Hoovering Upstairs between 6.30 and 7.30 pm?

[Chubbaibu]

When your neighbours have three children seven and over?

Adjoining properties.

Yeh absolutely fine, he's nuts.

Sounds normal to me. Also, surely it can't be going on for very long, unless you live in a mansion!

Knock on his door early on a morning and tell him kids are waking you up!!!!

It’s fine to Hoover at that time!!!

Fine hoovering at that time.

What did you say when he knocked at your door to tell you to stop?

Can't believe he thought he could tell you (rather than making a polite request- would it be possible for you to...) what to do in your own house!

It's fine. Tell him to pop round earlier and do it for you if it bothers him that much.

It's fine, many people don't get home until 7pm. For noisy household jobs 9pm is about the cut off

It’s not that late but in over 30 years of running my own home, I’ve never hoovered of an evening.

He's an idiot, pay no attention to him. If he knocks again, tell him to take it up with the council. 😂

@Chubbaibu

Dad came and knocked on the door to tell me to stop which has got my goat right up too.

That’s ridiculous.

Just say no problem and do it at 4.30 in the morning instead...

ignore him and carry on vacuuming.

@Chubbaibu

When your neighbours have three children seven and over?

Adjoining properties.

If they work during the day, when do you expect them to Hoover? That's not an unreasonable time and your children do not dictate everyone else's lives.

@maddiemookins16mum does it matter if you have never hoovered in the evening? Many people are out of the house all day and only have the evening.

No, it’s fine. What 7 yo gets to bed by that time? And can I have them in exchange for my 7 yo

@ReceptacleForTheRespectable OP was the offending hoover-er!

@ReceptacleForTheRespectable the OP is the hooverer!

I’m not sure I’ve ever heart “got my goat right up” though

Well if you were hoovering for the whole hour between 6.30 and 7.30 YABU but if it was for 5-10 minutes then YANBU

@maddiemookins16mum

It’s not that late but in over 30 years of running my own home, I’ve never hoovered of an evening.

I do quick run every evening. Takes few minutes. Started couple of years ago. My DH is now breathing much better. My sinuses don't flaire up either.

I Hoover whenever I fancy🤣😳

I’d say up to 9 pm is OK. If neighbour has very young child (baby, toddler) would be nice to stop at 8pm but not obliged to. If you were hoovering solidly for an hour that’s very long. I assume you mean 10 mins.

I get the urge to hoover at well past 9pm sometimes. We have wood flooring throughout the downstairs and I can't bare any grittyness under foot. Thankfully our neighbours dont give a shit 🤣

I couldn’t care less about hoovering

My neighbour who teaches online Zumba on a wooden floor between 9am and fucking MIDNIGHT every single night can get in a bin though.

She knows I have a toddler, she knows we can hear, and she persists.

So I’ve stopped telling DS to keep it down when he’s up early. I know it’s childish but ZUMBA. On a wooden floor. Online. Sometimes for five hours on the trot.

I wish she’d just hoover.

@AnaisNun

"My neighbour who teaches online Zumba on a wooden floor between 9am and fucking MIDNIGHT every single night can get in a bin though."

I LOL'd hard.

Who even does Zumba at midnight though wtf?! 🙈

Is it after 7am and before 11pm? hoover away? Years ago, my neighbour moaned on his FB that I was hoovering on and off in the middle of the day and disturbing his music recording. I had the use of a carpet cleaner... you use them on and off as you have to empty tanks etc.

@MyGrassIsBrowner

I’d love to know.

I suspect it’s international classes.

Which means she’s not only noisy but she’s clearly GOOD at it, and has built up a client base and is probably raking it in, so now I’m going to have to live life to a Shakira soundtrack.

Which would be totally fine if I hadn’t put on 3 stone in the last 12 months. If just feels like I’m being taunted.