Neighbour complained about dryer

[alisonelli]

I have just had a text from my next door neighbour saying my tumble dryer is too loud and its "having a significant adverse impact on their quality of life".
For context, we live in detached houses, its on carpet in the utility room, I'd say there is at least 6ft gap between the houses, with cavity wall and a fence. I don't run it early in the morning or late at night. I'd say it runs between 10 and 3 if that. Its an eco one, so it does go on for about 3 hours, but uses little electricity. I have 2 kids, who play lots of sports and I have clothes I need to get dry.
What do I do?

Pathetic, moaning neighbours are a real blight on people's lives. I had some of these some time ago. The only thing you can do is make them prove their allegations.

Oh gosh please open them back up then. You will end up with mould. I’d rather all out with a neighbour than have mould creeping up my walls!

Are you the neighbour @changeforsquizzers

@alisonelli you aren't doing anything wrong!

I live in a terraced and you cannot hear the dryer in next doors even with both our back doors open so he is just being a twat.
I would be inclined to just open the window again or lock it on vent so you have air movement to prevent damp and carry on with your life.

Block the miserable sod and carry on as you were.

"I don't run it early in the morning or late at night."

Then she has no business complaining. People have to live with normal noises during the day.
If you were running it at night to get a cheaper tariff, that would be a different matter.

i bought a demidifier with laundry mode last winter spread washing on an airer turn it on cheap to run, empty water after 3 hours turn washing round its 85% dry , then finish in the tumble dryer, could that be an option not to help them but to save you money tumble dryers use a lot of electric,

Just ignore the text

Just ignore the text and dont get into dialogue. Just act normal. Some people are antagonists and will tell everyone you've been unreasonable . If you haven't seen a text they have nothing. Just say good morning and act normal . There is more strength in silence than justification or reasoning

You say he was smug. Probably because he succeeded in getting you to go out of your way to go visit him. I bet opening your window makes no difference.
As I said before … he’s an arsehole.
Open your window and block him !

As someone said, the noise may well not be your dryer.

Many years ago, some neighbours complained about us (just the two of us then, before kids ...) playing drums and disturbing them. We were mystified; had no drums ... were we perhaps playing records (yes, long time ago) too loudly? We didn't know.

Anyway, they got the council involved, specified drum playing into the early hours when we knew we had been fast asleep. The affair rumbled on, the council offered mediation, neighbours logged dates and times when we were banging the drums. (We still owned no drums to bang.)

I looked over the times they said we were playing drums. It appeared random. Then, at last, I noticed something ...

... Next time it rained at night, I put on a raincoat and snuck into their garden. Yes, indeed, a patter like a drum. It persisted: rat-a-tat, bing-bong, rat-a-tat-a-tat ... Drumming!? I went closer, and saw, in the moonlight ...

... Neighbours had a leaky gutter, just above an old paint tin they had left upended years ago. The rain off the roof gathered in the gutter, fell in large drops onto the empty tin. Bang! Bong! Rat-a-tat!

We told the neighbours. They moved the tin. But didn't apologise for reporting us to the council. We never really spoke to them again. I suppose they were a bit embarrassed. Anyway, we moved on, and away.

True story.

This confirms our decision to move to a house with absolutely no neighbours. Our first house had batshit neighbours either side- never again.

Years ago an neighbour complained that my tumbler dryer kept them awake at night. We were in economy 7. He got Environmental health involved who measured the noise and said it's acceptable level but can I consider only dying it during the day. So I stopped using it at night.

Then he said my boiler kept him awake at night. I'd changed heating system. He reported it to environmental health. The. Came and measured and it was acceptable levels but they asked me not to use the boiler during the night. I worked from home on night shift. At this point I refused.

The fact is he was an old male living alone who sat in his house with no radio or TV so every noise was noticeable. In the end I moved.

boiler kept them awake at night.

Ooh, I hope they have the nerve to confront you in person. In case they do, keep a Bible nearby, grab it and pretend to start speaking in tongues as you rattle off nonsense punctuated with frequent barks of

Ignore and perhaps block their number. You cannot afford to pander to such nonsense, if you do there will be more.......

Absolutely have your window open when the dryer is on OP - you cannot have excessive moisture in your home - it can impact your home and your health. As long as you aren’t running it during sleeping hours then it’s not unreasonable to make some noise at your property that your neighbours can hear outside their home. What are they like when everyone is mowing the lawn etc when they are in their gardens?!

Open your window. He’s utterly ridiculous. And all you’re doing is creating acrid for your bank - he’ll sooner find another stick to beat you with now that he’s had his first power trip

This. Absolutely this.

Meh carry on as you are. Som people just love to complain.

This

You shouldn’t have to… we ran our condenser dryer for years in a windowless cupboard in the middle of our flat. Absolutely no condensation or mould at all - it wasn’t the sort that needed to be vented.

Ignore her ! She has mental health issues

If they want quiet they need a house in a field far away.

They should be grateful they don't live next to us...we have 2 drum kits, 3 guitars and a tumble dryer!

How could they hear the dryer pair of lunatics.
Ignore them or tell them to put ear pods in .
You have a family and washing to do your doing nothing wrong.

They probably can hear it, but those hours are fine. Our neighbour (attached) moved their dryer on our adjoining wall and would put it on over night along with their dishwasher. It is noisy throughout the night, daytime would be bliss.

you don’t need to do anything, however outside when sunny is cheaper, but not to aid your neighbour.