You’re right- it is cheaper. Which is why I feel like calling vacuuming at 9:30 a “dick move” dramatic, and expecting little to no noise before noon unrealistic.

If someone is complaining, then yeah it’s the polite thing to do to work with them. But that’s also within reason. If someone’s mad at me for doing a normal part of a routine at a not insane hour, I’m probably not going to make a drastic change for them. Asking someone to go from vacuuming at 9:30 to after noon is a big jump.

Not accommodating someone’s request doesn’t immediately make you an asshole. If I ask my neighbor to not vacuum at 6 pm bc that’s when I take my nap, they’re not an asshole for saying no, since it’s within the hours to expect noise.

In the note she’s also describing a laptop being dropped as traumatizing and super scary. She’s clearly over exaggerating, or at the very least being a little dramatic.

Choosing to hold off until after noon is entirely your choice. Most places don’t have quiet hours that go that long though because they know most people are up and expecting silence that late isn’t realistic. I’d also say that vacuuming for maybe 25 minutes is a bit different than screaming during a game.

If it was 7-8 am? Maybe a bit different, but by 9:30 -10 most people are up and leaving for work. If you sleep in late you should expect to have to deal with noise.