To think hoovering at 9pm is no different to 8am?

[Sundayfunday7]

This is how interesting my life is...

I live alone in a flat on the ground floor. Never had any issues with my upstairs neighbour in the 4 years that I've lived here. They are noisy at times, arguing/shouting but I don't mind, that's just life isn't it?

I don't hoover very often, once a week normally (only me and I don't make much mess). I work full time, sometimes 6 days a week so cleaning isn't at the top of my priority list. I'll normally have a quick run around on a Saturday or Sunday night. Neighbour always hoovers on a Saturday morning, normally around 8ish (I'm normally up by then any way so it's no bother but I'd struggle to have a lie in if I wanted to).

I've just gone around quickly with the vacuum, must have been around 10 to 9. Took me no longer than 10 minutes as my flat isn't very big. Neighbours just knocked on the door and said it's an unreasonable time and could I be more considerate, seriously? I would be a little more sympathetic if they had young children but the eldest is around 17-18. I always hear them walking around/watching tv in the early hours of the morning so I don't believe that there was any urgency to get to bed at 9.

AIBU?

Did you mention 8am hovering is also inconsiderate?

You are definitely not being unreasonable!

Well. Possibly you could have countered with the 8am hoovering.

I don’t think 9pm is excessive for hoovering. What if there’s been a spillage of something hoover uppable?

I'd have pointed out they're hoovering at 8am and ruining your imaginary lie in.

Tbh though if I'd had all day I wouldn't do it at 9. Sometimes I forget to do a chore that could disturb the neighbours but it just has to wait until a reasonable time.

It would be fair to say "I would be happy to agree in future to hoover only between 10am and 7pm if you will agree likewise. We obviously have different ideas about what hours are reasonable for noise so that seems to be the mutually acceptable overlap"

I would've just said "what? It wasn't me", and keep doing it.

Yabu if you didn't retort that 8 am is also inconsiderate.

I'm not really one for confrontation and didn't fancy getting into an argument by mentioning the 8am hoovering. I wish I had now. I just think it's pretty unbelievable, given how noisy they are all the flipping time

I'd rather the 8am than 9pm, but think both are on the edges of maintaining good neighbour relationships.

I personally don't see anything wrong with a 9pm vacuum but I guess it depends on the person/their bed routine. Go knock on their door if they vacuum at 8am and say the same thing to them. Why feel bad about that when they've asked the same thing of you?

I think it's a bit late to hoover in a flat, but agree that it's no more inconsiderate than hoovering at 8am. I live in a flat and tend to think to the working day (so any noise within reason goes after 9am, try to make it 10am on a sunday) and aim to be quiet in the evenings. like you though, if i can clearly hear that my downstairs neighbour is up and about I'm less worried about being quiet myself.

@YouJustDoYou

I would've just said "what? It wasn't me", and keep doing it.

Hahaha

I think any time between 9am and 9pm is fine. Any earlier or later is probably unreasonable.

8am or 9pm are both generally ok as far as I am concerned. 8am on a Sunday may be a bit early for some though.

Its not like you vacuuming for hours! Its 10mins.

Besides according to my council rules you cant make complaints about normal household stuff like vacuuming. I know this becuase i once had to go print off the noisy hours rules and give them to my neighbour cos they thought hammering at 7am on Sundays was normal! On it, it said noisy work like diy is restricted to x hours on x days but household noise like washing machine, vacuum isn't.

I would complain when they next Hoover! I dont see how they would have heard you.

I’d say neither are great! We live in a similar set up and 8am is super annoying as I like a lie in.

9pm is just as you settle down to watch a movie / tv show and the noise of the hoover is really distracting.

If they are otherwise good neighbours (mine are) I don’t say anything

I run the hoover at all hours - just run it around downstairs at 11.45pm - it's a Hoover for 10mins- I'm a bit ocd with cleaning and when at work I always Hoover before I go to bed EVERY night.

YANBU

but they were very BU for knocking on your door at 9pm on a Sunday night!!

YANBU

I once had my neighbour knock on the door to tell me I’m being too loud and keeping her awake 10pm whilst I was in the kitchen preparing a snack before bed and she was downstairs drilling something into her ceiling (which was my floor)

Yanbu. And many people would still be asleep on a weekend at 8am.
CF neighbours!

This is a theme here on MN. Neighbour's disturb the poster who never says anything about it.

Poster disturbs neighbor who points this out. Poster still doesn't mention neighbour's noise.

Tbh 8am isn't really too early and 9om isn't too late. But since they have said it disturbed them pp's suggestion of both of you restricting it to between 10am - 7om sounds good.

When I lived next door to small children I didn’t vacuum after 8pm. I have moved and kids next door are around 8 and 10 so I would vacuum to 9pm on school holidays - they are often still in the garden playing at this time.

9pm is only an issue if people are in bed - I assume the teens aren’t!

I do this OP..my husband works nights so I do my day in reverse.I try to keep the noise down as much as I can during the day then when he goes to work at 7pm I start doing my chores usually as there is bugger all on tv! I do the laundry and run the vac round and clean the bathrooms and well everything else really. The lawns and hedges get done on his day off so does the diy...your neighbour would hate me!!