Next door neighbour is child protection manager / social care for local authority.
Also Foster-carer (presumably for separate local authority otherwise there may be conflict).
We have a shared drive which passes along entire length of our house. Neighbour has claimed end nearest their house as parking space for his works van.
No issues with kids going about their business...bike with nice quiet rubber tyres...no probs.
However, this has arrived - makes a 'kin racket on the tarmac drive
http://www.toysrus.co.uk/Toys-R-Us/Bikes-and-Rideons/Rideons/Green-Machine-20X(0080132)
I have had a friendly chat with neighbour, indicating that our 4 year old (whose bedroom is on drive side of house, cannot get to sleep given noise at bedtime - particularly the skidding outside our house.
Response was "Kids need to express themselves...so what will you do about it? Go to the Police?"
Not the response I expected from someone in her role and who also I would expect has to provide a robust example to the foster child.
Any thoughts?
Get one and ride it all night until she gives in 😈
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I don't believe it.
You have started the ball rolling by politely asking your neighbour to do refrain and she has refused so the next step is the Environmental Health (Noise Pollution Control) dept of your local council. Write to them explaining the situation and they will write to your neighbour and tell her a complaint has been received. This is usually enough to have some effect but if not you will be asked to keep a diary of when and for how long the noise occurs, which will then be used in court.
Try it, it really works
Dirty protest.
Our local council says that noise of children playing is one area that is outside of the legislation.
Wait until no-ones looking and damage it?
Kick he kid off and shout sparta?
Kids are easily influenced and terrified of not fitting in. So whenever you see the kid tell him you think his kart thingy looks shit and the other kids have been laughing at him for being such a nobber. It'll gradually make it's way to the back of the garage never to be used again. Sorted.
Sadly the kid suffers too.....
Root cause would be to have not bought the 'kin thing in the first place.
We had similar issues this time last year when they had a different foster kid but same 'toy'.
They have their own lad - slightly older at 12 - she told us one day that they had to have a talking with him because he was starting to kick off about the foster kids and impact on his family.....
Reckon deeper issue when my wife shouted out the front door "Would you please keep quiet!" Their kid then apparently went to his parents crying and claiming he had been victimised....result was his old man telling me he was going to resort to some "Proper confrontation" as his kid was terrified.
Reckon I simply live next to some real bullying nasty pieces of work - who simply try to push those folks who may chose to differ with their views out of the way.
With it being a shared drive should it not technically only be used for access. I am sure an old house I had that was a shared backgarden they could only use the path for taking bins out etc.
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Chuck it in the canal, that seems to be the best place to get rid of old bikes / toys / shopping trolleys.
Edit: remove the child first if you prefer.
That would annoy me too! Hollow hard plastic back wheels. Wait unitl they are all out, then jump the fence and steal it 😉
Have you got any old inner tubes/tyres about? Offer to shoe it free of charge?
EDIT: *sigh* what tyres for...
you should be so lucky, our neighbours have spent the last 2 weeks cutting up a toyota previa with an angle grinder and a cold chisel on the drive.
Klunk, I didn't realise that was you living next door to me, do you need any cheap toyota parts? 😉
I'll have the tyreless wheels off your Toyota to make a similar go kart please
My Dad is Victor Meldrew the misery guts lol