To be really annoyed with my neighbour

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I was woken up on my first lie in in two weeks, at 7.55 this morning with drilling (horrible grinding metal noise) coming from next door's garden. It's now 9.15 and they have the radio on full blast and the hammering has started! I understand Saturday is a day to get work done but I work full time and have a five year old dd so rarely get a lie in. This woman has her radio on loud most weekends and was building a bar once at 7.30 am on a Saturday. I get on with her ok so don't want to go round and complain at her in case it rocks the boat but aibu to think she has no consideration for others?!

Love all these posts. That's why I came on here really- to get a perspective. Basically I'm nbu to be annoyed but should probably seethe silently to myself
Currently listening to arctic monkeys first album at an slightly unreasonable level out the window
Still feel bad about that though.

I think it's pretty inconsiderate. I would never start noisy work before 9 am on a weekend as I think it's a bit rude to neighbours who might be trying to have a lie in. If I had to for some reason and it couldn't be avoided, I'd let them know in advance and apologise.

Slutty- this is the garden so probably not. I've just been out there hanging washing out and it is boiling so I can understand. A note through my letterbox would've been nice though. I was woken up so abruptly.

Different councils have different guidelines but I've read it's quite common for building works to be allowed from 8am on a Saturday.

Why don't you just talk to your neighbour?!

That's the thing celebelly I don't think it even enters her head. I once knocked on her door to tell her we were having a bbq in case she wanted to peg washing out or close her windows and she looked irritated. And not long after we moved in dd has serious pooing issues which made her bum sore and there was a lot of crying around bedtime. I went round to explain and she didn't answer the door. She probably thought I was going round to complain about her dog that used to barks for four hours every single night. She doesn't have it any more thankfully.

Amazinggrace it really wouldn't be worth it. She will probably do it even more.

So many people round our way have had extensions built or loft conversions done recently that I can't recall a time when we haven't builders making a racket at 8.00 on a Saturday for the last 2-3 years.

At 7.50 this morning a lorry was delivering building materials to a house in the next road, so we had all the noise of that, followed by 10 minutes of bleeping as the driver tried to reverse the truck round a tight corner.

The landscapers across the road appear to have finished for now, but scaffolding has just gone up at the house 5 doors down. They have planning permission for a 2-storey side and rear extension. The house opposite them have almost finished their loft conversion.

I'm heartily sick of it and want to go and live in the middle of a forest.

Gosh that sounds really annoying. How do you cope with that? I've just though as well I was shushing my dd the other day because the neighbour was asleep on her sun lounger! Not happening again!

YANBU That's too early at the weekend.

My attached neighbour did up his entire house over a period of a year but I can't complain as it's attached to mine and it was about to fall down taking mine with it.
it must be awful with small children though.

I thought the England game was on at 7pm

I think I’d find it more annoying if it was going on past, say 7pm. By 0730 I’m usually awake and bumping around. It would have been nice if she’d have informed you, but she hasn’t. I guess at least you don’t need to worry so much about your own noise, then. So you don’t need to worry about your own DIY noise, or your kids playing out a little bit early ¯\(ツ)/¯ every cloud and all that.

Opps 3pm my bad lol perfect time for diy

Gwt ear plugs op amazon does very good ones.

I have neighbour's like that, if he's not hammering, drilling or sawing his kids have got their music full blast, plus a dog barking! Had to go round to tell one kid to turn her music down recently!

No @Darkestnight it's 3pm.

After waiting for months and having had them postpone no end of times before, we finally got a date out of them to start work this morning. But my workmen haven't turned up at all. Gits.

That's the thing now I can feel liberated about my music or child playing. Although there's still other neighbours and we do live in close proximity to each other. I don't want them to suffer!

Could that be because of the match fourmileswide

I run a doggy holiday set up and the latest I can lie into is 7.30am. I then let the dozen or so dogs out to the toilet, organise their breakfast, then cuddle time, then I can finally eat. I would still be seriously pissed off with work starting at that time. I like a nice quiet start to my day and hammering, drilling, etc, would seriously irritate me.

I have been getting a lot of work don’t to the house/business lately, but the builders and co, know they can’t make any loud noises until 9am. I have consideration for my neighbours and know that some like a lie in at the weekend. The attitude that some posters have, regarding how early others should be out of bed, is ridiculous.

I hate people that inflict their music on others. It’s so fucking entitled - what makes them think I want to listen to their crap? I like peace and quiet! DIY I don’t mind so much, as long as it’s not constant, but people should be considerate about the time, I think 9.00 at weekends, maybe 8.00 during the week.

OP I'm with you and think that before 9am is antisocial and not very neighbourly. Have currently got builders radio blaring over my back fence from their van - pointless as they can't even hear it over the drilling! Can't believe some pp are saying well I've been up since crack of dawn so it's fine?! It's bloody annoying if you are a M-F 9-5 person to have your Saturday morning spoiled by noisy people.

"Sometimes you can't even have music on because you can hear hers over it."

Give her a playlist. She'll either play your type of music, or she will take the hint.

There's banners up now-she's having a party! The noise was some guys putting up new decking!

Well everybody starts their day at different times, but it would still be nice to think that adults could be considerate to their neighbours.

I was up at 5am today and wanted to mow the lawn before it got hot, but I still waited until 9am out of consideration.

I don't mind unavoidable noise - baby crying, dog barking, traffic - but stuff that could be postponed should be imo.