Woman plans garden renovation to deal with nosy neighbours' view of her property – The Mirror
A woman has admitted she wants to impose a privacy barrier in her garden as her neighbours keep peeking into her garden – but she’s concerned it’ll ‘ruffle feather’
While there is nothing better than soaking up the sunshine in the comfort of your own home, one woman has admitted that her outdoor sanctuary is a misery due to her neighbours invading her privacy.
The mum claims that her neighbour's windows "protrude" onto her property and their conservatory looks directly into the homeowner's garden.
Taking to popular forum site Mumsnet, the anonymous resident has sought advice on how she can impose a privacy barrier without "ruffling" her neighbour's feathers.
She explained: "I bought my house about ten years ago and the next-door neighbour has previously built a conservatory with windows facing directly into our garden, with some of that film stuff that you put inside it to obscure it."
The woman went on: "You can still see the shape of people through it. The conservatory was built right on the exact boundary line, so parts of it, like the windows, actually protrude onto our property. It appears they've actually amended the fence line to do it but again this was before we moved in.
"Obviously, we bought the house knowing this, but it does feel like we are lacking privacy. If they see us come into the garden they'll sometimes risk up to the end where the fences are lower to complain about us/other neighbours.
"The conservatory is about three metres long. The wall that's on our side looks ugly and intrusive with really chunky white plastic. The other side and front of their conservatory are also glazed so they have light coming from other sources. The neighbours have said no to doing anything to the side that faces into our garden.
"They're not the sort that keeps themselves to themselves either – they're always on the lookout for what everyone else is up to so they can complain about it. Now we are having our entire garden landscaped and it's going to look amazing – apart from the conservatory."
To achieve optimal privacy in her garden, the woman admits that she wants to put a screen up. However, she's concerned that she'll end up "ruffling feathers" as she could end up blocking natural light.
Seeking advice, the woman wrote: "Would I be unreasonable to go ahead and put up some sort of screening so I don't have to look at their conservatory? If so what can I use to screen it?"
Since sharing her thread online, the woman's post has raked in over 90 comments to date – where people encouraged the woman to erect a privacy barrier.
"Absolutely put screening up. Sod their light," one person advised.
A second said: "100% put a screen up or fence it sounds very intrusive what they have done. I don't know why they'd even want it, I'd hate to feel like I was intruding on someone's privacy!"
Meanwhile, a third wrote: "I think you can put up a fence on your own land. They surely don't expect to overlook your garden. It should never have had windows looking over your garden anyway!"
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