Neighbours doing DIY/repairs. WWYD?

[LittleRedPumpkin]

Not a biggie but I'd appreciate opinions. We live in a block of flats and my neighbour is having some work done. So far, every day this week there's been intermittent drilling and banging from around 9am-5pm. It's not awful but it is a bit wearing. I MN work at home so I notice it. I think it's a bit rude the neighbour didn't bother to come and tell me she was going to get work done, but I guess she may think I'm out at work all day. Would it be rude to pop down and ask her if she knows when she'll be finished, or will I just piss her off?

Thanks.

9 - 5 is entirely reasonable IMO. When would you prefer the work to be done?

Like local says, when can the work be done otherwise?
Three doors away from us, a house is being built. We've lived here for about 12 weeks and the builders start at 7 6 days a week.

We've been doing some work on the house this week, and although not drilling/banging, have been making a bit of noise much later than that.

We didn't say anything to the neighbours because we presumed they'd be able to tell we were working on the house, and also because we've been here so long they know we're not normally noisy and be glad for us to have the time to do the work.

YABU, 9-5 is a really considerate time to be doing it, asking her when they'll be finished wont really get them doing it any quicker.

our next door neighbour had her son in doing some work a while ago, but he did it all in the evenings.
DH likes to go to bed at just after 10 (he's a postman), and the work was going on till 11 for a week.

that's unreasonable.
9-5 isn't.

I'm afraid, as irritating as it may seem to you, that it's really none of your business. 9-5 is very considerate as far as I can tell DIY/Builders wise.

Of course it's a reasonable time, that's what I'm getting at.

I'd just find it useful to know when they plan to finish because that way, I could plan my work better, that's all.

What Local said. It's not as if the neighbour is having a party, he/she is having work carried out on their home.

I can't see the problem myself and think that if you approach the neighbour, he/she may not see it either. They may ask you how long's an effing piece of string by reply!

Although, saying what I have, other peoples noise can make you feel as though you don't particularly want to be reasonable.

It's not possible to do some work quietly, and most are considerate of the people around them, hopefully it wont last long

I think the noise level is perfectly reasonable.

I think the time (9-5) is perfectly reasonable.

I just want to ask if she has any sense of how long it'll take.

I am not asking if she's unreasonable to make a noise, because I do not think she is.

And breathe.

It would concern me if someone asked that as it's insinuating the person is being disturbed by the noise so much that they made an effort to speak to me, then I'd spend the rest of the time the work's being done feeling really shit because I'd upset someone.

Yeah ... best leave it I guess. I wouldn't want her to think that.

You could say 'I know daytime noise is one of the perils of working from home, and I am grateful to you for ensuring they're not starting early, or finishing late. Even so, I'd like to schedule some of my more complex work for when your workmen have gone. Could you possibly let me know how long they'll be here?'

YABU

Could you wear ear plugs or headphones?

I wouldn't go over especially, but if you bumped into neighbour it would be fine to ask in a "how are things going?" kind of a way.

YABU I'm afraid. It may be a pain but those hours are perfectly okay.

YANBU - it's fair enough to ask as it does affect your work. Just make it clear that you're not complaining about the noise.

sorry YABU 9-5 is really quite considerate it could be 7-7 quite a lot of builders work odd hours I know its annoying but if you go down its likely to annoy her and then you'll get noise at all hours

I would pretend I was looking for an assistant or something and that I was going to be interviewing people at my house and would like to plan it for when the work was finished if possible, to be fairer on the interviewees. So did they know when would be a good week to plan it?

But I like to make things complicated for myself.

I don't think it's unreasonable to ask but they do seem to be being particularly considerate.

Thanks to those of you who suggested I ask her casually about her work - that's a great idea. I'll see if I can run into her at the communal recycling bin or something.

Others: FFS, READ THE OP AND POSTS! I don't object at all to her doing the work and I have said explicitly that I consider the hours very reasonable!

plant - wow, that's some complication!

I know they are being considerate, I am very lucky.

OP....... Calm down! There must be a teensy weeny bit of you objecting if you want to know when it will end. People have picked up on that, that is all. Suggest earplugs !

No, I really don't mind when it will end. I just wanted to know if it'd be rude to ask, as I'll be better able to plan my days.

The caps were meant to be a bit jokey and I thought that would come across in the syntax (given it's common in AIBU that people don't read the OP), but I got that wrong. I did only mean to take the piss a bit ... I do exactly the same thing myself where I only read the OP and jump to posting, so it wasn't meant to be a big deal.