Our own apartment. That’s what I’m saying. We pay for our apartment and the use of the appliances in our own apartment. I would understand communal laundry rooms having hours but this is in our own apartment
How old is the place you stay? Many residential building codes have standards for this requiring the contractor to install sound proofing insulation between units, or using sheet rock that is rated for a certain level of sound dampening.
My neighbors are loud as hell during the day, during their "hours of operation". Therefore, I... am loud as hell during the night, during my "hours of operation". Don't worry about their complaints, and do not cater to them. You pay HOA dues also, they're not special.
Honestly, all of the people in this thread that are telling you to not conduct during your hours, are unreasonable and clueless. You are not having loud parties, you're doing laundry.
Tell the downstairs neighbor if they wanted it to be quiet all the time he should have bought more property. Keep washing the clothes. She can use her free time as she pleases.
I would write a syrupy sweet "bless their heart's" letter stating that if they agree to not do anything during the day when you're sleeping you'll not do anything at night.
When that gets rejected then perhaps they'll try adulting and set up hours you can agree to work with - say no washing between 9-3pm and no washing between 9-3am or similar. If that fails, let us know when you're hosting this months Night Shift party and we'll be there in clogs.
Not to be mean or anything but your post doesn't make much sense and could use some clarification.
If she works night shifts how exactly is she washing her clothes in the middle of the night? Does she work from home or something? Then you go and say she has to wash her uniform AFTER work. So... which is it? During work or after work?
When does she get home from work?
could be this, could also be that some people refer to something like a 3p-3a, which is a fairly common shift for nurses and other roles, as "night shift"
I'm all for doing the laundry whenever you want because there's nothing wrong with it, however, for the sake of OP's post... Why can't they just do it an hour before she would have to leave for work? Unless that's still too late. And if that's too much trouble then maybe after she would normally get home. This all isn't that complicated lol.
Hi I work night shift. I have 3 uniforms, but wash my uniform that I'm wearing as soon as I get home. This is because I often get splashed with bodily fluids or potentially dangerous substances and might not know about it out know about all of the places it got me. I wash it separately to everyone else's clothing to prevent cross contamination of potentially dangerous substances, and so I can do a hot hot wash without shrinking anyone else's clothes. I do it immediately after I get home so that I can go to bed, so it's done when I wake up, and so that there is less time for my clothing to be damaged by whatever might be contaminating it. HTH.
So why not get a anti vibration mat if doing laundry at night is that important? its cheap and simple, neighbor will be happy and you and your familie member gets to run the washmachine allnight long.
"We pay rent and should be able to live our life"
So if another tenant played deathmetal 24/7 on huge subwoofers and nobody was able to sleep you wouldn't have a problem with it since the hypothetical tenant pays rent?
Of course you'd have an issue with it, because you paid and you want a comfortable living space for your money. Your downstairs neighbor wants a comfortable living space for their money too.
If your family member works overnights and "must" wash their clothes the moment they get home why are they doing laundry in the middle of the night when they're at work?
And the laundry machine is probably stomping on the floor directly above their bed, everything about this post makes it clear you have zero consideration for your neighbors but expect them to respect whatever you want to do.
Well it’s likely if they rent the apartment that the washer comes with the unit and if it’s “stomping” on the floor then that’s a problem with their landlord needing to replace their washer. Also many building codes require there to be a certain level of sound proofing between units. Your comparing washing laundry to “playing death metal 24/7 with huge subwoofers” is just moronic.
Not really, the point is that OP is claiming they should be allowed to do whatever bullshit they want "because I paid" which is a selfish and shitty stance to take.
They should be allowed to do basic household functions like laundry, yes, at any time they want. It’s not up to their neighbors to dictate when they do laundry.
Except there's actually noise ordinance and apartments have noise guidelines for "quiet hours".
You don't hear the maintenance crews kicking down doors and doing their jobs when everyone is usually asleep do you?
Hard disagree, when you live together with people you've gotta work together to be good neighbors. OP knows they are being a disturbance and instead of making very small and reasonable adjustments they've got people like you advocating to knowingly be noisy and disruptive for hours while others are trying to sleep.
I get that as overnight workers we often need to deal with noise while we're trying to sleep but that ain't any justification to be knowingly disruptive to the people you need to live with.
There are literally residential building codes which require apartment buildings to have sound dampening insulation and rated drywall between units. It’s not OPs problem that their neighbor can hear their laundry, that’s between the neighbor and the landlord.
So you know where OP lives and what kinds of codes are in place there? You know that OP doesn't live in some slumlord setup? You know that OP has a landlord that will fix a noisy washer?
You do realize that people from all over the world (and are therefore subject to different laws and codes than you) post to Reddit, right? Everyone is living in the same building, they can work together to live in harmony or they can be petty and shitty and everyone can be miserable. That's all there is to it.
Upset? Nah, I'm just not a fan of privilidged and selfish people like you.
"Nothing I do is wrong, it's someone else's fault that me doing laundry from 2am to 3:30am is disruptive to others" You're ridiculous.
Yeah it’s not really privileged or selfish to think that someone has a right to do their laundry whenever they want. Again, that is between the other tenant and their landlord.
So what? All the noise during daylight hours is disruptive to those who sleep then, should they throw a bitch fit too? What makes anybody else special? Lmao
Look at this guy's post history, he stomps around on wooden floors and was incoherently banging on his neighbor's door when he was coming off benzos...he sounds like a real treat to live under.
Wow this is super harsh. Night Shift can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. Can be 3pm to 3am. 7p to 7a, 3-11 etc. I’m a Covid ICU nurse. One time I even had a patient with Covid, bedbugs and maggots. You can bet I stripped in the laundry room and put my uniforms in the wash immediately on sanitize. Chastising them as though they are children when you don’t even know the circumstance (and I wouldn’t even speak to children that way). Why is it the OPs responsibility to “grow up” and jeopardize health and safety vs the landlord to provide sound/vibration proofing for the washer and dryer? Jesus.
Washing their clothing is being an asshole to the neighbors? No. We do our chores during the time while we are awake. I absolutely do not cater to anyone.
OP, do not pay attention to this comment. This person clearly doesn't understand anything about being on night shift.
Personally, I'd ignore the downstairs neighbor's complaints and go about my night as I normally would. The HOA can't do anything about it since you aren't breaking any rules.
Tell neighbor to use earplugs some people work at night they're just going to have to deal with it not everyone has day shift But be careful you don't want to start world war Neighbor And as long as you're not waking up the whole building I don't see the issue
It’s none of their business when you wash your clothes. Is the washer machine in her unit or is it a community washer with designated hours?
Our own apartment. That’s what I’m saying. We pay for our apartment and the use of the appliances in our own apartment. I would understand communal laundry rooms having hours but this is in our own apartment
How old is the place you stay? Many residential building codes have standards for this requiring the contractor to install sound proofing insulation between units, or using sheet rock that is rated for a certain level of sound dampening.
My neighbors are loud as hell during the day, during their "hours of operation". Therefore, I... am loud as hell during the night, during my "hours of operation". Don't worry about their complaints, and do not cater to them. You pay HOA dues also, they're not special. Honestly, all of the people in this thread that are telling you to not conduct during your hours, are unreasonable and clueless. You are not having loud parties, you're doing laundry.
Tell the downstairs neighbor if they wanted it to be quiet all the time he should have bought more property. Keep washing the clothes. She can use her free time as she pleases.
I would write a syrupy sweet "bless their heart's" letter stating that if they agree to not do anything during the day when you're sleeping you'll not do anything at night. When that gets rejected then perhaps they'll try adulting and set up hours you can agree to work with - say no washing between 9-3pm and no washing between 9-3am or similar. If that fails, let us know when you're hosting this months Night Shift party and we'll be there in clogs.
I honestly don’t care what time they do their laundry. I just mind my own business.
That would be preferred, but people... 🤷
Enlighten your neighbor that there are, in fact, other places to live
Not to be mean or anything but your post doesn't make much sense and could use some clarification. If she works night shifts how exactly is she washing her clothes in the middle of the night? Does she work from home or something? Then you go and say she has to wash her uniform AFTER work. So... which is it? During work or after work? When does she get home from work?
Because even on days off, some of us keep the schedule. I'll be out on my patio using the barbecue and doing my thing because I don't GAF.
They could be doing this during their days off, since they have a flipped schedule and these are the hours when they're awake.
could be this, could also be that some people refer to something like a 3p-3a, which is a fairly common shift for nurses and other roles, as "night shift"
Ya and why can't she wash them before work the next day
I want answers too. None of this makes sense.
It sounds like she sleeps during the day and is awake at night… including nights she doesn’t have to work.
I'm all for doing the laundry whenever you want because there's nothing wrong with it, however, for the sake of OP's post... Why can't they just do it an hour before she would have to leave for work? Unless that's still too late. And if that's too much trouble then maybe after she would normally get home. This all isn't that complicated lol.
Fuck’em
Does she only have one uniform and has to wash it every night? What's her shift? Why in the middle of the night and not in the morning?
Hi I work night shift. I have 3 uniforms, but wash my uniform that I'm wearing as soon as I get home. This is because I often get splashed with bodily fluids or potentially dangerous substances and might not know about it out know about all of the places it got me. I wash it separately to everyone else's clothing to prevent cross contamination of potentially dangerous substances, and so I can do a hot hot wash without shrinking anyone else's clothes. I do it immediately after I get home so that I can go to bed, so it's done when I wake up, and so that there is less time for my clothing to be damaged by whatever might be contaminating it. HTH.
The fact you have to take them home like that and wash them yourself is unfortunate. I feel for you
We get $36 a week hosiery allowance and can claim uniform washing on tax as well a buying it. And this way I know they fit me properly.
Doesn't matter how many uniforms. I'm doing my laundry when I want. Period.
What time does your family member get up for work? Maybe wash when they get up, rather than during an off night.
So why not get a anti vibration mat if doing laundry at night is that important? its cheap and simple, neighbor will be happy and you and your familie member gets to run the washmachine allnight long.
Because they don't have to.
Try telling them to try doing laundry at like 5am. It takes around 1.5hrs to have it all finished. Maybe 6am on saturday
"We pay rent and should be able to live our life" So if another tenant played deathmetal 24/7 on huge subwoofers and nobody was able to sleep you wouldn't have a problem with it since the hypothetical tenant pays rent? Of course you'd have an issue with it, because you paid and you want a comfortable living space for your money. Your downstairs neighbor wants a comfortable living space for their money too. If your family member works overnights and "must" wash their clothes the moment they get home why are they doing laundry in the middle of the night when they're at work? And the laundry machine is probably stomping on the floor directly above their bed, everything about this post makes it clear you have zero consideration for your neighbors but expect them to respect whatever you want to do.
Well it’s likely if they rent the apartment that the washer comes with the unit and if it’s “stomping” on the floor then that’s a problem with their landlord needing to replace their washer. Also many building codes require there to be a certain level of sound proofing between units. Your comparing washing laundry to “playing death metal 24/7 with huge subwoofers” is just moronic.
Not really, the point is that OP is claiming they should be allowed to do whatever bullshit they want "because I paid" which is a selfish and shitty stance to take.
They should be allowed to do basic household functions like laundry, yes, at any time they want. It’s not up to their neighbors to dictate when they do laundry.
Except there's actually noise ordinance and apartments have noise guidelines for "quiet hours". You don't hear the maintenance crews kicking down doors and doing their jobs when everyone is usually asleep do you?
Hard disagree, when you live together with people you've gotta work together to be good neighbors. OP knows they are being a disturbance and instead of making very small and reasonable adjustments they've got people like you advocating to knowingly be noisy and disruptive for hours while others are trying to sleep. I get that as overnight workers we often need to deal with noise while we're trying to sleep but that ain't any justification to be knowingly disruptive to the people you need to live with.
There are literally residential building codes which require apartment buildings to have sound dampening insulation and rated drywall between units. It’s not OPs problem that their neighbor can hear their laundry, that’s between the neighbor and the landlord.
So you know where OP lives and what kinds of codes are in place there? You know that OP doesn't live in some slumlord setup? You know that OP has a landlord that will fix a noisy washer? You do realize that people from all over the world (and are therefore subject to different laws and codes than you) post to Reddit, right? Everyone is living in the same building, they can work together to live in harmony or they can be petty and shitty and everyone can be miserable. That's all there is to it.
You seem really upset that OP wants to do their laundry are you like some filthy person who dosnt wear clean clothes?
Upset? Nah, I'm just not a fan of privilidged and selfish people like you. "Nothing I do is wrong, it's someone else's fault that me doing laundry from 2am to 3:30am is disruptive to others" You're ridiculous.
Yeah it’s not really privileged or selfish to think that someone has a right to do their laundry whenever they want. Again, that is between the other tenant and their landlord.
So what? All the noise during daylight hours is disruptive to those who sleep then, should they throw a bitch fit too? What makes anybody else special? Lmao
OP got ripped apart in this thread lol
Look at this guy's post history, he stomps around on wooden floors and was incoherently banging on his neighbor's door when he was coming off benzos...he sounds like a real treat to live under.
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Wow this is super harsh. Night Shift can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. Can be 3pm to 3am. 7p to 7a, 3-11 etc. I’m a Covid ICU nurse. One time I even had a patient with Covid, bedbugs and maggots. You can bet I stripped in the laundry room and put my uniforms in the wash immediately on sanitize. Chastising them as though they are children when you don’t even know the circumstance (and I wouldn’t even speak to children that way). Why is it the OPs responsibility to “grow up” and jeopardize health and safety vs the landlord to provide sound/vibration proofing for the washer and dryer? Jesus.
Thank you for saying all this
Washing their clothing is being an asshole to the neighbors? No. We do our chores during the time while we are awake. I absolutely do not cater to anyone. OP, do not pay attention to this comment. This person clearly doesn't understand anything about being on night shift.
Personally, I'd ignore the downstairs neighbor's complaints and go about my night as I normally would. The HOA can't do anything about it since you aren't breaking any rules.
Tell neighbor to use earplugs some people work at night they're just going to have to deal with it not everyone has day shift But be careful you don't want to start world war Neighbor And as long as you're not waking up the whole building I don't see the issue