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Cutting grass at 8:30 on Sunday morning?

346 replies

Thanksforthat123 · 09/05/2021 08:31

As a one off, because we have a bouncy castle coming, we are cutting the grass at 8:30 on a Sunday morning. Next door have just shouted out of their window. 🙈
AIBU? It’s not something we have ever done before or plan to repeat. I kind of think one off things you suck it up a bit? Same as the odd occasion their dog is barking outside my bedroom window at 11pm.

OP posts:
WestendVBroadway · 10/05/2021 07:26

@cyclingmad

Its all a moot point. Councils up and down the country have a noisy hours policy in place. End of.

It doesn't matter if you think its okay to make noise earlier. These noisy hours have been put in place for a reason.

If you choose to ignore them then quite frankly your selfish because you think your above these rules that are put in place to ensure everyone in society can live together in a considerate way.

I would not personally make a noise at 08:30, but would not chastise neighbours who did.
Cutting grass at 8:30 on Sunday morning?
JadedStrumpet · 10/05/2021 07:49

Why didn't you mow in the day before? Cutting your grass at 8.30 on a Sunday is so inconsiderate, one off or not.

Can't believe some people are saying it's fine. It really isn't.

ginandvomit · 10/05/2021 07:50

Totally normal and acceptable where we live.

cyclingmad · 10/05/2021 08:09

@westendVBroadway

My council website has its own policy with different hours to the one your referring to. Hence why I say every should look at what their council has put in place cos it varies ever so slightly

SoupDragon · 10/05/2021 08:12

Hence why I say every should look at what their council has put in place cos it varies ever so slightly

Actually' you said it was a "moot point" and used the nonsensical "end of" to try and cement your point of view.

The only set hours my council has are in respect of construction.

ginandvomit · 10/05/2021 11:36

Looked up my local council rules and it states noise restrictions between 8pm and 7am mon-sat and 8pm to 8am Sunday. I'd be lucky to be asleep at that time though with the birds screeching from sunrise. I think if you live in a populated area you have to accept noise and people living their lives. We're all coming and going at different times with varying degrees of productivity. People should be respectful as much as possible during the night and early hours of the morning but if you want to sleep in late (yes after 8 is late where I live) on a Sunday be prepared to close your windows or wear earplugs. You only need to pop into our village and the cafes are doing a roaring breakfast trade over the weekend from 7am onwards. We're always out and about early for sports and activities and yes also work full time mon-fri long hours stressful jobs. 7:30 on a Sunday is my lie in.

JustMeAndWheatley · 10/05/2021 12:38

I just looked this up on my local council website. They say that lawn mowing, strimming, noisy diy should only take place between 10am and 2pm on a Sunday. We’ve definitely been guilty of lawn mowing after 2pm!

AlecTrevelyan006 · 10/05/2021 13:49

I mowed the lawn at 4pm yesterday :)

BackforGood · 10/05/2021 13:57

Think is, it isn't a question of what is legal alone, it is also a question about what is considerate.
That isn't. It is selfish.

trixies · 10/05/2021 14:41

I live on a family estate and it's a constant war between the parents whose little ones are up from 5am and need the neighbourhood to be silent for afternoon naps and after 7pm, and the parents whose less little ones need to make noise during the afternoon and after 7pm.

I keep hoping that at some point, the neighbourhood children will all be made up of the latter - but the babies keep coming, so it goes around and around and around...

(I'm childless, so I just try not to make noise full stop for fear of upsetting someone. Grin)

Etinox · 10/05/2021 16:19

@JadedStrumpet

Why didn't you mow in the day before? Cutting your grass at 8.30 on a Sunday is so inconsiderate, one off or not.

Can't believe some people are saying it's fine. It really isn't.

It was too wet to mow over much of the country on Saturday.
SnickettyLemon · 10/05/2021 16:38

So you all reckon that the OP should have mowed her lawn on Saturday afternoon. However Brenda from 2 doors down may have been having a siesta and you may have woken her. If OP had waited until say 10:00 AM on Sunday Maureen from the houses at the back may have just dropped off to sleep after returning from her night shift at the care home. Is their sleep less important?

motherloaded · 10/05/2021 16:42

Is their sleep less important?

that's a ridiculous question. If we follow your reasoning, it's ok to garden at 4am because it's the most convenient time for you! There are accepted times to be less quiet than others, you find them in council rules, in leases...

Shona52 · 10/05/2021 17:35

Sorry op not in a Sunday. Even as a one off.

DHdweller · 10/05/2021 17:38

Don’t see the issue really, I’d leave mine until 0930-10am on a Sunday but imo 0830 isn’t anti social

toocold54 · 10/05/2021 17:47

It depends what the reasons were for not doing it the day before or any days before that.
For me I don’t do anything noisy until after 9am. I am up 5:30am every morning and enjoy having a lie in on Sunday, some noises can’t be helped but mowing the lawn obviously can. I’d be annoyed but then get over it though.

ExpulsoCorona · 10/05/2021 17:51

8.30am on a Sunday would upset me, it's my only lie-in in the week and I'm knackered. 9am is more reasonable. I wouldn't say anything though, just seethe quietly.

Barney60 · 10/05/2021 17:55

10AM on a Sunday is early for me!

jmh740 · 10/05/2021 17:55

I'd be annoyed if I was your neighbour

riceuten · 10/05/2021 18:02

As a one off, I'd grumble and moan, but I wouldn't do anything about it.

BeeDavis · 10/05/2021 18:25

I can’t believe people let stuff like this bother them, I couldn’t get so worked up about someone cutting their grass on a morning especially if it’s just pissed it down constantly for the last week! Why do people think they can dictate how their neighbours live their lives 🤯🤯

janj2301 · 10/05/2021 18:39

weekends 10am

Zelaidee · 10/05/2021 18:42

Yabu, works shouldn’t start before 9.00 a.m. on weekends

Sloth66 · 10/05/2021 18:47

I’ve posted before about my neighbour who thought it appropriate to cut a shared hedge at around 6:30am one weekend.
I think sundays are lie in days, and 8:30 is still rather early.

DreamTheMoors · 10/05/2021 19:01

California here. We live across the street from a private Christian university.
Campus has been closed for over a year due to COVID-19, but they feel it necessary to start up & run their blowers between 6 & 6:30AM every day during the week - even though we and our neighbors have notified their maintenance dept of the local noise ordinance that prohibits anything like blowers, mowers, etc. between 10pm & 7am.
Finally, as a group, we emailed the president of the university and it stopped - for now.
Fully expect it to resume once school is back in session in the fall. Some people just care more about about a little dust than they do about respecting their neighbors.