Mowing the lawn, what time???

pipsqueak

I live in housing estate, last saturday i took out the lawn mower and started off mowing the lawn. Its a petrol one not overly nosiy.
I started at 11am an hour later the neighbour popped his head over the fence and said that it was bit early to be mowing.
I thought he meant as in april and i said ah no sure its growing now it no hassle, he meant the time!!
what time is acceptable to mow the lawn on a saturday morning???

Ellechim

11am isn't too early to me - I'd be more concerned about doing it late when people with kids are trying to put them to bed - i wouldn't do it after 7pm or before 9am but otherwise I reckon it's perfectly reasonable...........my neighbours mow at all sorts of hours..............

Joey the lips

about 1, i get up at 12 you noisy fecker

Only joking this is the first I heard. I imagine once the morning mist clears and the ground dries would be good but I am answering to get it back to the top cause I am interested as well

mike65

I cut in early-mid afternoon after the moisture has dried up.

11 am Saturday isn't soooo early unless your neighbours had a late Friday night of course.

staker

Would've thought 11 on a Saturday morning OK.
Anybody mow on Sundays?

the_syco

When I get up, and dressed.... so 4pm. Rarely 11am, but only if I wasn't drinking the night before.

pipsqueak

so a rough guide, is sat morn 11am??

sunday morning 12-1pm?

what about mon to friday? 10am should be allright im guessing

Mr Maroon

11am on a weekend? Are you mad? Of course that's too early

crosstownk

I've often started the mower up at 10am on a Saturday. I'd usually leave it a bit later on a Sunday. There's no law against those times but obviously you don't want to upset the neighbours.

11am is not to early - maybe he had a sore head after a good session the night before but that's no reason for you to delay giving the lawn a trim. However, if he works nights then maybe you should take that into account from the point of view of being neighbourly but you don't have to.......

Ellechim

weeellllll

one of my neighbours mowed his lawn at 8.20 this morning, I kid you not.......

we were all up but I'm sure not everyone else in my estate was...........

luckat

I suppose it's a matter of getting on well with your neighbours... sometimes you just have to make compromises.

Sunday morning or Sunday afternoon seems to be the standard time hereabouts.

Does your neighbour work nights by any chance?

By the same token, I think it actually shocks the plants less if you mow just before dusk, so they're not dried out when they're freshly cut.

tony231974

I'd do mine on Sunday at 1.30 p.m. because it's the only chance I get,we have a big dog and small child and when I mow the lawn the dog wants to eat the mover so dog goes in child goes up to the in-laws for Sunday dinner.Everyone's happy,well exept me cause I get no dinner and have to do the lawn. :mad:

Honey-ec

Your neighbour is an idiot. Does he have any kids? If so, I suggest sticking your head over the wall the next time they make any noise on a Saturday morning and tell him it's a bit early for that.

John mac

i usually cut the grass as early as poss (if its dry ) as it takes 2 1/2 hours.
11 on a sat morning isn't early

Ellechim

Well my neighbours were mowing last night at 9..........how considerate........between that and the politicians ringing the doorbell there was not a child in the house sleeping!!!!!!!!!!!

Sleipnir

11am too early? No. What are you supposed to do, wait until everyone has decided to drag themselves out of the scratcher?

pipsqueak

Sleipnir wrote: »

11am too early? No. What are you supposed to do, wait until everyone has decided to drag themselves out of the scratcher?

Yea exactly, anyway just to piss them off i cut it at 10 am this morning, we are moving so he can go and bite me!:D

laura27314

Your neighbour has a real nerve!
Mid-week I would think it was ok to cut after 7am.
Saturday 9am onwards
Sunday 9am too.

Wouldn't cut late if I knew there were kids around trying to get to sleep.

What I can't get over about your neighbour is that he had the nerve to say anything!!! I have had bathroom renovations going on above me for 2 weeks, starting 8 am every morning and going on til 6 or 7pm, including Saturdys, with my boyfriend trying to study for his finals. The builder was even blocking up our car space for a few days. BUT I smile politely at my neighbours and tell them it's no bother, and expect them to do the same for me when I'm having work done. Yesterday I set the alarm by mistake when I was rushing out, and it got set off by the builders upstairs, and rang til I got home at midnight. I caught our neighbours on their way out this morning and apologized, and they accepted it graciously and said it didn't bother them! It's just common courtsy!


Laura

pipsqueak

7am??:eek: Id say id be looking for new windows if i started it up at 7!!!

biko

11am is fine. 8am is too early.
I kinda like listening to someone mowing the lawn when I'm still in bed. It means:
It's summer
It's someone else working, not me

laura27314

7 am mid week mind! Most people would be up by then, to get to work! What with traffic, showers, breakfasts, kids! If I had a neighbour who worked nights or whatever we would come to an agreement.

John mac

nice fine morning 5am:D in before the commute to work.:D

aoibhebree

God if I was woken by 11am by a lawnmower, I'd be embarrassed to complain! That's ridiculous!!!

I'd say ignore him.

The Sweeper

I reckon any time 9am onwards is just fine.

I have a neighbour who mows his lawn 8am on a Sunday morning.

Then again, everybody over here is an early riser except the teenagers, and nobody pays any attention to them.

Kashkai

When I lived in an estate in Maynooth, I used to do the lawn at 9.30am on a Saturday morning so I'd get it out of the way and have the day free to spend with the family.

However, my wife brought my daughter (4 years old at the time) to a birthday party in a neighbour's house one day and one of the "fathers" who was standing around swilling beer said "your oul fella is a noisy fecker and if he cuts the lawn that early again he'll get his bleedin throat cut next". My wife took out her phone, called me and asked me to come over. When I got there (not yet knowing what had been said), she turned to the hero with the beer can and asked him to repeat to me what he'd said to our daughter. He said he didn't know what she was talking about, at which stage some of the kids said that he wanted to cut my throat. My wife nodded at this to confirm it so I asked him what his problem was and he said he didn't have one and that he was just joking with my daughter. Out of earshot of the kids, I told him I'd still be laughing when my foot was on his throat if he spoke to her like that again. IMO the gob****e was probably hungover and his anticipated sleep in until 2 or 3pm was upset by me.

BTW my garden was pretty small and it only took about 10 minutes to cut it so its not as if I was making much noise for hours.

BTW, BTW, this guy's kids were the noisiest little feckers in the estate and the eldest boy (about 14 at the time) thought nothing of bringing his drum kit out into his front garden and having a jamming session with his mates at 9pm.

Bowlardo

The Neighbour cut the grass at 8 on a weekday morning. ****ing madness.
Monday to Friday should not be before 9-10
Saturday not before 10/11
Sunday not before 11/12

He is also potter about with a shovel for some reason at half seven this morning what the actual ****.

He is sound enough but a bit off.

I'm going to have to say something but not sure when and how

tampopo

I cut mine last Saturday at around 9. I had stuff to do later. Actually, it was the only time I had. Usually would be much later.

Bowlardo

tampopo wrote: »

I cut mine last Saturday at around 9. I had stuff to do later. Actually, it was the only time I had. Usually would be much later.

boo you.

_Brian

I always thought 7am was the cut off for early noise.

Chuchote

This suburban neighbourhood, people generally cut their lawns around 10-11am on Saturday mornings, or 11-noon on Sundays. Everyone likes it - it's a summery, relaxed sound.

I'd be inclined to drop in to your neighbour and ask what time he thinks lawns should be cut. He probably didn't realised how late it was and will be embarrassed. If not… you'll sort it out between you.

Real lawn fanatics will only cut lawns in the evening, before the dew falls; better for the lawn.

keano25

My neighbors are sponges living off the state, not worked a day in their lives, enjoy late nights so its with great pleasure I fire up that noisy petrol Briggs and Stratton engine at around 9am.