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?

It wouldn't bother me. DH wakes me up two hours before that getting ready for work, then it's my turn to be up at 6.30am weekends. The majority of our neighbours get up a similar time, in fact, nextdoor gets up at 5.30am.

I get up at 6am and think 8 is too early. I would say 9 at the earliest

Anytime before 9 is inconsiderate and anti social in my book.

Weekdays yes and weekends no

It wouldn’t bother me but I am one of those infuriating early risers who will have been up for a good while by 8.
I’d wait till 10 at the weekend and 9 on the weekdays. I might be up early but my neighbours may prefer to sleep in.

I wouldn't notice the sound so it wouldn't bother me.

No it’s not too early. Lots of us are working from home at the moment and would actually appreciate you getting this kind of chore out of the way so that we don’t have to swelter in our makeshift offices with the windows closed during working hours thanks to all the noise outside. Not that I’m at all bitter about all the building and gardening projects my neighbours are undertaking at the moment, you understand . . .

but I am one of those infuriating early risers who will have been up for a good while by 8.
As long as you don't mow the lawn when you get up you won't be infuriating anybody.
People will only care what time you get up when you make enough noise to wake them.

Far too early.

Perfectly reasonable.

The environmental rule for noise is none before 7am or after 11pm.

Surely most people are up at 8am? Where I am, we are woken by a barking dog at 7am daily and some neighbours setting off for work long before 7am.

Fine on a weekday as building work can begin then!

On a weekday? Why on earth not?

I can’t believe the number of people who think 8am is too early, in our road and town at 8am everything is going on. Builders are starting work, skips being delivered, bin men are out collecting, lorries are delivering to the business park and on normal days our road is clearing out as everyone leaves for work/school.

And I say this as someone who lives half way down a cul de sac not on the main road.

@FuzzyPuffling

The person who looks after the Non Conformist graveyard next to our house frequently starts with his mowing and strimming and hedge cutting at 8am. The C of E never do theirs until the afternoon.

This made me laugh immoderately, Fuzzy

Perfectly OK . Workmen start at 8 generally so not a problem in the week .

Too early. I'd not be happy

I agree 8am on weekdays is fine but would say a bit later on a weekend. Construction workers can start at 8am. It isn’t THAT early, most people would already be up getting ready/already gone to work or school. I also agree about the 7am washing machine being much worse! (Unless you live in a detached house)

Too early and inconsiderate.

I always thought it was better to cut grass early or late (not in the sun) so 8 on a weekday is fine.

Way too early, some of us sleep till 11

If you are asking on here you know it’s unreasonable

If it was pre lockdown I'd say it was fine but yes 8am is early for anything atm.

I think 8am is fine but do admit that when the neighbour mowed his grass at 7.30am the other morning I thought he was unreasonable even if I had been up more than an hour. My neighbours seem to indulge in competitive mowing (one mows and it sets them all off sometimes they mow every other day) so I imagine he won that day.

My gardener comes at 8am on saturday mornings, when I am enjoying my morning coffee in bed, half dressed or undressed. (My bedroom is on the ground floor facing the garden). I want to kill him when he disturbs my morning time. I have to get up and put clothes on, and then just sit there raging that I can’t relax anymore. I live in a converted house that has a huge back garden, so it’s technically my garden, but I don’t employ the gardener, the whole building does, as he also does the front garden... so I don’t feel like I can tell him when to come

8am on a weekday is fine. I didn't realise we should tiptoe around lest we wake someone in a different house. Good job most people aren't so noise sensitive, no one would ever get anything done. Milkmen would be delivering milk in their stockinged feet!