AIBU to think 6.30 is too early to be hearing neighbours washing machine?

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I know that neighbourly noise is a sensitive and potentially inflammatory issue, but I am feeling disturbed and seeking others perspectives.
My adjoining neighbour has positioned her w machine against a shared wall, such that I can audibly hear the drone of the motor and the rattling of the spin very clearly when it is on.
She used to use it late at night ie around 10pm and I successfully brokered an arrangement by which she doesnt use it late in the evening, which she is broadly complicit with.
From time to time however, she will turn it on at what seems to be an unreasonably early hour - ie 7am and as today, even earlier. She is aware that the sound travels to me, hence our evening agreement.
I'm very anxious by nature and loathe having to bring these types of issues up, but at the same time, I begin seething with stress & upset when triggered.
I'm particularly wary of contacting her as while we were quite friendly when they first moved in, she has grown increasingly less friendly over the years, just a courtesy 'hello' if we pass in the street and not many friendly vibes.
AIBU to mention this to her, or should I just swallow it and keep the peace?
Thanks in advance.

You are being VERY unreasonable.

10pm isn't too late to have a washing machine on by most peoples standards and 7am is definitely not early!

There are many people who don't get home from work until 8pm or so, and I'm not referring to shift workers, just generally people who have a commute and many people have left home by 7am to start their journey to work.

My neighbour always has her washing machine on during the night, I'm talking 1am until about 4am because apparently the electricity is cheaper - which reminds me I must look in to that :)

You're being unreasonable to dictate that she can't use her washing machine after 10pm and before 7am. I think you're out of touch with how busy peoples lives are tbh.

oops

by 600W I meant 0.6kWh.

I'm surprised at all these ppl that leave their washers on when they go out. We had 2 (separate washing machines a few years apart) one that started smoking and another that the glass door exploded. Because of this I never leave them on when we're out or in bed. If I hadn't been in when these happened it could have been a completely different story. It goes without saying it's ditto for the dryer

Looney well I can understand your own reluctance but equally in nearly 30 years of living away from home I have never had this happen, nor do i know anyone to whom this has happened, so obviously I think it's fine - plus the machine comes with a timer setting which suggests its been tested for this kind of thing.

I think you have been thoughtful and asked on here before complaining direct. Now you know that most people think that she is not being unreasonable and have accepted that then you hopefully will find it disturbs you less. It's often the anxiety around the noise rather than the noise itself that is most disturbing.

I am very unreasonable in wanting the birds to not start making a row before 4 am. I know I am unreasonable, (although I think the row made by pigeons is completely unreasonable).

I lay there one morning getting more and more wound up until I realised how stupid I was being. I decided that it was my feelings that were winding me up more than the noise itself so got Alexa to read my audio book - loudly. ... I went back to sleep . The next day I had to work out how long the audio had played as I couldn't remember a word of the story

Given that the neighbour has already stopped using the machine (at your request), I think it's a bit cheeky to now put more time constraints on the use of her washing machine.

We're a top floor masionette and unless someone is poorly we try not to have the machine on before 9am (later at the weekend) or after 8pm.

Given that OP acknoweldged she was BU 2.5 hours ago...

I think most people are limited in where they can site a washing machine.

I'd not be impressed if you told me when I could and couldn't use mine. Aren't you up by 7? If not, count yourself lucky as I've already left the house with 4 kids by then.

You live in an attached house. WM noise in normal noise. 10pm is not too late. 7am is not too early.

You will hear neighbor noise. Deal with it. Maybe sleep with earplugs and an eye mask to help you feel nicely cocooned and zen.

What you COULD ask her to do it pop the WM on an anti-vibrate rubber mat (and buy it for her) and help her maneuver the WM onto it. That helps a lot with the vibrate noise.

What would you do though, really, tell her you "asked an internet forum and they said...."??? There's nowhere to take that kind of irk. We just have to live being irked from time to time.

If she's on a variable electricity tariff it's cheaper before 8am. They are encouraging people to use appliances off peak in fact. The issue is she has one that vibrating against the wall not the time

"usual inconsiderate bunch on here, I see."

I'm as considerate as they come. I'm also very intolerant of noisy neighbours as I expect the same consideration in return. I've complained about loud music, constantly barking dogs and children playing noisily outside before 7am. But even I would not complain about a washing machine. It's normal household noise, being used at an early but not antisocial time, no doubt due to working hours. I'm glad op has conceded she IBU, and am surprised at those of you saying she isn't.

Get her some foam feet? Apologise for your overs sensitive ears?

For a weekday 7 or slightly earlier seems perfectly reasonable.

I'd rather hear neighbour noise at 10pm than 6:30am as I rarely go to bed before midnight but I'm not up before 7am either... but as you already asked her to stop doing it in the evenings, I don't think you can complain again.

I don't think you should complain again, she may not have a timer on her machine or doesn't want to leave it on when she is out.I would prefer to hear it at night rather than in the morning though, not everyone is awake and up in the mornings, not everyone gets up early for work, and not everyone has children to get up for.

However, if you are in a rental/block or have a lease there might be restrictions on when it can be used.

I think you are being unreasonable.
It’s nice enough of her to no longer do laundry at night at your request, even though she might not benefit now from the favorable night rate for the electricity. If I was your neighbour, I probably would have thought that you are quite cheeky for trying to dictate me when I should do my laundry!
What if an accident happened during the night such as suddenly discovering your period has started and blood came on the sheets - would you really expect people to wait until the morning to deal with it?
I think falls into the same category as telling your neighbours that flushing their toilet at night is unacceptable. You are stepping too much into their private life and neccesairy routines.

I once had a neighbour living under me who thought she could dictate me to not hoover until 11 in the morning on sathurdays because she always slept in. No way that stopped me from doing that at 9.