Who does the hoovering at 7am?!

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I am trying to get back to sleep but my neighbours started hoovering at 7am. Who does that on a Saturday?! Bet they are going to start the washing machine up in a minute For clarity they aren’t shift workers, don’t have young children etc etc. Quite obviously they aren’t going anywhere as there is nowhere to go. It’s also a flat they live in, they know their lounge is above our bedroom.

There is a back story to this, as there often is. We are moving (well, meant to be!) and this is partly why. He leaves for work at 6am Monday to Friday but gets up at 5am, plods around, open / closes doors, has loud conversations on the doorstep etc etc. Consequently we have been woken up super early for the last few years and we are sick of it. When l got up that early for work l used to wash, brush my teeth, get dressed and just go. Why can’t he do the same? We also want more space.

They moan about the previous people who lived here with their loud poorly disciplined child. Maybe our replacements being less quiet then us, might remind them about thinking of others by not being anti-social and selfish

Early risers just view what is an acceptable time to do things a bit differently. I’ve been up since 5 fed the animals, put some washing on, done the dishwasher etc. My daughter is still asleep so I’ve not hoovered but would do if she wasn’t. Difference is I live in a detached house so it’s only us that can be disturbed by it.

I wouldn't hoover before 10am but I have been known to do it early if the 3 teenage girls next door have woken me at 4am.

My boyfriend, he was vacuuming when I got back from my run just before 7am.

Hmm so other people are anti-social to their as well. In contrast we are night owls. At the weekend we often don’t go to sleep until 2 or 3. But wouldn’t dream of hoovering or using the washing machine so late. Oh well, lm sure whoever moves in here most likely will be more noisy later on and re-dress the balance

@VivienScott it’s a bit different in a detached versus a flat. I’ve had a long week and don’t feel well so wanted to not get up early

Well I’m sure whatever it is you are doing until 2/3am at the weekend is equally annoying for them so I’d say it’s swings and roundabouts and part and parcel of living in a flat unfortunately. Good luck with your move

I do, but ONLY when my wonderful next door neighbours have decided to treat me to yet another karaoke party till 2am the night before, had some loud drunk conversations waving friends off in taxis right outside what they know is my little ones bedroom window and usual screeching boyf arguments in the street and they fully deserve it. I'm extra careful to hoover to my favourite tunes, lift the bed to hoover under it amongst other noisy chores...

Otherwise of course not - there is very little that can't wait till a bit later when most everyone is up and you don't disturb them. If you live in a detached property be as noisy as you like, but in e.g. a semi, a terraced or a flat - you really should be a bit more considerate where at all possible. Used to live next door to shift workers and we adapted accordingly so neither of us disturbed the other one as well wherever we could.

I wouldn't choose to vacuum that early but occasionally have had to do a little bit if we've had a big spillage or one time when DS broke a glass. If they have children that could be why.

@Randomness the turning of book or magazine pages can be deafening l suppose . We are moving to a semi-detached so here’s hoping it’s quieter and the neighbours are less selfish

I was about to say that they might have spilled something that needed to be hoovered up, but having read about how noisy they are normally, they're just inconsiderate fuckwits.

@LotsaDo they don’t have any children

Oh sorry, misread...thought you said they do have children. Although could still be something broken if they're as clumsy as me.

I really enjoy these threads cos you will always get someone coming on to say that they get up at 4am, do 3 loads of laundry, bake a cake, paint the spare room and run a marathon before 7am and anyone else who doesn’t is slovenly.

Extreme early risers seem to think they’re better than other people somehow. Look out for MN bingo “I just feel like it wastes the day if I haven’t done XYZ before 6am”

@ShirleyPhallus totally!!!! I in contrast find the 4am wake ups and accompanying boasting about activities rather sad and depressing.

I've been known to Hoover the wall by my neighbours bedroom after a night of hell from them the night before.

@TabbyMumz hoovering the actual wall? Interesting...

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I used to have a neighbour who lived above me who cleaned the whole flat really early. I could hear her hoovering the skirting boards. She would then spend the rest of the day getting pissed in the garden.

I doubt I'd hear it, a bomb might not wake me up at 7am in a Saturday, speaking of noisy neighbour's I think we're taking on the role housebound with lack of routine.

We start hoovering/washing machine at 8am on weekdays (3 year old eats breakfast and drops stuff) but wait till 9am on weekends. Live in a flat so don't want to annoy the neighbours.

I take it you’re absolutely silent all of the time

I’m sure you do plenty to disturb them at times, it comes with living in a flat. Other people are entitled to lives their lives despite it being incompatible with your pattern.

If he needs to get up at 5am for work then there’s no way around that.

You don’t say if you have children OP? And I don’t understand the reference to “they don’t have young children”.

What difference does it make?

ShirleyPhallus yes indeed, your post really made me laugh! 🤣⏰

They’re twats

Maybe they do so because they are tired of not being able to get to sleep and woken by neighbours who don't care about the noise they make late at night so feel no niggle doing the same very early in the mornings!

"@TabbyMumzhoovering the actual wall? Interesting..."
Yep...right where her bed would be. Very satisfying i can tell you

My Dh was hoovering at 645 am today he gets up early each day to get an hour of housework in before dc wake up