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Hoover at 9:40

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Milklollies · 15/01/2017 21:39

Hey just a quick thread to ask if I would be u to hoover right now? I live in a terraced house. Would would be the usual protocol. Neighbours don't do anything to annoy me and keep themselves. Never had any noise from them either.

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grandmainmypocket · 15/01/2017 23:19

Depends on how thick walls are. Some days I can hear my neighbour's conversation downstairs. I'm also sensitive to noise. So I would say no.

MonanaGeller · 15/01/2017 23:20

It's bedtime

I genuinely don't think 9:40pm is bedtime for the majority of adults.

BubbleWrapQueen · 15/01/2017 23:23

I don't see the difference between a Hoover at 9.40pm, and a hairdryer at 6am, in terraced houses. And I'm sure a lot of people do both. I barely hear my neighbours (I'm mid terraced) and think if it doesn't wake my kids in the next room then it can't really bother my neighbours tbh.

BumWad · 15/01/2017 23:24

Bloody hell thought you were my neighbour starting a thread about me when I read the title! It was exactly 9:40pm when I vacuumed my kitchen and living room earlier

manicinsomniac · 15/01/2017 23:28

I genuinely don't think 9:40pm is bedtime for the majority of adults

definitely isn't here.

Do adults really even have bedtimes? I just go to bed as early as humanly possible and jump for joy if it's the right side of midnight.

Plenty of people work shifts and will upsidedown anyway. I don't really think night and day has much relevance once you're an adult. We all just work to the schedule that is necessary or suitable for us.

GinIsIn · 15/01/2017 23:30

Personally I wouldn't, no. It depends how well you know the neighbours I suppose - we live in a mid-terrace and one side has a 9mo and the other has a child with ASD who struggles with noise when they aren't expecting it. Our houses are pretty sound-proof and I doubt they'd hear but I wouldn't do it anyway out of consideration.

LexieLulu · 15/01/2017 23:41

I have hoovered late (9pm) and early (7am). However I do not make excessive noise in any other way that my neighbour could complain.

Only because I have dropped something or some excusable reason, I don't aim to clean at these times.

But my neighbours slam doors, argue, have their tv blaring etc at all hours so I don't lose sleep over my noise.

melj1213 · 16/01/2017 01:41

I tend to try and do anything that would make loud noise between about 8am and 8pm ... but that's mostly just how I justify that I can't possibly do any housework after work since it'll be 8:30 by the time I get in and before work would just be far too early and I would hate to disturb the neighbours ... so it'll just have to wait.

The only real exception is if it's something that can't really wait and then it doesn't matter what time of day or night it is, the hoover will come out - one of my cats once knocked a houseplant off the windowsill while I was out at work and when I got in at 10:30pm there was soil and bits of plant all over the lounge ... even though it was late there was no way I was leaving that for the cats and DC to grind into the carpet. I'm sure that the neighbours wouldn't mind if it's a one off.

echt · 16/01/2017 03:00

9.40. Can you even see then? Seriously, I only hoover in natural light because it shows up the shite ( better) Nearly rhyme there.

mum2Bomg · 16/01/2017 03:19

Yes to the hoovering but definitely wouldn't have a tumble dryer on overnight as the previous poster put - they're a fire risk. I don't even put mine on when I'm going out!

CrazyGreyhoundLady · 16/01/2017 03:38

9:40? Why not! Go for it!
FYI I'm the most unreasonable neighbour in the planet about noise, my dp works nights and he has to put up with me hoovering while he's asleep and him not being allowed the tv on louder than ten incase the noise bothers them at night BUT with all this and a 12 week old who hates sleep even I wouldn't object to them hoovering at 9:40

emmyhNL · 16/01/2017 04:16

Personally I wouldn't. I try to avoid making noise between 8-8 if I can. Officially it's something like 11pm but who would be happy with that?

Turn it on its head: would you be happy if your neighbour was hoovering at 9,40 at night? That's your answer :-)

GilMartin · 16/01/2017 05:45

9:40pm is not an adult bedtime. I would have no issues with vacuuming at that time.

Anyone going to bed at that time and expecting neighbours to go round on tip toes isn't being reasonable. If they sleep unusual hours or pick a job that demands that, they cant expect the world to fall silent for them.

On my flat stairway: one person works shifts, another works in a pub so gets up late/comes home from work late and until recently I worked weekends, another has a toddler who naps at various points during the day - so there isn't a single hour of the day where it would suit everyone to run the washer/vacuum etc.

Thankfully those of us who work or sleep at irregular hours accept that to a certain extent can't expect the world to arrange itself around their sleep patterns.

IDSNeighbour · 16/01/2017 07:34

No noise between 8 and (or even 8 and 11) is ridiculous. Not everyone can live their lives between 8 and 8. My house is silent as the grave between 8 and 8 because nobody is in it. Ever.

But at midnight and 6am there will be hairdryers, hoovers, washing machines, tidying up and everything else going on because that is when I'm at home. If that wakes a baby (don't see why it would) then that's unfortunate but it's not my fault. I'm just living my house in my life.

The only exception to that pattern is Sunday where I tend to sleep till noon or so. But of course other people aren't quiet till that time, why should they be. Not their fault I have a sleep deficit to deal with, any more than it is my fault that I can't be at home at these supposedly acceptable noise hours.

icelollycraving · 16/01/2017 07:52

I wouldn't do it that late. I think 830 is the latest I would Hoover.

Pseudonym99 · 16/01/2017 08:06

9.40 is far too late. If people aren't sleeping they'll be trying to relax. Some people have to get up in the morning to go to work!

IDSNeighbour · 16/01/2017 08:13

9.40 is far too late. If people aren't sleeping they'll be trying to relax. Some people have to get up in the morning to go to work!

And some people haven't yet got home from work! You can't live your life according to the schedule of people who don't live in your house.

Lweji · 16/01/2017 08:16

I have hovered after midnight several times

I know this was probably a typo, but it was funny. And I'd like to know more, in case it wasn't.

I've heard neighbours' vacuum cleaning before but it's like a distant hum, realky. And if you keep it to the living room (at least not bedrooms, then it's not likely to upset anyone).

I now have a low noise machine. It's lovely.

Lweji · 16/01/2017 08:19

Or really instead of realky. (Really?!)

Pseudonym99 · 16/01/2017 08:47

You can't live your life according to those who don't live in your house, but you should be taking others into consideration when doing things which could potentially make others' lives a misery.

myfavouritecolourispurple · 16/01/2017 08:59

I think it's a bit late but only if you are going to do it for ages. The gtech carpet sweepers are good and much quieter (and lighter) than a normal vacuum cleaner. Why on earth are normal hoovers so heavy? And why are the leads so short?

As for 9.40 not being an adult bedtime, I quite often go to bed that early. I am generally in bed by 10, 10.30 at the outside. My NDN always lets their dog out to go the toilet around 10. He always barks - and I know that's my signal to go to bed! A reverse alarm call.

If you come home late from work, presumably in most cases you went out late too - so you could hoover before you go? For example, if you work a 2-10 shift, you could hoover at noon? Just a thought.

MonanaGeller · 16/01/2017 09:19

9.40 is far too late. If people aren't sleeping they'll be trying to relax. Some people have to get up in the morning to go to work!

And some people work shifts, so by that logic there's no acceptable time to carry out domestic chores.

Pseudonym99 · 16/01/2017 10:21

I'm not saying there's no acceptable time. You just need to be mindful of those around you. Years ago people used to know their neighbours, and would ask them.

DontTouchTheMoustache · 16/01/2017 10:23

When I went into labor last year I started washing up and then hoovered the whole house around midnight on a Sunday semi detached though and noise didn't travel. Not something I would normally do, it's possible I was freaking out.

OopsDearyMe · 16/01/2017 11:18

You area not meant to do anything that makes excessive noise after 8PM if you live in our housing association property and I'm sure building work must stop by 8pm too

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