I saw some of the neighbors of the house we are buying (townhouse, claim)

[Bily Lovec]

OP,
you're the one buying the house, not all the selfrightous "know-it-alls" here on C-D.
keep in mind, that ball bouncing party could be (WILL BE) at all hours of the day or night and there would be nothing you could do about it. Quit apologizing to people who dont matter.

[JohnHenrySDM]

If this thread were a neighborhood, I wouldn't want to live anywhere near it.

[MeinGlanzendMotorrad]

If this thread were a neighborhood I'd have already set it on fire for the good of the city.

[MeinGlanzendMotorrad]

Oh no the neighborhood children are outside screaming and running around. I ought to call the police on these miscreants!

[alphamale]

NEVER buy a house in the winter or in the rain.

[QuilterChick]

Originally Posted by MeinGlanzendMotorrad

Oh no the neighborhood children are outside screaming and running around. I ought to call the police on these miscreants!

You mean they are laughing ? and having fun ? the nerve.

[MikeyKid]

Originally Posted by KC6ZLV

I wouldn't view playing basketball as barbaric. What is barbaric is some of the attitude of some of the people who have kids. Specifically, there are a lot of people who have kids who don't parent them and really don't give a crap if the neighbors have to listen to their kids screaming at the top of their lungs, smacking the fence with an odd 2x4 they found laying around, using every yard in the neighborhood as their personal soccer field. I could go on.

And basketballs, that noise is hard to ignore and impossible to dampen since much of the "thud" part of the noise is propagated through the ground.

What was your point related to this thread?

I was commenting that I don't find it possible as a parent for a child to be acting "barbaric" with a ball - certainly if they're just <gasp> BOUNCING IT!

Quite amusing... and just so you know - we're not barbaric by letting our kids scream to annoy you. We're just getting a good laugh at your expense.

[Dressy]

Originally Posted by MeinGlanzendMotorrad

If this thread were a neighborhood I'd have already set it on fire for the good of the city.

He meant YOU by the "thread" and that , actually he did not want to live near you, You are so stupid, you did not even understand that it funny

[RedZin]

Originally Posted by Lauriedeee

Dressy is right about the noise. I had neighbors who had a basketball hoop across the street from me. The noise of them playing, and the boom, boom of the ball hitting the concrete was enough to drive me crazy. In the summer they'd play at night and I'd have to shut my windows because we couldn't hear each other talk.

Every time we look at houses, if we see a basketball hoop right out there permanently cemented into the ground anywhere near the property, we pretty much red flag it.

I hate the sound of a basketball on concrete. Hate.

I'd rather drive up and see the kid next door practicing with his death metal band in the garage.

Seriously.

[stan4]

I agree, meh...the thumping of a basketball is a sound that travels with a deep resonating bass.
As someone whose job has me switching my sleep schedule all over the clock, having to try to sleep through that can be near impossible. No one is saying kids shouldn't be outside playing, but if that is a sound that is going to make you crazy, you're going to have to find somewhere else to buy.