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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We bought a house recently and are planning some significant renovations.  We also learned that both next-door neighbors on either side of the house work out of their homes.  I feel terrible about the potential for our renovations to make it difficult for them to concentrate and work, as I am sure there will be lots of noise, banging, drilling, etc.  That said, I do not want the neighbors to think they can dictate the path of our renovations.  I'd basically like to minimize any inconvenience for neighbors while maintaining autonomy over our house, builders, and renovations.

If you have advice about (a) how to discuss the renovations with them without giving them any authority over them, (b) how to manage potential conflicts between our builders and neighbors, and (c) possible things we can do for the neighbors to make the process less intrusive, we would really appreciate it.

Thank you![/quote]

They'll manage just fine. We moved in, had a bsby, and then day 5 of my mat leave the neighbor got started on a teardown.  Honestly, it wasn't that loud.  A few spikes of loudness heard and there, but otherwise just popping things up.

Work from homers have tons of nice, low cost shared office space options in the area. Or coffee shops.

Renovations happen all the time. Even to the nearby schools and no ones throwing too big a fit. [/quote]

Sorry, hon, not everyone can just work from a coffeeshop. Some of us need to work from complicated technical setups for our IT jobs (so shared office space is out, too).

And being on maternity leave, where basically all you do is nurse and sleep with baby is NOTHING like having to be productive and work from home (and do conference calls, video meetings, etc), which could be disrupted from construction. I know from experience as I'm a WAHM and I've been on maternity leave twice. YOU might have the option of getting out of the house if it's too loud, but teleworkers don't always. Your experience is not germane to this thread.[/quote]

True dat. I'm a WAHM and working from a coffee shop or shared office space would not really work. I'm in conference calls for about 3 hours every morning, and occasionally lead training sessions in the afternoon. I have a dedicated line in my home provided by my company because of the heavy data load I have. All that said - I have windows and can close them and unless they're jack hammering out front (which *has* happened LOL), I'm good.[/quote]

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