A FRUSTRATED woman has told how she’s taken drastic measures just to get a moment’s peace from her neighbour’s kids, who relentlessly kick footballs at her fence.
The anonymous woman took to Mumsnet and explained how she’s recently moved into a new property with a “lovely back area.”
However, she claims it wasn’t long before she discovered that her neighbour’s kids have a “penchant for football,” which has resulted in constant balls banging against her fence.
In the post, she penned: “I can’t explain how loud it is to the point where I hear it in my front room even with doors closed and TV on, during summer holidays it is making WFH impossible.
“I’ve been round before and politely asked them if there was any chance of playing football away from the fence, was told ‘I have x amount of boys here, the football will hit the fence’ – so that was helpful.”
She went on to say how the fence is “absolutely knackered from the constant impact” to the point where it’s got so bad, they can see each others gardens.
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The woman continued: “When balls come over I do keep them as its the only time I get any peace.
“When I say I keep them just to be clear they are welcome to come and get them back by knocking on the door but I won’t be throwing them over.
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“Not long ago got a head over the fence to say ‘we’ve looked through the fence and can see the balls in your back we’ve been looking for them can you throw them back’ (this was an adult not a child) – really not comfortable with my neighbours looking straight into my back!”
And to make matters worse, the frustrated woman says she’s recently got a puppy who is terrified of the banging outside.
The post was inundated with messages from social forum users – and responses were very mixed.
“This would drive me nuts and I’d be keeping the balls too,” one person sympathised.
A second agreed: “Yes kids have a right to play and make noise but constantly pounding a football at the fence to the point of damaging it is utterly moronic and unreasonable.”
However, others took a rather different stance and argued that the woman is the one in the wrong.
In response to her comment that the thudding is making WFH impossible, one person questioned: “Why? Does your WiFi cut out with each impact?
“Sometimes you will hear annoying noises from other people’s gardens. That is part of what having neighbours means.
“If the fence is yours and they are damaging it, that is when you can have a moan. But a noise of a football hitting a fence in someone else’s garden is perfectly normal I’m afraid.”
A second penned: “No, it’s reality, in which people of all ages are perfectly entitled to play ball games in their own gardens during the day, because that is one of the things that gardens are actually for.”
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A third added: “Kids need to play. They’re playing football in their own garden. That’s life I’m afraid. When you live around people and especially children, there will be noise.
“Some people cant stand the sound of a dog barking but have to live with it…or move.”
