My neighbour is mowing his grass at 9.45PM

[KindleAndCake]

FFS, its a bit late isn't it???

Yes it is too late. Windows are open, kids are in bed and some people are going to bed at this time. It's a lack of commonsense and consideration on your neighbour's part.

I found this on Which "The National Society for Clean Air and Environmental Protection defines sociable hours for carrying out unavoidable work as between 8am and 7pm on weekdays and Saturdays and between 10am and 5pm on Sundays."

Somewhere else it was stated that "It is recommended by environmental health officers that noisy DIY should only take place between 8am and 6pm on weekdays, Saturdays between 8am and 1pm and never on a Sunday. Similar recommendations are in place for hoovering and other noisy domestic appliances." Maybe there's been a rule/law change? I would class mowing as DIY (it's certainly as loud if not louder) and certainly a "noisy appliance" and would not do it myself (don't actually need 'rules'). Fortunately my neighbours are a pretty considerate lot.

It is still a bit light at this time, and cooler, so it's ok.

@Mothership4two

Yes it is too late. Windows are open, kids are in bed and some people are going to bed at this time. It's a lack of commonsense and consideration on your neighbour's part.

I found this on Which "The National Society for Clean Air and Environmental Protection defines sociable hours for carrying out unavoidable work as between 8am and 7pm on weekdays and Saturdays and between 10am and 5pm on Sundays."

Somewhere else it was stated that "It is recommended by environmental health officers that noisy DIY should only take place between 8am and 6pm on weekdays, Saturdays between 8am and 1pm and never on a Sunday. Similar recommendations are in place for hoovering and other noisy domestic appliances." Maybe there's been a rule/law change? I would class mowing as DIY (it's certainly as loud if not louder) and certainly a "noisy appliance" and would not do it myself (don't actually need 'rules'). Fortunately my neighbours are a pretty considerate lot.

Jesus wept going by what you think then no one would not cut their grass at all on a Sunday . Cutting grass is not DIY and certainly not noisy DIY .

I didn't say it was what I THOUGHT I am quoting. Thought that was pretty clear? I have no problem with Sunday mowing, just not at stupid hours.

Mowing is as noisy as DIY AND it is outside.

Basically just use your common sense!

The people who said to call 111, do you mean 101? 111 is an out of doctor's urgent phone call for advice (as well as other health related enquiries), I don't think they care about the neighbours mowing their lawn (then again I doubt 101 care either)

It is recommended by environmental health officers that noisy DIY should only take place between 8am and 6pm on weekdays, Saturdays between 8am and 1pm and never on a Sunday. Similar recommendations are in place for hoovering and other noisy domestic appliances.

You're quoting a press release issued by a litigation solicitor to drum up work.

Unlike those quotes, the actual legal position:

www.gov.uk/guidance/noise-nuisances-how-councils-deal-with-complaints

It wasn't between 11pm and 7am, so it would have to meet the threshold of a 'statutory nuisance'. I somewhat doubt that 10-15 minutes using a lawn mower on one occasion "substantially interferes with the use or enjoyment of a home" .

I'm thinking about popping out and giving the grass a quick trim in a minute, it's nice and cool. Might nip the hedge over too.

At least the neighbours won't be late for work.

I would never cause want to cause unnecessary noise around my neighbours late at night or early morning. I'm just a conscientious and considerate person. Just because you can make noise until 11pm at night doesn't mean you should. It's about being aware of your surroundings and others.

I would actually prefer the neighbors to mow their lawn at 9.45pm as my two under 5s are dead asleep by then, as opposed to 7pm when they are trying to get to sleep!

I'd also prefer my kids to grow up learning how to sleep/relax with a bit of noise going on it the background because honestly, my dad is one of those people who can't cope with any noise from the neighbors and it makes him bloody miserable!

I’m a conscientious and considerate person too which is why I have no problem at all with my neighbours cutting his grass at 9pm . It not every night and doesn’t go on for hours . Not a big deal at all.

I'd find that annoying, I think anytime past about 8pm is a bit rude, especially midweek. Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should.

I would never cause want to cause unnecessary noise around my neighbours late at night or early morning
It wasn't late at night though.

In my 20 years of living here, I've never heard anyone else in my neighbourhood mow lawns this time of night. It was loud and annoying. People just don't do that, why would you? If it was a common thing to do and so accepted I would've heard it more. Those of you that shrug it off make me laugh.

Those who get so worked up about something as silly as cutting grass make me laugh too. You just said yourself you have lived there 20 years and never heard anyone cut grass at that time before . So you are foaming as your neighbour cut his grass once at that time. Who knows his reason maybe it was the one and only time he could get it done . You said yourself it’s not something he has done before . You need to learn to be more neighbourly .

I don't see the issue to be honest, people work shifts, have busy lives, you don't know the reason they are doing it at this time but it's a non issue to me 🤷🏼‍♀️

I like to travel in the quiet and read, enjoy some me time, but I had a family non stop chattering with kids bring loud the other day, then a family with shrieking squealing kids got on the train, it was too noisy to read. Did I accept it, yes! People make noise we don't want all the time. Just get on with your life, there are bigger things to worry about than a lawn mower

Whi said anything about foaming? I'm just annoyed. He's new to the neighbourhood.

Agree there are bigger things to worry about, I do worry about them daily.
I accept noise constantly on a daily basis, but in the late evening and night, thats when it's supposed to be quiet, not when we start mowing our lawns. Come on people, see the sense here!

was he finished by 10?

The limit for noise is typically 10pm. Anything between 9am and 10pm is fair game in the garden. I'm sure your kids are sometimes outside when they are still sleeping???

In my 20 years of living here, I've never heard anyone else in my neighbourhood mow lawns this time of night. It was loud and annoying. People just don't do that, why would you?

Time to sell up OP, it won't be a "naice" area anymore.

8 pm seems to be the generally agreed cut off around here. I suspect mowing at 9:45 would result in a pitchforks and burning torch event, or at least a strongly worded letter from the parish council.

Unless you are a farmer, then you can mow/combine all through the night in the summer and nobody will bat an eyelid.

I expect it was righteous retribution for your noisy kids ruining his Sunday morning lie in, boinging on the trampoline to loudly, shrieking annoyingly on the day he was trying to relax in his garden etc

Part and parcel of living near other people imo.

Mention it to him - I bet there was a good reason.

Wouldn't bother me.
I grew up listening to my dad or the neighbours mowing lawns in the evening.
I now live in the countryside and listen to tractors until late into the night because of deadlines for spreading slurry or cutting hedges.

In rural areas at this time of year there are often tractors cutting baling & bringing in hay til well after midnight - slightly more than the noise of one lawnmower - everyone makes allowances because light nights only last a very short time 🤷‍♀️