I live in a unit and got new neighbours three years ago. In that time there's been a lot of yelling, their kid playing on the communal driveway, the kid running in front of my car as I try to get in and out, banging on my windows, squirting water with a water gun directly into my front door, knocking over my plants, etc. We only have the width of a one car driveway between us so all the noise was very obvious and any balls or stick being waved around got a bit too close to my windows and car.

I've had to leave my home to get some quiet as they were so loud sometimes, but I get that it's a kid and it's gonna make noise but the adults also yelled a lot. I put up with it for a while because I didn't wanna cause issues but it started causing so much stress and emotional exhaustion that I left a letter in their letterbox just asking them to be more mindful of noise and activies and inviting them to talk to me.

They came to talk to me today saying their kid is gonna be loud but that they'll try to take the kid out the back onto the grass area. They said they're building a house so they'll be leaving soon and that they think a lot of the commotion has come from other kids in the unit complex.

They said it's been three years now. I said I didn't bring it up sooner but it's just gotten a bit much and I was nervous and trying to be understanding because kids are hard.

I feel like I did the right thing but honestly I'm not sure. Kids are a tricky topic and they were definitely defensive but I want all parties to be comfortable and I haven't been for a while. I don't know if I should try to make a peace offering or just be generally friendly from now on.

I never really spoke to them before this mainly due to social anxiety which I've worked on a lot. I feel like talking to them directly would've been a bit less confrontational but I live alone and get nervous. But it might've been better for relations. AITA?