ball damaged window

yes chance

Friend of mine lives ain an estate where kids play ball across the roadway outside her house. One kid on each path and on her side are outside her fence


It bashes against her fence /comes in to her garden over fence/broke window. can she insist they play it in front of their own house. Why not risk their own window?

She says she read it is anti social behaviour playing ball in road if likely to cause damage

0ph0rce0

Ahh the good oul days, its obvious her house is the best place to play ball

The more you used to tell us to move on, the more and harder we kicked the ball at your house.

juan.kerr

OP, was her window actually broken?

yes chance

juan.kerr wrote: »

OP, was her window actually broken?

yes

0ph0rce0

Thanks for the message.

The window was broke, its criminal damage, CALL THE GUARDS.

They will make the family pay for the window, but in all honesty there not going to police the front of someones house, so you either keep telling them to move on, and risk your other windows being smashed.

Or just get on with it and be friendly with the lads and maybe they will cop on

yes chance

0ph0rce0 wrote: »

Thanks for the message.

The window was broke, its criminal damage, CALL THE GUARDS.

They will make the family pay for the window, but in all honesty there not going to police the front of someones house, and risk your other windows being smashed.

Or just get on with it and be friendly with the lads and maybe they will cop on

This is a serious question re the legal implications

so you either keep telling them to move on,

can they be legally made to move on if playing there, which is public place, is likely to cause problems.

does this apply

The Housing Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1997 defines anti-social
behaviour as: any behaviour which causes or is likely to cause any
significant or persistent danger, injury, DAMAGE, loss or fear to any
person , living, working or otherwise lawfully in the vicinity of a
house provided by a local authority

0ph0rce0

yes chance wrote: »

This is a serious question re the legal implications

can they be legally made to move on if playing there, which is public place, is likely to cause problems.

does this apply

Id say if you call the guards and complain that there is anti social behavior going on then they will come and move them along, if its just playing football, which is not anti social and just what kids do then i doubt they will do much, just don't expect them to make it a priority and you'll be waiting a while for them to arrive if they even arrive at all.

But there not going to come every time you ring because kids are playing ball. honestly best you can do is just talk to the kids and ask them nicely if they could play elsewhere and not be kicking the ball against the house.

FreudianSlippers

This isn't After Hours.

DylanII

Just park her car where they usually play.

valleyoftheunos

Kids playing football in the street is more likely to be considered a positive and social activity than anti-social so I wouldn't anticipate much success with that line of argument.

Speaking calmly and politely to their parents is much more likely to achieve the desired result.

Peregrinus

You want to live in a neighbourhood where kids play ball in the street. While the risk of window damage is obviously increases, the risk of more serious crimes, like burglarly or public order offences, is signficantly reduced. Plus such neighbourhoods are generally associated with a higher degree of social and community supports. Risk of window damage is a small price to pay for this, plus you can insure against it.