If you had scaffolding going up at 8:30 on a Saturday morning, would you tell your neighbours?

[ThedaBara]

I would, apologetically, beforehand. Saturday is a day a lot of people might be having a lie in, I would imagine, after a long week with lots of late nights. And I would also tell them how long the works were supposed to take.

I doubt the homeowner knew when the scaffolding was going up. We've had a lot of building work done recently and trying to pin down an actual time/date for anything is like trying to herd cats.

You really should it’s courtesy

If the scaffolders told them a precise time and stuck to it, I'd be mighty impressed and asking for their scaffolder's details tbh.

Attached house, definitely.
Detached house - maybe, maybe not. Depends how much I like my neighbours.

I don't think it's the time of day so much as the proximity. Builders are generally allowed to do noisy work 8-4ish, Mon-Sat, so 8.30 isn't particularly early in my book.

I would have told my neighbours that I was having work done and the timeline, and yes I'd tell my immediate neighbours. One reason is my neighbours have it up now and on the middle level they can see in to my bedroom!
Also I'd have had to block some parking out front!

I think 8.30am on a Saturday is perfectly reasonable.

I would, but more out of courtesy to inform them that there will be building works than just the scaffolding noise