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To ask my neighbours to ask their builders to change their radio channel

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HerveLeger · 02/06/2022 15:37

Even though it’s a bank holiday, my neighbours are having building works done. They are lovely neighbours and generally very quiet. They let me know there would be work being done and it might be noisy. No problem. But… the major noise is the builders’ radio. It’s churning out some RnB-lite shite. I find it intrusive. They had a shed built about a year ago, and those people played Radio 6 or Magic Radio or something. I was fine with that. I am not objecting to the noise, I’m tolerant like that, but just the choice of station. Or they could turn it down? It’s booming out. It is bank holiday, it’s sunny, I’d like to sit in my garden. But I really can’t listen to this. Happy to listen to something else.

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ponkydonkey · 02/06/2022 20:33

Had the same all last summer 6.30am playing heart radio 😱 really loud

Told them to pack it in or find better music choices.. they switched it off 😀😀😀

NutellaCrumpet1 · 02/06/2022 21:09

EmilyBolton · 02/06/2022 19:03

In an ideal world no. But right now there is a massive shortage of builders. I’ve been waiting 11 months for my guys to start last week. They are going to do some work over the weekend simply because they’re still playing catch up form covid and the brexit shit show and trying to claw back their schedule as much as possible. I am far more concerned about these guys being coerced into overtime. Tbh. But I’m being assured they want the money - probably because of the rising cost of living.
Unfortunately if I told the company they couldn’t work weekends they’d give me pretty short shift and probably wouldn’t have taken on the jobs. Literally you as customer have to bend over backwards to keep them happy to get work done.
I know it shouldn’t be this way…but it is.

None of that gives you the right to inflict nosiy building work on your neighbours on a bank holiday. It is incredibly selfish.

Redbone · 02/06/2022 23:27

I strongly suspect that the workmen are being paid cash in hand as they are technically breaking the law working today. I think that your “nice” neighbour is being a CF expecting you to suck this up simply by telling you in advance.

LondonMaybe · 02/06/2022 23:30

Your first choice of music I guess it them would be shite music. So you can’t ask the to change the station, unless it was pumping out racist lyrics or hardcore swearing every other word. But asking them to turn it down is perfectly reasonable. We had building work done and I made sure that the noise wasn’t too loud of the music to travel to the neighbours when doors were open/no windows etc. Builders were fine to keep the neighbours on side as it made their job easier.

RedWingBoots · 03/06/2022 05:52

Redbone · 02/06/2022 23:27

I strongly suspect that the workmen are being paid cash in hand as they are technically breaking the law working today. I think that your “nice” neighbour is being a CF expecting you to suck this up simply by telling you in advance.

Not necessarily.

I had builders who would come in at the weekends. However my neighbour who complained about noise complained about a week day when they could legitimately work longer hours. (My area weekends it's 8-5 there as week days are 7.30 to 7. )

Anyway they were paid by bank transfer as it was all one job. Oh and they owned the company.

Buttercupsx · 03/06/2022 06:48

I despise Christmas music. Especially Mariah Carey. My ears are offended for at least 24 days of the year…there is literally no escape. It’s like a conspiracy. Suck it up I say

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