Noisy new neighbours

GwylimT

Concerned75 wrote: »

Not when you're on nights, it's not. My day with overtime is a 12hr day. Getting home 7-8am, would you want to be woken up by drilling after 6-7hrs disturbed sleep?
Besides, most people should be at work during the afternoons. Before you sumize, they don't work shifts.

Its perfectly acceptable, your working pattern is noones business but your own. Or would you rather they did their DIY at 2am when you're on nights?

I dislike being woken up by anything, so I live in a home where I can't hear anything. If I wanted to sleep during the day I would buy some fitted earplugs if I chose to live somewhere with poor soun insulation.

GwylimT

Concerned75 wrote: »

By GwylimT

This comment is probably better directed at them, thank you.

Why, they're ensuring DIY is carried out at a suitable time of day.

melanzana

The laws on noise are designed for the majority of the population.

Up at seven or thereabouts, out to work/school and gone for most of the day. That's life.

My neighbour is a nurse who works night duties regularly.

If I am going to do anything noisy during the day, I will text/wattsapp her to find out her schedule and work around it.

Do neighbours not talk to, and get to know each other anymore or what?

penguingirl

Concerned75 wrote: »

Not when you're on nights, it's not.

Do you have any ideas about when would be a good time for them to do DIY work? It seems like you don't like it during the day or night.

I have worked nights myself and do remember how frustrating it was that the door bell rang, workmen and neighbours were noisy etc. but some good earplugs really helped. I know you've said you've tried some, but maybe another brand? I found some to be uncomfortable but found some I could tolerate.

My council recommends DIY work is done between 9am and 8pm, so I think you would have difficulty pursuing any action with the council about work during the day.

Marvel1

Concerned75 wrote: »

Not when you're on nights, it's not. My day with overtime is a 12hr day. Getting home 7-8am, would you want to be woken up by drilling after 6-7hrs disturbed sleep?
Besides, most people should be at work during the afternoons. Before you sumize, they don't work shifts.

Make up your mind, they stopped at 2am and now your moaning doing at 3:30pm

Tigsteroonie

I do wonder whether the neighbours doing some work at 2am was the result of them recognising that you work shifts, and trying to fit their DIY around this - but unfortunately selecting/continuing to do the work at that time without realising that your shift had changed.

As others have said, daytime hours (9am to 8pm) are generally acceptable. If that doesn't suit you, then you'll need to talk to them about it, and ask them to indulge you by working around your shift patterns. Good luck.

silverwhistle

Ask them how long the work is planned for, then you'll realise it's a finite task and will have something to look forward to. They're new neighbours, for goodness sake, and just want to get on and sort the house out to their liking. It's unfortunate from your point of view but nothing they're doing is unreasonable or aimed to annoy you.

melanzana

Hopefully this is a temporary thing. You know, immediate works.

If they are serial DIYers though, OP really needs to talk to them AGAIN and ask them to check with him/her before doing major noisy work during the day.

That's the arrangement I have with my nurse neighbour who works nights a good bit.

But I hate having anything done in the house, hate the disruption, so it's rare!

melanzana

Just to say, it would have been nice of new neighbours to let others know they were going to do noisy things in the house.

Fault both sides methinks.

I would always let neighbours know if I am about to do something noisy and messy. And they tell me too.

Very quiet round here, even the dogs would go crazy if noise happened!

summerholiday

You wrote that the property had been recently refurbished before the neighbours moved in. Do you know the type of DIY they are doing?

Is it just a new Kitchen or insulation against noise or something that requires planning permission, such as partitions to increase number of rooms or building out a basement into a habitable room etc ?

It is always in your interest as an adjoining neighbour to know if the change they are undertaking is lawful or requires agreement, such as; party walls.