For putting on a wash that finished at 20 past 8pm

[GettingThereEveryDay]

Just got a complaint from my neighbour for putting on a wash that finished 5 minutes ago.

AIBU to think that 9pm is a reasonable cut off point?

Neighbor is being a whinge.

Yanbu that’s completely fine. Is the noise really loud for her or something? I’d want to put a wash on whenever I felt like it in my own house but it affected next year then yes before 9pm is totally fine

Sod all wrong with that

That's ridiculous it's a perfectly fine time, I put mine on a timer so it starts at 4:30am finished by 6:30am and I hang it up when I get up shortly after

YANBU like you I think 9pm would be late enough and wouldn't do any after that time unless it was an emergency.

No apology required.

Neighbour is being unreasonable.

Ignore as you aren’t unreasonable.

How loud is your washing machine to be heard next door?
Or does it vibrate through walls?
Either way, I'd try to be considerate.

Oh god this reminds me of my ex neighbour who I think had dementia. She once came RUNNING into my house shouting at me in Celtic(?) because I had my hairdryer on after 6pm!

@thistimelastweek The spin cycle finished by 8.20 pm. I mean I get that it’s the weekend but I think I am being considerate by finishing before 9pm

Is it a next door neighbour or are you in a flat? (Up to 10pm would still be fine IMO)

Completely unreasonable.
I wouldn't be entertaining that at all.

I wouldn’t consider any time before 11 to be too late to do something like a load of washing. Your neighbour is bonkers .

In flats?

My previous place tried to have rules/suggestions about this. Even then it was 11 pm.

Seriously?.
You think intrusive noise from your neighbours at 11.00pm is ok?

Yanbu totally fine x

They can be as annoyed as they want, but you can do your washing anytime you like

I get home from work at 9pm if my uniform needs washing it'll be finished about 11pm. Neighbours can dislike it all they like but I can't do anything about it.

As long as it's not vibrating against a shared wall, then shouldn't even be able to really hear a washing machine outside of a property? Or are you in a flat and neighbour is below you. If your machine as so loud it's disturbing your neighbour then maybe an issue with your machine?

Is the issue that your kitchen shares a party wall with her sitting room? If it's the more usual arrangement of adjoining kitchens then I can't see why she's unhappy. In any event, I think that you should compromise if you can, in which case you're probably going to have to ask her to explain.

How the fuck is a washing machine doing a cycle “intrusive noise”?

If it's annoying people next door it is.
That's my point.
How loud or shaky is this machine?

I do mine after 10pm regularly

So do I.
But no-one next door can hear or feel it.