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Lawn mowing at gone 9pm?

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CovIneedanamechange · 03/08/2022 22:45

Neighbours who back on to us have been living elsewhere for the few months (whilst they have a massive extension built complete with 2nd floor huge windows which will mean they overlook all our living spaces at close range - but that’s another thread!). They turned up one evening last week and decided to do some lawn mowing and other garden maintenance starting at about 8.45pm and going on for an hour or so. Tonight they have turned up and fired up the petrol lawn mower at 9.05pm. I've two young children and with the heat all the windows are open. At about 9.20 I popped my head over the fence and enquired if they had much more to do. It wasn’t"t well received! WIBU?

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TeapotTitties · 04/08/2022 00:21

You’d think but took them over an hour last week. If they just cracked on I wouldn’t mind so much but it’s stop start, stop start and it’s woken the kids up

Hold on, so not only are they literally the only people in the UK who actually have grass left to mow, but they've mowed it two weeks in a row? Hmm

TeapotTitties · 04/08/2022 00:19

Blossomtoes · 03/08/2022 22:50

We’ve had no rain and the grass isn’t growing. What the hell are they mowing? Our lawn’s yellow dust.

Hmmm that's what I was thinking?

antwacky · 04/08/2022 00:14

I do think 9pm is a tad late for lawn mowing, I would always wonder if there were any little ones in bed nearby at that time. My neighbour lit her fire pit last night at 10pm, it was still very warm here so we had all windows and doors open. We are terraced houses with tiny gardens surrounded by fields, everything is tinder dry and we've had no rain for over a month 🙄

Popvan · 04/08/2022 00:09

Wow, I feel guilty mowing at 5pm. Noisy stuff should be finished by 7pm.

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CovIneedanamechange · 03/08/2022 23:55

So interesting to see the range of opinions! Never in a million years would I think to run noisy machinery after 9pm esp if I knew I had a mix of v elderly and v young neigbours.
Out of character for me to say something - I'm a conflict avoider as a rule!

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VeniVidiWeeWee · 03/08/2022 23:41

Absolutely fine. 9 is not late.

Beachbodyready · 03/08/2022 23:26

If it’s light enough to cut the lawn it’s fine.

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CovIneedanamechange · 03/08/2022 23:03

Blossomtoes · 03/08/2022 22:50

We’ve had no rain and the grass isn’t growing. What the hell are they mowing? Our lawn’s yellow dust.

Ours too,

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LightSpeeds · 03/08/2022 23:03

I think it's unreasonable after 9pm. A petrol mower is very loud and smelly.

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CovIneedanamechange · 03/08/2022 23:02

CapMarvel · 03/08/2022 22:53

Nah, petrol mowers are noisy fuckers. Running one past 9pm is a dick move.

Thank you! Pretty sure I'd be less bothered if it was a Flymo! 😁

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CapMarvel · 03/08/2022 22:53

Nah, petrol mowers are noisy fuckers. Running one past 9pm is a dick move.

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CovIneedanamechange · 03/08/2022 22:53

RunningFromInsanity · 03/08/2022 22:47

Unless they’ve got a football pitch in their garden, mowing the lawn isn’t going to take that long.
It’s obviously the only time they have to do it.

Its a crazy thing to piss off new neighbours for at this stage.

You’d think but took them over an hour last week. If they just cracked on I wouldn’t mind so much but it’s stop start, stop start and it’s woken the kids up

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ReeseWitherfork · 03/08/2022 22:50

Not unreasonable at all. My DH sometimes lives in cloud cuckoo land and does random shit and random times before I point out to him the neighbours may not appreciate it. I think he can be a bit oblivious to how socially unacceptable some things are? No idea. Anyway, luckily I nip it in the bud quickly. But if one of the neighbours approached him then he’d definitely be mortified and apologetic. They’re clearly entitled fuckers.

Blossomtoes · 03/08/2022 22:50

We’ve had no rain and the grass isn’t growing. What the hell are they mowing? Our lawn’s yellow dust.

RunningFromInsanity · 03/08/2022 22:47

Unless they’ve got a football pitch in their garden, mowing the lawn isn’t going to take that long.
It’s obviously the only time they have to do it.

Its a crazy thing to piss off new neighbours for at this stage.

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