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Mum terrorised by neighbour's noisy children

By Madhurima Haque|

When you live side by side, it is unreasonable to think you will never hear kids who reside next door.

But one woman is fed up with her neighbour's noisy children who she says are "severely impacting her wellbeing and happiness."

The woman, who explained her dilemma to Mumsnet.com, said the main issue is the family's trampoline which is placed against the fence and overlooking their patio.

"They scream, argue, shout and kick footballs at the fence all day long. They only have one volume and it's loud. The whole family just shout at each other. Last year they got an enormous trampoline and positioned it right up against (their) fence bordering our garden."

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Kids jumping on trampoline.
The mum has had it with her neighbour's rambunctious kids. (iStock)

The woman said she was "aghast" when she realised that her neighbours positioned their trampoline right in line with her back door and patio table..

"When the kids use the trampoline they stand higher than the fence and stare straight into our kitchen window, and they used to call out to us all the time until we asked them to stop. The noise and shouting makes the patio unusable, and as I write this yet another ball has come flying over. I daren't go and look as I heard something smash.

"We can no longer eat or read at the table because of the noise and the risk of a ball hitting you on the head. We did ask them not to put the trampoline there, and brought them round to show them how much it over shadowed our patio and removed all privacy."

The neighbours declined to reposition the trampoline, despite their garden being 80 feet and otherwise completely empty.

"What do I do now? Ask again? Beg and cry? Puncture every ball that comes over and wrecks a plant? Write a letter? Build a cage over our table to protect ourselves? How can I make them understand what they are doing to us?"

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Many commenters gave the frustrated mum some advice.

"Tricky one. They don't really need to move it if they don't want to. You've asked very nicely so I'm not sure if asking again would do much good. Unless they have broken something - good timing to ask them again to move it," said one commenter.

"Complain to your local council. There are actually restrictions on how close to boundaries trampolines can be placed when they imping on privacy in this manner. I know people who have gone this route and have been successful in getting them moved," said another commenter.

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