ARGH - basketball next doors

[Taxman59]

I recall a local convenience store had a problem with loiterers, and started playing loud classical music to drive away the kids. The kids tried to get the cops to enforce a noise ordinance, but they refused. After a week or so, the kids moved on. I suggest that you pick a time when you really need to work each day, and during that time play some annoying music (annoying to the kids) and wear headphones. After the "work time" turn off the music and suck it up. After a few days of a set schedule, the kids will figure it out.

 

[Big_Hitter]

I recall a local convenience store had a problem with loiterers, and started playing loud classical music to drive away the kids. The kids tried to get the cops to enforce a noise ordinance, but they refused. After a week or so, the kids moved on. I suggest that you pick a time when you really need to work each day, and during that time play some annoying music (annoying to the kids) and wear headphones. After the "work time" turn off the music and suck it up. After a few days of a set schedule, the kids will figure it out.

that could be disturbing the peace

we had a guy that lived on our golf course and played very loud classic rock music during the day (while he was away at work) cause he was mad about the early morning mowing necessary to maintain the course - all it did was get him in trouble with the law. he finally moved

nothing like lining up a birdie putt to led zeppelin tho

 

[Taxman59]

that could be disturbing the peace

Depends on the volume. To my kids when they were young, anything audible was way too loud! Now, they enjoy similay music to me, so it wouldn't work.

 

[braumeister]

I recall a local convenience store had a problem with loiterers, and started playing loud classical music to drive away the kids.

Seems to be effective. Last time I was in downtown Denver I recall several stores along the 16th Street Mall doing that. No loitering in front of those places, and I thought it was delightful to walk along and hear it. It wasn't very loud, but could clearly be heard from across the street. The teenagers hated it.

 

[Sue J]

When my kids were of the age where they played basketball outside our elderly curmudgeon neighbor would stand outside banging bricks together. I had no idea what he was doing. Then I realized he was imitating the noise from the basketball! He and his wife always resented that we had children without asking them first and the basketball hoop became a real problem. (or maybe the real problem was that they moved in next to a 4 bedroom house in a family neighborhood)

When he found that wasn't effective he started calling the police on us. We didn't know about that until a patrol car stopped by to tell us that whenever our neighbor called they would drive by and see our son behaving just fine in our driveway. The officer told me the city likes to see kids outside playing in their own yards, but please end it by 9pm. We don't have an outside light on the driveway so basketball after 9pm wasn't happening anyway.

 

[Texas Proud]

Three years ago after retirement DW and I were looking to relocate to another state. We saw one really nice house in a really nice area that we would have considered, but I noticed the next door neighbor had a beautiful basketball court that took up most of their back yard. It was also well lighted for play after dark. That was all I needed to see to know to move on.

When I was looking for this house... I visited one... it was next to a tennis club... I was thinking I would be OK with it until I went out the back door... for some reason the lot was odd shaped and a tennis court jutted toward the back door and was literally 5 feet away... that was the end of that house... it was a nice house and was a good price, but the price was still not low enough for that....

 

[ExFlyBoy5]

My noise complaint is crows! Our neighborhood was built in the late 70s and at the time, builders didn't have the need to moonscape the entire neighborhood, so it is full of many, many large, old trees. It's very nice as the wildlife is abundant and it is really an oasis in the ATL 'burbs. But...not too far from us, a large tract is being developed (a little over 50 acres) and the developer has taken down all but two trees. This has resulted in a very large clearing that the crows love to forage in. Accordingly, for 2 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the evening, we get to listen to hundreds of crows that hang out in the trees around us. It's absolutely the most annoying wildlife sound I have ever dealt with.

 

[bltkmt]

If I was the neighbor, I wouldn't care because my kid was outside doing something rather than sitting on the couch playing xBox!

 

[Blue Collar Guy]

My neighbor has a teenage son probably a junior this year.
They bought a portable basketball hoop four years ago, and the son has his friends over to play some basketball.

The basketball hoop is about 20' from the bedroom that is my "office" and where I am typing this.

It isn't just an hour. Today it has now been 2 hours and still going strong.
Last year, they started at 6 pm and played until it turned dark.
At that rate I have another 2.5 hours to endure the constant noise.

Last year another neighbor spoke to the father, but the father basically did a FU.

It angers me that people are so inconsiderate of others.

l feel your pain , but my problem is with barking dogs . the neighbor 2 doors down puts them out at 6am. after knocking on their door a dozen different times they now put them out at 11. i wouldn't even knock till they howled for 40 minutes , my sleep was shot by then . these same people have a basket ball hoop, for some reason once i verify no one is breaking into my home im ok with that. the dog barking is illegal where i am, basketball is not (after 10 pm it is). smoking marijuana outside in my city is also illegal , i smelled it one time, i knew it was coming from an open window across the street . i was sitting on my stoop . i confronted one of the occupants. told them if my elderly mother ever has to be subjected to that stink , ill snap their neck. They said they didn't smoke , i never smelled it again

 

[laurence]

that could be disturbing the peace

we had a guy that lived on our golf course and played very loud classic rock music during the day (while he was away at work) cause he was mad about the early morning mowing necessary to maintain the course - all it did was get him in trouble with the law. he finally moved

nothing like lining up a birdie putt to led zeppelin tho

This makes me laugh/cringe. I live on a golf course, I know the early mower routine - but, if you bought a house on a golf course what did you expect?? I'd be so mad if my neighbor punished me with music because he's mad at a gardener who left hours ago. I had a neighbor across the two fairways who freaked out on a golfer when a ball hit her house - again, what did you expect, lady?? San Diego has a premium on space, not having neighbors behind you is worth the occasional golf course interaction. And the views are awesome.

She just sold her home last month, I guess she finally figured out it wasn't the life for her.

 

[Walt34]

I had a neighbor across the two fairways who freaked out on a golfer when a ball hit her house - again, what did you expect, lady??

We bought a house in a golf course community and of course we saw that one coming and made sure to buy one on the other side of the golf course. If that hadn't been available we would have kept looking elsewhere. I wasn't going to live with an occasional golf ball coming through a window. The golf course has since closed so it's not an issue anymore.

 

[Lcountz]

Do like my grandmother used to do when we lived at her house after my parents divorced ( in the 60s),.....

She used to stand at the window peering out at us, moving the curtain to see, and it drove US nuts!!! We HATED that grandma was always watching and butting in to our fun ( which was pretty bland compared to today....!)

Or, buy a lawn chair and sit beside their driveway, on your property and watch them, while loudly giving advice! Mention how you used to play it when you were a kid!!!

Turn on the sprinkler?

Or, just bear it. I know it would be annoying, but maybe you can move to another part of the house. That thump-thump-thump would drive me nuts too....But they could have a garage band too, and then it wouldn't matter if it was day or night!!!!

 

[zinger1457]

My noise complaint is crows!

I have a woodpecker who is determined to drill a hole into my metal gutter down sprout. Sounds like a jack hammer from inside the house. He is determined, keeps coming back, but the last I checked I couldn't even see a scratch on the gutter. Luckily I'm an early riser because he usually shows up as soon as the sun comes up.

 

[MRG]

I have a woodpecker who is determined to drill a hole into my metal gutter down sprout. Sounds like a jack hammer from inside the house. He is determined, keeps coming back, but the last I checked I couldn't even see a scratch on the gutter. Luckily I'm an early riser because he usually shows up as soon as the sun comes up.

Our house in the woods we had the occasional woodpecker, always fun. The oddest thing were the cardinals.

They would spend hours flying into windows. Every minute or so, crashing into the window and flying back to a perch. Things would do it for hours, the windows would have little blood spots on them.

 

[eytonxav]

Depending on how the homes are positioned, this can be quite annoying. We had a 40 yo neighbor who would come home from work, eat dinner and then go out and shoot hoops until it was pitch black out almost every night during the summer. We couldn't even watch TV unless we turned the volume way up.

My kids also had a hoop, but I wouldn't let them stay out there for hours on end given the noise generated. There is such a thing as being a considerate neighbor. Talk to your HOA if the neighbor just blows you off. Perhaps there is a possibility of putting up a community hoop in a common area to get the noise a bit further away from the houses?

 

[omni550]

broadway,

I'm hypersensitive to noise, also.

I feel your pain.

omni

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[Bestwifeever]

When my kids were of the age where they played basketball outside our elderly curmudgeon neighbor would stand outside banging bricks together. I had no idea what he was doing. Then I realized he was imitating the noise from the basketball!...

This just made me laugh . Sometimes people really need to be able to speak up about what bothers them, but I'm going to try the brick banging approach next time something bugs me and see if they figure it out.

 

[MRG]

You all make me appreciate our location.

Sitting on the edge of a canyon, above a national forest, listening to birds. They're playing a song.

It's noisy, there's water running down below. Its spring time and snows still melting. I can't get upset at the water. But the bird's song is altered.

I tryed to get upset at the wind, cause it was making too much noise. How can I get upset at the wind? Doesn't seem to matter. But it changes the bird's song too.

Now a crow is having some kind of weird event (Meg Ryan would be proud). Even then, should I get upset at the crow? Another bird's song changes the music.

 

[MooreBonds]

I have a woodpecker who is determined to drill a hole into my metal gutter down sprout. Sounds like a jack hammer from inside the house. He is determined, keeps coming back, but the last I checked I couldn't even see a scratch on the gutter. Luckily I'm an early riser because he usually shows up as soon as the sun comes up.

Woodpeckers are sharpening their beaks on metal gutters - not mindlessly trying to peck a hole into it.

 

[rodi]

As the mom of a 16 yo and a 14 yo... and owner of a basketball hoop in my front yard. This post hits home.

I'd say I'm sorry... except I'd much rather see my kids (or any neighborhood kids) playing hoops rather than getting all pale and goth staying indoors playing video games.

 

[zinger1457]

Woodpeckers are sharpening their beaks on metal gutters - not mindlessly trying to peck a hole into it.

Interesting, I hadn't heard that one. Someone told me they do it to attract a mate, the louder the noise the better.

 

[jimnjana]

Impact Windows will help with the sound. We lived across the street from a basketball court so I understand. We moved. Btw, we did Airbnb on our way to Asheville
While walking the dog around the neighborhood we saw a nice little home for sale. Directly across the street was a house that a local bike gang turned into a hangout
. Things could be worse.

 

[Sunset]

.......The oddest thing were the cardinals.

They would spend hours flying into windows. Every minute or so, crashing into the window and flying back to a perch. Things would do it for hours, the windows would have little blood spots on them.

They see their reflection in the window, like a mirror and they are very territorial so they attack.
We used to have one peck away at the window, until I put a bright white book against the window which cut down on the mirror effect he was getting from the dark room.

 

[Scrapr]

This makes me laugh/cringe. I live on a golf course, I know the early mower routine - but, if you bought a house on a golf course what did you expect?? I'd be so mad if my neighbor punished me with music because he's mad at a gardener who left hours ago. I had a neighbor across the two fairways who freaked out on a golfer when a ball hit her house - again, what did you expect, lady?? San Diego has a premium on space, not having neighbors behind you is worth the occasional golf course interaction. And the views are awesome.

She just sold her home last month, I guess she finally figured out it wasn't the life for her.

My 'rents built a house on the golf course when i was in High School. We had to put up with (!) the early morning (4:00 am) setting of the sprinklers. Done by gas powered golf carts. And we were 1 bad drive off the tee. So we were always aware when someone was on the tee. One epic drive went over our house into the street. had to be 40 yds off line

Didn't bother us at all. Golfers were friendly. Some of the balls in the yard got left because the golfer did not want to be embarassed enough to come get their ball

 

[Car-Guy]

We don't have any neighbors close enough to hear any basketballs bouncing. Sometimes we hear the cows bellowing or the horses running around or even an occasional woodpecker. About the only thing we hear from our neighbors is when they are "target shooting". Even then, they are far enough away I can't hear them if I'm indoors. After 10 years in the country, I don't even notice it anymore, except for the guy that shoots an automatic weapon from time to time.