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?

I didn't either. But then I visited a friend's flat where the neighbours washing machine and vacuum cleaner sounded as if they were in the same room as us. I sometimes wondered if the washing machine was louder for us, because it felt like it was bouncing against the wall.

Now I very much appreciate my privilege in having a detached house, and that at my previous semi, my washing machine and my neighbour's were at opposite ends of our houses.

FFS do you not get it's a fine line?

No, not unreasonable at all. What did they say when they complained?

Your neighbour is batshit crazy

How odd, is your machine unusually loud? I don't even hear my own washing machine in my own house let alone the neighbours, especially at this time of year with doors and windows closed, and not sitting in the garden

I live in a flat and we are not allowed to use any "noisy appliances" before 7am or after 7pm. My neighbour complained to my landlord for using my washing machine too late when I first moved in before I knew the rules

My mum used to say to not hoover or wash once the soaps came on and usual baby bedtimes at 7pm, but that was decades ago and she grew up in a post war flat so I imagine the walls probably vibrated if someone so much as farted let alone anything else. Our neighbours regularly have a wash on up to 10pm but we have utilities and only really hear it in each others utilities during the spin. If it affected tv watching then I would be annoyed but then you should communicate that with a decent neighbour

Celtic isn’t a language. Do you mean Gaelic or Irish or Welsh… or Cornish?

And what about people who leave for work at 7 and get back just before 7? They’re not allowed to wash their clothes?

Why can your neighbour here your washing machine!?

Oh give over 🙄 It’s hardly an all night rave for goodness sake.

Yes, because intrusive noise is having a party at 2am not washing after dinner

Exactly, this is more pertinent. In the more modern bit of our cottage we can hear the odd door knock but that's it

Our neighbours do a really early morning wash cycle which wakes us up a couple of times a week…the spin cycle finishes at around 5am. It makes the wall vibrate, which we can hear from our bedroom. The walls aren’t otherwise thin - we can’t hear any other sound. We’ve never complained though, so they aren’t aware.

Really?? At 8.30??

Wow. I would hate to be your neighbour

It’s a block of flats and she is in the one below me

I dont understand how neighbours can hear your washer. I can't hear my own in the next room or upstairs!

I've been know to run the dryer in an emergency until 11pm, but I really prefer to stop the machines by 10pm. 8.20pm is early though. The walls must be paper-thin. I have zero idea when upstairs or downstairs do their washing. Can't hear it.

No point asking us, we aren't your neighbours! Better to discuss with your actual neighbour and try to come to an understanding. We have young kids so the cut off would reasonably be early comparef with a single night owl, I've no idea what compromise makes sense for you and your neighbour. Maybe they are an early riser or shift worker, I'm neither
I'd hate to live below someone in flats unless they had solid concrete floors though.

My electricity provider actually promotes washing after 7pm as we get a cheaper rate!

If it was 3.00 am I could understand it, but not 9.00 pm. She is BU.

Mental unless a clear pattern of dick behaviour preceding this.

I used to live in a basement flat. The neighbours kitchen was above my bedroom. Washing machine on spin sounded like a pneumatic drilling machine, like they use to dig up roads, coming through the ceiling. Great when it woke me at 7am after my insomnia had kept me up until 3am. I never complained though because I'm not a dickhead and they're entitled to do their laundry when it suits them.

Exactly. it's ridiculous. Not allowed to use the hairdryer before I leave for work at 6.30am on a cold winter morning pisses me off more than the washing machine. Yeah the neighbour complained about that too.