To think that mowing your lawn directly outside a three year old's bedroom window at 730 is rather thoughtless?

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Just that really.

Neighbours know how old our DD is. They know we are home. So they should probably have an inkling that it's bedtime....

What do you think? I am thinking its quite selfish to make a racket of an evening, particularly as there will be windows open.

It's not a big actual problem, as it happens- I'm just curious to know what the mumsnet hive mind thinks.

This has really pissed me off actually. I'm away on business in a big seaside resort full of carefree holidaymakers and SAHMs and I've been indoors glued to a fucking computer since 05:58 am. I'll be working (with a little light mumsnetting) till late in the evening. I would give anything to be at home mowing the lawn.

I might be a pissed off to but nothing you can do really. It isn't that late and will soon be over. My neighbours spent 3 days sanding the floors until really late a while ago. That kept my kids awake and in the end had to ask them to stop after about 10. Luckily they were ok about it.

I can understand it's annoying - my 3 year old wouldn't sleep through that - when she was 2, yes, but not now. And not as she's dropping off - maybe if she was in a deep sleep she might, but if someone started doing that now (I think DH has just turned the light off) that could keep her awake, and possibly for quite a bit longer after he'd finished. But I think you'll have to grin and bear it, sorry!

yabu,my 3yo doesn't even sleep that early.

Seriously? Our lawn is only ever mowed in the evenings and we have 20 mo twins whose bedroom is right over the lawn - wouldn't even occur to me that this would wake them! Mind you, we live under the heathrow flight path and also have lots of urban foxes mating all night so a lawn mower is comparatively quiet.

It's clearly annoying for you but yabu I think

7.30 is not late and you cannot expect people to curtail their ordinary and necessary activities because you have a 3yo.

YABU, it wouldn't bother me at all.

yabyum

"I imagine most people who work have at least some time off work during the daytime hours...

No, actually. Those of us who work full time normally have fuck all time during daylight hours to do anything at all that's not work.

That's why it's called 'full time'. With commuting, I'm away from my home for at least 12 hours per day, 5 days per week and I'm not at all unusual."

I think she may have been referring to weekends? You know, the other two days of the week?

Yabu. I think it's a reasonable time of day. Why on earth would they have any inkling about what you do?

YABU.

It's far too warm at the moment to mow the lawn during the day. You either need to do it in the early evening, as in this case, or early in the morning.

Some people get annoyed if you mow in the evening.
Some people get annoyed if you mow in the early morning.
Some people get annoyed if you mow at lunchtime as it disturbs naptimes.

etc. etc.

It's really impossible to please everyone.

YABU I don't think it's unreasonable

Next door's 3yr old is still happily running around in her garden so who knows what time any child goes to bed?

Apart from that, kids have to get used to these Summer noises...like lawnmowers and ice cream vans etc.

I agree that it is annoying, but think you are probably BU if it's not bothering your dd.

Our next door neighbours are obsessive about their house and garden being immaculate at all times. Summer is the worst time as the lawn gets mowed and strimmed at least twice a week, the hedges cut at least once a week, the driveway and cars power washed, not hand washed, but power washed at least three times a week. When he's not doing all that he is using other power tools to put up sheds, make bird tables, cut flag stones. He just loves a powertool...I have even seen him strimming the verge opposite the house that is council owned on several occasions. It just goes on and on and on......there is noise 4- 5 nights a week for 2 -3 hours. This always starts at 6.30-7 ish.

As you can imagine my DH and I would love him to stf up occasionally, but our dd sleeps through it all despite her room being right next to their workshop area.

Plus, it makes our house look shabby and forces us to tidy up a bit..bastards.

DespicableYou I took it to mean time off during daylight hours during the week. But I am very touchy because it's hot and I've got to work and the whole of the rest of the world seems to be wandering around eating ice cream and frolicking in the sea during the working week.

Yabyum, that's your own personal issue, not the OP's fault.

OP..YANBU but it's not outrageously late

You've said it's not a big problem, so I feel mean saying yabu - but 7.30 isn't that long after some people get home from work, so it might seem a v good time for them to do it. Had it been 9 o' clock, I think it would be mean of them.

Loli x posted ..that was to your first grumpy post not your second reasonable one yabyum

I know, Fanjo. But a lack of awareness of how most working people actually live does tend to irritate. 19:30 is early, it's reasonable and it's unfair to expect people who are away from their homes all day to have no time at all to catch up with chores during the week.

Some of us have teenagers who sleep all morning post exams - can you be sure not to let your noisy toddler into the garden before midday?
Me and do work fulltime so evenings and weekends are the times when everything has to happen. I can understand your frustration as it's a pain trying to get small children to sleep on summer evenings (been there, and dd is babysitting right now and is on her 10th story for 2 yr old who won't sleep) but really
7.30 is hardly late. YABU I think

Haha, get me all snappy!

actually you should not mow lawns in the middle of the day especially when weather is scorching hot as too much moisture lost in really hot weather watering flowers tomatoes etc should be done very early or quite late

Yabu .very unreasonable. It's half seven for God's sake...

Op you'd love living next to me. The only sound you'd hear from my house after 19:30 during the week would be quiet sobs and the chink of gin glasses.

Anytime up until 10pm is okay round here... but we're in the countryside where you have to (literally) make hay while the sun shines.

YABU, but I understand how annoying it is when you've cracked a routine, only for the world outside to remind you that flexibility is everything.

Sorry if that sounded sarcastic, I actually mean it. I place value of routine but not time so much.

At 9pm I would say YANBU, especially if your neighbours know who their neighbours are (when our mid-age rocking neighbour was suffering end of the line cancer, we didn't play ACDC so loud on a Sunday afternoon) but I think 7.30pm is still REASONABLE given that our current neighbours don't get home until 6.30pm, it's still light and their weekends are just more workdays.

Flexibility and tolerance.