Can I ask neighbour not to play piano during viewings?

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My neighbour has a piano on the party wall. I raised the issue with him some months ago and since then this has reduced, however as agreed he does still play for a little while every day. Our house is now on the market and we've got a couple (not as many as I would like) of viewings booked in. Would it be reasonable to ask him not to play when we have viewers. I wouldn't want them to think it's constant when it isn't but if he happens to be playing for the 10 minutes you're viewing, I think I'd assume it was a regular thing.

Its not unreasonable to ask nicely, no.

But how will he know when you have a viewing?

Seems reasonable to ask.

Yes - our neighbour asked us to not play the trumpet during viewings. Luckily it was only one open day viewing - so the whole lot is done in one day.

I didn't mind being asked though.

Absolutely ask the neighbour.

One of my DS was having an online music lesson at home every Saturday morning during lockdown. The neighbours knocked to ask us could we give it a miss one weekend as they were having a viewing open day. It wasn’t a problem at all and I told them to let us know of any other viewings and I’d make sure lessons didn’t clash.

I would just text, it's only two at the moment as the market seems to have died in the last 2 weeks.

I asked our old neighbour to take her dog in for viewings, it was fine she didn't mind at all.

The dog barked like mad if strangers were in the garden unaccompanied but was fine if one of us was there

Definitely fine to ask....and reminds us all why it's good to keep friendly with the neighbours if at all possible....you never know when you might need to ask a small favour. Putting up to some level with their terrible music or dog or whatever, and just being a bit tolerant often brings rewards in lots of ways. Hard to ask a favour if you've fallen out with them.