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.