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Constant garden machinery noise from neighbour

(34 Posts)
Bromley Thu 23-May-24 09:46:58

Our neighbours are extremely garden proud. Every 1/2 days they are out there with noisy machinery.

Lawn mower, Strimmer,Leaf blower, chainsaw.

Every 1/2 days always in the afternoon annd it continues for a couple of hours at least. What they find to mow etc I don’t know. Even Sundays are not excluded. One is retired and the other one works part time.
We are always careful when we use our machines,and do try to stick to hand tools as much as possible.( cheaper than the Gym 😄)

We had many years of peace here before they arrived.
We did approach them politely,but got short shift.

Please..any suggestions apart from moving?

Summerlove Fri 24-May-24 20:42:26

NotSpaghetti

...they do come back though!
🙄

That’s what spray bottles are for

Notagranyet24 Sat 25-May-24 08:38:42

Well as long as you don't drop the cat in a neighbour's wheely bin I suppose you'd call chasing normal. Oh and I hope you don't refuse to throw back the ball of the neighbour's boisterous children.

OurKid1 Sat 25-May-24 10:07:39

You don't mention your relationship with them - have you spoken to them to find out what they're doing with there garden? I'm thinking just a friendly chat, without mentioning the noise. It may be short term work, in which case I'd dig deep (!) and put up with it, but then at least you'll know. Having established some contact would then put you in a better position if you do need to mention noise should it continue. Good luck.

OurKid1 Sat 25-May-24 10:08:15

"their" garden, not "there" and I used to teach English!!!!!

M0nica Sat 25-May-24 15:04:40

Complain to the council. They can serve a noise abatement order on them.

EcoLogical Fri 09-Aug-24 13:01:52

The question remains to be asked, why in this day and age is it not possible to provide silent garden machinery?

Whethertomorrow Fri 09-Aug-24 14:37:06

Ecological, because it’s a man toy (usually)!

They have to prove they’re working hard.

The bigger and louder the engine the bigger and harder the man using it!

🤣

AreWeThereYet Fri 09-Aug-24 14:52:19

Our house used to be in a very quiet cul de sac, peaceful day and night.

As the houses have changed hands over the last ten years or so it feels like we're living in a cross between a building site and Battersea Dog's Home, with a cattery round the corner. Not to mention the pub nearby that has become a Sports Bar and all during the Summer shows sports events on TV in the back garden, so it sounds like we also have a football stadium nearby in the evenings.

At some point it will probably quieten down again once the new owners have sorted all their houses and gardens. Probably about the time we sell up and move grin