Neighbours Basketball Hoop

Diceicle

Hi All

Thought I'd post this for a bit of a sounding board more than anything.

My neighbours kids inherited a massive basketball hoop/stand contraption some months back. I've never seen them use it.

The only ones who do use it are some young lads from somewhere else - another part of the estate best guess.

My home opens onto a public path of a cul-de-sac. So no driveway. The lads will usually set up the hoop about 7ft from my front door. I'll tell them to shift and they'll do so grudgingly. Though they'll typically move to the front of the house where my car is parked.

My problem here is the risk the basketball poses to front windows etc - particularly if I'm not home at the time.
Neighbours seem to have divested all interest and responsibility of the hoop.
I don't want my home to become the courtside seats for the local basketball court.

Have spoken to the neighbor once already but feel I'll have to raise it again to get some action in place and have him remove this nuisance.

What would you do?

Lumen

It's really quite difficult to smash a double glazed window with a basketball.

dhaughton99

Lumen wrote: »

It's really quite difficult to smash a double glazed window with a basketball.

It would certainly put a large dent on your car roof or bonnet. Not to mention the noise.

Sleeper12

dhaughton99 wrote:

It would certainly put a large dent on your car roof or bonnet. Not to mention the noise.

That's sort of part of life when you live in an estate.

Samuel T. Cogley

Sleeper12 wrote: »

That's sort of part of life when you live in an estate.

I live in an area many would consider pretty rough and 99% of the kids have a healthy respect for other people's property.

GG66

Diceicle wrote: »

Hi All

What would you do?

I'd remember that I always hated the neighbour that stopped us from playing ball and having fun. Then try to balance that with knowing young kids are enjoying themselves

Lumen

dhaughton99 wrote: »

It would certainly put a large dent on your car roof or bonnet. Not to mention the noise.

Ah, now you're moving the basketball hoop.

Samuel T. Cogley

Help them move it down to outside their own gaffe.

Diceicle

Lumen wrote: »

It's really quite difficult to smash a double glazed window with a basketball.

Agreed though the windows I'd be concerned about (the ones near the door) aren't double glazed.

Diceicle

GG66 wrote: »

I'd remember that I always hated the neighbour that stopped us from playing ball and having fun. Then try to balance that with knowing young kids are enjoying themselves

But try and balance that again with property damage and quiet enjoyment of my home.

Diceicle

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

Help them move it down to outside their own gaffe.

Just the way the houses are positioned its not really possible.

OldMrBrennan83

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Browney7

You could join in and do an overzealous slam dunk which may solve your problem...

Diceicle

Patww79 wrote: »

Get rid of it yourself some night.

It's massive. And kinda heavy. I'd need someone with a big van or a flatbed to come by about 12 or 1.
Who is also in the Lucan area and needs to make an easy 100 bucks.

hawkelady

I'd say you were inundated with pm's once you mentioned the €100?? Yeah ?

John_Rambo

I had a friend with a similar problem, it was a trampoline abandoned by neightbours, it got blown around the street in the storms. He bought a bike lock in Halfords and locked it to the owners gate. It was dismantled soon enough.

average_runner

Diceicle wrote: »

It's massive. And kinda heavy. I'd need someone with a big van or a flatbed to come by about 12 or 1.
Who is also in the Lucan area and needs to make an easy 100 bucks.

Think outside the box, unscrew the basket.

breeno

average_runner wrote: »

Diceicle wrote: »

It's massive. And kinda heavy. I'd need someone with a big van or a flatbed to come by about 12 or 1.
Who is also in the Lucan area and needs to make an easy 100 bucks.

Think outside the box

3 points for one of those if I remember correctly.

worded

No one owns it?

Have monkeys in a tree

Remove tree

No tree = no monkeys

the_pen_turner

sell it on done deal.

Samuel T. Cogley

the_pen_turner wrote: »

sell it on done deal.

I'm up because 4 doors down the asshole's dog is barking and howling the estate down. He throws it out during the day too. You, Sir, are a genius!

Hitman3000

Diceicle wrote:

Agreed though the windows I'd be concerned about (the ones near the door) aren't double glazed.

I find if you make friends with the kids it can work out for the better. Help them find somewhere for the hoop that it bothers no one.

Steve The Barman

Blast them with Pish

Sleeper12

Sleeper12 wrote: »

That's sort of part of life when you live in an estate.

Absolute bull, it's opinions like this that excuse property damage.

Op at the very least I'd run the kids every time they start playing with it, properly run them away completely not just move where they play. Better option would be get rid of the hoop though or "dismantle" it.

amtc

Community gardai?

My parents had a nightmare with children kicking ball against a garage door...my mam was recovering from a hip operation and not only the noise when trying to rest but the fear of being hit when she was trying to exercise.

Community guard came an explained.

izzyflusky

If it were my mother she would have probably called a certain councellor from Lucan to complain. He sorted an issue once for her and now she has the poor man tormented when any issue comes up, but in fairness he usually does solve them lol.

amtc

amtc wrote: »

Community gardai?

My parents had a nightmare with children kicking ball against a garage door...my mam was recovering from a hip operation and not only the noise when trying to rest but the fear of being hit when she was trying to exercise.

Community guard came an explained.

If that was my mother I'd have had intervened long before calling any guard.

Diceicle

hawkelady wrote: »

I'd say you were inundated with pm's once you mentioned the €100?? Yeah ?

No offers....yet

Diceicle

worded wrote: »

No one owns it?

Have monkeys in a tree

Remove tree

No tree = no monkeys

A family across the road from me 'own' it but take little responsibility for it.
Their kids don't use - I've seen them play with it for I guess 10-20 minutes in the months its been here.
We all live in a sort of cul-de-sac part of the estate. The hoop isn't kept in their drive -its just left out on the road.

Diceicle

the_pen_turner wrote: »

sell it on done deal.

I'd actually pay someone to take it away.

Diceicle

amtc wrote: »

Community gardai?

My parents had a nightmare with children kicking ball against a garage door...my mam was recovering from a hip operation and not only the noise when trying to rest but the fear of being hit when she was trying to exercise.

Community guard came an explained.

Dont think it will / don't want it to come to community guard level - spoke with the dad of the house almost 2 weeks ago. So will approach him again. After that a permanent solution will arise.