Woman's fury after neighbours refuse to move their noisy children's trampoline
26.04.2022 - 11:47
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A woman has taken to the internet to express her feelings in an ongoing battle with her neighbours - over a trampoline.
The anonymous woman wrote a post on Mumsnet explaining that she was having an issue with the family next door. It all boils down to the placement of a trampoline in their back garden, the Mirror reports.
She says that the trampoline is on the opposite side of her garden fence and near to her home's back door and patio area. She claims that the children next door are too "loud" when bouncing up and down.
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The woman said she has tried speaking to her neighbours and asked them if they could move the trampoline to a different area. However, her neighbours have said no to this.
It has led to her posting on the internet to seek advice about what to do. She also wanted to hear from others to see if she was being unreasonable.
Her post says: "My wellbeing and happiness are being severely impacted by my neighbour's noisy children. 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. We are a terrace row, but each house is staggered, so our back doors are not aligned. Our back door and patio area is about a third of the way up their lawn.
"We were aghast when the neighbours chose to position their trampoline right in line with our back door and patio table, where I also have lots of pots and plants. When the kids use the trampoline they stand higher than the fence and stare straight into our kitchen window, and