WIBU to mow lawn at 9am on Bank Holiday Monday?

[KingscoteStaff]

Terraced house.
SW London.
Flymo.
Will take about 20 mins.

If not, what time is ok?

[LimitIsUp]

I suspect that those who say 9 is fine have small children and are up before this time routinely - they need to consider that those of us with older children (or no children) have rediscovered the joy of a weekend lie in and don't follow the same timetables

[ReadWriteDraw]

I’m obviously missing something as I’d happily use a lawnmower at 9am. It’s a flymo not a pneumatic drill!

[daisypond]

It’s fine.

[Princesspeachy0]

I think 9am is perfectly fine.

[madcatladyforever]

I'm sitting here desperate to start mowing but I think it's too early, I'd like to hoover too but I think next door might kill me.
The sound of a lawnmower can be really irritating too early.
I'm going to go out and do some weeding until 10am.

[Travis1]

Ha ha op I’m just sitting here with my coffee deliberating the same thing. By the sound of things next door are up and at ‘em and I know the lady next door is always up early so I’m going with after 9 is fine

[JenniferJareau]

After 11am is acceptable, not before.

[Helplessfeeling]

My kids are teenagers, they are still in bed. I still think 9 is fine. I am going off to do mine now!

[pinkpopcorn]

No children here and I’d be fine with someone mowing at 9.

[EL8888]

I think 9am is too early

[NC4Now]

My window cleaner came just after 8 this morning. Scared the crap out of me!

[TeddybearBaby]

My 2 kids are enjoying the last lay in they’ll have for a while. I’d appreciate them not being woken up so I say wait until 10 ☺️👍🏼

[Thecabbageassasin]

Maybe check to see if your neighbours are up. I mean curtains opened, signs of movement, not actually knocking on door.

[WindsweptEgret]

I suspect that those who say 9 is fine have small children and are up before this time routinely - they need to consider that those of us with older children (or no children) have rediscovered the joy of a weekend lie in and don't follow the same timetables I have a 12 year old and 9 is fine.

[ShirleyAvenue]

There was a thread about this on Good Friday. The consensus was 10am.

[adaline]

I never understand why people can't just wait until a normal time to cut their lawns!

Because people have other things to do? They don't sit around all day and wait until it's a sensible time to mow the lawn!

[Langrish]

Say 10 here too, if you can wait a bit.
I had some noisy stuff to do in the garden yesterday but didn’t do it in the end because next door had (very noisy as it happens 😁) friends and family round for a meal outside. Live and let live.

[whyohwhyowhydididoit]

It would be VU. I am currently sitting in my living room desperate to vacuum up the debris of a sunny Easter day spent with friends and family traipsing in and out of the garden but am holding off out of respect for the rest of the household sleeping upstairs. Guess I’ll just have sit and eat chocolate until they all wake up.

[ethelfleda]

Go for it! People can be so precious!
Although i imagine you’ve finished now.

[Invisibleiink]

"If my neighbours were making excessive noise after 10pm the night before then I would absolutely be mowing at 8am though!"

Ah, but what about the blameless neighbours on the other side? (or back to back in many areas!)
Singing round the cauldron at after midnight is indeed too much - what were they singing op? I'd ask them to stop I think (depending on the neighbours, obviously)

[zod1ac19]

Another one here who thinks 10am is fair to all.
Bin men came at 6.40am today though 😬

[LovelyJubbly67]

@Helplessfeeling

"Because for me personally I have other things I want to do today. I always want a shower after I have mowed the lawn, so I like to do it first thing, have a shower, then get on with those other things."

Me, me, me... that some people (including mothers of young children) may want to catch up on sleep, or just start their day with calm and quiet, doesn't come into it?

[Llareggub]

20 mins to cut a suburban lawn; fine. Power washing for 8 hours straight; not fine. I hope the buggers are on a water meter.

[adaline]

I suspect that those who say 9 is fine have small children and are up before this time routinely - they need to consider that those of us with older children (or no children) have rediscovered the joy of a weekend lie in and don't follow the same timetables

I have no children and I think 9am is fine. I'd expect people to mow the lawn before heading out for the day or before heading to work.

The world doesn't stop because some people want to sleep in on weekends - I work every weekend and have to be out of the house at 8.30 - I don't get home until gone seven. So, yes, I do put a wash on and run the hoover round before I leave- and my neighbours don't complain. Just like I don't complain if they do similar when I'm ready for bed in the evenings.

When you live in terraced housing or on an estate you can't expect everyone to fit their lives around yours - it just doesn't work like that!

[daisypond]

I’m older, I don’t have small children and I’ve been up since 5.30. 10 or 11 is a worse time to start because it affects shift workers more, whereas a 9am start they might still be at work or en route home.