To not expect neighbour to use washing machine overnight

if its persistent noise effecting your right to quiet of enjoyment you caan get a noise abatement order

I can't believe the amount of people who run their machines and go to bed. A close friends machine went on fire, thank God it was during the day and she was able to get a fire extinguisher on it on tine but it destroyed a good part of her kitchen. I wouldn't even let a cycle go on for an hour after I go to bed, so unbelievably dangerous and irresponsible.

OP I feel for you too, I've had neighbours similar, not bad enough to warrant a council, but everything they did (the husband was an insomniac) was heard at 2am, all through the night.
We now live on a detached house, and it's heaven not having to hear him running up and down stairs, slamming doors and pissing every single night.

I honestly wouldn’t mind this but I have a baby and toddler so I’m used to white noise machines which are far more intrusive .

I do run my machine at night sometimes, it’s honestly the only way I can get through the mountain of laundry at times.

YANBU. They really can’t wash before 10pm?! Come on! The responses on here 🙄🙄🙄
Why should you get earplugs?! Washing all hours when living in close proximity is not on.

I always put my washing machine during the night and sleep through it.
I’m so surprised that you even mentioned it to your neighbours TBH. I understand you’re trying your luck here but it’s unreasonable to tell them when to use their appliances. Maybe that’s the only time where she finds time to load it after the kids are in bed? Maybe they just unload it in the morning as part of their routine?
It must be incredibly loud though for you to have sleep disturbance over it. Does your DH have the same annoyance at it or is it maybe an overreaction (quite natural) of something that annoys you?

I feel for you. YANBU, however, it's just one of those things about living in a terraced house.

It would greatly upset me too, I think I have an element of autism where persistent invoking of any of my five senses greatly irritates me...., well enough about me, I'd buy 2 bottles of wine, arrive on their doorstep, (with DH for backup and security), and open up the topic on a very friendly footing. -As, they do sound reasonable, it may work! .

I don’t know if this has been said by PP as (apologies) I haven’t read the whole thread. But I’ve read quite a few pages and people mentioning the cost of running machines at different times of day... can I also add to that the current COVID/school closure situation?! No idea what your work/childcare situation is (or theirs) but I have no idea how everyone is managing to stay on top of cleaning and laundry while also homeschooling and wfh. Appreciate that it’s really fortunate to be able to wfh, but with my whole family at home all day the wear and tear on the place is awful and the laundry is something I can get on with in the evening/late at night unlike, say, hovering... so I am running the machine much later than I normally would largely for that reason. If they changed their pattern for a couple of weeks but have recently started washing late at night again it could be to do with the logistics forced on us all by COVID?!

@Brockaslass - interesting. My council did intervene re washing machines on at night. It was part of a (much) bigger picture with our neighbours and I'd never have involved them about that alone, but when I told the woman from the anti-social behaviour team we were assured very clearly that it wasn't on and she spoke to them.

It could be economy 7 but often you realize you need stuff late and need to put a wash on. Whether they own their home or not is irrelevant here. It sounds like you just have ridiculously thin walls as we have a very thin wall between us and next door and I've never heard theirs.

The economy rates for storage heaters not for washing in the middle of the night.
I had economy 7 and lived on a flat years ago, wouldnt dream of using a washing machine in the middle of the night if o new it disturbed my neighbours

YABU

It's often far too expensive to run washers dryer if the house is on a two rate metre a d that's probably why they do it overnight. My lower rate kicks in at 10 and finishes at 6 I do all my washing drying etc at night. I couldn't afford to pander to a neighbour, a washing machine is an essential so evening you were to complain to the council or anti social behaviour team they'd tell you it's within their rights to wash at a time like that and it's not considered excessive noise. I know this from experience because our neighbour in last property complained, she tried all avenues to sort it out and stop us doing it but we couldn't afford too. Council and anti social behaviour team backed us all the way. We ended up moving and hard the last laugh when the property was bought by a private landlord and turned into a laundret. That family could be genuinely struggling and unable to wash at other times. Energy company's provide economical rates for those who wash at night. Eventually everyone will do this because it's cheaper to do.

YANBU! That would be so annoying and so unnessecary

I wonder if it is the vibration of the spin which is worst. Perhaps you could see if they could put some rubber (or similar) matting between the machine and the wall (this is probably the wall your bedroom adjoins).That might help.
Offering to put that in (or similar sound reducing stuff) might be acceptable to them.
It's not necessarily to save money - it might be they don't want the noise of the machine through the day if they are listening to tv etc so run it at night - they obviously can't hear it.

@EmmaWithTheGreatHair wouldn’t dream of it if i lived in a terrace! i have lovely neighbours, we’ve lived together with no problem for almost 15 years

@MaLarkinn thank goodness you’re not in the middle of a row of terraces! joking apart though, that’s fine if you’re in a detached house but it wouldn’t be otherwise.

@EmmaWithTheGreatHair i should mention i live in a detached house

@woodhill i like everyone off the floor so they’re not coming behind me undoing it all. i have four children, did that.

Wow @MaLarkinn 3am!

I do this as I have economy seven, but use a timer so it starts a couple of hours before I get up. I wouldn't want it rumbling away in my own house when everyone has only just dropped off. A lot of machines have this function.

Can't believe the amount of people who think YABU. You're not. It is totally unacceptable to put your washing machine on until 1am in a terraced house. Not ok.

It is annoying but I think you’re being unreasonable. Growing up my mum worked until late and would only be able to get the washing done when she got in later in the evening. Sometimes this meant running the dryer throughout the night so that our school uniforms were dry. Neighbour lent out of her window one night and started banging on ours with a broom to complain about the noise, my mum made it clear that she was only doing the washing/drying then because that was the only time she could and actually the neighbour was apologetic and didn’t complain about it again.

you’d hate me op as i stay up late on sundays cleaning and as hoovering is the last thing i do i’m sometimes hoovering at three in the morning.