How long is too long re. neighbours DIY?

[SuperPixie247]

I live in a semi-detached and new neighbours moved in around 8-10 weeks or so ago. They seemed to take a week off work to move in, we expected some banging around as they got set up but its still going on!!

Around a month ago, the lady came and warned us that the new kitchen would be arriving and installed from 7am on Saturday. I was inwardly a bit miffed but thanked them for letting me know and made polite chit chat. She said the whole house was a hovel and needed ripping out and starting again. Bit surprised as I knew the last neighbours were very houseproud but hey ho. Then a skip appeared.

Around 2 weeks ago we had to go round and ask them to stop banging as it had gone 8pm and we were putting my DS to sleep. We had put up with it for days on end but this particular day they had carried on late.

I have just gone for a lie down (I am not long out of hospital) and the hammering has started again!

How long would you expect this for before it becomes excessive? I appreciate they have jobs and can only do their DIY on an evening/weekend but for this long?!

FWIW it is a 3 bed semi (one being a box room), a fairly small kitchen and open plan living room/dining area.

Full sympathy OP. We have just seemingly come to the end of 3 years ad-hoc DIY extension work courtesy of our adjourned neighbour.

If they have just moved in then I would imagine they want it all done and dusted by xmas. Keep communication open with them and try and find out if they have a schedule of works. If there is an end in sight it is much easier to deal with.

Our neighbour completely failed to communicate with us, and as a consequence, we now completely ignore each other. We initially took a "live and let live approach", but wish we had been more questioning at the very beginning. 1 year down the line, our neighbour simply shrugged when we asked for a schedule, so any hammering or drilling set my nerves on edge with wondering if/when it would stop.

They shouldn't be doing it too early or too late in the day, but otherwise I'm not sure you can put a limit on it! Presumably they both work and have limited time in which to get DIY done.

DH and I bought a fixer-upper and it needs a fair bit of work. However we both work full-time so any work needs to be done at the weekends or in the evenings. We've lived here three years and we're still nowhere near finished - I imagine that's not what you want to hear though!

8 weeks isn't very long. It might be that all the wiring / pipes need redoing. You went round on the one occasion they went later than usual, which implies they're generally good at stopping at a reasonable hour. They told you about the kitchen work. I think unless they're drilling at 7am every Sunday or 10pm every weeknight etc, there's not a lot you can do.

What CommunistLegoBloc said.

8-10 weeks is not very long at all if they're limited to only a couple of hours in the evening and weekends