About noisy builders!

[Noisypeople]

The apartment below us is being redecorated and work done before being re-let.
I am expecting some noise obviously, I have lived in the apartment for years so used to some level but the builders clearly have their music player in the front of the apartment while they work at the other end of the apartment and it is loud dance music with thudding bass and my autistic teen is losing her mind.

Do I knock and nicely ask them to shut up or do I suck it up given they will only be here a few days?

AIBU to think coming into a clients home knowing there are other clients around and playing music so loud it sounds like a rave is unprofessional?

If they're working during normal daytime work hours, I don't see what you can say/do about it although I appreciate it's stressful. Also they're not a profession so it's irrelevant whether they're being "unprofessional".

I would ask them to switch it down a bit. Does your teen have can / noise cancelling headphones ?
If it's only for a few more days I'd hang onto that it will soon be finished but that's not the point if it's upsetting your lives in the mean time.

We have had renovations next door for 18 months so I feel qualified to answer this. Building noise, fine, whatever, you have to get it done. Playing loud music, no, why should I be disturbed more than I already am being by the work noise. I regularly march round and ask them to turn it down, not off, but down to a volume where I can't hear it in my house with the windows shut. I might be more inclined to suck it up if I knew it was only a few days though.

Mylife she has the loops buds in, that is how loud it is.

Rose I hope it is a few days anyway, as far as I can see the noisy ones are the painters and I am thinking painting will not take that long.
If it is the other people who are here longer I might cry as dd is not coping at all.

I’d knock on the door and ask them to stop the music. Work noise, being essential, is one thing, music playing isn’t essential. Just ask politely but firmly, saying you have a dc with special needs who finds loud music distressing if you feel able to.

I have them next door to me, the building noise has been expected, so far they've been here about 5 weeks and it's going to be ages before they finish.

The radio is on all the time but not so loud it's the singing along to the shit songs that is so irritating.

Builders are never quiet unfortunately but there's been hardly any swearing so I count that as a plus and they will be doing a small job for me as well so I put up with the noise and singing.

It's unprofessional and inconsiderate of them to play loud music. Ask them to turn it down a bit.

I’d ask them to turn down the music and / or move it away from the door. If it’s only a few days can you try and be out the house

Yeah I'd go down and tell them.
Try a shock and away technique.
"Oy are you lot fuckin deaf, turn that shit down"
I'm an arsehole though 😁

There are 2 noise issues here. One is construction noise which is covered by its own British standard and the other is noise nuisance from a radio. they are 2 separate things. you can carrying out construction and renovation without the aid of a radio on full blast. ask them to turn the music down to an acceptable level (acceptable to you) if possible invite one of them the foreperson preferably into your property to hear how loud it is. if they refuse then the ultimate responsibility is with the home owner. speak to them and ask for the music to be turned down. if you get nowhere with either speak to your local EHO at the council as it could fall under the definition of a statutory noise nuisance.