New neighbours DIY/power tool use all bank holiday weekend?

[Hellskitchen24]

The sweet old lady who I lived next door to went into a nursing home a few months ago, so naturally her house went up for sale. We’ve had almost 10 years of mostly quiet bliss. Mid terrace houses. New couple moved in a couple of weeks ago. Since then it’s been non stop banging, drilling, sanding, scraping, all day. I understand they need to do work on the house but what has irritated me the most is it’s been all over the bank holiday. Had guests over yesterday for lunch, we could not hear each other speak over the noise and they ended up going home earlier as it was pointless.

Today, another bank holiday, sanding the walls since this morning. It’s deafening. Can’t even hear the TV on full blast. I’m almost 38 weeks pregnant and getting a bit stressed this is going to be going on when the baby arrives. I’m also not quite having the relaxing couple of weeks before the baby is here and it’s just constant noise all day long. AIBU?

Don't you have laws about it? Where I live there is a bylaw that says when you can have construction, which days and what hours. You cannot do it on Sundays and holidays.

@CardinalCat

"Hopefully it won’t go on for too much longer"

Renovating a house is normal, noisy, and takes time.

So is having a baby.

Anyone particularly aggrieved by non antisocial, normal life noises (crying babies, music, drilling) probably does need to move to a detached house in the countryside. Or pop on some earplugs. That includes me. Sometimes I get pissed off when I hear the neighbours going about their life. I immediately remember it's normal, I have a word with myself, and crack on. Obviously talking about non antisocial stuff at non unsociable hours.

DIY isn't construction.

I think, unfortunately, the answer would have been to pop round and say that you couldn't hear your guests over the noise and would they mind doing something quieter for a few hours.

It's obviously very frustrating but it is also part and parcel of terraced house life and you just have to suck it up, really.

What I would do is neither here nor there (fwiw I don't celebrate Easter so a 4 day weekend would be the perfect time to crack on with some DIY).

What YOU need to do, seeing as you chose to live in a mid-terrace, is understand that you can't expect to - and indeed, don't - have quiet neighbours during your Easter Sunday lunch hosting duties.

Argumentative 😂You've literally come onto an internet forum to moan and argue about the rights and wrongs of people doing things lawfully in their own homes because it annoys you. I'm just pointing out the obvious idiocy!

I meant hopefully it won’t go on for much longer this holiday weekend.
of course renovations will take as long as they will take- although they are not generally perpetual.

They are not playing loud music , not doing DIY at unreasonable hours, not even heavy construction. This is the reality of urban life . Moaning about your Easter lunch being ruined is hilarious. As if everybody should take note of your dining plans . And assuming everyone celebrates Easter or even Sundays and must know what the timings are . I fear you will be in for a lot of disappointment as people go on about their normal lives . If you can hear sanding then your walls must be extremely thin .
It would be a shame to complain to new neighbours, how horrible for them to have such an unpleasant welcome . If you are going to be home on Maternity leave it would be nice to be on good terms with them . You might need help one day and understanding when your child is crying loudly in the night .

Don't let the noise get to you, it's not worth it . Probably your pregnancy makes you more sensitive and concerned.

Nothing in my post referred to child hate.

Quite how you deduced that is.....perplexing.

Maybe your neighbours will continue to do their DIY when your precious kid is asleep.....

Exactly my thoughts. Can understand it's annoying but it's called Sod's Law and occasionally we just have to suck it up. I always spent my younger bank holidays doing things to my house.

You sound like a very bitter person. Wow. Do you have children? I hope not!

"banging, drilling, sanding, scraping"- sounds like construction to me.

Unfortunately for many people the long weekend is the perfect time to get into DIY projects. Hopefully they get it done before your newborn arrives!

Sounds like a regular weekend of DIY or decorating to me.

LOL

You might want to take the odd glance in the mirror before labelling me.

Pot, meet kettle....

Not sure why you're getting so much hate. Of course it's bad form for neighbours to make loud noise all long weekend. Definitely have a chat with them, they sound selfish (or dumb) and see what the plan is. Better now than with a newborn!

Because it’s Mumsnet. Where everyone has perfect husbands, earns a multiple 6 figure salary and lives in a detached house.

Thank you

I've got none of those things and I think you're being unreasonable

And getting more unreasonable tbh with how you speak to people on here

I looked after my DGD when she was a baby in DS's centre terrace. Elderly neighbour had died and new resident was renovating the house. I expected him to come through the dividing wall any minute! Trying to get DGD to sleep was almost impossible but fortunately the neighbour stopped during Bank Holidays. You aren't being unreasonable, just stressed. I hope they finish their renovations soon.

It's miserable living next door to it all the time. The house next to my favourite home was ripped apart for months, every day all day with the radio on over it. Then students move it. I was miserable.

I'm currently doing up ours but I didn't do anything over the weekend or bank holiday and I let my immediate neighbours know what was happening.

Could you speak to them about limiting the hours they work on it?