Why is my old neighbor mowing his lawn almost every day. Do I have recourse to report him?

[Anonymous]

Does your neighbor make a loud noise when mowing? Does your neighbor mow shirtless and is causing a distraction to you? If the answer to the second question is affirmative, then stop by his yard and offer him a drink. I bet you both deserve each other.

[Anonymous]

His wife is not giving him any so he is mowing to let out his anger.

Just go over give him a quick HJ or BJ to calm him down and he will forget about mowing so much

[Anonymous]

OP, you'll find lots of differing opinions on this but a quick google search for "does mowing promote grass growth" gave me this result:

Mowing actually helps make your grass grow thicker because the tip of each blade contains hormones that suppress horizontal growth. When you cut the lawn, you remove these tips allowing the grass to spread and grow thicker near the roots.

Maybe your neighbor REALLY took that to heart?

[Anonymous]

This is what sucks about working from home. Loud kids playing outside, yard work, barking dogs, contractors banging hammers and using drills. Ugh.

[Anonymous]

Tell him if he can come to Tysons with the mower, I'll pay him $50 to do mine.

[Anonymous]

THere's no one to report him to, OP. It's not illegal.

It would be annoying. And it's wasteful. But, those are not illegal, either.

Honestly, he's probably bored and, as a result, fixated on his lawn. He may even have some dementia. "Normal" people do not mow their lawns every day. There is something going on with him, physically or mentally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:His wife is not giving him any so he is mowing to let out his anger.

Just go over give him a quick HJ or BJ to calm him down and he will forget about mowing so much

That's one way to get him to stop!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He is probably a bored retiree w/too much time on his hands.


If it truly bothers you -> talk to him about it.


Reporting him would be cruel + extreme.

Let's say you did want to report him. Who do you call? The EPA? The local lawncare union?

I’d start with Department of Interior and have them connect me to someone at BLM

Most stupid post ever!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is what sucks about working from home. Loud kids playing outside, yard work, barking dogs, contractors banging hammers and using drills. Ugh.

Thankfully they make these more quiet places where you can work. Buildings with dedicated office spaces.

[Anonymous]

The neighbor wants to get OP’s attention. He got it. Now she needs to find a moment to “visit” him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is what sucks about working from home. Loud kids playing outside, yard work, barking dogs, contractors banging hammers and using drills. Ugh.

Thankfully they make these more quiet places where you can work. Buildings with dedicated office spaces.

Actually, though, in some counties/cities some of these things are restricted by noise ordinance. For example, in Fairfax county your dog is absolutely not allowed to disturb me in my house with too much noise, and neither are you allowed to blast music during the day or have a loud party. There are sound limits in residential areas and various rules that would allow you to be fined. For example, I believe the dog cannot be audible for more than 5 minutes straight in a 10 minute period. There are hard noise decibel level cutoffs on certain things too. However, unfortunately lawn mowing is not included in these regulations. I believe that any excessive repetitive sound should be included.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You go on a anonymous forum to complain about someone doing basic yard work?


What is happening here?

Yeah because it’s awfully annoying when it’s 7 Am and my neighbor is constantly turning it on and off every 2 minutes and killing his grass from over mowing his lawn. There’s nothing wrong with being upset about that.

[Anonymous]

I would ask him to mow my lawn, and offer him $20.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You go on a anonymous forum to complain about someone doing basic yard work?


What is happening here?

Yeah because it’s awfully annoying when it’s 7 Am and my neighbor is constantly turning it on and off every 2 minutes and killing his grass from over mowing his lawn. There’s nothing wrong with being upset about that.

Understandable if you're OCD.

[Anonymous]

Have you just asked him?