Christine
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So, what would you do in this situation? This has been going on for years and I just keep my mouth shut but it's really getting to me.
My next door neighbor has been running a home daycare for about 10 years. At any given time, she has about 8 kids there, maybe more. She follows/complies with our state/county regulations, she has assistants when her numbers get high. It is a well-run daycare of which my kids used for after school care many years ago. I like her, and she's nice.
So, luckily, my whole family is out of the house Mon-Friday. Both my husband and I work full time and we leave at 5:30 a.m. and are home no later than 3:30. Kids are at school, except for the summers.
Her daycare hours are 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Depending on what group of kids she has, sometimes it can be very noisy. We don't notice it when we are not home, of course, but when we are home in the afternoons, we get no peace. We keep the TV up pretty loud and we don't have to hear the screaming all through our dinner. We have pretty much given up on sitting outside and enjoying our deck as the kids are running around next door, screaming, or they often "engage" with us throught the privacy fence.
This summer, as with last, we have at least one "screamer" in the bunch. This kid SCREAMS literally from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 pm. until his mother comes. Not because he/she is crying--it's a "play" scream/shriek. Last week, one of the kids decided to play/bring a whistle. At this point, even my husband had had enough.
Today, I am off of work because my daughter has invited her boyfriend from out of town. He woke up at 7:00 am today because of the screaming kids (which I noticed as I was down in my kitchen on my laptop). The entrance to her daycare is around through her backyard, so the parents walk their children between the two houses and this kid was hollering.
I don't want to put my neighbor on the defense. This is her livelihood and we do have to live next door to each other. Is there a way I can phrase this without sounding like an absolute meanie? Maybe my husband could be more gentle (I have a tendency not to be).
Additionally, our HOA charter does not allow for any type of business to be run out of the home so she is violating that. Several years ago, I heard through the grapevine that she did have a complaint against her daycare because one of the neighbors felt there was too many cars coming and going (not a noise complaint). Since no one else thought it was a big deal, it was not pursued. I don't really want to go that route, but I'm wondering how she can run a large daycare and still allow me some peace.
My next door neighbor has been running a home daycare for about 10 years. At any given time, she has about 8 kids there, maybe more. She follows/complies with our state/county regulations, she has assistants when her numbers get high. It is a well-run daycare of which my kids used for after school care many years ago. I like her, and she's nice.
So, luckily, my whole family is out of the house Mon-Friday. Both my husband and I work full time and we leave at 5:30 a.m. and are home no later than 3:30. Kids are at school, except for the summers.
Her daycare hours are 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Depending on what group of kids she has, sometimes it can be very noisy. We don't notice it when we are not home, of course, but when we are home in the afternoons, we get no peace. We keep the TV up pretty loud and we don't have to hear the screaming all through our dinner. We have pretty much given up on sitting outside and enjoying our deck as the kids are running around next door, screaming, or they often "engage" with us throught the privacy fence.
This summer, as with last, we have at least one "screamer" in the bunch. This kid SCREAMS literally from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 pm. until his mother comes. Not because he/she is crying--it's a "play" scream/shriek. Last week, one of the kids decided to play/bring a whistle. At this point, even my husband had had enough.
Today, I am off of work because my daughter has invited her boyfriend from out of town. He woke up at 7:00 am today because of the screaming kids (which I noticed as I was down in my kitchen on my laptop). The entrance to her daycare is around through her backyard, so the parents walk their children between the two houses and this kid was hollering.
I don't want to put my neighbor on the defense. This is her livelihood and we do have to live next door to each other. Is there a way I can phrase this without sounding like an absolute meanie? Maybe my husband could be more gentle (I have a tendency not to be).
Additionally, our HOA charter does not allow for any type of business to be run out of the home so she is violating that. Several years ago, I heard through the grapevine that she did have a complaint against her daycare because one of the neighbors felt there was too many cars coming and going (not a noise complaint). Since no one else thought it was a big deal, it was not pursued. I don't really want to go that route, but I'm wondering how she can run a large daycare and still allow me some peace.