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

I do. Or I did when we had school and work and actually it was usually closer to 8am. We currently have no neighbours- when we did, I'd make sure I could hear them up and about before hoovering.

My sister does this.
Often at 5am. She is obsessed with her home and cleans it multiple times a day.

I think we all clearly have different schedules but it’s generally considerate in my opinion not to hoover or do anything particularly noisy before about 9 am on a weekend or after about 9pm at night.

I don’t think it’s unreasonable for him to get up an hour before he goes out to work.

It sounds like you are up late and you probably make noise, which is probably annoying at 2/3am for someone who gets up at 5 or 6

People have different schedules and lifestyles l get that. But at 2am or 3am lm typically lying in bed reading. So lm hardly impacting on him. But after today and after lockdown finishes it increasingly is tempting to have all night parties, Skype friends loudly in New Zealand, do a work out etc. We are being considerate and they aren’t

I’m not saying he can’t get up an hour before work, lm not a control freak. But the bellowing, furniture moving, door slamming and inane conversations about dinner around 5.55am l can do without (surely texts were invented for that?) etc. We have jobs that require us sometimes to get up early, our clothes are laid out ready, lunches made etc so we get up and go. Often to the extent where we don’t wake the other person so it’s not that hard

If they get up early then they probably got to bed early too (maybe 9 or 10 o’clock?) and so it’s unlikely you don’t make any noise that disturbs then between about 9 pm and 2-3 am when you go to bed.

You say their lounge is above your bedroom. Where is their bedroom in relation to your flat? Could it be worse because they are upstairs and you are downstairs.

I agree with you they are being inconsiderate if putting the washing machine on and moving furniture and shouting at 5-6am. Can you say something so they know you’re disturbed by it?

As for the day to day noises, you have to accept some noise if you live in a flat or attached house, and I think it’s unlikely that you don’t disturb them at all.

I can understand why you’d be annoyed when you wrote this after being woken up at 7 am

Hoovering at 7am is too early if you live in a flat and are likely to disturb others.
Tbh as an owl I'd consider getting my own back and hoover at 10pm !