Our Neighbors

sparklestar · ‎03-09-2010

Making our lives so unpleasant and miserable. The boy just turned eight and they got him a full size basketball hoop which he can't even reach with the ball so the father is playing with it, and the kid is screaming and pulling on his shirt. A four-wheeler that sounds like a chain saw, and a youth compound bow. So now my relaxing Sunday afternoon has turned into the pounding of a ball on the driveway right next to our LR windows, the sound of the bike's motor, and that kid screaming. The bow really bothers me because we have birds, rabbits, and squirrels in our yard. I don't think they (the bow) are even allowed within the city limits. We reported them once because they have an open fire pit that's against code. This guy thinks he is so special he does not have to follow the laws and rules like the rest of us.

deepwaterdotter · ‎03-09-2010

Have the police cited them for any legal violations?

3suwm5 · ‎06-15-2016

We have had some neighbors in our day, too. I can only suggest you run a fan in the house, to drown out the noise.

As far as the bow situation, I really have no idea what to do regarding that - sorry.

I do understand your pain, I feel for you. Some people are just impossible and you can't let yourself go crazy. It isn't worth it!!

AuntG · ‎03-09-2010

Funny how every neighborhood seems to have one. We don't have any particular issue with the problem family but they purposely do things to get people angry, like mowing lawn at 7am on Sunday.

itiswhatitis · ‎05-27-2016

@sparklestar wrote:
Making our lives so unpleasant and miserable. The boy just turned eight and they got him a full size basketball hoop which he can't even reach with the ball so the father is playing with it, and the kid is screaming and pulling on his shirt. A four-wheeler that sounds like a chain saw, and a youth compound bow. So now my relaxing Sunday afternoon has turned into the pounding of a ball on the driveway right next to our LR windows, the sound of the bike's motor, and that kid screaming. The bow really bothers me because we have birds, rabbits, and squirrels in our yard. I don't think they (the bow) are even allowed within the city limits. We reported them once because they have an open fire pit that's against code. This guy thinks he is so special he does not have to follow the laws and rules like the rest of us.

Want to trade places with me? I'll take your basketball if you take my band in the garage neighbors and loud music until 2:00a.m.(2) neighbors. How about it? The filthy neighbor with dog poo on my property is cool now took 6 years of fussing.

Hit me up if you're interested.

*Call Tyrone*

GCR18 · ‎07-03-2013

Maybe they will violate the noise ordinance. Unfortunately, it will get worse over time. The neighbors across the street put up a basketball hoop for their son. He didn't do much with it until he was in high school, then he'd have friends over and they'd play until 11pm. I grew to hate basketball. Luckily he went away to college, then the house was sold. It's still there. The new boy living there is about 5, so it may happen again.

If you can't talk with them about it, the only other option is to turn them in if they are really loud. What about the other neighbors. Maybe you can band together.

itiswhatitis · ‎05-27-2016

@deepwaterdotter wrote:
Have the police cited them for any legal violations?

"...any ILLegal violations?

*Call Tyrone*

MyGirlsMom · ‎03-09-2010

This is a very interesting thread. We moved here in 1997 and most of the kids were the same age - now many have grown older and moved on. In the mean time we've had several houses built as well as bought and sold.

Our children are young adults and in college and I miss the 'the sounds of summer'. Across the street from us are two boys who have a basketball hoop and they like to play until 10:00 and guess what? My husband and I don't mind a bit. We LOVE the sound of children playing and having fun.

We live in the country and I detest the sound of gun fire..rapid paced gun fire ...which is perfectly legal where we live. I'll choose quads and basketball over that any day.

Keep Your Face To The Sunshine and You Will Not See The Shadow

Ms X · ‎09-13-2012

Your feeling about this intrusion is entirely legitimate, but my neighbors have a basketball hoop outside my living room window as well. They've raised their own kids, then their eldest daughter's foster kids. All of the neighborhood kids play on our dead-end street and I park away from my house to give them room to play. I love the sound of the kids playing in the street! Oddly, the boy who uses the basketball hoop looks like my nephew. This kid reminds me so much of my nephew that I can't object no matter how much he bounces that danged ball!

The couple who owned the house before me didn't enjoy the kids, which is totally legitimate, but I just love having them here. At one time, I'd have neighborhood children literally climbing in my kitchen window while I was drinking my morning coffee, so, of course, I had to draw a line.