Beginners need space. It's just that simple. If you can see it, you can hit it.
Slow Sticks are good smaal space planes, but you still need enough room to allow time to think and recover from mistakes. A football field would be minimum, double that world be ideal.

Don't even think about flying near public streets or houses again. Honestly, i can't imagine how a grown adult could think taking off in a neighborhood is a good jdea. You'll create a public perception of danger that we'll have to deal with long after you've moved on to some other interest. Go somewhere to fly where you won't bother anyone when you crash.