There are no close neighbours to me. I would love to have a new home, but the neighbours are so close at my friends place, It would worry me that my machine would disturb them. I put my TV up louder than the machine so I can hear it
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We have neighbours on either side but we don't hear anything from them. No one in this house would hear my machine unless they are walking through the room...I often hear the birds in the back yard when they are feeding.
15711No one close here. When I use my machine my DH says that he does not even here it in the living room. I guess that is good. I wish my neighbor was like ramona 25 to 20 acres away!!!!
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by mi30kaja
01 Jun 2011
It is interesting how some of us live on land and others share appartment buildings.
72397You should start posting all those other questions you think about.
You aren't alone!!! We are all just a click away!!! I will take you for a neighbor anytime. You sound like lots of fun.
Marcelle
http://embroideryavenue.com/
http://embroidery.gotop100.com/
6340My neighbors are a few feet on either side. My daughter plays piano, guitar and loud music at all times of the night on non-school days. They are more concerned about the smoke coming from the fireplace and whether we are home when it does.
249I live in an apt. building with 93 apartments. Noise ha ha. I'm glad I'm in an end apt and the top floor. I think my machine would bother the one on the other side.
14353I live on six acres and we are about center of the land, so the closest neighbor is at the back side of the land. He can here my chickens every once in a while, but he loves it. I was worried when I first was considering raising them and spoke with him first about it. Last year we had guinea hens, again I spoke with him first, they drove us nutty, but he said he couldn't hear them. So we don't worry about noise to much around here. I lived in apartments for a few years, you hear everything, even things you would rather not, lol! I love being back out in the country!! My heart goes out to those who have close neighbors, it makes it hard to have peace, quite, and privacy.
22354I am so envious of those of you who live in glorious isolation! That is my idea of heaven. We live in a village and only have close neighbours on one side but it is never really quiet and peaceful.
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140717At Possum Lodge I can talk to one lot of neighbours across our balconies, the other side only has a split level house but we still can still talk to each other quite easily.
I can hear them talking if they are outside, but cannot hear any noises coming from inside their homes, so I guess they don't hear us either.
Down at Penrith we only have single story homes and one side I can hear if they flush their loo, the other side I only hear their outside noises.
I hear all the neighbours music, dogs barking and even the freeway noise from inside Ray's house. The freeway is probably 10km away.
I have exceptional hearing though and Ray always says I can hear two flies walking up a wall.
Noise drives me insane, especially if I can't identify what it is and where it is coming from.
At Possum Lodge I open the doors and hear the chatter and twitter of the birds all day, it is heaven.
Last night, about 4AM, I took the dog downstairs for her twinkle, and I'm standing on the back verandah, freezing to death, and I could hear what sounded like something breathing, I got a bit spooked and stood still to listen harder (is that even possible?)
I couldn't identify it and it sounded like it was coming from the verandah above me, I wasn't game to go see what was there, it may only have been a possum asleep on the lounge up there ????
Whatever it was, I hurried me and the dog back inside as if all the hounds of hell were behind us, so whatever it was, it can stay a mystery until doomsday. LOLOLOL!!!!
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by mi30kaja
01 Jun 2011
Meganne, Apparently it is mating time for possums. Wasn't a koala in the distant even though it sounded like it was on the verandah above.
by meganne
01 Jun 2011
Haven't seen any Koala's here, don't think there are enough Eucalyptus gums in this area. Though they could all be hiding. :-)
122864I live out in the country on ten acres with my house in the middle of the acreage, so I have so much privacy and I love it!!! I do not have to worry about anyone hearing me or my machine!!
Angel
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by mi30kaja
01 Jun 2011
WE are so lucky. I also live on 8 acres with at least 1.5 acres between me ans my side neighbour.
12500You come up with the best questions.
My nearest neighbor has 5 children making noise and one that plays some kind of big horn in a school band. It is AWFUL!!!. If they hear my machine. Tough! I dare anyone to say anything.
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by mi30kaja
01 Jun 2011
I often think of questions but don't always ask. You see being by myself I have all day to think.
by killiecrankie
01 Jun 2011
I hate those awful recorders school kids play, they torture everyone nearby.
6340My brother's apartment is in the basement of our house. He is one floor below, and one room over from my sewing room. He said he has never heard me when I am sewing, day or night. Since he is my closest "neighbour", I don't have to worry.
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by mi30kaja
31 May 2011
You are lucky that you have family so close. They would tell you if they were bothered by your machine.
1196We're in an apt. and I have run my machine into the wee hours and haven't heard any complaints (yet).
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38558My neighbors make a more noise than my machines. But my nearest neighbor is about 25 to 30 acres away. If they hear my machine, I need to get a new one. :-)
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by mi30kaja
31 May 2011
Think this is possibly my case as well. Most of my living is on the opposite side to my neighbours. My sleeping side is closest to them. They are too far away to hear me snoring.
23222I have wonderful neighbours - never hear a sound from them and they certainly do not hear my machine or television as there is quite a distance between our houses.
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255054Our nearest neighbor is just next door..our driveways are between the houses. We get along great. Her hubby died this yr (at age 60!) & we all miss him sooooo much. Noise? Nothing I can hear nor she can hear..I don't even hear the trains that coming blowing thru all nite! Guess it's all in what you get used to. We are so lucky to have good neighbors.
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by mi30kaja
31 May 2011
If and when I can hear trains (They must be at least 5 miles away)I am told that means it is going to rain.
35675When we were talking, my neighbor told me she could hear my machine...a driveway seperates our houses...she is on the first floor (her bedroom), my sewing room is on the second floor of our house. THEN...they put windchimes up and have been complete idiots letting these chime through storms..etc...to the point where they would keep us awake at all hours of the night...night after night. We have kinda solved that problem...installed central air, so now we don't have to keep any windows open during the summer heat. And like Bev...they make more noise than we ever will...SO...I really don't care if she hears the machine...or not. Actually, I kinda hope she hears it...once in a while! (you will never know the problems with these people...yikes!)
Oh...and the people behind us? They stare out the window ALL night at our house. They are weird. :(
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by bevintex
31 May 2011
Some people have too much time on their hands , they should get an embroidery machine. As for the neighbors behind you just keep your doors locked. LOL
Bev
7310My neighbors make more racket than I ever will. So no worries about disturbing anyone.
Bev
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67271We live in a basment apartment - my Landlady and Landlord swear they can't hear my machine or TV - but we can hear theirs occasionally - she has a sewing machine and there are times - when I can tell when she starts and stops it - but if they are saying they can't hear us - that is great - because we pay no attention to time around here - Hehehe!
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211079I have a commercial 15 needle machine, and my studio is on the lower level. You can't hear my machine up on main level.
I have a baby monitor near my machine with the other part of the monitor on the upper level so I can hear when it stops or beeps for a broken thread. My husband goes to bed early as he gets up about 4:30 am, but he never hears the machine, and I'm usually up stitching till the wee hours.
I don't think you would have to worry about being to close to neighbors.
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by mops
31 May 2011
I love the baby monitor! I usually leave all doors open between my sewing room and the room I'm in.
17488I think if you have close neighbours, you could do as Carolyn does supply them with embroidered towels, they may not complain about the embroidery machine noised too much then...heheh!
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24342Well i ran my poor machines late some night and my neibours won't complain to much or they won't get no more towels lol carolyn
360666Instead of turning up your TV really load, get yourself, if your TV has an outlet and use earplugs. Works great for me.
I have a small TV in my sewing room and also a portable DVD player so I watch TV or a movie and don't have to have the volume up to loud.
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30656My neighbors are close but not close enough for anything to be heard by or from any of their homes unless they are having a loud party. I grew up on a farm in Oregon with few close neighbors. That is tough when you are the only girl around. I like the "closeness" of my neighbors.
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by mi30kaja
30 May 2011
My neighbours are very private. I don't mind but would hate to have very close neighbours
1556Don't move! My closest neighbours are all at least 3kms-5kms. One of them has an embroidery machine too (same make as mine - which is handy for a bit of swapping of information sometimes )
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by mi30kaja
30 May 2011
I don'y know anyone close with an embroidery machine. Surely I am not the only one with an embroidery machine here is Adelaide.
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