AIBU to resent neighbours doing DIY on bank holiday Monday?

[Twisterlollies]

It feels like every time the stars align and we all get the day off and the weather is good, the morons appear with their power tools/bonfires.

AIBU to expect them to knock it off for the day so for once we can all just bloody relax? This racket has been going on for 3 hours now and shows no sign of stopping (neighbour with his work bench and drills out)

You got it and your point is ?
Are you one of the said boys by any chance?

It’s literally just an extra weekend day. I can’t imagine being this miserable

Some jobs take several days to complete. A dry bank holiday in spring is the perfect opportunity to do jobs like this.

Last spring bank holiday we built a poly tunnel and neighbours put up fencing. I think the year before that was them building timber raised beds and is laying paths.

DIY on a dry spring bank holiday is perfectly normal.

I refuse to mow the lawns etc on a Sunday out of respect for my neighbours wanting to sit in the garden but it isn’t reciprocated unfortunately

My husband works away, he’s been away for 6 weeks and is home for 2 days before going back away to work for another 4 weeks tomorrow. He’s been fixing our front door today...with tools! Should we wait another 4 weeks to fix it because it’s a sunny day? 🤣

Also I’m pretty sure half the people doing DIY jobs outside today aren’t exactly happy doing it in this heat, but have no other times to do it, due to weather or work commitments.

Jesus I can’t imagine this ever being a thing im bothered by.

Yes but remember hatred of all men is tolerated on Mumsnet; come to think of it it’s obligatory!

But dressing up and having tea parties don't make lots of irritating noise do they? 🙄

I’d be miserable if I had nothing better to do today than fix something!

Sympathies! The strength of feeling here is such that I’m guessing he saw the comments and stopped 😂

I don't hate men at all, just the utter knobheads who MN are always discussing who are cheating, abusing their wives and partners, shit fathers and the ilk.

Errr , I don’t see how this is selfish ? When would you rather they did it? 0900hrs tomorrow, as opposed to being at work ? Oh wait ! Remote workers would complain, too , wouldn’t they ? Go buy yourself a farm in the middle of nowhere. That’d help.

In my area no noisy DIY is allowed on Sundays and Bank holidays.😀

This weekend is the first weekend we’ve had this year to get some outside jobs done! Normal weekends have been used for ferrying kids to hobbies, weekly shop, running our business etc..

The sunshine and bank holiday forces us to make time to sort the garden so that our family can enjoy our outside space in the summer.

We don’t all have time to sit our backsides down and relax.

@Twisterlollies

Next weekend would be fine

Unless you're sat out there in complete silence, you'd be annoying people too.
Music, or even just chatting, is louder than you think it is and neighbours will hear you, does that make you just as selfish?

So you think I shouldn’t speak between 8pm and 7am? Because it’s as bad as drilling? Ok then!

Thanks! I’ll make a note.

It's not intolerant 😂. One of our neighbours is the same. It's literally every single time there is a nice day. Every single time. It completely ruins the peace. Sometimes would be fine - jobs need doing, some have different hobbies etc but all the time on nice days? It's just rude. If you know you have a particularly noisy hobby, be considerate of other people - that doesn't mean never do it, it just means don't do it during every daylight hour on every day when it's beautiful weather!

Let me join you!

I live in a village. It's been beautifully quiet all weekend. Not a mower,not a strimmer and ( remarkably) not a bonfire either. So, so lovely. Do feel for people who live with noisy neighbours

Tomorrow isn't a bank holiday.

So have you actually spoken to him about it or not?

Isn't it possible that the woman of the house asked the man to get the tasks done? Why assume that the man is out to inconvenience you? Many people finish pending jobs on holidays. There is no rule that everyone has to be out in the sun relaxing.

Move somewhere with no neighbours.

Yeah c'mon girls get that patio laid after you've levelled the ground. Those slabs dont weigh that much ya know!!