How do you drown out the noise of someone bouncing a basketball?
OMG, In my old home the people across the street had a basketball hoop in front of their house and EVERY day during the spring and summer until 9 or 10 at night you would hear the "Kthunk, Kthunk" of that damned basket ball and yelling kids and adults. In the summer I would close my windows and turn on a fan at night.. In the day time my television would be blaring, but I could still hear the basket ball. No way I know of to keep from hearing it.
Kids hitting cars with balls and basketball hoop, but their mom and dad don't care.?
We live in a decent neighborhood of townhouses where the kids like to play outside in the street (not a big deal), but they frequently let balls bounce off the cars in our driveway and the driveway across the street. (Their basketball hoop has also fallen on both cars "accidentally" when we were parked in front of our own homes.) We politely asked the approximately 13 year old boy to please be careful around the vehicles with the ball because we had just seen him hit the cars twice. He immediately ran inside to tell his mother some skewed version of what we had said, and she was quick to come outside and tell us to come talk to her, not her kids. My neighbor and a I are parents, too, so that's fair enough. The father came home and told my neighbor, "Not to be a dick, but that the basketball hoop has been there for over two years and that we needed to park our cars down the street if we didn't want them to get hit because the kids were going to play there because that's where they play." Keep in mind that parking is VERY limited on this narrow cul de sac (where the kids should be playing anyway), and if we do not park in front of our own homes out of fear of them getting hit with balls or a falling basketball hoop, then someone else will park there. There is no HOA in our neighborhood, and I don't want to be the neighbor that calls the cops on kids playing, but what our we supposed to do when their dad has a response like the one above?
Neighbour stole my basketball!!!!!!!?
I got basketball net. Placed it on the side of my driveway with its back facing towards his driveway with quite some grass dividing his and my driveway.My other neighbour's driveway and my driveway have small bushes between and he has a car parked there all the time, so puttin my net there isnt an option.I found that putting the net to the other neighbour was the best option and did so. The neiighbour complains that my ball hits his grass and flowers and will damage it. Its been bout half a year his grass looks fine and so do his flowers. The mans always threatening to take my ball and call the cops on me because, a ball falls on his grass every 1/10 times i am playing.(he is also a gardening freak,hoesntly his garden doesnt look that nice lol). so anyways ive tried talkin with him b4 but hes always spazzin out and **** and refuses to put up a fence to protect his flowers or his grass. every once in a while it does bounce on the grass or his driveway not like i can help it i dont shoot 100%. today he sprinted outside and took my ball wen it fell on his driveway and sprinted back like a girl. Should I call the cops on him? or help me find any other solution, but the man stole my ball..
My neighbor doesn't let me play basketball?
Well you should be respectful of your neighbors but you also have a right to play basketball. There is really nothing your neighbor can do about you playing basketball but he probably is tired if he has to work at 3 A.M. so you should respect his need to sleep. Maybe try playing from 6:30 to 8 instead of playing to 9 or you could play early morning like at 6:30 A.M. to 9 A.M. so you neighbor will be at work instead of sleeping. Also their are basketballs that don't make as much noise when you dribble them so maybe you could get one of those. Other suggestions are to stay hydrated when you play when it is hot and stay in the shade as much as possible.
How do I handle neighbors who retaliated after I called the police on them for a noise complaint?
Many people don't think it is very neighborly to call the police before approaching the neighbor yourself. In fact, that is the definition of ASSHOLE! Some people would make sure you are "messed with" for either a short time or until it gets so bad you move. Other people might light your house on fire and burn it to the ground with you in it. You're lucky they choose option one.Unless you knew who was in that car, this is a little different situation. Approaching a car in the dark when it might not even be someone from the neighborhood, is not something you should be expected to do. In this situation, calling the police is appropriate. It would also be OK if you already asked and they didn't stop.But as soon as you learned that it was a neighbor in the car, you should have gone over and made nice. Apologize for calling the police and let them know you would not have done that if you knew it was them in the car. I'm not sure how long it has been since the incident, but that might still earn you some points if you do it now.Of course you had every right to call the police. But asserting your dominance will probably not go over so well. It might cause things to escalate. Better to be the adult and mend the situation. Otherwise you can expect to have neighbors who hate you and will "mess with you".
Neighbors kids are always playing in my yard, how can I get them to stop?
This is one of those situations that looks like the parent is setting the children up for problems in the future. If kids of 4 and 6 don't know the difference between your yard and their yard, their mother isn't teaching them about boundaries. She might not realise it's a problem for you, and she might not understand even if you tell her. A lot of people have brushed off their kids' bad behaviour by saying "but they're just kids!" or "but when will they have fun?". Irrelevant. If you had children of your own you'd magically have no problem going out and telling the neighbour kids to get off your porch unless there's a grown-up with them, and the same when they're in your yard. Not meanly, just in a business like way. And tell the mom casually, not in a big talk. Just say "could you keep your little guys on your side if we're not out here? Thanks." If she thinks there's a problem, just let her know you want to avoid a problem, and you're not comfortable with children playing in your yard if you're not there. Ask HER if it's a problem. If she isn't going to keep them in line, she's more or less leaving that job to everyone else. In this case, that's you. Bouncing balls off your cars, potentially damaging paintwork and setting alarms off is just wrong. Imagine what will be going on in a few years time?
How many times can one call the police on the same neighbor for noise? I'm going to call on a weekday since these neighbors are aggressive and I don't feel comfortable calling the police when managment isn't here should they get violent.
I’ve known two people in my life who were extremely noise sensitive. One was an upstairs neighbor who routinely called the police when he felt we were being irritating. One occasion he reported we had been singing “Happy Birthday” for hours; we sang it once. Another time he called the police to report someone running on the treadmill, again for hours. Problem was: we didn’t own a treadmill, and there was nobody home that night but the two cats.The other person reported that her upstairs neighbor stomped around all night, preventing her from sleeping. Management moved her to another apartment, and the new neighbor also kept her awake all night.So I’d suggest you begin documenting the day, time and type of noise your neighbors are subjecting you to, but also have a friend come over and verify that the noise exceeds normal limits. Most municipalities have regulations about quiet hours, and some apartment complexes and homeowners associations have additional rules. The police can enforce local rules, but people will make some noise in the process of daily living.As far as how often you can call the police, if the police respond and the noise is not excessive, eventually they will stop responding to your calls. This happened to a co-worker of mine who called several times a week to report her neighbors for animal abuse. The neighbors were within the letter of the law, and the police could do nothing.Meanwhile, you might want to invest in noise-cancelling headphones, a white noise machine, or a quick visit to a realtor or rental agent.
My neighbors keep calling the police on me for noise complaints before curfew. Is this harassment?
Sorry to say it, but then you must be one of the idiots on my street that think they're allowed to make noise whenever they want, day or night. Hopefully, you're asking this as a hypothetical query.Unfortunately, in Toronto, and most cities across Canada, there's a noise bylaw that prohibits people and businesses from making any noise after 10pm, any evening. On top of that, if you're making enough noise that I can't enjoy the presence of where I live or in my backyard, then again you'll find the police at your door to fine you.And if you try to mow your lawn, or make other loud noises before 7am during the week, or 8am during the weekend, again you'll get fined.Just because you like loud Rock (and I do too with headphones), that doesn't mean others around you do also.DO YOU LIKE OPERA OR PIANO MUSIC? I doubt it, but you wouldn't want to hear me blasting it either, so what makes you think you can do this to others, or others to you?
How to deal with crackhead neighbours?
It is not always enough noise to call the cops, mostly just a lot of knocking on the door and people climbing in and out of the window. So it affects my sleep but isn't necessarily enough to complain about. I am reluctant to call the police as I do not want them to know it was me. they are not nice people. My landlord keeps saying he is going to evict them and is just waiting for the sheriff.
Picky Neighbors?
I live in a small neighborhood with quite a few children everywhere including a 12 year old boy next door. Now, my children were playing ball in the street and 3 seperate times the ball entered neighbors lawn by accident. Neighbor, who mind you, has a son , came out and yelled for the children to get our of her lawn and play up the road. Meanwhile she finds it alright for her son to play basketball by my car and contuinually hit my car with the ball. Was this yelling over her lawn warrented in your opinion or is it just kids being kids and playing and retreiving their ball? I need some good advice