Neighbour cutting grass at 8.30pm!

[Shootingstar1115]

Would you be annoyed?

I’m not usually one to moan but it happens quite often.

He doesn’t actually cut it himself, he gets a gardener in to do it. Cutting and strimming. But it’s always between 8 - 9.30pm at night. It’s quite a large garden and it takes a while. Does that seem too late?

It’s a neighbourhood where there’s lots of kids. It’s hot so people have their windows open. There’s kids either side of him. Somebody with a young baby behind him.

Struggling to get DS off to sleep tonight. He’s super sensitive to noise.

My neighbour gets home from work around 3/4pm so why does he get it done so late??

I’m not sure if I’m being unreasonable or not? We try and be respectful towards him noise wise. OH won’t go out and cut the grass on his days off until at least 10am just in case anyone is lying in.

Last part wasn't clear really, the council obviously doesn't come at night! But neighbour's gardener uses a petrol strimmer in the evening.

I think it's only late in the sense that kids often go to bed between 7 and 8 and it could wake them up.then they might be a nightmare to get to sleep again. Personally I wouldn't do it after 7pm.

Well....
Your post title talked about grass-cutting at 8:30pm.
Which immediately turned into 8:30 to 9:30.
You said:
If he was cutting his own grass I think it would be less annoyed because I know he works and is busy but he gets a gardener in to do it so a little earlier would be better all round

which seemed a very reasonable attitude.

However, you went on to mention your son's autism and noise sensitivity.
In fact, noise causes him pain.

I presume the noise would still trouble him if it was your neighbour cutting the grass (say, after getting home from work and having his evening meal).

Now, it's cutting and strimming with a "commercial sized strimmer".

I'm sure you're not just making things sound worse by adding extra details when it seems people aren't 100% in agreement with you, but - if you do talk to your neighbour about this - you should probably give him all the facts at once.

@BearRabbitPants

but it's nice to sit and have dinner, watch tv, chill out etc with the doors open (as it's hot!) without a noise nuisance in the back ground! And like another poster said, it's light in the mornings at 4:30 but I'm sure people would be pissed off if someone was mowing the lawn then !!

Someone mowing the lawn is a noise nuisance? Give over. What rot. Bet you yell and scream at neighbourhood children enjoying themselves outside in the summer weather too.

@Joans3rddaughter

For people who work night shifts, their sleep during the day between shifts is constantly disturbed by lawn mowers, strimmers, parcel deliveries for neighbours that are not in. The list goes on. And on. Whats the difference.

This. ^ Plenty of shift workers have to tolerate all kinds of interruptions to their sleep, and have to suffer WAY worse than someone mowing their lawn at 8.30pm!!!

@Mangofandangoo

I'm almost certain that everyone on this thread that saying it isn't too late doesn't have young children. 9pm isn't late but it is inconsiderate, just like it would be to mow it at 8 am on a weekend..

I'm almost certain that most people on this thread thinking it's OK, DO have young children, (or did have once,) and that is why they can see it's utterly ludicrous to moan about it.

How on earth do you and your precious kiddie-winks cope in the summer holidays when there are kids over 8-9 years old, playing out and laughing, and kicking footballs about, and playing cricket and various games around the area you live, til at least 10.00pm?

Don't tell me, you live in a field, a mile from anywhere! But OMG, but what about the cows moo-ing, and the sheep bleating, and what about the birds cheeping??? How DO you cope?

The people moaning about it are clearly people who don't work. People who DO would be much more understanding of how hard it is to get jobs around the house and garden done, when you have very little free time!! Quit being so precious and selfish, and be more understanding. It's half eight in the evening FFS, not 1.00am. Get a grip.

And as I said earlier in the thread, my kids were never ONCE disturbed or woken up by someone mowing their pissing lawn!

Some people!

Your post title talked about grass-cutting at 8:30pm.Which immediately turned into 8:30 to 9:30

No it didn't. Read the OP's OP.

Now, it's cutting and strimming with a "commercial sized strimmer"

The gardener is employed so it would make sense to give more detail, e.g. industrial level equipment.

8.30 is totally reasonable. It’s certainly not late.

I’m sure your dc will be out making a noise at 8.30 in the school holidays once they are old enough.

Noise is part of life in a community, people leaving for work from 7am and people coming home at midnight after a night out. You don’t really expect all your neighbours to tiptoe around because you are trying to settle your little one. If you think everyone should be quiet after 7pm yabu. We often get our shopping delivered after 8.30 because that’s a convenient time for us. I know the van is noisy, because my neighbours get their delivery at 7am on Saturday and the noise always wakes us.

To be honest, I find that white noise from a mower to be be quite soothing.

@bingbongnoise thank you for your over the top rant. I'm off work today and was considering mowing my lawn - not I know that you're option is obviously the most important, I might wait and do it at 8:30pm to ensure you approve

The people moaning about it are clearly people who don't work. People who DO would be much more understanding of how hard it is to get jobs around the house and garden done, when you have very little free time!! hmm Quit being so precious and selfish, and be more understanding. It's half eight in the evening FFS, not 1.00am. Get a grip

Where I live in Australia, where people also work and garden in very hot weather, they manage to abide by local laws that say shut up shop by 8.00.p.m. It works.

I'm with the OP on this one, though not particularly because of her son, just the need for quiet.

Jesus @bingbongnoise who pissed on your cornflakes 🤣?!

Oh and I'm lucky enough not to live near 'neighbourhood kids' playing out late but IMO kids laughing & having a kick about on the green is a lot different to a strimmer & lawnmower being used!

OP I get its difficult, but sorry I don't think it's too late. My DD would find certain noises painful (autistic and very sensitive to noise) and my neighbours would be out mowing, BBQ or generally enjoying the sun but it was for me to manage. I chose to have a child, it wasn't for my neighbours to change their routines and lifestyle. Although I think it is likely that it's the only time the gardeners is available.

I understand its very frustrating, have you been to an audiologist? They gave my DD some noise sensitivity aids (look like hearing aids) which were really good.

@BearRabbitPants

Don't post drivel and tripe, and then cry off and post childish comments, because your comments are challenged.

The fact you are posting childish comments and silly LO-ing smilies, shows you have no argument.

Enjoy the summer, and get lots of sleep and rest. Sounds like you need it.

Oh, and maybe get some noise cancelling headphones, and earplugs for you and your precious kiddie-winks, in case someone has the temerity to go in the garden and talk, or mow their lawn, or let their children out to play after 8pm. And someone may even water their plants, (can't have anyone making lots of noise with water coming out of a hosepipe!!)

Bless ...

@BearRabbitPants

Don't post drivel and tripe, and then cry off and post childish comments, because your comments are challenged.

The fact you are posting childish comments and silly LOL-ing smilies, shows you have no argument.

Enjoy the summer, and get lots of sleep and rest. Sounds like you need it.

Oh, and maybe get some noise cancelling headphones, and earplugs for you and your precious kiddie-winks, in case someone has the temerity to go in the garden and talk, or mow their lawn, or let their children out to play after 8pm. And someone may even water their plants, (can't have anyone making lots of noise with water coming out of a hosepipe!!)

Bless ...

So it’s acceptable because it’s still light outside? So does that make it okay to go out and mow the lawn at 5am when it gets light too?
No, it doesn't work like that as others said, it would be a disturbance between 23.00hrs and 07.00hrs.

@bingbongnoise 'challenge me' ?? Jeez I think you are taking this thread FAR too seriously.

As I said, lucky enough not to live on an estate, also detached & don't have arse hole neighbours, ours are extremely considerate as are we. So yes I will be enjoying a lovely QUIET summer thank you 😊.

Christ don't ever move to a village surrounded by fields Op, you'll hear the combines still going at 11pm sometimes and the rattle of the grain trucks thundering down the lane.

My son is autistic too, very sensitive to noise yet we really aren't bothered by people outside in the garden mowing their lawns or chattering and laughing over a beer on their patio.

We're actually more bothered by shrieking children on bloody trampolines in the afternoon, yet we don't go and ask them to be quiet.

echt
I said the title mentioned 8:30.
This became 8:30 to 9:30 in the opening post.

Lots of gardeners round here. All use ordinary strimmers. You're right - it would have made sense to give more detail about the commercial one.
A lot sooner than it was given.

I said the title mentioned 8:30.This became 8:30 to 9:30 in the opening post

Valid point, but then OPs are often more detailed and are hard to correct after, so not sure why you pull her up on it, like it was a thing.

These threads make me cringe for people who have serious noise issues from building works or awful neighbours who party all night playing Celine Dion on a loop. I am not surprised so many people don’t take real noise seriously because people make a fuss about absolutely anything noisy, during reasonable times of the day or evening

Police here at 0230 to arrest ASB neighbour. Again. Woken at 0630 by him presumably arriving home from custody and her kicking off.

Hopefully he'll be evicted this time but that could take months.

YABU the world does not revolve around children or babies who are in bed early

These threads make me cringe for people who have serious noise issues from building works or awful neighbours who party all night playing Celine Dion on a loop. I am not surprised so many people don’t take real noise seriously because people make a fuss about absolutely anything noisy, during reasonable times of the day or evening

Absolutely

It's summer, hot and that's the time when it's coolest. I don't find it unreasonable. I think you just need to chill if I'm honest

It's a lawnmower humming along, not a pneumatic drill stopping and starting.

It might be because it's too hot at other times , and I don't think 8.30pm is too late, no.

To posters saying they'd not do anything noisy after 7... Jesus. When would people get anything done?!

I'm just about walking through the door from work at 7 on a day where I've miraculously left on time! With fairly normal working hours, a reasonable commute, this isn't unusual. 7pm is a very early time to cease all noise.

I'm generally very neighbourly and accommodating but 8.30 in summer is fine. 7 is just nuts.

I rarely made concessions regarding noise when my children were babies, they need to be able to live in a normal world. To expect the rest of the world to accommodate your perceived need for silence is selfish. Your children will be shrieking around the garden when they're older and you won't like others telling you they're noisy.