Summertime noise
 

New neighbours with a child and lots it appears child friends. In ground pool.

And the noise of children screaming, hooting n hollering starts about 10am yesterday went to 9pm. Today 10am still on going will see when it ends.

I truly am not a grouch - I do like kids to enjoy themselves, but 10-11 hrs seems a bit much. I do my best to keep my dogs quiet - and that is not so easy with the noises next door.

So I am wondering say something? If so what? sheesh youd think I would have things sorted out by now

If the parents are not considerate of their neighbors, I would let the dogs do the talking instead of you. Kids can have fun in a pool without all the hooting and hollering. It's a ticklelish situation, we always wanna be on some sort of friendly terms with neighbors, I would just let the dogs bark back at this disturbance. Maybe the neighbor will get the hint that their kids carrying on makes the dogs go nuts.

I feel your pain. I bet now that the kids are out of school it will be worse. I don't have the constant noise that you do though. I don't think I could handle that. We now have neighbors that have kids. They make enough noise on their own. Now they have made friends with other kids in the neighborhood. Our condo area has always been so quiet. Fortunately it is quiet enough in the house. The problems start when I take the pups out to go potty. They are on scooters and of course the dogs start barking. I have asked them not to come so close to the dogs, but I guess they have trouble hearing. Luckily, there is one boy that is pretty respectful and he tries to tell the others to stay away. I had some great news the other day. The family with the out of control boys are moving. Whoo Hoo!! Hopefully, things will get better. I'm sorry you have such a dilemma. I wish I had some answers for you. Other than moving, I don't know what you can do. I hope you can find a solution soon.
Sorry. :(

Maybe take a few cheap squirt guns or the like over to neighbors and explain that you know kids are having fun and all, but could they please tone it down after 6-ish so everyone can enjoy summer nights sans the noise. I think neighborly consideration is a reasonable request. Returning from an early morning walk, lady asked where Piper had been swimming; no swimming, just a little dog walking through wet grass!

Lol wet grass lol.

Quiet hours?
 

Here are a few scattered ideas...........Ask the neighbors over and introduce them to the dogs so the dogs know who is making the racket. Tell the kids about the dogs, how they react to noise, and see if the kids might suggest ways they could "help" - kids can sometimes come up with some creative solutions. Ask how they would like you to signal them if the noise is a "little too loud." Maybe you could suggest some quiet hours, early and later in the day that are noise free zones. And, offer your assistance if they need something.




Some neighbors will, of course, never try or comply. Hopefully, this might be a one of those that surprises you. One of these kids may "adopt" you and the dogs :)

I agree with some of the suggestions above and I wish that the adults in the home were a bit more considerate of the neighbors. I would say something at least about the morning noise. I was brought up to only go outside and ask/play with friends after 12Noon and had to be home by the street lights so I would say something along those lines.

I have no suggestions - children get on my nerves and their parents even more so.

I hope someone offers you some good suggestions - I hate when Teddy gets all manic because of needless noise. Like you say, we try our best to stifle our yappy dogs but who is trying to not set them off in the first place besides us?

I have no suggestions - children get on my nerves and their parents even more so.
I sooo totally adore you! And am in complete agreement! So dang funny!

:thumbup:

I just DIED :) :) LOL!

I like BayleighL's ideas. It could work.

I've lived all my life with kids of various ages playing and swimming(next-door neighbors have had a pool these last 10 years or so) next door and often running into my front yard(and backyard at times) without that level or length of noise harassment. Noise that is that loud and sustained enough to make a neighbor's life miserable is usually illegal in the city and neither normal nor necessary for kids to thoroughly enjoy themselves so I'd probably walk over with a box fully loaded with iced and soft-serve cookies, iced and cream-filled cupcakes, doughnuts, goodies of all kinds and bribe them in the friendliest way into teaching their kids how to have fun without screaming to capacity day and night. It's entirely doable. These days too few parents seem to worry about how loud their kids get - amazes me at time that they put up with it themselves. Hint there could be more to come if the outcome if favorable.
And I'd probably secretly record the meeting just for my safety's sake.

Good luck!

Kids are people, too.
 

I have (they are grown) 4 kids and now 7 grandkids. I love when my yard is filled with happy kids sounds. I also taught jr. high special ed and I loved those kids. And, they can be great when rallied to a cause. Someone has to be willing to mentor children. And, actually, in a world where families are often away from family, someone needs to mentor families. I totally get the neighbors can be rude thing, we've experienced that, too. But more often I have found that making real connections reaps rewards, like when we had a backyard wedding and I needed the surrounding neighbors to not mow, weed whack, etc. on primetime. My kids learned to respect "elders" when we were the only young family in a neighborhood filled with retirees still living in their homes. I started a Neighborhood Watch program and that became the vehicle for us to get to know some truly special people who became grand-neighbors to our children as they were born. Did they all want to listen to our kids - of course not! We need families who love their older neighbors and our (sometimes) yappy dogs. We are our best ambassadors. I truly hope all works out well for you.

Yep, having a conversation, a good get-to-know-you sitdown with that person who may be driving you nuts often starts out positively with a whole box of goodies, a frank but very thoughtful bribe. Says I care about you as a person or as a family, even if you have been giving me headaches and want you on my side so here's a peace-offering; now, let's get to know one another! Sweets are a great ice-breaker, a way into another's heart, right through the stomach, lol.

Sure hope something works so the neybs come to see that their raucous kids are giving their neighbor a bad time and that they must respect all neighbors' reasonable wishes and needs if they want to be considered good neighbors. Having grown up a fun-loving swimmer myself and raised an overtly active outdoorsy, sports-loving kid of my own who had a whole block of friends who all seemed to live here, too, I know it's not necessary to continually scream and yell having fun doing anything.

Maybe after the visit, Gemy can have her peaceful home back. Who knows, one day those same kids may be carrying her groceries in, bringing her flowers or scaring off a would-be burglar when Gemy is away from home. Kids all over the place can discourage bad guys from breaking into a home, shooting the dogs and walking out with all the valuables.

Hahaha.. totally.

Gemy, your situation reminds me of my parents' previous home. Their kids would play in the pool all day and late into the night too. After 11pm! Unfortunately our city has no definitive noise bylaw. It's something subjective like "shouldn't be a nuisance to others". In the city where I work, we have strict noise bylaws, specifying the hour of the night when people need to shush, which is nice.

I have no suggestions, but I feel your pain!