Noisy Neighbours!

craftingqueen_2

Can anyone give me some advice.We have been living at our present house for the last 12years with no problems. Our new neighbours moved in six months ago.They were fine at the begining,but now it's not.

Hubby works the graveyard shift so has to sleep in the daytime(yes i know it's his choice).But ever since they moved in the drilling ,banging etc has been constant.

I'm a quiet person and would'nt say boo to a goose, so any ideas on how if any we can deal with this stituation.


craftingqueen

Psykicpup

Take a little welcome gift round (maybe bake them a cake) and while chatting about how lovely the house will be oncce they've got it looking the way they want, mention that hubby works nights (& what hrs he usually sleeps between)
I'm guessing that they dont know but would be happy to change when they do the work to fit in around their lovely new neighbour!

craftingqueen_2

Problem is that they know he works nights and the hours he sleeps,got a feeling it will go on for quite a while as he is a chippy.

poe.tuesday

Unfortunatley your neighbours have every right to carry out diy/have builders in etc, if it's just building work that they are doing then you know that it will come to an end (hopefully)

They may well know your hubby sleeps during the day but that has nothing to do with them, they have to get the work done so no matter when they do it it will cause issues for someone

perhaps if you ask them when they may be finished with the work so you know roughly when your hubby's sleeping can get back to normal?

craftingqueen_2

I do understand that ,but it's just a pain in the neck, day in day out every day without a break.

wifeforlife

If you know them enough to have a friendly chat over the garden fence then I would casually ask how things where going, then once chatting see if you could come to some sort of arrangement. I'm sure they dont realise how loud it actually is. I also recommend earplugs for your dh, when my bf comes to stay with me, he lives in a detached house in the country, he has to use earplugs as the road noise really agrevates him at my house, I live in a terraced house in an estate.

I hope you get some sort of compromise

Cate

liney

9am - 7pm is quite reasonable to carry out noisey DIY. I am sure they aren't deliberatly being noisey and it will die down soon. When we were refurbishing our house we always stopped at 7pm as we knew the neighbours had small children to get to bed. But unless they do the work at night, which isn't going to be feasable, then it must be done in the day time.

Perhaps you could ask them if they could do their noisey jobs after 1pm, when your husband has had chance to get a good few hours in?

As well as ear plugs, does your husband have a black out blind? Apparently people go into a deeper sleep if the room is very dark; perhaps that could help.

craftingqueen_2

Hubby has been doing the nightshift for a very long time and he is very understanding with the neighbours and there DIY jobs.
Hubby has got the blackout curtains and ceiling fan for when it gets to hot to sleep.
We are good neighbours to our new neighbours, we have been there each and everytime for them!
I've also got my daughter trying to revise for her exams!
Here's hoping the noise will die down soon lol!

poe.tuesday

I know it's a nightmare for you and your family, I think just a little word explaining that you understand that they are doing up their house etc but if can give you a time as to when they might be finished etc

it's not that they are being bad neighbours, they are just doing up their house that unfortunately effects you

spoilt_BUT_appreciate_it

Psykicpup wrote: »

Take a little welcome gift round (maybe bake them a cake)

Or perhaps take a little pot plant if you don't usually do the baking thing or one of those 'new home' cards saying you've been meaning to drop it around in person but you've been so busy..

My husband also works nights BUT asking them to do the DIY work after say 1pm is an unrealistic expectation of a neighbour in my opinion...

However a little chat about what they've been doing may shed light on how much longer the DIY will go on, say for example fitting a new kitchen in.

Broken_hearted

Ear plugs! My dad worked night shift for years when I was little and the neighbour used to chop wood ALL day to sell. He swears by ear plugs.