Is using an electric saw at 8.30am on Saturday unreasonable?

[GimmieABreakOr3]

Using an electric saw at 8:30am in the morning on a Saturday should be illegal. Our neighbours have work men in the garden since 8am this morning and I’m trying to have a peaceful lie in after a hard week at work and a hot nights sleep 🥵

WHY ARE PEOPLE LIKE THIS

How could you tell workmen don't normally turn up in a suit and tie carrying a brief case.

9am for me is being considerate and aware that some people like (and NEED) that bit of extra time on a weekend morning to catch up on sleep.

what time do you go to bed? I'm mostly in bed by 9.00 and am wide awake at 6.30 in the morning.

As a one off I wouldn’t be bothered. People need to get stuff done

8:30 is reasonable.

Can people read? I said I was awake but I was resting in bed. Being in bed at 8am isn’t strange.

Well I do if I get the chance and I’m 68! Many of my friends aren’t early risers either amd I only have one froend who has to get up at 7.30, amd Thats onmy because she is a cater for hwr husband and has to give him time critical medication. One of the joys of having reduced my working hours is not having to get up early and I usually wake up around 10 am on Sundays when the builders next door aren’t allowed to work. I think any noise which travels beyond your boundary and disturbs people before 9 on a Saturday is completely antisocial.

Thank you @Growlybear83 can I have you as my neighbour?!! 💛

@GimmieABreakOr3. Yes please - so long as you dont turn into my current neighbours. They are now seven months into a massive extension with no end in sight

Get over it. People need to get shit done on a Saturday.

looks like you’re living up to your name.

I am always on edge when workmen have to start early, but that's not usually on a weekend and it's rare enough I need work done anyway! I would always let immediate neighbours know if (unavoidably) work has to start early on a Saturday. That's all you can do really, we are at the mercy of workers schedules.

I would never complain about work noise in a neighbour's. It's often very annoying and irritating, but the way I look at it is, it will be me doing the same some day!

I think it is just good manners and shows consideration to let next door(s) know though.

Hell no.

On a Sunday it’s unreasonable, on a Saturday reasonable 🙂

So are you 🤣

I would be annoyed as Saturday is my long lie day (9am) however, i would just get them back with a spot of early morning hoovering another time, preferably the morning after their team had played a match in the World Cup.

I may have saved a spot of noisy DIY for the exact moment the Scottish Cup Final started a few years ago due to the neighbours dog barking all day 😳.

The builders have presumably also had a long work week, and it's not finished yet. Probably working outside in the heat too which is why they're keen to get on in the cooler mornings. Lots of construction projects are weather dependent so they have to metaphorically make hay while the sun shines or they'd never get anything done.

But we’re not just at the mercy of the builders’ schedules - the hours they are allowed to work are controlled by the local authority. Some councils allow work from 8 am on Saturdays but many don’t allow work before 9.

It’s slightly sub-optimal from a consideration POV, and I can understand you feeling a bit “harrumph” to yourself… but to post on the internet, polling a load of strangers about it and then proceed to get quite snippy and rude to others who disagree with you, is going a bit far with the disgruntlement IMHO. But that’s just my opinion.

On a Friday/Saturday evening we have a later than usual night as we both need to unwind from our busy week so normally 11pm-midnight. During the week we are in bed by 10pm and I am up at 6am and DH up at 7am. Therefore DH especially, likes to stay in bed until about 9am at the weekend.

Unreasonable.

The schedule is as follows:

M-F = 8am for noisy outdoor activities,

Saturday: 9am,

Sunday: 10am.

I'm with you OP.

Yes, I know it is just part of having neighbours, but I do think it is selfish and inconsiderate that early.

Well every time you mow your lawn you upset your neighbours but its a bit different doing it at 11am rather than 6am (or indeed 1am if you are a night owl). And yes I have had work done but I would eg tell the builders to keep the noise of their radios down if they weren't considerate enough to do it without being told, whereas other people don't appear to feel the need.

The only exception I'd make is emergency work - if you need something doing to avoid a flood or similar catastrophe then you get it done when it needs doing.

Noise pollution is a massive health issue but people just think they can be noisy and are selfish arses.

No. It’s fine. It’s a Saturday

I think building noise laws sont apply to DIY? Only applies to tradies.

Does that mean you too? Being considerate to the workmen who started 30 mins past the time they could, are working on a sat and wanted it done before the heat set in? Or is it just consideration to you?