Workmen starting at 6.30am

Cossy

Starting any kind of DIY work at 6:30am is completely unacceptable frankly.

I agree. What time must they be getting up to start work then? I think a start of 8.00 or thereabouts leaves time at the end of the day to go to get supplies if they need them, but 6.30?

Pop over and ask them could they please not start at 6.30 as they are waking you up! 7am is fine, think that’s the legal time to start noisy work, and you’d really appreciate it. If they ignore you well they aren’t going to be particularly good neighbours, that’s if the neighbours are there and aware the work more starting that early.

I think a 6.30 am start to loud work is unacceptable and would contact local council. We had seven months of loud radios - music in the house, talk radio in the barn conversion at the back; foul language - one of the workers couldn't say a sentence with f* in it; drilling plaster off the walls; cement mixer in the back garden. We survived the winter months but come spring and I couldn't even escape to the garden, I became murderous. In the end it was worth it because the renovations must have added thousands to our property.

It was 10am this morning so that bit is over. We wait for the next irritation.
We could hardly sit in the garden last year and hoped this one would be better. Fingers still crossed.
They MUST be near the end.

I live on an estate and the management office impose strict working hours: 8.30 - 5.00 excluding weekends and bank holidays. These rules include noisy DIY.

Thank you for the advice on this post. My 97 year old neighbour went into a care home in November and her house will now be sold. Its a 1930s house and she lived there for 60 years making no changes to the house at all. We are quaking in our boots at the thought of what might now transpire. It sounds as if getting a few ground rules in place earlier rather than later might help us survive the refurb (or possibly even re-build).

I wish the rules about working before a certain time applied to our bin men; they are lovely friendly men, but I swear they are getting earlier every week; today they were merrily crashing wheelie bins about at 5.45 - the lorry was changing gear and the engine roaring. I tried to sleep, but they came back half an hour later to do another part of the road.

Im sure there is a noise restriction in force like 7am and 9pm...I would check for future reference .

I didnt realise there were laws limiting builders, can we start a campaign to stop neighbours mowing lawns at unreasonable times

Please see my post on page 1 as regards the law.

My roofers got to my house at 07.30, they did not start until 08.00 am. They said that was the time they could legally start.

This company did a very good job, in the words of the company director, there will be no effing and jeffing, and the work will be finished in a timely manner. My neibours said to me they were very impressive. No complaints whatsoever.

Our LA forbids building work on a sunday on its website. When my horrible neighbours had (cash in hand cowboy) workmen in to do a noisy job I told them I was phoning the police. The "workmen" fled pretty quickly as they are not of the ilk to usually charge VAT or pay tax and dont want to get involved with official bodies. They were back on the monday but I just wanted to put the frighteners on them.

By contrast another bunch of neighbours had "proper" workpeople in - logo on van, protective clothing, warning signs on pavement, sign with their phone and VAT number displayed while they were doing the job. As a result two more neighbours hired them to do jobs while they were in the area.

Another day of angle-grinders cutting paving stones for (I'm assuming from what I can see at the front and back) a patio and front drive! From 8.00am till 5.00pm, with barely a pause. Their patio must be the size of Wembley Stadium!

And this after the whole of last Summer constructing a wrap-around extension (side and back including demoltion of a garage) and a loft extension.

Even my normally very tolerant OH was grumpy today with the continual noise and dust clouds...