How much noise is too much noise and reasonable times.

moneyistooshorttomention

Personally I take the view that noise is something for "office hours". Bear in mind too that builders have to stop making noise at 6pm.

So - with that - I regard times for making unavoidable noise as between 8am - 6pm.

That's my feeling - ie that if it wouldnt be tolerated from other peoples workmen - then its not on from oneself or a neighbour.

Admits that I'm still in the habit of doing my hoovering in "office hours" - even though I now live in a detached house (so it wouldnt matter if I did it at midnight now).

I think its fair to expect to be able to get on with "life" undisturbed by other peoples noise outside those "office hours". People might be sleeping/reading/trying to think or meditate/studying and its reasonable to expect people will be going in for leisure activities in "leisure time".

That means the neighbour isnt reasonable either - in starting DIY at 7am of a morning. It's reasonable to expect to be able to continue sleeping until, say, 8am/8.30am (to allow for "night owl" types to get in their 8 hours worth).

missbiggles1

dekaspace wrote: »

But its a situation that may happen again in the future.

Hoovering in the evening is down to factors like I don't want to disturb someone hoovering too early, and doesn't seem much point hoovering in the day if by the evening its dirty again due to things like going out of the house.

I always aim for hoovering around the 8pm mark or a little earlier

Some people have to hoover in the evening because they're out at work. If you're home all day there's no reason for it so your neighbours won't be sympathetic about it. As there's only you living there it's not going to get dirty again unless it's very muddy which you can deal with my using a door mat to wipe your feet.

Rosemary7391

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Personally I take the view that noise is something for "office hours". Bear in mind too that builders have to stop making noise at 6pm.

So - with that - I regard times for making unavoidable noise as between 8am - 6pm.

That's my feeling - ie that if it wouldnt be tolerated from other peoples workmen - then its not on from oneself or a neighbour.

Admits that I'm still in the habit of doing my hoovering in "office hours" - even though I now live in a detached house (so it wouldnt matter if I did it at midnight now).

I think its fair to expect to be able to get on with "life" undisturbed by other peoples noise outside those "office hours". People might be sleeping/reading/trying to think or meditate/studying and its reasonable to expect people will be going in for leisure activities in "leisure time".

That means the neighbour isnt reasonable either - in starting DIY at 7am of a morning. It's reasonable to expect to be able to continue sleeping until, say, 8am/8.30am (to allow for "night owl" types to get in their 8 hours worth).

That sounds totally unreasonable to me, and I really dislike noise. You've basically said that anyone who works office hours can't hoover or have any sort of leisure activity that isn't silent. Tolerance has to go both ways - people should be quiet at unreasonable times but expect to hear others going about their lives after work. Flats are horrible for that reason, but that's the only option for many.

Norman_Castle

dekaspace wrote: »

I have the setting on my audio software to control dynamic range, wonder if thats it as when its turned off everything sounds louder to me.

When you say everything sounds louder do you mean the mid range is louder? Are you defining the sound as good by the amount of bass?

Marvel1

I would agree with him and say I will hoover earlier in the future BUT can you also not do DIY so early in the morning - it works both ways.

Marvel1

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Personally I take the view that noise is something for "office hours". Bear in mind too that builders have to stop making noise at 6pm.

So - with that - I regard times for making unavoidable noise as between 8am - 6pm.

That's my feeling - ie that if it wouldnt be tolerated from other peoples workmen - then its not on from oneself or a neighbour.

Admits that I'm still in the habit of doing my hoovering in "office hours" - even though I now live in a detached house (so it wouldnt matter if I did it at midnight now).

I think its fair to expect to be able to get on with "life" undisturbed by other peoples noise outside those "office hours". People might be sleeping/reading/trying to think or meditate/studying and its reasonable to expect people will be going in for leisure activities in "leisure time".

That means the neighbour isnt reasonable either - in starting DIY at 7am of a morning. It's reasonable to expect to be able to continue sleeping until, say, 8am/8.30am (to allow for "night owl" types to get in their 8 hours worth).

We must think of the night workers,who go to sleep at around 7 am, and last thing you want is to listen to DIY and hoover at 8/8:30am.

borkid

bouicca21 wrote: »

Someone who hoovered every day would strike me as probably OCD and I'd certainly be !!!!ed off if it was after 7. But then I'm a slob ...

Many years ago I developed an allergy to dust after my first child was born. I had to vacuum every day to ensure I could cope. I also took some tablets , can't remember what now. When I wanted to try for a second child I had to stop taking the tablets and the allergy became a lot worse. Luckily when the second arrived the allergy disappear. Must have been something to do with the hormones

borkid

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Personally I take the view that noise is something for "office hours". Bear in mind too that builders have to stop making noise at 6pm.

So - with that - I regard times for making unavoidable noise as between 8am - 6pm.

That's my feeling - ie that if it wouldnt be tolerated from other peoples workmen - then its not on from oneself or a neighbour.

Admits that I'm still in the habit of doing my hoovering in "office hours" - even though I now live in a detached house (so it wouldnt matter if I did it at midnight now).

I think its fair to expect to be able to get on with "life" undisturbed by other peoples noise outside those "office hours". People might be sleeping/reading/trying to think or meditate/studying and its reasonable to expect people will be going in for leisure activities in "leisure time".

That means the neighbour isnt reasonable either - in starting DIY at 7am of a morning. It's reasonable to expect to be able to continue sleeping until, say, 8am/8.30am (to allow for "night owl" types to get in their 8 hours worth).

Really when I used to go out to work I'd leave earlier and get back later especially with the commute as did my OH. He used to have spells when working at the weekend as well. So if he was single and worked when would he have been able to vacuum by your reckoning?

mildredalien

Did he say that he had a problem with hearing the bass from your speakers or that it was bothering or disturbing him? He said that he could hear it but it may not be a big deal to him. In which case there is no reason to change your behaviour.

If you listen to music before 10pm and turn it off around then, that seems reasonable, you are clearly trying to be considerate. While everyone is entitled to enjoyment of their living space, when in a flat you have to accept that if for you enjoyment means quiet meditation at 8pm, or sleeping during the day that's not going to be the case for everyone.

I can hear TV noise from next door sometimes or talking and sometimes the mum shouting at her kid! If they asked if I could hear them I'd say yes, but it's not a problem it's just normal expected noise in a terraced house.

moneyistooshorttomention

Rosemary7391 wrote: »

That sounds totally unreasonable to me, and I really dislike noise. You've basically said that anyone who works office hours can't hoover or have any sort of leisure activity that isn't silent. Tolerance has to go both ways - people should be quiet at unreasonable times but expect to hear others going about their lives after work. Flats are horrible for that reason, but that's the only option for many.

I didnt say "Monday to Friday" only.

I didnt think it necessary to clarify that that also means between 8am-6pm on Saturday and Sunday as well. Duly clarified I do mean Saturdays and Sundays as well.