Reasonable request or out of order?

Slinwagh

Slinwagh

Slinwagh

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Our neighbour works from home, as do me and my wife I hasten to add. Now as some of you are aware it is the school holidays, bear this bit in mind.

We don not get on with our neighbour, not our choice but that is the way it is. A couple of weeks ago she complained about noise, we were having new bathroom floors and the fitter cut the tiles outside on his machine, she suggested in future that we run by her any DIY and the like we were having done, why I am not sure but she did. The thing that irks me about this is that fact that about a month before she had exactly the same type of work carried out with the fitter she employed cutting his tiles outside on a machine it did not bother us in the slightest.

Today she has asked if we can keep out daughter in the house during the day, 9am until 5pm if possible. Being fair she has not singled us out she has also asked another neighbour who has a boy the same age as our daughter the same thing.

To be honest we are a bit taken aback by this and think it is a little unreasonable, they are not overly noisy children, they are just children playing.

So, is it a resonable request or is it over the top?
 
Absolutely ridiculous request, how dare she ask you to cage your children inside, depriving them of a healthy play outside?! Tell her to do one, especially since she is clearly a hypocrit.
 
Over the top, obviously.

I assume shes some old lady that doesnt work and wants to live in silence?

Ignore her, infact, go to the other family requested to stay inside and organise a late night party to **** her off.

:)
 
During the daytime is when I'd expect to see children playing so I'd say no, it is not a reasonable request. Your child is not causing a disturbance at unsociable hours, it is her choice to work at home and her who is doing something outwith the ordinary, not the other way round. Obviously try to show a bit of consideration where you can but that is not a fair request.
 
If she's not just going for you and your kids then don't even bother with a response, she's clearly one of those people that has nothing better to do but complain.
 
Jon Frost said:
Over the top, obviously.

I assume shes some old lady that doesnt work and wants to live in silence?

Ignore her, infact, go to the other family requested to stay inside and organise a late night party to **** her off.

:)
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She is in her 40's I would guess.

It was only the other month her teenage son took a golf club to the wall in his bedroom, did we complain, no not a word from us.
 
Wouldn't put up with that for a second. How can you demand that anyone remain indoors for the best part of the day? I'd have an extremely strongly worded discussion with her about that.

Then I'd send my kids to play kirby right outside their house. Oh, and just so happen to "accidentally" flick creosote into their garden whilst re-doing my fence.
 
Ridiculous she must be a mental, how can somebody have the cheek to ask for your children to be kept indoors 9-5 by some neighbour?
 
And you let his women stand and say this and you just took her proposal?

Tell her to take a hike, your children could be fighting like ferral beasts for all it has to do with her.

You can also DIY between daylight hours with no notification to her. Anything before 9am and after 9pm could be argued as not fair imo, I know there are regulations for this,.

Kick her in the croch tbh, or palm strike both her ears so she won't hear a bloody thing in future! :p
 
As long as you're not making noise before 9:00a or after 8:00p, she has no grounds to complain. If you are making unnecessary noise, (blaring a stereo and such), then tone it down out of pure politeness. If the kids are being unncessarily loud (firecrackers, screaming, etc.), be polite and tone it down. Otherwise, ignore the lady.
 
^ you can't expect kids to be quiet the whole duration of the summer holidays.

It has to be accepted that children make noise, she would be aware of this and the possibility of having children as neighbours living in what I expect/sounds like a housed street.
 
Biohazard said:
And you let his women stand and say this and you just took her proposal?
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To be honest I was so taken aback by the request I was a bit bewildered by it. She did not come to see us she just asked while she was getting in the car and I was outside watching the kids.
 
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