To not expect neighbour to use washing machine overnight

@BornInTheWrongCentury

YANBU, and it would piss me off too. Very inconsiderate neighbours.

And the first fucking post that replies to you is 'get earplugs!'

FFS, why should ANYone have to get earplugs? Like hell will I ever get earplugs because of some inconsiderate noisy bastard neighbour.

Why does that ludicrous stock response always get spouted on here?!

EARPLUGS. The answer to every problem! FFS

I work nights and next door, most days have their music on loud. Already had a word with them, they said the time is not unreasonable.

@JinglingHellsBells I find many people who accuse others of being inconsiderate, are inconsiderate themselves, certainly inconsiderate of the needs of shift workers, health workers etc etc. Consideration doesn't only go one way. Certainly, the 'clapping for the NHS' that the UK embraced was quite hollow, when there is no consideration shown on here for shift working NHS staff.

We run our appliances overnight because electricity is cheaper for us overnight. Perhaps they're the same.

Cannot believe so many people still fall for bloody economy 7 tariffs.

Most of your elec usage is the things you can't turn off - your fridge and freezer, for example.

Energy companies love economy 7 as it drives behaviours that smooth demand and means they can operate on a tighter level of capacity (and make more money....) - you dont turn off a power plant at night.

It is rarely better value for a domestic household. The electric storage heaters that people often use on E7 are terrifically inefficient, plus there's usually a higher than average day rate compensating for the cheap night rate. The extra day costs due to the higher day rate often wipe out the savings from running appliances over night.

@Iknowwhatudidlastsummer That doesn't make sense. You can substitute housing authority/council with 'landlord' which is a neutral term and it could refer to to real estate landlord or council landlord. AGAIN, there is no actual need to say the word 'council' or 'housing authority'. "Report it to the landlord" or "tenancy association" (neither of which make obvious whether it is council or not) suffices. There IS a way around using the term 'council house' or 'housing association', if one simply uses their noggin.

As I said above, some machines work louder and some are quieter (you can hardly hear them). If the washing machine is very full then it's going to be very loud when spinning (feels like a helicopter flying). Older machines are louder as well.

Ours is 1/3 of the price on the Economy 7

No, finishing at 1am still isn't good enough when we're talking about keeping people awake.

Sometimes reading this site is like dropping into an alternative universe.

You could just hoovering at 2am, batch cooking at 3am banging every pots and pans and see how the neighbours actually enjoy the "normal life noise" when they are the ones who have to put up with it...
I bet none of the posters on here would be so understanding

CF rely on other people not behaving as badly and being the nuisance, not the victim of it.

Looking at the attitude on here, I would keep a diary and keep complaining to the council.

Its vastly cheaper at night we run our washer and dryer every night Your neighbours have already tried to change times but its still not good enough for you. Get some sound insulation on your floor and hope you never need them to be understanding about noise like a crying baby

Actually, in lots of flats people are not allowed to run washing machines at certain hours precisely because it does disturb other residents.
I’d speak to them again - ask them if they’d put their machine on spin and come up to your bedroom to listen to it so they can see what this issue is. Also, get a meter to record the decibels, it would give you an indication of how loud it actually is.

Surely they can't be doing it every night?

Yanbu, I think it’s really anti-social to do washing late at night as the spin cycle can be loud. We are mid-terrace too and when our neighbour does her washing it rattles our radiator loudly so I am very glad she only does it in the daytime!

It's cheeky of them. They're probably on that ridiculous economy seven if it's still going.

YANBU. Neighbour above us did this and we asked them not to and they stopped. People asking ‘how bad can it be?’ have never tried to sleep through it, it makes our Windows and door rattle and sounds awful. Luckily they understood and are very nice and understanding people. Good luck OP, it’s horrible not being able to relax in your own home.

It's not about dictating, it's about showing consideration and being a nice person.

I think the world has two types of people - the considerate, and the rest.

I was brought up in a small semi with thin walls. I was told, as a child, not make a noise because of the neighbours.

My parents still live in that house.

They won't vacuum at odd hours if they think the neighbours are in (he does shift work) and my mum even shuts her kitchen cupboard doors gently to avoid any noise.

The neighbours on the other hand (who are renting!) are some of the noisiest who have ever lived next door. They are nice and kind, but not considerate about noise in the way other neighbours were over the years.

Yabu. I work shifts. Laundry gets done when I can, and yes sometimes that's middle of the night. I also shower at odd times. I don't expect my neighbours to be quiet when I'm sleeping in the day, I don't think they can dictate when I run my washing machine.

Our old neighbour, we ended up moving. Was a mindless idiot of a women. Well known to the police. She used to do her washing, hoovering and I’m not kidding bath her child at approx 2/3am. She didn’t work, plus other things I won’t go into, but for two years it was utter hell. Washing machine was the worst. It was a newish terraced build and our bedroom was at the front and her kitchen downstairs at the back of the house. Well I could feel the house vibrate during the night on the final spin. Hair dryers, hoovers at 3am. Everything is louder at that time as it’s quieter outside, so it seems worse. Anyone saying this is normal has a screw loose. As it isn’t. There was only so much the council could do. We ended up moving. But this was an extreme case of neighbours from hell.

Make sure you have a smoke detector in your bedroom, OP. If their machine does catch on fire, it's you who is right above it.