Ayjia t1_iv0ass2 wrote on November 4, 2022 at 10:05 AM

Obvious question - have you talked to your neighbors about it? You work from home, this is obviously disruptive, etc.

Presuming that you already have (or if they don't seem to care) I'd probably talk to the HOA. Unfortunately, no laws or ordinances are being broken - exemptions to the noise ordinances are carved out for lawn care (/eyeroll) - but it might be useful to have a complaint on record anyway. Who knows, they'd at least have some sort of mediation available, at least, to prevent this from rising to the levels of neighborhood disputes (one would hope).

Honestly, they really need to do something about the noise levels of landscaping equipment. My neighbors a few houses down have a crew that (thankfully) is there once a week, but despite being 300+ ft away, you'd think they were right outside my bedroom window. Not fantastic when you suffer from migraines. Occasionally there's a county crew on the paths nearby, and they're even worse. If the equipment is so loud the user has to wear protective headphones, maybe, just maybe, it's too loud for anyone nearby.

chairmanm30w OP t1_iv19ep2 wrote on November 4, 2022 at 3:07 PM

I moved in last year and have gotten standoffish vibes from the neighbors in question. They are all in their 80s (original homeowners from '71!) and in poor health, so I've been reluctant to rock the boat. But at the end of the day, that's probably the only thing I can do.

hokiejosie t1_iv1oce1 wrote on November 4, 2022 at 4:45 PM

Could they have some dementia and be forgetting how long they’ve been out and that they already blew the leaves?

chairmanm30w OP t1_iv2cv8t wrote on November 4, 2022 at 7:23 PM

My elderly neighbors hire out, and they all hire the same crew consisting of two guys in their 60s. Today, they have been working on the same yard for at least 3 hours, though the last hour has been spent putting the leaves through a chipper. This is the second pass they've done on that one house alone this week.

There is this other guy who does it himself for hours at a time that I think might have OCD or Aspereger's. He maintains a very tidy property and otherwise seems very independent and competent, so I'm not super concerned that he needs adult services or something.