AIBU to go out to neighbour and ask them to stop?

[HappyHolidays22]

So it’s 9.20am bank holiday Monday and a beautiful morning. DD playing on the patio and I’m just putting our baby down for nap 1.

For the last 30 minutes out neighbour has been cutting flags on and off. It’s the loudest most annoying noise I can imagine at this time on a Monday morning. We do have the windows open as it’s a lovely morning, but even closed we can hear it.

DH is cross too but thinks we shouldn’t say anything… he’s worried we will start an ongoing argument as a few weeks back, he was doing some more flag cutting at 8pm and woke both my kids up! I absolutely went out and told him to stop that time.

Would I be unreasonable to ask neighbour to stop now? I know we are up anyway with the kids, but it’s early right?

for reference, neighbours have been extensively renovating for 12 months and I think they’re desperate to finish their drive and be done with it all!

I thought you meant cutting irises, also called flags I believe.

At least there will be an end to the disruption once the neighbour has completed the paving. But yes, it's very annoying.

If they are renovating, it's classed as a building site & they shouldn't be working on a bank holiday (or Sunday or Saturday afternoon).

Flags are paving stones . Cutting paving stones to size.

If it’s too early for them to be outside cutting things, then it’s too early for your child to be playing outside too. As someone who has spent years living next to people who let their children out in the garden from the crack of dawn on weekends I can assure you they make noise and disturb the peace of others, so unless you are willing to keep her inside I don’t think you have a leg to stand on tbh.