unless you can afford a big detached house with acres of private fenced off land round it then there's always a chance you'll end up being disturbed by other people.

You might think leaving your parents house will mean peace and quiet but there's every chance that at some point you'll end up near barking dogs, screeching children, loud music, a tuba player or a late night DIY enthusiast.

Most of us have to live in pretty close proximity to other humans, you need to get a bit more zen about the noise they make or you'll never be able to relax!

shellsuit

derrick17 wrote: »

i am 14 years old and love having a kick around in the street with my mates. we try not to cause the nieghbours any trouble but sometimes someone will have a bad shot and may go in a neighbours garden. we try not to cause these people hassel we just want something to do but it makes it hard for us to have fun when neighbours are on your back about doing damage i have been playing football in my street for a good five years and have never seen any damage being done so i do not see the problem. as for noise we do not play outside after 7 pm which i see to be a fair compramise also we keep as far away as we can from the elderly as it is unfair to disturb them. i do not understand why so many people are on our backs even though most of them have children of there own which will one day grow up and want to play out. i bet it wont be a problem for them then when its their kids. as for not caring i think this is very un reasonable ofcourse we care we would not want to cause any inconvinience for anyone. some people make it out to seem that children playing in the street want to cause damage to other peoples homes this is not the case. we just want to have fun!!

Don't you have a park/sports centre/field/youth club nearby to play in/on instead?

My son is 16 next month and has played football for a local team since he was 5 (so football has always been important to him), but I've never allowed him to play football in the street.

I understand that you are annoyed because you only want to be left alone to play, but you also have to understand that when your balls hits a car/goes into someone's garden, or is bang bang banging all the time off the floor, can be even more annoying for your neighbours.

Lara44

I'm on a corner in a cul-de-sac too. I only object when its two kids pinging the ball off the wall to our house back and forth to each other. The odd bang from a game of footy with other kids is okay. Luckily we don't have a car

Our downstairs side window is barred, and impossible to break - otherwise it would have been smashed up last week! I opened the upstairs window to see what was going on and the kids just saw two eyes peering down at them, which was enough to put them off - result!

vicki488

I have spoken to my councillor and also my local community support officer who is going to organise extra patrols to move them on. I refuse to sit with the racket they make while their parents sit in their houses in peace. The community support officer said that as long as they are playing in a residential area then it is unacceptable. We live in a relativly rural area and there are places they can go, they just can't be bothered. So much for kids play too many video games. I wish these idiots would do that but at the end of the day their parents don't want them in their houses so send them out in rain or shine. It's a massive problem everywhere but reading some of these comments has made me feel like I'm not the only one suffering at the hands of these inconsiderate fools.

alwaysbrassic

Person_one wrote: »

You might need to try and toughen up or chill out a bit.

Unless you can afford a big detached house with acres of private fenced off land round it then there's always a chance you'll end up being disturbed by other people.

You might think leaving your parents house will mean peace and quiet but there's every chance that at some point you'll end up near barking dogs, screeching children, loud music, a tuba player or a late night DIY enthusiast.

Most of us have to live in pretty close proximity to other humans, you need to get a bit more zen about the noise they make or you'll never be able to relax!

because there is nothing more relaxing than the soothing tones of the words c@%t, f@%k etc every night at midnight.

Person_one

alwaysbrassic wrote: »

because there is nothing more relaxing than the soothing tones of the words c@%t, f@%k etc every night at midnight.

I'm not saying its lovely, I'm saying its sometimes part of life and unless you're incredibly wealthy you can't guarantee silence around your home.

I have a noisy neighbour, I don't love the sound of thumping bass at 1am when I have to be up at 5.30 but at the moment I can't make it stop (I'm trying) so I have to try and find a way to live with it rather than letting it ruin my life.

The next person who moves in could have 25 barking dogs or have a rock band practice every day, that's life.

alwaysbrassic

While I'm being more chilled out about it, do you suggest that I find it acceptable to be called a fat c@/t by the youths in the park whilst i am getting my children out if the car, and should just relax when they are urinating against my fence.
I obviously have the wrong perspective on life.

Person_one

alwaysbrassic wrote: »

While I'm being more chilled out about it, do you suggest that I find it acceptable to be called a fat c@/t by the youths in the park whilst i am getting my children out if the car, and should just relax when they are urinating against my fence.
I obviously have the wrong perspective on life.

Well just keep on doing what you're doing if it works for you.