What is a reasonable time for building work to start at weekends

[lavenderlou]

The house adjoining ours (semi-detached) has recently sold. The new owner is a builder and is renovating it himself at weekends and in the evenings. Unfortunately these are the only times we are at home and they are starting with drilling/hammering the party walls next to our bedrooms as early as 7.45 on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Would it be reasonable to ask if they could start at, say, 9am at weekends?

I would say 8am is reasonable.

I think noise guidelines say an 8am start is fine on a Saturday, not sure about Sundays.

Thank you, I checked and local council says 8am-1pm on Saturdays and none on Sundays. During the week there shouldn't be noise after 6pm. At the moment there is noise all days Saturdays and Sundays and evenings until 9/10pm. I'm not sure it would be covered by council regulations though as these are not construction works as such rather removing plaster, rewiring and re-plumbing (done out if hours as family members and friends are tradespeople). He seems like a nice guy and I know the work needs to get done but he said will be 5/6 months.

I'd forgive the all day Saturday but I'd tell him Sunday is not good and against regulations. Trades know the rules

Our council say that, on Sundays, you can only do diy/renovations that don't make any noise.

We have a part wall agreement 8-2 on Saturdays