Workmen blasting music like a nightclub

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We are having an extension built at the moment and on the very first day I directly said I am working from home in my office. 10 minutes later they are blasting music out like a nightclub. Am I being unreasonable to tell them to pipe the music down a bit.

I think for your sake and the sake of your neighbours, it's perfectly reasonable to ask them to keep the volume down.

yanbu at all - ask them to turn it down because you have calls/neighbours have complained. Music is fine, booming through those huge speakers some trades seem to have is not

Not at all unreasonable, she who pays the piper builder etc etc

Totally agree it's fine to tell them to turn the music down. Your house your rules.

By the way, slightly off topic but is it normal for schools to play music during lunchtime playtime these days? I was walking past a local junior school this lunchtime and they were playing music (no special event as far as I could see ) and I could still hear it when I was some distance away. The poor neighbours.

Our home was like an old school disco this summer when we had the builders here. Stacy Lattisaw singing Jump to the Beat complete with loud singing. Tell them to turn it down

I don't want to *iss them off because I want a good job done. I can close the door, but then I can't hear doorbell if they need me.

Perfectly reasonable. Honestly, I can’t think of any other jobs where you are hired to do a job for someone, but expect so much of your own way!

Music blaring, expectations of drinks and food, expectations to set the hours of work / days of work. It’s the oddest industry - I guess it survives like that because of supply and demand!

Gertrude that is so very true!!!

Definitely not being unreasonable. My neighbors had the roofers round a few months ago and when the scaffolding was going up the music was literally vibrating my front room. I had a newborn on my lap so had to wait until DP came home to ask them to turn it down. They did thankfully but Christ alive it was ridiculous.