Is it common decency to inform neighbours who wfh about loud noises?

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Neighbours have literally removed their entire hedge and whilst that is being wood chipped down on their drive there is also a drill being used for the construction of a new fence. The noise is unbelievable. Detached houses with wide-ish plots.

Am I being unreasonable in thinking the nice thing to do would be to inform next door neighbours?

Especially when you know they wfh and have young kids.

My house is vibrating! I’m not saying don’t do it but a heads up would have been nice.

Not reasonable at all. It's the middle of the day and they can do what ever work they choose. Yes it would be nice if they informed but honestly no there is no need for you to be informed about it, it's not like the work will be long term.

Maybe I’m just more considerate. We had people working on our roof and I slipped a note as I know they have a reactive dog to strangers.

Would have appreciated the same in return

Polite to inform you but it's the risk you take working from home, I think.

Why? Knowing about the noise before hand won't make it any quieter

I wouldn't think to tell neighbours of that sort of thing. Maybe a longer term project like an extension. They're allowed to do things like that within reasonable daytime hours. Why does having kids matter, mine couldn't care less about noise.

My child still takes day naps. His bedroom is at the front of the house where wood chipper is loudest.

We tell the neighbours either side if we are having that sort of noisy work which is going to take several hours. As you say it's common decency, and they do the same for us. (They don't have young kids or WFH, they are retired so around a lot of the time.)

It's a house before it's an office block.

I WFH and know its the risk I run. Have had workers outside and loud, not their problem I am sat here working.

I would have gone into office had I known this was happening.

Again I’m not saying don’t do the work, just a heads up in the form of a post it.

Should I have asked my next door neighbour to keep their screaming children indoors all summer whilst I worked from home?

What difference would it make?

Sound levels are very different. I am experiencing a wood chipper AND ground drill

If you can go into the office why haven't you?

I would have gone to office and arranged for childminder to be with my children at parents’ house.

I wfh 2-3 days per week and also have young children (not sure why that's relevant) but wouldn't expect any neighbours to tell me if they were working on stuff during the day.

I always inform my neighbours of ANY work I'm doing, if only for the work vans and their need to park directly outside my home. It is common courtesy.

Considering they are working on the boundary surely they would need your permission to go your side of the fence etc? Some people are just pig ignorant cfs.

EDIT - its not about WFH or kids napping, its about enjoyment of your home and decent neighbours.

So what? Go to the office.

My neighbours child shrieked and screamed and tantrumed under my window all summer as its a terrace.

That will be over in days.

Work started at 9 am. Not able to make commute into London whilst having all my meetings/completing work

You can't really expect your neighbours to pre-book all their noise in with you. They're not responsible for you wfh.

I don't think the WFH comes into it, but it would be nice to be informed about loud work full stop, especially if it is going to last more than a couple of hours.

Would be nice but I wouldn't expect it personally. It's literally daytime when else do you want them to get it done? Night time?

okay so no wonder this country has so many issues, common decency is dead it appears by the attitudes on this thread. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.

Not UK based but our neighbours always tell us when they're doing work, and vice versa. I think it's nice to forewarn people so if it will affect them, they can potentially put a plan in place