What is the latest/earliest you should be able to mow your lawn? Possibly rude neighbors????

Question

OK. Maybe I am being petty here. I live on the outskirts of town. Town size approx 70,000. I do not live in a subdivision, but have people next door on both sides. About an acre of land in between each of the houses. Across the street is a house as well. I have 3 small children (6 and under). One of the next door neighbors and the people across the street both mow their lawns until at least 9:30. Last night since they have a light on their mower they didn't finish until 10:30! I am trying to get my kids to bed by 8:30, but with all the noise, they do not understand why they need to go to bed. We moved here 2 years ago. It is just getting worse and worse. When I lived in a subdivision or growing up in town, noone ever thought of mowing past 8. Am I old fashioned? Are people just rude now of days? What do you think? What would you do?

Sorry. I meant to say that we each live on an acre. To the neighbor that mows late, they live 1/3 of an acre from us.

Answer 1

Where I live it is 9am to 9pm to cut the grass. I think you could nicely talk to that neighbor and see if he or she is willing to try not to cut so late. Be careful, you don't want to start a war. It seems neighbors are not what they use to be in this new generation. They seem to be more into themselves and less about other people. Kinda self absorbed, leave me alone mentality. Good Luck...

Answer 2

I don't think you are being petty, but I do think you are being a bit unreasonable since there is an acre of land in between the houses. If your neighbor was 10 feet away and mowing after 9 pm, that would be different.

Many people wait until after dark to mow because it is cooler or that is the only time they have in their schedule.

What your neighbors are doing has no bearing on your rules for your children.

Answer 3

With this heat wave going on, I can understand why people want to mow their lawns at night when it gets cooler!

There are two possible ways to go about this.
1. Talk to your neighbors and explain that it was hard for you to get your kids to bed when they were mowing the lawn at night. See if you can work out a compromise that will be okay for both of you.
2. Check out your town's noise ordinances and get the cops down there.

Obviously, 1 is more desirable than 2.

Answer 4

Well, what you should probably do is talk to your neighbors and tell them that you are trying to get your kids to sleep and would appreciate it if they could be done mowing by 9:00 p.m.

With people's lives getting more and more busy it becomes difficult for them to accomplish all of the things that need to be done in a day "during the day".

If talking with them doesn't produce the required results you could try making an audio tape of your kids crying and play it real loud after these people are done mowing. Then when they ask you why your kids are always crying you can say, "the mower scares them; especially when they are trying to sleep".

Answer 5

I dont think anyone should mow their lawn before 10 a.m nor after 8p.m. in the evening. Due to the fact that you have three young children you would think they would be that more considerate. Unfortunately since they are completely self-absorbed fools, the only thing to do is ask that they not mow before or after a certain time. Just use your children as an excuse that way the neighbors might be more inclined to agree.Good Luck.

Answer 6

There is no such thing as old fashioned! Common courtesy is the same today as it was yesterday. Respect is treating other people they way you want to be treated. If your neighbor mows his lawn an hour that is very late, perhaps you could speak with him about it.

Maybe he has to because it is cooler then. Maybe he works so much, that is the only time he has, and he is trying to keep his lawn in nice shape to keep your neighborhood property values up.

You don't know until you talk to him.

Answer 7

well, people are more rude these days than ever. my least favorite is when my neighbor mows the lawn at dinner time when we eat outside. i'd say that lawn mowing should end, at the latest, 9pm. and that's pushing it.
i would just go over and tell him that you have young kids and you try to put them to bed early, but the noise prevents that. ask him to finish earlier if possible. the worst that could happens is that things don't change. but he might just be unaware of your problem and very willing to change.
good luck!!

Answer 8

I would put a fan in the kids rooms that was noisy so that the lawn mower noise is drowned out. It seem odd to mow that late, but personally, I would not confront them.....it is the hottest part of the year.

Answer 9

Most jurisdictions have noise ordinances. I am an early riser but usually wait until after 9am to use any power tools outside. The thing that burns my *** is neighbors who let their dogs bark all freaking night. There have been several times that I wished I owned a gun. If I knew which neighbor it was, I would ask them them to keep the dog inside. The only thing I can figure is that they're either deaf or very heavy sleepers.

Answer 10

Just walk over to their house, tell them if you didn't have young children it wouldn't bother you a bit, but you're having trouble getting them to sleep with the noise from their mowing. I would really really appreciate it if you could get the mowing done earlier? Nothing beats upfront honesty with your neighbors, you don't want to keep it to yourself and get bitter about people. Good luck!

Answer 11

Talk to them, maybe they'll understand. and maybe they come from work late and that's the only time they have. No matter what the reason, talk to them politely and see if they'll understand your situation. If they don't, well too bad, they have the right to mow whenever they want not matter if it's rude or not. (some people don't care if they rude). you gonna have to sound proof the kids bedroom, move out, or pray the neighbor moves out :D.