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AIBU?

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Drilling next door?

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dogletsproglet · 10/05/2018 08:47

Fully prepared to be told IABU by the way...

Long story short - next door having masses of work done, extending every which way, etc, likely to go on for a few months at least...

They have been drilling this morning since around 8.15, and it genuinely sounds like they are drilling in my bedroom, actually feels like my teeth are rattling.

I have a six month old DD who normally naps til around 9/9.30ish, and obviously she has been woken up by the banging and drilling, same happened the last couple of days and she has been in a foul mood all day as a result...

Would it be really bad if I went round and asked them not to do any drilling before 9ish? Or is that totally PFB of me? Only I am a single mum, and the thought of a grumpy and tired baby for the next three months or so is awful.

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MojitoMonday · 10/05/2018 08:50

I’m sorry but YABU .

My ex is a builder. He was always at work ready to start at 8am. They cannot change their works schedule to suit

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dogletsproglet · 10/05/2018 08:54

Fair enough. To be fair, I always thought people were being a bit precious when Jess types of posts have come up before, but as I said, you don't realise how intrusive it is until it happens to you!

Guess I'll just have to suck it up

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MojitoMonday · 10/05/2018 09:02

It is annoying but TBH I always put mine down & carried on hoovering etc & they soon got used to any noise.
I hope your LO isn’t too grumpy 😡

CalF123 · 10/05/2018 09:05

That would drive me batty OP, but I don't think there's much you can do as it's after 8am.

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dogletsproglet · 10/05/2018 09:10

Window frames are actually rattling. And the floor is vibrating. It's been three days so far and already I want to move to a desert island, and that's without the grumpy baby on top of it.

Rant rant rant. Surely they could do other bits and pieces before 9am? Got enough to deal with right now as it is, feeling very sorry for myself. I have been as accommodating as possible, letting them knock down my garden wall, letting them block access to my drive and giving them permission to use it if need be as it is. Surely there must be some way of delaying it the drilling and thumping, genuinely does feel like the house is about to fall down.

Sorry I am tired, upset and grumpy, and really just feel like crying at the thought of this indefinitely...

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Hillarious · 10/05/2018 09:19

There's only so much drilling they'll need to do. They'll have finished before you know it.

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dogletsproglet · 10/05/2018 09:24

See you would have thought that, but they are extending outwards, sideways and upwards, it's a massive job, going to take a good couple of months...

Just been outside to have a nosey and the drilling this morning is coming from the other side of their house, if it's this noisy now, god knows what it's going to be like when they get going on the back and the loft

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KitanaKay · 10/05/2018 09:29

I completely sympathise. You feel like your house is not your own when this is going on. Unfortunately as PP have all said they’re entitled to drill after 8am, and it is time limited, but if you have a good relationship with them no harm in just asking if it is possible to arrange to do other things pre 9am due to baby. It may not be possible, but if you’re polite about it there’s nothing unreasonable about asking.

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 10/05/2018 09:33

Sounds pretty awful OP. You could speak to your neighbor I guess. It wouldn't do any harm to explain that your baby is still asleep at that time.

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dogletsproglet · 10/05/2018 09:37

I feel like I am going mad already from the constant noise, banging and drilling and the shouting, oh the shouting. Guess they have to shout to be heard over the racket.

Seriously, I am getting more and more upset and angry at the thought of this going on for however how long... I am going to go and have a quick word and say I appreciate they have a job to do and deadlines to meet etc etc but if it would be possible to just delay the drilling bit til after 9am, or I will actually lose my sanity...

Except I probably won't, because I am a massive wimp, and will probably just put up with it, and slowly go completely mad...

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TheHumanMothboy · 10/05/2018 09:40

Is your house adjoined to theirs?
Did they give you a party wall agreement?

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 10/05/2018 09:44

Go and talk to them. Be pleasant and calm so you get your point across clearly.

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dogletsproglet · 10/05/2018 09:58

I am going to be calm and measured, actually tearing my hair out on the inside.

Yes they gave me a party wall agreement after trying to wriggle out of it, saying there was no need for a surveyor, etc etc etc. But the scale of the extension was only made clear after that. I should have checked it before but I've got so much going on at the moment. This may well tip me over the edge!!!!!

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GreatDuckCookery6211 · 10/05/2018 10:04

Good luck, hopefully they will listen!

0lgaDaPolga · 10/05/2018 10:11

Will she nap in the pram? If so you could go out for a walk with her. Maybe not ideal if you need to get things done in the house but might be preferable to an overtired baby. You have my sympathy. My neighbours just had a lot of work done and it really disturbed my son’s naps.

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