Is it common decency to inform neighbours who wfh about loud noises?

What difference would it have made if they gave you warning? Would you have gone into the office?

I think you are being unreasonable yes

It's because you keep saying childminder when you mean nanny. They are 2 distinctly different things.

I would tell my neighbours of any noisy works, yes, so YANBU, however not everyone is considerate sadly.
No they don't have to inform you but it wouldn't have hurt to let you know in advance

I’m not in the UK. My neighbors work from home. I always give them a heads up whenever possible of any work going on at outside at my home. And they do the same for us. But the homeowners before them, were very inconsiderate. For instance, when replacing their roof, they would start working before 7:00am even on the weekend.

You WFH with a toddler who makes no noise?

I wfh and rely on noise-cancelling headphones.

We live in blocks of 4 (upstairs/downstairs maisonette-type arrangement) in a leafy historic area with lots of hedges and landscaping. So there are about 15 different homes within immediate disturbance range.

If all of those households contacted me every time they were having noisy work done, the amount of messages I would get would be enormous. That would distract and irritate me far more than the noise.

Yes it is good manners and common decency to let you know, that they were going to do this disruptive noisy work. YRNBU.

If they know you wfh, then yes , that would be nice. A lot of mocking responses here. I wfh too and get noise and knowing beforehand allows you to make alternative arrangements. The world has become very egotistical and self centred.

Oh gosh, you have put a word in bold! Well done.
It's wondering how you can professionally wfh while you have kids there rather than in nursery

@Gingerdancedbackwards

How is that any of your business?

Of my neighbour was nice I'd warn them, if they regularly acted/spoke like an entitled arse I wouldn't bother 🤷🏻‍♀️

I think the childminder takes the child out and brings it home for its nap? Or works from OP's house - not sure actually.

I certainly would tell neighbours. Purely because it’s polite to do so.

Well OP is getting a very hard time totally unnecessarily! Of course it would be common decency to give a headsup to neighbours, but common decency is definitely on the decline. My DP works from home he does online teaching so if there is going to be a lot of noise that could be heard or interfere then yes it would affect his work and he'd probably change his schedule.

Wood chippers are incredibly noisy, combined with drills! So I don't think you are being unreasonable at all.

Why are you doing childcare while wfh?

Completely agree with this. It's clear from many of the posts in here that the sense of belonging to a community has gone. I blame social media!

No. There's a nanny.

So you're working from home whilst looking after your child who is young enough to still take naps?!

Undercut your argument a bit there....

Of course people that are having noisy work done or are doing it themselves should let their neighbours know about it beforehand to give them a chance to make adjustments.

It really feels like English people hate their neighbours when I read threads like this full of people that wouldn’t inform their neighbours about noisy work.

And then there’s all the people who have put up with noise without complaint telling you to do the same. That’s an expression of hopelessness and learned helplessness. People that have been broken by the insults heaped upon them by their own neighbours, who can’t see a way out, refusing to accept that there’s another option. Crabs pulling each other back in to the pot.

Ignore them, OP.

Not only are you correct that your neighbours should inform you when they are going to do noisy work, but if they don’t, it’s your right and responsibility to go and have a chat with them about it so that they don’t make the same mistake again.

Polite to inform neighbours about that kind of work generally. Not anything to do with if you work from home or not.

Exactly.
I've wfh since long before covid.
You accept there is some external noise.
for me - without dc in the house - I take the noisier external noises as it is more than balanced by the fact my house is completely quiet inside, unlike most offices.
However, I've been at work many a time when there have been loud noise from outside too - maintenance of buildings and roads isn't confined to houses at all.

So CM could have took child on public transport to your parents?

I wouldn't consider one day's work excessive noise. The drilling could equally happen by council works etc. And if it was just to install fence posts it shouldn't have been continuous

I don't think for one day's work they need to let you know unless it impinges on your access to your drive or garden

My DC would have happily napped whilst being taken out in the pram/buggie round the shops.