How late would you mow your lawn?

radderfire said:
All of the above can be anti-social in my book, because they are under control of adults who should be considerate, rather than just kids being normal.
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So it's very much a you problem.

Kids making noise outside doesn't bother me, the same as someone mowing their lawn, or someone having people round for a BBQ and making conversation noise.

It's very hypocritical to complain about one noise whilst saying another is fine.
 
radderfire said:
All of the above can be anti-social in my book, because they are under control of adults who should be considerate, rather than just kids being normal.
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The kids should be under the adults control as well.
The adults should make sure their kids are not making excessive noise as thats anti social ;)

The above is somewhat tongue in cheek, but in reality the source and type of noise and whether one person finds it anti social or not is variable and hence why the law sets boundaries.
4 kids shouting at the top of their voices for hours is more anti social to me than the neighbour who mows/strims his lawn early on a Sunday
If the noise coincides with what you plan as a quite time, such as eating a BBQ meal outside it will tend to be more anti social to you than if you for example wanted to play some semi loud music and lounge on your sofa.
 
Semple said:
So it's very much a you problem.

Kids making noise outside doesn't bother me, the same as someone mowing their lawn, or someone having people round for a BBQ and making conversation noise.

It's very hypocritical to complain about one noise whilst saying another is fine.
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It's not hypocritical at all. Do you **** your pants whilst out in public and wait for an adult to come along and change you? No. Kids are different, in modern society it's accepted that they can be noisy, boisterous etc. Whereas when you grow up you learn to have more consideration for others around you.

Kids get a bit of leeway, they're not off the hook with regards to noise but your 'line' is different as to what is acceptable and how old they are. Our neighbour's two year old screams the house down sometimes for 10-15mins at a time. Can we complain? No. But if one of them screamed the house down regularly it'd be a different story.

Sounds like the OP's neighbour is not breaking any laws so it comes down to having a reasonable adult-to-adult conversation about how to get on as neighbours. It's not rocket science.
 
I wouldnt bat an eyelid in summer at mowing the grass up until around 21:00. It's so hot during the day that during evening is the best time to do physical activities for some people. I mean its better than loud music or domestics....
 
I must admit, I don't have kids, so this wouldn't bother me. Same with neighbours entertaining etc. I have great neighbours but have had some real armpits in the past, so get both sides.

In the grand scheme of things, it's an irritant. You know it's a temporary habit during hot days and lighter nights.

We have a neighbour down the road, who occasionally on warm days; decides its a good idea to burn rubbish when everyone's windows are open!
 
Come to rural France where farmers have to work their crops when the weather allows and have enough LED light bars on their tractors to illuminate Wembley Stadium and are out and about at 2am.
 
That happens in most rural areas and it's usually the Townies that move to the country that complain...
 
radderfire said:
All of the above can be anti-social in my book, because they are under control of adults who should be considerate, rather than just kids being normal.
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If he's done by 9pm in the summer and only doing it once per week it wouldn't bother me,
If he works until 5.30, comes home geta bite to eat, he can't really get started much earlier than 7, if its a 2 hour cut, then its a 2 hour cut, and if he's 1.5 acres and he's getting it done in 2 hours, he's making bloody good progress.
I cut a similar amount at a pair of houses of relatives and between navigation and dumping, it takes me closer to 4 hours.
I tend to be able to do it a Friday or sat afternoon, so not as disruptive.
 
Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
Funny I was going to post similar. The other day the neighbours kids (and 2 other kids) were screaming so much I had to turn the TV up quite significantly. It went on for 3 hours or so.
Parents (and I have been there) seem to mainly become immune to their own kids noise.

We have noise rules in the UK and cutting the lawn via whatever method is fine at the time the OP suggest his neighbour is doing it.
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I have the same problem and it ****** me off. The kid next door is a ****, and has a trampoline. All the kids in the estate come and play on it. I'm fine with that, they definitely should play. It's the constant screaming though...if that was my children I'd tell them to stop screaming because it's annoying as hell. I'm sure they can have fun without screaming. I think the parents shut themselves away and ignore the screaming because it means they don't have to deal with their child for a while. Just everyone else that has to enjoy the displeasure.

With that in mind, and the kid being a ****, I wouldn't hesitate to mow my lawn incredibly late. If they were doing it, I wouldn't be impressed.
 
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