to think you should show consideration for the neighbours

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And not start gardening at 630 on a Saturday when you know they work and have children?

Im tired and beyond pissed off now. Its been an hour since they started and i can see it going all day. I get the logic starting now, its supposed to be a stifling hot day but seriously...?? At least keep the noise down!!!

There are actual laws about this, have a look on your local council website

Them gardening is fine, doing anything like cutting the grass isn't

YANBU. That sounds bang out of order. Can you go round and tell them so, politely? Maybe they've forgotten that not everyone is a happy busy noisy little bee at crack of dawn on a weekend.

Some people are early birds but forget that not everybody else is! YANBU

If you have children you should be up too!!! No chance of one at least of mine not waking up that early!!!

What were they doing? If they were weeding or planting YABU. If they were cutting grass YANBU.

Cutting the lawn or strimming- no. But planting, weeding, watering .. No problem. Why shouldn't they be out in their garden in the sunshine

how much noise can somebody gardening make?? it's not the most boisterous activity

It rather depends on what sort of gardening they were doing. Down here, it's ferociously hot this weekend and actually, it wouldn't be unreasonable to garden very early in the day or in the cool of the evening. If they are mowing the lawn, cutting the hedges or strimming everything in sight, however, that's not a very considerate way to wake the neighbours.

Who the hell starts gardening at 6.30?!!! 8am maybe but 6.30 is nutty

I think your council will tell you than noise from 7am is 'reasonable', and from 8am on a weekend (or is it just 8am on a Sunday?).

So they are being very inconsiderate. Spray them with a hosepipe and say you were joining in all the fun.

I was gardening at 6am this morning, pruning and weeding because it is now 32 degrees and I can't imagine how hot it was here at 1pm.
Silent gardening is fine, power gardening is not OK in the early hours.

YANBU if they were using strimmer/lawn mower etc

YABU if they were just digging etc

I get annoyed when my baby is napping and kids are screeching out front but I know iabu and precious

I was watering the plants at 6 am - it's incredibly hot so it needed to be done early. Really doubt I wakened any, next doors baby was already awake.

Also if you are sleeping with windows open, it's easy to be disturbed by neighbours if they tend to communicate by loud shouting.

Mine are mostly OK, but we do hear all their mobile phone calls...

I would be overjoyed that my neighbours were in the garden at all and would tell them to start next to our fence lol

mine have been ALL night and all day so far with loud indian music wailing about and loud shouting. If they have a religeous festival fair enough but not everyone shares their beliefs or culture ,and not at the expense of keeping everyone awake all night and from early morn. still going on, coupled with a neighbour 2 houses away joining in now with gangsta rap with obscene lyrics. in house with autistic child who hasnt been able to enjoy paddling pool in garden with all this, plus the tiredness,with all windows and doors closed, stifling and even with fan on cant escape the heat and noise. i KNOW its hot, I KNOW its saturday but still......and someone is diy-ing nearby too since 7am this morn. yes, councils are supposed to have rules and laws but who the hell takes any notice of them? AND they get away with it too. ALWAYS.

It's the end of Ramadan this weekend, you may find tonight and tomorrow very noisy too. No, I don't think it is acceptable to distress your neighbours at silly times of the day and night. I wish we had more effective ways of tackling the problems.

thunderbird, It's a bit of a faff and God knows we have to do it in our neighbourhood seemingly every early summer, but ... you can phone up or email your local council and explain the problem just as you did so well above, and ask that the noise team from the Environmental Health Service investigates. They will then do all the necessary door-knocking, letters, and warnings, in the neighbourhood.

If the complaints keep coming, then they'll take further action.

In May we had two households taking over Saturday afternoons and evenings like this, and they received some advice, and it stopped.

I think warnings are copied to the landlords if the tenants don't co-operate.

I don't think a lot of people even register that they are upsetting people until they are told.

Linerunner, I actually did contact the council about stuff like this before (and I am tolerant and respectful of religions) and guess what? instead of saying theyd come round or send them leaflets or whatever, they sent ME the very rules and laws etc that Id told THEM I knew but no one else seemed to!!! and thing is, Ive said in ina nother forum, I seem to be the only one it botheres as Im the only one with a disabled child who gets stressed out like anything sending ME into one too. weve moved 5 times in 6 years cosv stuff like this and victimisation too but the flipping council or social services/police etc never take these things seriously. Im obv the one with the prob if it bothers no one else, and you may get this too with your gardening neighbours if it seems to bother no one else. and i ubderstand that sometimes that some people are just ignorant and dont realise they are bothering others. and if they own their houses theres not much that can be done either. fallencaryatid,thanx for letting me know it was Ramadam. At least Ive been warned! have had my sn child in with me in front bedroom, not much quieter but too noisy out back.