Neighbours children looking into our garden

gent9662

I would really appreciate some advice on what to do about our neighbours children looking into our garden. The story goes like this...
We moved into our new house about 3 years ago as did our neighbours. They positioned a child's climbing frame close to the wall separating our houses. We have two children 3 and 7 who are great at playing together. Whenever they go out to play the two kids next door immediatley climb up and peer into our garden and then start telling our kids to do stuff like sit on the grass or throw water at each other. Their kids are 3 and 5. It has gotten to the stage that if either my wife or I go out to hang stuff on the line they are straight up and peering over and asking questions about the clothes we are hanging out! At other times the 5 yr old gets up on the climbing frame and stares straight into our kitchen window. We have told the kids a few times to stop staring but they keep doing it. Another thing is that they have no side gates on their house so the minute they hear our car or kids they come running out and start asking questions like, "where are you going"? "What's in that bag?",

I guess my reason for posting here is to ask for some advice on how to approach it. Our kids do play with these two little girls from time to time, and we are friendly with the the family. But enough is enough, we can't move without them looking in and asking questions. On occasions their father has been in the garden abs he has told his kids to stop looking in, but they ignore him quite often.

I am going to buy a tree today and plant it to try and win back some privacy, any ideas what I should go for?

As I said before my wife is very upset and feels trapped as do my kids. My daughter of 7 yesterday told the 5 yr old to stop looking into our garden as it was rude, I think the patents heard this so we will see what happens today.

TeddyTedson

This needs to be moved for your own safety.
Sounds like the kids deserve to kick to the face though :P


Really though, just say it to the parents. Say you're afraid they're going to fall or something even. Simples

davidd24

Do what i did...Get a Rottwieler.
My two sons get a new pet,
Anyone who wants to climb on my wall gets barked at or bitten...
Result...

galwayrush

Start a fued. Seems to be the historically popular solution in this country.

ilovelamp2000

Sunbathe in the nude

TeddyTedson

By the way when I say fall, I do of course mean be pushed

phasers

I'm seconding the dog idea.

Joe10000

Never answer them and they won't be long going. They probably have nothing to do or play with so they look over the wall for excitement.

RachaelVO

A water sprinkler aimed that at particular spot would also act as a bit of a deterrent!

Well that and the rotwieler as mentioned above...

Chips Lovell

Tell your children to throw stones at them.

gent9662

davidd24 wrote: »

Do what i did...Get a Rottwieler.
My two sons get a new pet,
Anyone who wants to climb on my wall gets barked at or bitten...
Result...

We have a Kerry blue and their kids keep comung up to our side gate and the dog barks at them and they then run off crying. But they end up back on their climbing frame!

gent9662

TeddyTedson wrote: »

This needs to be moved for your own safety.
Sounds like the kids deserve to kick to the face though :P


Really though, just say it to the parents. Say you're afraid they're going to fall or something even. Simples

Well it's their property so we can't really tell them to get down

Mint Sauce

Blast em with.....





































A water hose.

But seriously OP, they're kids, no, they're 5, are they really doing any harm?

TeddyTedson

dclane wrote: »

Well it's their property so we can't really tell them to get down

I reckon though if you said it to the parents they'd understand.
Thinking about it this would really annoy me. I hate driving behind a car with kids in the back who stare out the window.

carolmon

I had a similar situation, kids at the back had a slide in the garden and they'd climb up and hang over our wall, was no harm really just annoying.

I bought some trellis and attached it to the back wal and grew some climbing plants so it gives us a lot more privacy, our wall is about 8 ft now and it's a lot nicer to sit in the back garden without interruptions.

PandyAndy

Break into their garden at night and cover the top half of the climbing frame with vaseline. And watch the hilarity ensue the next day.

MagicMarker

To fix this problem you will need a few things.

1. Rubber gloves that go all the way up to the elbow
2. A long white apron
3. Goggles
4. Rob Zombie cd
5. A large pig (dead is optional)
6. Chainsaw
7. A lot of plastic sheeting

Next time the kids are being nosey you can put on a bit of a show for them.

hondasam

OP build a higher wall or move but stop complaining about the kids FFS.

Mr.Crinklewood

Mow "Santa is dead" into your grass.

TeddyTedson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh2sWSVRrmo

Caoimhín

"Interfere" with them.

Forest Master

I had kids like this next door to me, except they had a trampoline - very annoying - the heads bobbing up & down actually made their stupid faces & voices more annoying - every time I went into the garden they'd say "hi" and look over and tell me something about what they did or what toy they got. It's cute at first, but every time wears thin very quick. They'd keep saying my name until I replied.

Anyway, I put up bamboos against the wall - they grow very quick & tall. I don't mean the bamboo stalks - I mean the full plants with leaves, etc. So they couldn't see in anymore.

http://www.completebamboo.com/Pic%20Assets/Growing/Bambusa_clumping_multiplex.jpg

Sounds like yet another in a long long line of problems that can be solved simply by owning an air rifle.

CreepingDeath

Buy the neighbours a trampoline instead of the climbing frame.

That will cut down on them looking over your wall by 50%

dr gonzo

That sounds extremely irritating but as i see it you have two options:

Build a wall and forget about it or, as a friend of mine would say, Build a bridge and get over it.

:pac:

jameshayes

when they are out, climb into their garden and loosen some of the nuts & bolts on the climbing frame - wait for the thing to break and hope it doesn't get replaced.

BizzyC

Get your own climbing frame and sit on it watching the neighbours from your garden....
They'll be a lot quicker and putting up a fence or plant then...

Duggy747

If they do it again walk over to them and ask if they want to see what you've buried in your basement.

Doing this in Christopher Walken-mode would help.

Orando Broom

Blast them with ****.

gbee

Ask them questions and say things like I'm glad you're up that frame looking in at me will you be their tomorrow as well?

And answer questions in detail before they ask like saying we got some fantastic fruit and vegetables and they are yummy we must get some you your tea too.

They'll soon take little notice as they won't want to be answering your questions and especially if you repeat you own questions to them like they do.

And if you answer in a lengthy factual manner you'll see their eyes glaze over and they'll run away. Never give one word answers, they feed on this, they are only children after all, and they really don't want to know your details, but this has become a game for them, now you play it too and it'll ease off and stop.

ArtyM

On an unrelated note..
Have you seen the movie Children of the Corn
Good movie
Just sayin

pow wow

Awesome movie.

OP - ignore them. Just give them a menacing face and say nothing. They tell their parents, so what, no-one heard anything. Menacing face also works when driving behind cars with kiddies who have their snotty noses glued to the rear window. I used to have an alcoholic neighbour who would hang over the dividing fence, sauced off her face, either peering in the kitchen window or trying to chit chat with me when I was in the garden. A mixture of menacing face/middle finger worked. That and I eventually moved.

phasers

New idea!

Wear earphones whenever you leave your house. Failing that, pretend to be wearing earphones.

bonerm

Invite an African American (or a black person if you can't find an African American) to come live with you. The value of your neighbours property will plummet and they will sell up and move away.

Sky King

Get one of those plug-in high frequency teenager deterrant things and hook it up outside your gaff. It'll drive the kids mental and neither you nor their parents will be able to hear it as an adult's high frequency hearing deteriorates over time.

Sonnenblumen

What's this, if looks could kill or what?

I would be more surprised if young kids were not curious. Really, young kids do things like this, and if you make an issue of it, you're more likely to encourage it, and they could end up inviting other friends to join in! Soon you'll have more spectators.

Is it not harmless? Kids have a great ability to press buttons especially if they see interesting reactions, simply igniore them, and they'll lose interest and find something else to do.

But if it comes unbearable, you can plant a screen and/or instal a trellis screen etc.

Sonnenblumen

bonerm wrote: »

Invite an African American (or a black person if you can't find an African American) to come live with you. The value of your neighbours property will plummet and they will sell up and move away.

Haw haw haw - not funny.:(

robbie_998

I had a bigger problem just like that with travelers as per my thread about it.


Solution... wall got bigger, neighbors dog got hungry and a jeep got burnt out.

result.... they moved out !

martic

dclane wrote: »

Their kids are 3 and 5.

Well I never..... children at the age of 3 and 5 asking questions seems really really strange that one:eek::eek::eek:
What I do is let my kids play with the neighbours kids and there doesn't seem to be any problem at all, plus you have the added bonus of your own kids not always being under your feet asking you stupid questions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64tOb0IqWZo

beertons

Get a copy of the anarchists cookbook and stick it in an envelope and post it to yourself. When you pick it up with your letters, fly next door and post it into theirs. Ooops, the post man made a mistake. They'll think you're a nutter, send it back over to you, and you'll never see their kids again.

R P McMurphy

Make loads of money and buy an estate house rather than living in a house on an estate

swingking

Roide your missus out in the garden and give them something to look at

kippy

Is this what Irish Society has come down to?
I lived in a rural area with a house either side of us. Thankfully there were kids our own age living in both houses. There were no fences and as kids we "played" in each others back and front gardens - often having epic games of soccer/rugby and the likes.
Twas great to have people of a similar age nearby to play with and interact with.
I grew up with these people and the parents of the three families had a great break on turns from minding us.

I would embrace this as a parent, ask the other parents to knock a gate through the wall - get the kids to interact and play with each other. Provide some sand, a few buckets, some toy machinery etc and let them use their imagination.



(I realise how daft this post sounds in the context but its what I believe in)

CreepingDeath

kilkenny flyer wrote: »

Get one of those plug-in high frequency teenager deterrant things and hook it up outside your gaff.

There's a free Android phone app called "Dog Whistler Lite", it produces tones from 0.01 khz - 22.00 Khz.

So all you'd need would be an earphone cable from the phone to a hifi, to amplify the sound.

* Note : I wouldn't run it for extended periods of time if you start hearing all the nearby dogs barking.

dpe

Our neighbour's kids do this all the time. Doesn't bother me at all, although I did draw the line when I came home and found them all sat playing in our driveway (not least because I could have easily run the silly little buggers over). I look at it this way; I lived in London for 15 years and barely spoke to any of my neighbours, here people are friendlier, which I found hard to deal with at first (being a naturally standoffish Englishman ), but kids playing out in the garden and the street has to be better than kids who are driven everywhere for "playdates" or just sit in the house playing Nintendo.

Dun laoire

irish-stew wrote: »

Blast em with.....





































A water hose.

But seriously OP, they're kids, no, they're 5, are they really doing any harm?

In fairness it would p1ss you off too after a while, i know it would bother me. They're only kids i know but still.....

There's not alot you can do except maybe to talk to the kids folks, if you get on they will understand. Other than that you'll just have to wait until they grow out of it and hope the feck yer man next door got the shhhhhnip. :pac:

MIRMIR82

REALLY - is this what After Hours has become:rolleyes:

hondasam

MIRMIR82 wrote: »

REALLY - is this what After Hours has become:rolleyes:

meaning what ?

MIRMIR82

hondasam wrote: »

meaning what ?

meaning - we are actually going to give ligit advice now:eek:

Sea Sharp

You should do what the hot lady who lives behind me did and put up a cheapo wooden fence that is taller than the existing wall.





:pac:

Orando Broom

kippy wrote: »

Provide some sand, a few buckets, some toy machinery etc and let them use their imagination.

Another developer giving his children the start!

This type of behaviour has ruined the country.