Treehouse staring into our living room

lostinrates

I value privacy very highly, it would frustrate me too op. but i would tackle it differently, with flowering trees to give privacy throughout summer and some screening through winter, and add colour to the garden. It will do a better job of securing privacy longer term and be beautiful and provide something for wildlife. You aim will be acheived in a way that draws less attention to yourself and does not make you more fun to spy on!

aliasojo

I'll join you in being Meldrew-ish. I wouldn't be happy being overlooked either.

I like privacy when I'm sat in the garden, I wouldn't appreciate being overlooked in this way.

If you erected bamboo screening would it help the situation any? I assume it would have to be quite high?

londonsurrey

It sounds like you'd be happier if the boundary between your properties is more defined. How about planting a really tall and solid hedge?

Person_one

londonsurrey wrote: »

It sounds like you'd be happier if the boundary between your properties is more defined. How about planting a really tall and solid hedge?

What about some leylandii? Really get a feud going!

fluffnutter

lostinrates wrote: »

I value privacy very highly, it would frustrate me too op. but i would tackle it differently...

... me too. By shooting the kids.*

* I wouldn't actually do this.

fluffnutter

This would bother me too. The arsewipes in the house I back on to erected a gigantic trampoline right by their back fence a few years ago and spend each summer boinging up and down staring down into my garden. Luckily they're all too fat and lazy to get on it that often so it's not really a common occurrence. It still makes me want to kill them though.

As Sartre said 'Hell is other people'.

lostinrates

Person_one wrote: »

What about some leylandii? Really get a feud going!

Exactly. While i would not mind one at the end of my garden they can offend. (we removed a massive one when we moved here' and are waiting for the roots to die so we can remove them and plant mixed trees). Our list of things to plant includes foxglove trees, lilacs (excellent choice imo, as they gree up early in the year and though they can grow really tall they are very 'decorative'. There are so many 'pretty garden trees' that will solve the problem most of the year and lessen it at times of the year when one is less likely to be sunbathing in the garden or have the curtains open whien in the sitting room...after all in winter curtains are only open for the school day roughly!

A well placed single or pair of fast growing dense conifers howver, would fit in the scheme for op rather well and i would recommend that as part of a mixed tree boundary.

londonsurrey

Walk around naked. Your neighbours might suddenly decide that a treehouse window facing into your living room is inappropriate.

It does however run the risk of the neighbour's husband suddenly appearing at your doorstep, bearing a bottle of wine, with a hopeful glint in his eye.

fluffnutter

londonsurrey wrote: »

Walk around naked. Your neighbours might suddenly decide that a treehouse window facing into your living room is inappropriate.

It does however run the risk of the neighbour's husband suddenly appearing at your doorstep, bearing a bottle of wine, with a hopeful glint in his eye.

This is brilliant. Problem is they wouldn't decide their treehouse was inappropriate; they'd decide the OP's behaviour was inappropriate and would post on here ranting about their precious children being corrupted by their 'pervert' neighbours (as per one memorable thread I recall).

Person_one

fluffnutter wrote: »

This would bother me too. The arsewipes in the house I back on to erected a gigantic trampoline right by their back fence a few years ago and spend each summer boinging up and down staring down into my garden. Luckily they're all too fat and lazy to get on it that often so it's not really a common occurrence. It still makes me want to kill them though.

As Sartre said 'Hell is other people'.

Some people really need to live in isolated farmhouses or get over themselves.