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.

Why are you doing childcare while wfh?

Well OP is getting a very hard time totally unnecessarily! Of course it would be common decency to give a headsup to neighbours, but common decency is definitely on the decline. My DP works from home he does online teaching so if there is going to be a lot of noise that could be heard or interfere then yes it would affect his work and he'd probably change his schedule.

Wood chippers are incredibly noisy, combined with drills! So I don't think you are being unreasonable at all.

I certainly would tell neighbours. Purely because it’s polite to do so.

I think the childminder takes the child out and brings it home for its nap? Or works from OP's house - not sure actually.

Of my neighbour was nice I'd warn them, if they regularly acted/spoke like an entitled arse I wouldn't bother 🤷🏻‍♀️

@Gingerdancedbackwards

How is that any of your business?

Oh gosh, you have put a word in bold! Well done.
It's wondering how you can professionally wfh while you have kids there rather than in nursery

If they know you wfh, then yes , that would be nice. A lot of mocking responses here. I wfh too and get noise and knowing beforehand allows you to make alternative arrangements. The world has become very egotistical and self centred.

Yes it is good manners and common decency to let you know, that they were going to do this disruptive noisy work. YRNBU.

I wfh and rely on noise-cancelling headphones.

We live in blocks of 4 (upstairs/downstairs maisonette-type arrangement) in a leafy historic area with lots of hedges and landscaping. So there are about 15 different homes within immediate disturbance range.

If all of those households contacted me every time they were having noisy work done, the amount of messages I would get would be enormous. That would distract and irritate me far more than the noise.

You WFH with a toddler who makes no noise?

I’m not in the UK. My neighbors work from home. I always give them a heads up whenever possible of any work going on at outside at my home. And they do the same for us. But the homeowners before them, were very inconsiderate. For instance, when replacing their roof, they would start working before 7:00am even on the weekend.

I would tell my neighbours of any noisy works, yes, so YANBU, however not everyone is considerate sadly.
No they don't have to inform you but it wouldn't have hurt to let you know in advance

There must be 15+ posts where it has been restated that I have a childminder.

Childminder looks after kids in m house. I am in an attic room - lockable door at stair entrance.

It's because you keep saying childminder when you mean nanny. They are 2 distinctly different things.

What difference would it have made if they gave you warning? Would you have gone into the office?

I think you are being unreasonable yes

Yes, absolutely. I’ve had neighbours give me advance notice and I also do the same. We share walls, so it’s the decent thing to do. I still think it’s nice to give notice to neighbours on each side (where I don’t share walls). I also give notice before parties. Maybe that’s why I have really good relationships with my neighbours.

In similar circumstances I've always warned my neighbour. Granted work had to be done accepting some disruption, but I'm just a consuderate person I guess.
On flip side I work from home so would appreciate knowing, can disrupt meetings and my concentration so I appreciate being told so I can go into the office. No biggy and of course they are entitled to have work done, but lets me make a decision with a bit of planning.

Have you read her posts? She said that she would have gone into the office.

But easy enough to work out that OP has childcare, no?

How many neighbours? Just next door? It’s loud for most of the area, so 4 houses? 6? 10? Where does it stop?

Your work hours are also work hours for builders and other noisy trades. Noise should always be expected during those times. Unless it was a long term project I wouldn't expect my neighbours to tell me anything

OP: AIBU?
MN: Very much so
OP: No I'm not

Actually, many people have said she is not BU.
She asked whether it was common decency not a right.

Many of us live among neighbours we get on well with and let them know about noise, not because we have to, but because we think they will appreciate it, and in turn this leads to them telling us the same.

I think we all understand that it's impossible to tell all the people who might be impacted but immediate neighbours is reasonable.

The WFH issue got some people wound up. My neighbour knows I WFH. I really appreciate eg "I'm getting a new bathroom next week, first two days will be noisy as they rip the old one out".
It wasn't too bad cos I have a garden office but if I worked from the house I would have taken myself to the library.