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To think that people don't give a shit about their neighbours any more

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Floofydawg · 19/03/2023 11:52

Beautiful sunny Sunday here which is being ruined by neighbor's very loud building work which has been going on all weekend. Some kind of noisy fucking grinder thing coupled with music blasting out from a radio. Am so irritated. Aren't there rules around this kind of stuff on a weekend?

Of course the neighbor having the work done has fucked off out so that they don't have to listen to it.

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Floofydawg · 19/03/2023 13:26

LeafHunter · 19/03/2023 13:20

What did the council say when you rung them fo report it? Or the builder when you chatted to them?

You think the council offices are open on a Sunday do you? And why the hell should I have to confront two random blokes who could just tell me to fuck off. They're hardly gonna say 'oh ok we'll stop right now if it's bothering you' are they?

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Thefriendlyone · 19/03/2023 13:29

Floofydawg · 19/03/2023 13:26

You think the council offices are open on a Sunday do you? And why the hell should I have to confront two random blokes who could just tell me to fuck off. They're hardly gonna say 'oh ok we'll stop right now if it's bothering you' are they?

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How odd

generally in my experience if you ask workmen to turn their music down they oblige. All councils have 24 hour lines to call .

you can just say you’re having a rant on mumsnet and don’t wish to actually do anything about it you know

LeafHunter · 19/03/2023 13:32

Floofydawg · 19/03/2023 13:26

You think the council offices are open on a Sunday do you? And why the hell should I have to confront two random blokes who could just tell me to fuck off. They're hardly gonna say 'oh ok we'll stop right now if it's bothering you' are they?

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My council has an email and phone line 24/7. I’m sorry yours doesn’t.

like others, I’ve also never had an issue with asking someone to turn down music etc., especially those working in construction where it’s pretty noisy.

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Floofydawg · 19/03/2023 13:34

My main issue isn't the music, they're using very loud power tools. Like I said, they're hardly going to down tools because I have a word. And as for reporting to council like PP said you have to report as a dispute if you ever sell which is why people get away with dickhead behaviour.

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Luredbyapomegranate · 19/03/2023 13:35

I think you aren’t meant to do building work on a Sunday?

Check and ask them to stop

Grumpybutfunny · 19/03/2023 13:41

Depends if they are professional trades man or just the home owners mates. You can do work to your property on a Sunday you just can't pay a tradesman to do it

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Floofydawg · 19/03/2023 13:43

Grumpybutfunny · 19/03/2023 13:41

Depends if they are professional trades man or just the home owners mates. You can do work to your property on a Sunday you just can't pay a tradesman to do it

Oh they're defo tradesmen. In a works van.

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Grumpybutfunny · 19/03/2023 13:45

@Floofydawg but are they being paid is the question and how they get away with it. If they are doing work for a friend cash in hand then the council won't care. Personally I would much rather they work on a Sunday than Saturday when your more likely to have people round for drinks etc

IglesiasPiggl · 19/03/2023 13:49

Floofydawg · 19/03/2023 13:34

My main issue isn't the music, they're using very loud power tools. Like I said, they're hardly going to down tools because I have a word. And as for reporting to council like PP said you have to report as a dispute if you ever sell which is why people get away with dickhead behaviour.

I thought you only had to declare current disputes, not historic ones? So if you're not planning on selling during the building work that shouldn't be a factor.

BadForBusiness · 19/03/2023 13:50

Hullabub · 19/03/2023 12:17

We work long hours which means anything like that has to be done on the weekend. There will always be someone who complains about the noise no matter what day it is.

There are different rules for homeowners working on their own property vs professional builders.

TiptoeThroughTheToadstools · 19/03/2023 13:50

If someone works all week, when would you like them to arrange building work? And permitted hours? The weekend is allowed as long as its not before 7am. If work is done during the week it would interfere with people who work nightshift... so by your account, no one can ever do building work or noisy DIY? YABVU.

Boomboom22 · 19/03/2023 13:51

I don't think an isolated noise complaint to the council is a neighbour dispute that needs to be declared? That would be for ongoing issues only surely not legal complaints about noise that are not in a pattern.

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Floofydawg · 19/03/2023 13:54

The weekend is allowed as long as its not before 7am.

Sundays are not allowed, the rules are very clear.

These people WFH so them not being able to arrange in the week is a non issue.

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TrishTrix · 19/03/2023 13:59

I live in a block of leasehold flats. There are rules written into our leases about when building work can happen. This is Mon-Fri 9-6 excluding bank holidays.

flats are all getting older so new bathrooms /kitchens galore so lots of chat /reminders about the working hours to owners. I’m the chair of the leaseholders mgt company so I know exactly what comms have gone out when to whom,

the flat next to me is BTL

The fucking dickhead owners arranged for someone to come and grind the tiles of the bathroom wall at 07:45 on a Saturday morning and when called out on it instead of apologising she then lectured me from her fucking massive detached house in an even more expensive part of London about how I should “be prepared to put up with some neighbour noise”. I was furious.

then about two weeks later their sodding tenant decided to install decking on the metal balcony at 9pm. Every time they hammered the planks together it bashed off the metal railings which are attached to the steel frame of the building setting up reverbations all over the block. Several owners contacted me asking what the hell was going on. again instead of apologising the owner tried to argue that this work could be done at anytime.

some people are just selfish cunts.

flutterbyebaby · 19/03/2023 14:05

I've had to shut my windows as the bloke opposite is working on a car and keeps revving the engine, house is full of stinky fumes. I could go and tell him to stop, but we've all lived here about 20 years and it's once in a blue moon, so I won't. Still bloody annoys me though.

BrendaWearingBaffies · 19/03/2023 14:23

Haha I have been up for hours on a Sunday by 11.52am🤣🤣

BrendaWearingBaffies · 19/03/2023 14:25

I had a family member using an electric planer on my doors at 9am on a Saturday. Let me guess that is unacceptable too??? There's never going to be a right time for anyone to do DIY. Live and let live.

Silentbarking · 19/03/2023 14:27

Floofydawg · 19/03/2023 13:54

The weekend is allowed as long as its not before 7am.

Sundays are not allowed, the rules are very clear.

These people WFH so them not being able to arrange in the week is a non issue.

Floofydawg, you are correct. Saturdays until 1.00pm and none at all on Sundays. We had two and a half years of this. It’s completely inconsiderate.

LakieLady · 19/03/2023 14:31

The other Sunday some people along the road were fitting laminate flooring throughout their ground floor. The whine of the circular saw, as they cut plank after plank outside, on their drive, was driving me quite demented.

I was delighted when it started to piss with rain and they had to scuttle inside and stop.

Then the fuckers came out, erected a gazebo, and carried on until 7 or 8 pm.

I wish we had laws like they do in some countries that make it illegal to do noisy DIY and use noisy garden machinery outside certain hours at weekends.

mrsbyers · 19/03/2023 14:32

This would really annoy me too as living on a a new build estate we have noise every single day except Sunday - lawnmowers fine but power tools I would be complaining

TimeForMeToF1y · 19/03/2023 14:33

BrendaWearingBaffies · 19/03/2023 14:25

I had a family member using an electric planer on my doors at 9am on a Saturday. Let me guess that is unacceptable too??? There's never going to be a right time for anyone to do DIY. Live and let live.

There are wrong times and using a noisy took at 9am on Sunday is one of them but based on your post you don't sound like someone who is considate of others and clearly you dont care

I'm glad I dont live next door to you

BrendaWearingBaffies · 19/03/2023 14:43

If it's an isolated occasion then there's no harm done. Stop being uptight.

Scot75 · 19/03/2023 14:52

Where I live you can’t do anything noisy on a Sunday. No cutting the grass, not supposed to vacuum and you can’t even get your shopping done - so everything has to be done on a Saturday.

IglesiasPiggl · 19/03/2023 14:53

Scot75 · 19/03/2023 14:52

Where I live you can’t do anything noisy on a Sunday. No cutting the grass, not supposed to vacuum and you can’t even get your shopping done - so everything has to be done on a Saturday.

How is going shopping noisy?

BCfan · 19/03/2023 15:13

Unless they're going to be at it for 6 months I'd just get over it.

Our laws around Sundays are particularly archaic in this country. It's just like any other day.

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