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Original poster

To think that 8.00am on a Sunday morning is too early

37 replies

wowfudge · 15/06/2014 08:26

for our NDN to start work on his house? NDN - who we get on well with - is doing work on his house this weekend which he told us about.

Yesterday he started chucking stuff in a skip just after 7am which I was a bit Hmm about, but I was already up and about. This morning the banging started just after 8 and woke me up.

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Bowlersarm · 15/06/2014 08:29

Yabu

If it happens rarely and he's warned you I think that's fine. If he works in the week, and has a lot to do today then he needs to crack on.

FunkyBoldRibena · 15/06/2014 08:29

We have a boot fair on the village green today, and the cars driving past my bedroom window woke me up at 7.

That's life I am afraid.

McPhee · 15/06/2014 08:29

Have you any shelves that need putting up. Say at about 2am.

YourBrotherInLaw · 15/06/2014 08:31

Maybe he has children who wake up at 5am on weekends and 8am is the middle of the afternoon to him like me.

A bit of consideration wouldn't go amiss though!

joanofarchitrave · 15/06/2014 08:32

Yes I think it's too early and I think you could go round and ask if he could keep noise down until say 8.30 Sat, 9 on Sunday, also when is he going to finish these works? Therefore emphasising that this is a temporary phase not permanent normality.

All bets are off of course if your kids start screaming in the garden at 8...

DoJo · 15/06/2014 08:32

For a one off that he has warned you about, I would say YABU - presumably starting at this time means he can get it all done in one hit and not drag out the noise making beyond what is absolutely necessary. It's annoying, but hopefully it will be finished soon and peace and quiet will reign.

TickleMePurple · 15/06/2014 08:32

YABU - the law says 8am is fine. Sorry!

FreeSpirit89 · 15/06/2014 08:48

YABU - a lie in a privilege not a right, I say as a victim of a 6am wake up

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wowfudge · 15/06/2014 09:08

Hmm - if it was us we would wait until after 9. I leave it until later if it's noise in the garden like mowing the lawn or trimming the hedge. I am very rarely not up by 6.30 so it was a bit of a rude awakening this morning after staying up to watch the football last night (which I gave up before the end because I was falling asleep). Once I'm awake that's it for me.

Tickle - out of interest, which law is it that says 8am is okay?

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wowfudge · 15/06/2014 09:10

Unfortunately McPhee if we did that our joined on neighbours would suffer, the NDN crashing and banging today is the other side and not attached to us!

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beccajoh · 15/06/2014 09:14

I do think 7am is a bit early for a Sunday but he did warn you I guess. We've been doing lots of work on our house the last couple of years and we've always tried to do quiet things, ie. skip filling, drilling etc. before 8am on a Saturday or 9am on a Sunday.

slartybartfast · 15/06/2014 09:14

yanbu,
8 am is too early.
I am sure if you posted that your NDN children were playing in the garden at 8 you would get loads of YANBU.

LineRunner · 15/06/2014 09:20

Environmental Health noise guidance is 7am weekdays, 8am on a weekend.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 15/06/2014 09:22

I'd leave it this weekend. Sometimes when you have a lot to do the urge to get on becomes irresistible and although 8am is early it's not stupidly early. If it's a one off it's not really and different to keeping you awake a bit late with a party.

If it happens again next weekend and bothers you then approach him gently. Don't leave it several weekends else you'll risk ending up in a rage and storming over there rather than handling it diplomatically if you are anything like me!

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wowfudge · 15/06/2014 09:39

Ah it's EH that has guidelines. I wouldn't go round there over this today because, like I said, we get on well. It's the kind of thing DP might mention in passing, 'wowfudge told me it woke her up, but I didn't hear a thing'!

It's not the kind of job that should go on for days thankfully.

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ilovesooty · 15/06/2014 10:02

It doesn't seem ridiculously early to me.

Bowlersarm · 15/06/2014 10:13

It doesn't to me either, sooty.

Also OP, having hired a skip he's probably in a hurry to fill it up before it gets taken away, so he may be up against it, time wise.

MrsItsNoworNotatAll · 15/06/2014 10:20

I wouldn't start doing anything like that at 8am as it would be too early for me.

You missed the opportunity to say '8am! on a Sunday!!' when he told you about it. I wouldn't have been able to help myself Wink it might have made him think of starting a bit later on.

I wouldn't like it but if it wasn't that noise it would be something round here. Couples coming home in the early hours arguing and effing and blinding. Or the screechy witch over the road who has to let the whole street that the family are going off for the day. Always a racket going on.

Bithurt · 15/06/2014 10:29

My neighbours must have been cursing us this morning. It's our ds birthday and we have bought him toys for outside. He came out as I was moving them just before 8 so was outside playing for a while. I will add though that it is a one off though.

deakymom · 15/06/2014 11:10

whats 8am? ive been up since about 5am 8 is a lie in!

Iswallowedawatermelon · 15/06/2014 11:21

I think 8 am is fine.

Nancy66 · 15/06/2014 11:29

I think it's too early for a weekend esp a Sunday. I'd suck it up on the Saturday but anything before 10 on Sunday would piss me off

LST · 15/06/2014 12:27

YAB a tad U. But it is still annoying. Our dopey ndn, decided to start drilling.. yes DRILLING at 11.15 at night! Me and dp were Shock

He never makes any noise ever and we wondered what sort of emergency would require drilling at that time of night. Especially as he knows we have a toddler and a 5 mo...

Why!?!

susiedaisy · 15/06/2014 12:32

It's annoying yes. But if it's a one off and he came and let you know in advance then I think yabu. It's Father's Day he may have somewhere to go later and wanted to get on with DIY early.

Southeastdweller · 15/06/2014 12:38

I agree it's too early for a Sunday.

Did he mention what time he'd start the work, when he came round to tell you he'd be doing it this weekend?