What's acceptable noise at 5am?

I'd have a bit of sympathy for the neighbour here given the earliness, could you move the machine to another room further away OP?

Failing that buy him a set of earplugs for Christmas

Is it waking the neighbour up? If so it must be pretty loud. Though the microwave door comment makes or seen like this person may be very sensitive. I have to say, I thought my house was bad but I definitely can’t hear the microwave door. Soundproofing must be atrocious. Perhaps the neighbour needs to invest in ear plugs?

I can hear my neighbour if they don't hit the bowl when urinating. I've cameras inside that get activated by the neighbours closing doors. There is no way in hell that the OP's coffee grinder at 5am is acceptable,I'd one that nearly needed ear defenders when I was using it, look for a different quiter one and if they still complain drink instant.

The microwave door comment was most likely to show how bad the sound proofing is.

Do you really want to fall out with your neighbours over a coffee in the morning.

huh?

Are your walls made of paper?

Is he sleeping in his kitchen?

Are you grinding rocks?

5am is freakin' yesterday. Virtually no noise is acceptable.

Put your grinder on a rubber mat, inside a cupboard.

Learn to close the microwave gently like an adult who wants their appliances to last instead of slamming it.

Do you soak the beans in it?

Could get yourself a hand grinder? A lot of purists prefer them.

Is it not more beneficial for either gender to hit the water instead of the bowl?

Less p!ss stains to scrub off?

Respectfully, I would suggest that you respect your neighbours by not causing disturbance at unsocial hours.

Which should be mutually respected of course, I imagine you generally need to go to bed earlier than your neighbour.

semi Detached houses in the last 20 years have such poor noise seperation that a coffee grinder next door in the kitchen at 5 am would be loud in the next door bedroom.

This is because for money saving reasons the houses are generally bedroom/kitchen back to back, instead of halway/staircase back to back, and also because the cheapest method of construction is employed and there is no government oversight at all. Nothing.

Developers build to the minimum standards ALWAYS! if not below. So instead of a noise barrier there is usually a noise amplification system in the party wall, solid block with dab and slab on either side.

As a semi D dweller i know. I'm lucky the blocks are of reasonable quality

If i fired up a grinder at 5 am i would DEFINITELY wake next door.

I honestly can't believe what I'm reading on this thread. Its like I've stumbled into some alternative universe!

As mentioned above, a hand grinder sounds like a good compromise. The likes of Commandante or 1zspresso grind really well for espresso without the big noise.

Imagine the noise the pump would make.

Party walls or other bridging between structures can carry any vibration or impact noises (which both of these fall in to) heavily.

Even my 70s built like a bomb shelter house transfers those type of noises; but you could have someone screaming in one house and not be heard in another.

Add to that the Tiger era of builds which are basically thrown up, you can hear people talking next door in most of those!