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We live in a small subdivision. Around half acre lots - very flat. We have a lawn service, and they use riding mowers and are done in ~20 minutes. We have ne

We live in a small subdivision. Around half acre lots - very flat. We have a lawn service, and they use riding mowers and are done in ~20 minutes. We have neighbors either side. One is retired. The other has a flex schedule. They both love doing outdoor stuff, like... riding mowers. Each take ~2 hours to do their lawn. This is their enjoyment. It's like a vacation for them. Sitting on a loud engine, driving around... smiling happily the whole time. One will sometimes leave his mower running next to our window while he goes in to use the bathroom. They stretch this out and.. it's just horrible. I'm often away from the house, but my wife sometimes can't get away at home (they'll start in the middle of her cooking, for example). It bothers our pets - they'll be hiding under the beds for hours. I get it - mow the grass. But... it really doesn't need to be 3+ hrs. One neighbor mowed for 2 hrs on Thursday. SUNDAY AFTERNOON he mowed for another hour. The grass was not longer. He just likes riding a mower. Next to our window. Then... edger/blowing. Another 30 minutes, and again... leave it propped up facing our window - running - to go in and get a drink. I'm not even sure how/why it's possible to have an edger running without a human holding it.

Reason077 5y ago
At least mowers and other garden tools will all be quiet and electric, some day. Most of the new ones for sale already are. It’s an air pollution issue too. Emissions from the old ones aren’t really regulated and many of them really stink!
- ectopod 5y ago
  Electric leaf blowers are still noisy.
  - lowercased 5y ago
    We've got one (electric). It's ... noisy, but not quite at the same level (at least to my ears). And... my wife uses it but... 5-10 minutes - we have the same size yard as the neighbors, but they seem to love taking 30+ minutes to redo the same areas over and over. It doesn't need to take more than 10 minutes.
kaybe 5y ago
Sounds like you should offer up your lawn as well.
bavell 5y ago
I can relate to this so much right now haha. Some houses next to me are having work done (prep to sell) and it has been nonstop noises the last few months... Just in the past few days: Roofers came on Saturday morning and spent the whole day banging and hammering... Pressure washer guy all day Sunday... 8am this morning, the lawn service guys are already out in full force... All of this literally across the street, ~100ft away
lowercased 5y ago
Adding on - neighbor 1 may start at 11, then ride until 1 or so. The other neighbor sees #1, then decides to go out, then they edge. We'll get loud engines within 50 feet of the house from 11a-4p with very little break. and they love it. This is their relaxation, fun time, 'day off work', etc. We've tried to move but are essentially priced out of any housing that would offer much of a difference (anywhere else we can afford is roughly same issues with nearness to neighbors). Had land at one point to build, but covid made that way too expensive. We're .... sort of trapped for the time being. Should have moved 4-5 years ago. :/

Reason077 5y ago

At least mowers and other garden tools will all be quiet and electric, some day. Most of the new ones for sale already are. It’s an air pollution issue too. Emissions from the old ones aren’t really regulated and many of them really stink!

ectopod 5y ago
Electric leaf blowers are still noisy.
- lowercased 5y ago
  We've got one (electric). It's ... noisy, but not quite at the same level (at least to my ears). And... my wife uses it but... 5-10 minutes - we have the same size yard as the neighbors, but they seem to love taking 30+ minutes to redo the same areas over and over. It doesn't need to take more than 10 minutes.

kaybe 5y ago

Sounds like you should offer up your lawn as well.

bavell 5y ago

I can relate to this so much right now haha. Some houses next to me are having work done (prep to sell) and it has been nonstop noises the last few months... Just in the past few days: Roofers came on Saturday morning and spent the whole day banging and hammering... Pressure washer guy all day Sunday... 8am this morning, the lawn service guys are already out in full force... All of this literally across the street, ~100ft away

lowercased 5y ago

Adding on - neighbor 1 may start at 11, then ride until 1 or so. The other neighbor sees #1, then decides to go out, then they edge. We'll get loud engines within 50 feet of the house from 11a-4p with very little break. and they love it. This is their relaxation, fun time, 'day off work', etc. We've tried to move but are essentially priced out of any housing that would offer much of a difference (anywhere else we can afford is roughly same issues with nearness to neighbors). Had land at one point to build, but covid made that way too expensive. We're .... sort of trapped for the time being. Should have moved 4-5 years ago. :/