To not expect neighbour to use washing machine overnight

@Overdale ummm, I think you have misunderstood! The right of quiet enjoyment means you as a landlord can’t intrude on your tenants, eg entering the property without valid notice. It has nothing to do with neighbours or noise. Wtf

This is what's wrong with society- people having no consideration for others.
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Asking once for them to not keep you awake with their racket should be enough. It is not unreasonable to want to be asleep before midnight.

YANBU unless you’ve lived with constant noise from inconsiderate neighbours you have no idea how miserable it can make life.

Hi

As a Landlord, I would consider it unreasonable for a tenant of mine to do washing late evening and early morning
A tenant usually has a duty of "quiet enjoyment", that the landlord is obligated to enforce.
If they are not responding to polite requests and it is unbearable forvyou, you could contact the landlord (the Council) and they would be obligated to enforce the duty of quiet enjoyment
The same would apply if they became unreasonable

I’m pretty sure that the use of noisy domestic appliances are forbidden at night.

i would never run anything that generates heat at night, for safety reasons. i think it is unwise to leave such appliances running when unattended; there have been several house fires started this way.
i understand your point and think it is reasonable, OP. but if the neighbours don't have the same attitude, it may be more hassle.
could you sleep the other way up, with your feet towards the wall. might help a bit.
if it is rented, how come the previous occupants took down a wall. and you say these ones have made many improvements.
are you sure it is rented. usually tenants do not/ cannot make structural changes.
all the best, OP.

And if the ndn are running it through the night to save money, perhaps they should lose the electric guzzling dryer!

YANBU!

I would never vacuum after a certain time the same as I wouldn’t run the washer/dryer overnight, especially if I’d been asked, politely, if there was any chance not to as it could be heard from midnight onwards!

It’s give and take when you live in close proximity!

Why would it be relevant that they are in social housing? It is cheaper to run at night so YABU.

People live outside your hours. Get some ear plugs or move.
Trust me your neighbors could be a lot worse. I’d trade anyway.

Don't think you are being unreasonable tbh, I was mine at night and hoover because I have spoke to my neighbour who is fine with it, the most recent worry I had was a carpet cleaner which was horrendously loud so I asked him and no he's fine with it, he can hear it but not so much it bothers him or would keep him awake. They may have just forgot so maybe just a friendly reminder ;)

YA totally NBU!!!

As others have said if you live in close proximity to others, you need to be respectful. Living in a flat, the very latest I would use washing machine/hoover would be 9pm and wouldn’t use before 8am (weekdays) 9am (weekends).

There's never going to be a general consensus on 'how to behave' in the UK unless it goes back to being a 9-5 working society. One where people also have respect and consideration for the sick or disabled.

If people generally aren't sleeping during the day, don't have weird routines, if there's an acknowledgement that sick or disabled people might be asleep/awake when others aren't for no fault of their own. So everyone needs to be fairly quiet most of the time, because you can't always see who is sick or disabled. Then perhaps everyone would be in agreement.

But when all the 9-5 working, standard-routine types think that because it's 'daytime hours' they can make as much noise as they want without considering theirs neighbours at all, then those on the receiving end of that feel less inclined to worry what their neighbours think about ordinary life noise during the night.

Loud music, drums etc as someone said is ridiculous. People don't need to do that. But laundry, bathing, house chores, those things are necessary parts of life. Living your own life with a routine to suit yourself isn't selfish. It's the same thing as all the 9-5 standard-routine types are doing. It's just that because of UK history, which used to be a 9-5 society, their lifestyle is sometimes seen as more socially acceptable.

I mean maybe remind them again and just ask if they can make sure it stops before midnight? But honestly just be grateful it’s a washing machine. I have two lots of neighbours below me in an apartment block, one is a couple of heavy heroine users that leave needles about and have door slamming and blazing arguments from 11pm-5am every night including picking fights with anyone that tells them to be quiet and have smashed people’s windscreens for complaining about the noise. After months of police, landlord and environmental health involvement they have been served notice but notice period during covid is a minimum of 6 months. The other lot have just moved in one month ago and every single day between 3 and 4pm they put on drum and bass music for an hour so loud that it shakes the building can be clearly heard in not just all the flats but the houses next door. I could probably live with that if I had to since it’s daytime, if it wasn’t also accompanied by them smoking weed and stinking up the entire communal hallway with it. I have had to start using a draft excluder to keep the smell out of my home but me and the kids have to smell it whenever we open our front door. Even the postman commented on it. It’s vile.

YANBU ask them again to finish by 10pm tell them you cannot sleep and you’re getting really tired . Also as mentioned above dryers and washing machines are a common cause of house fires but perhaps stick to the noise disturbs at the moment . Keep reminding them.

If that's all you have to out up with then I would. Go buy ear plugs for night time. Maybe they are struggling financially and need to do their washing at a cheaper rate. I'm pretty sure if you can hear it, they can too... And hopefully it's not every night. But at least they don't have parties etc

If they are leaving it on and going to bed I’d be advising them that if their appliance catches fire they’ll be toast

I think YANBU but they're unlikely to change so I'd look at adding soundproofing on your side of the wall to minimise noise, investing in ear plugs or a white noise machine or something similar. It's unfair and they're inconsiderate but you're probably not going to win this one.

My wash cycle must end before 21:00 or I worry about disturbing the neighbours and I have a well insulated appartement. They are being anti social and rubbish neighbours.

Hi I have this same issue. My neighbour started his around 3am guessing so it's done when he gets up for work. I think he doesn't sleep much anyway as he's always walking about and the floors all creeks etc. Anyway when I got new washer that had a timer on it I did the same. Guess what it stop him doing his as I don't think he realised how disturbing it probably was for us until he heard ours. Bush bash nosh problem solved.

I now run my washing machine late in the day because as a teacher I am teaching video lessons all day and then have meetings or am making phone calls to parents until about half five. I then cook and eat dinner with my family and then catch up on my two kids homeschool work with them before putting the washing on at about ten o clock. Could it be that theya re in a similar position of working in the day where the noise would be unacceptable?

I'd buy them the antivibration mats for the machine(s) and give them to them, rather than make a further request just yet - I wonder if someone is working from home (or doing home school) in the kitchen during the day at the moment so they're waiting and running it after they've gone to bed?

The stats on Economy 7 are interesting though - huge claims and tiny annual savings. Like Smart Meters, the only people that benefit are the utility companies.

They’re probably using cheaper electric at night YABU

I would say you're probably being a tad unreasonable. I don't think a washing machine is loud enough to be classed as a nucesnce. Mine runs during the night on economy 7 and it's never bothered me, and my terraced neighbours have never complained. Mine is in the conservatory too, so not exactly sound proofed but I've never considered not running it at night time.