Hoovering Upstairs between 6.30 and 7.30 pm?

[Chubbaibu]

When your neighbours have three children seven and over?

Adjoining properties.

Totally fun to do it.

Argh, autocarrot strikes.

Totally FINE to do it at that time.

@crosstalk

OMG people hoover every day?

Yes, because I have a long haired cat, long haired dog, a two year old and a husband who leaks crumbs from his arse hole. Takes a couple minutes to hoover two rooms and mop the kitchen after.

I’d say that as far as I’m concerned its not too late, but if I were your neighbour and you were hoovering above my head in the evening just when I wanted to relax I’d probably be annoyed.
Why cant you do it at another time?

@NoSquirrels

I hoover once a day. Most people do.

I’ve never lived in a household where people hoover once a day. Therefore I think you’re incorrect, jelly. Perhaps you’ve always lived on a household where people hoover once a day so you think I’m incorrect.

Neither of us know. Perhaps it should’ve been on the census.

I’d like there to be a MN census with questions about shoes indoors, hoovering, changing bedsheets and cats in gardens. That would be useful!

Agree with the census idea. Add to that use of toilet brushes, trampolines in gardens, parking on or in front of neighbours drives.

We vakum every day but we have a cat and 1 daughter in outdoor nursery and 1 daughter in outdoor school so its essential for us to do.

@Soontobe60

I’d say that as far as I’m concerned its not too late, but if I were your neighbour and you were hoovering above my head in the evening just when I wanted to relax I’d probably be annoyed. Why cant you do it at another time?

If it was the evening, I would agree with you, but up it's the end of the afternoon!

When you work until 6 or 7pm, you don't work in "the evening" do you.

@whetherpigshavewings

6 pm is not afternoon.

Not only do I normally vacuum daily it's been known for me to vacuum twice a day but long haired shedding cat, dog who sucks up mud in his fur to distribute round the house and the child alongside solid floors means it's needed, does only take a couple of minutes though to do the main areas

[quote JesusIsAnyNameFree]@whetherpigshavewings

6 pm is not afternoon.[/quote]
Never heard anyone ever describing a 6pm appointment or even working at 6pm as being "the evening"

@whetherpigshavewings

If you google, some people say evening starts at 5, others at 6. Not a single hit that said 7 pm or later.

Who says "how about Thursday afternoon, 6 pm?". It sounds wrong as hell.

I'd be pissed off if it was every evening when I want to sit down in peace. Once, max twice monday to friday is plenty.

If you are out at work all day every day what's making the carpets need hoovering?if its secondary age kids at home before you, I don't see why they can't clean up/hoover after themselves before tea.

Quietly wondering if the daily hooverers with pets etc have ever heard of magic device called robot vacuum....

Hth.

Let's just clarify some things:

I have done this once (although it's significantly easier for me to do it in the evenings and I am wondering about continuing)

There was broken glass and spilt juice involved

Child in our house slept through it

[quote JesusIsAnyNameFree]@whetherpigshavewings

If you google, some people say evening starts at 5, others at 6. Not a single hit that said 7 pm or later.

Who says "how about Thursday afternoon, 6 pm?". It sounds wrong as hell.[/quote]
never heard Thursday evening, 6 pm either....

Google might classify it as "evening", I have NEVER heard anyone using it.

My neighbour regularly hoovers around 8.30pm.
I presume its because she doesn't get in from work till around 7

Chubba, there is absolutely nothing wrong with you vacuuming in the early evening; you say you've done it once and your neighbour, whose children would not be in bed at that time, complained. Your neighbour is the outrageous one, what is so sacrosanct about 630-7.30pm? It's not the middle of the night nor the crack of dawn. Pay no attention.

I have to say, if someone is 'annoyed' by a little second hand vacuum cleaner noise from next door, it could only have been a hum, how do they cope with building work and other noise which would be far greater?

My house is joined on one side only, a couple and two young adult children live there. I hear nothing except at the back sometimes if I'm sitting there and their French doors open and close; I suppose I would hear similar at the front but I prefer sitting at the back of the house. There is rarely any other sound unless something is going on and then it's brief. No telly, music (& their girl is musical), or vacuum noises. I do wonder what possesses people to buy properties that have such thin walls or why such places are built. If I move I will certainly check that the walls do not let ordinary day to day noise through from next door, or from me to them. You could end up hearing people talking, laughing, having a row. Where's the privacy?

If you live in a flat then I would be a bit more considerate but it still isn't late. In a semi detached house, or terrace house they are being unreasonable. I'm assuming it doesn't take your hours to hoover so they need to put up with it.

I don’t expect my neighbours to not do perfectly reasonable things at perfectly reasonable times because I have children!