To think 8.00am isn't too early ...

[LakieLady]

To mow the grass?

We have a very quiet electric mower. And most mornings there are delivery lorries/vans making a racket at 8 (the whole street seems to be extending their house atm, we have a builder's lorry almost every day and they always come early).

The sun is on the back garden until gone 6pm, I work until 2.30 and by the time the grass is in the shade I'm frankly knackered.

Would it really BU to give it a quick mow at 8?

why does it have to be in the shade to cut it?
I didn't think that was a thing.
It's not like painting

It's kind of early and the dew will still be on the grass. Give it til 10am and it will have dried off.

Between 10am and 3pm is about right.

8am is too early and could result in a lot of bad feeling and even complaints about antisocial behaviour.

Weekdays 8am is fine , next door have landscapers and builders in and they start at 8 . Weekends I’d say 9 to be kind to neighbours .

I'd be fine with it, but wouldn't mow my own before 9am at the weekend incase my neighbours weren't.

Here, the gardeners start mowing mine at 8.30 after collecting their stuff from the depot at 7.30. and they've already had a mug of tea with a previous client. We are a mixed estate of elderly,middle aged, young mums and I've honestly never heard anyone complain that they're coming too early.

Doesn't mean they're fine with it.

9 from me

I think 9am for anything ‘noisy’

Sorry, should have said - weekdays.

It goes really yellow and parched if I cut it when the sun's on it. We have very free draining, chalky soil.

I don't think it's too early OP, most people will be up by 8am.

I'm rarely up before 8 even on a working day. Although a lawn mower wouldn't bother me that much tbh.

Fine on a weekday.

Yes- 8am is too early. Leave it until after 9 at least.

However, what's your neighbours situation?

Older neighbours both sides, and next door but one. NDN and ND but 1 are both early risers (Mr ND but one goes to work about 5). The nearest kids are diagonally opposite, so the width of the road and 2 x house widths away. I doubt if it would disturb them, tbh.

Very unreasonable. I would complain if my neighbours did this.

I wouldn’t even notice, 8 am is perfectly reasonable in my opinion. If you don’t want to be woken up at a normal waking up time, then I’d say that’s your problem to solve rather than your neighbours

Too early, although I’m up at 6am I respect that some people get up later so I don’t mow until after 10am.

Totally unreasonable

I’m up at that point (usually in work for 7.30am) but I personally wouldn’t mow my lawn until 9am.

Weekday? Why not....

Wait until at least 9am.

9am is early enough. Don't be that neighbour

Too early. 9 at the earliest I would be cursing you!

Delivery noise is significantly less disruptive than the irritating repetitive noise of a lawnmower!

8am is far too early. Just because you’re up and about, doesn’t mean your whole street is. Even if your neighbours are early risers I’m sure the appreciate a peaceful, quiet hour to start the day with.

9am at the very earliest or weekends is the considerate thing to do