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to be pissed off with neighbour mowing grass today

333 replies

BarefootMe · 06/05/2018 18:52

I will probably be shot down for this. First really sunny day for months when we could enjoy our garden. We have grass and were sitting out for first time this year, enjoying late breakfast and the papers - utter bliss. Then next door neighbour started his very noisy ride-on mower. Their garden is much bigger than hours and it took nearly an hour of noise, petrol fumes etc. Then a peaceful break, and just relaxing again this afternoon when he started up again, and then produced another mower for the edges - more noise, more fumes.
For context we have had a really difficult time since last summer, very stressful and this was literally the first day we could really let go and relax without pressures to think about. Neighbour does not know that, but I am annoyed because it is inconsiderate. He works from home a lot of the time, and could have done this on a weekday. Very old fashioned probably, but I was brought up not to create any disturbance on a Sunday which was regarded as a day or rest when your neighbours deserved peace and quiet. For that reason, I never use a mower on a Sunday, or do other noisy building work, etc. Just needed to express my annoyance and regret at the return of tension so soon.

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Oysterbabe · 06/05/2018 20:34

We cut the grass today. We're going to be cutting tiles outside tomorrow, that makes hell of a racket. The neighbours probably hate us already because of the building work we've had going on for the last 6 weeks. In for a penny, in for a pound.

BarefootMe · 06/05/2018 20:35

RoseWhiteTips Probably because you have not read the actual question. However I am not huffy and indignant, just sad that being considerate to your neighbours is redundant apparently.
Freudian Slurp Fine its not a Sunday tomorrow, is it?

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SoyDora · 06/05/2018 20:35

Of course he is not going to cut his grass in the rain, but what was wrong with yesterday, which was sunny? It seems the whole concept of respecting your neighbours' peace and quiet on a Sunday has gone down the drain

Then the people who wanted to relax in their garden yesterday would have been disturbed, no?

We were out in our garden relaxing all day yesterday. We were at a christening today amongst other things so haven’t been at home at all. It being a Sunday is neither her nor there to be honest. We are not a country that ‘closes down’ on a Sunday anymore. Shops are open, people work, and people mow lawns.

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AndhowcouldIeverrefuse · 06/05/2018 20:35

Wow some of you are being so rude!

Probably just as many as on the usual "shopping on a Sunday / bank holiday" threads that will come on tomorrow, where people will pile on to defend the concept of Sunday rest, again trying to outdo each other in unpleasantness.

And why are so many posters saying "only on MN you are expected to be quiet in your garden"? Clearly 99% of posters on this thread don't agree!

Nothisispatrick · 06/05/2018 20:37

It seems the whole concept of respecting your neighbours' peace and quiet on a Sunday has gone down the drain.

Huh? Cutting grass on a Sunday is a perfectly normal thing and has been for a long old time! I didn't know there were such specific rules about what can be done on a Sunday.

Your neighbours working patterns are none of our business and not relevant to the thread. Background mower noise on a sunny day is really not that offensive.

MyOtherUsernameisaPun · 06/05/2018 20:38

He's got to mow his grass sometime, and he can't do it when it's raining. Working from home means working, not mowing. It sounds like it was max a couple of hours out of the whole day. YABU.

Amanduh · 06/05/2018 20:39

Jesus. He’s not being inconsiderate. Get a grip

PlumsGalore · 06/05/2018 20:42

I agree, totally Unreasonable. The OP that is. Why does your lazy Sunday trump his productive Sunday? I can't believe I am reading this.

Oh yes of course, you have had a difficult year. Maybe there is more than you that has had a shit year, perhaps he has had one too, for context lol, and cutting his grass is therapeutic. To him.

HolyMountain · 06/05/2018 20:44

It’s his house.

He can mow it whenever he likes within daylight hours.

Your neighbours don’t need your approval.

Lizzie48 · 06/05/2018 20:45

Sorry, when there is nice weather at the weekend there are certain to be people mowing the lawn. It's just how it is. Perhaps you'd be happier if it was raining??

RavenWings · 06/05/2018 20:48

I'm sorry you have had a tough year, but really I don't see the relevance here. Lots of people will have had a tough time.

Cutting the grass is a completely normal activity and I don't see how it ruined the day. It's loud, yes, but that is just part and parcel of living next to people.

If the grass cutting was really so infuriating you were free to go to another place.

neveradullmoment99 · 06/05/2018 20:49

I like the sound of someone cutting the grass. I think you are being unreasonable tbh.

Devilishpyjamas · 06/05/2018 20:50

I think you’re the only person with a Sunday is a day of rest rule OP (how I wish). We’ve had an incredibly stressful year, still ongoing - by far the worst year of my life. Our lawn gets mowed when we have time. It doesn’t even register whether or not it’s a Sunday.

TheFaerieQueene · 06/05/2018 20:51

Man cuts grass during the day, at the weekend. The horror!

Topseyt · 06/05/2018 20:54

It isn't at all inconsiderate to mow the lawn during the day on a sunny Sunday in May.

DH mowed our lawn today and most of the neighbours also seemed to be mowing theirs. I had washing out for a while and then this evening we had a barbecue, as did a fair number of the neighbours as far as I could tell.

My Dad used to mow our lawns on either Saturday or Sunday when we were growing up in the seventies and eighties. It was usually the only time he had. So did plenty of their neighbours. Nobody batted an eyelid.

You are being unreasonable.

llangennith · 06/05/2018 20:55

I sympathise op. I held off till 6.30 (and couldn’t hear or smell any BBQs) before I started power washing the decking at the end of the garden. Did it for 30 mins before even I had had enough!

Devilishpyjamas · 06/05/2018 20:55

In the seventies and eighties about the only thing there was to do on a Sunday was mow the lawn and cook a roast

MrsDilber · 06/05/2018 20:55

Could be worse, could be wind chimes you can hear day and night from your bedroom window. There is no ending in an hour with them, it's continuous noise pollution day in, day out.

dayinlifeof · 06/05/2018 20:57

Of course he is not going to cut his grass in the rain, but what was wrong with yesterday, which was sunny?

Next time you are passing then go round and explain to him that you respect Sunday as a day of rest (you could go on your way to church?) and in future he must cut his grass on a Saturday only. Let us know what he says please.

Jen10M · 06/05/2018 20:58

Oops I mowed my lawn today... Every day is like any other, except its the only day I have genuinely free to catch up on these things... Maybe you should ask him not to if it bothers you that much

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dayinlifeof · 06/05/2018 21:00

Obviously he has every right to cut his grass but he could perhaps have done it over a few days rather than cause hours of disruption. A bit inconsiderate IMO.

But then she'd be complaining that she had wanted to relax in her garden for the last few days and that the NDN had spoilt it every day.