Can i obscure a neighborss window?

Doozergirl

I'd like to suggest to posters other than the OP that speculation isn't helpful. At all. Ask relevant questions and then try to advise. We have no information on the boundary at all!

Doozergirl

POPPYOSCAR wrote: »

Why? That is no different than the conservatory windows the other side.

Why is the fence so far over? It is the other side of the upstairs window.

It is completely different to the conservatory. The neighbour has blinds anyway, but the OP is entitled to erect a 6ft fence to maintain privacy. As such, there are no planning rules to protect amenity - people can easily protect their own.

There are strict rules about side windows at first floor and above to prevent situations exactly like this.

TheCyclingProgrammer

Looks like others have mentioned this but from your photo it does seem odd that:

a) They were allowed to put upstairs windows on that side (I would have thought the window should at least be obscured glass for privacy reasons as its overlooking the property you are looking to purchase)

b) The position of the fence seems odd. Is the window in the top left of the unextended property part of the property you are looking to purchase or the neighbours property? Because it seems to straddle the fence directly underneath it which means the fence isn't in line with the boundary. If the window is not the neighbours then it looks to me like they have fenced off part of the property's garden for their own access.

You probably need to speak to the neighbour and your solicitor and find out what the deal is but I forsee problems with this one...

Davesnave

chamelious wrote: »

What are my legal options there, can i install a nice big fence there? It'll obviously leave them with little to no light, but to be honest i can't understand how they were allowed to install that window in the first place.

We don't know, but the fact that you are considering doing the above should ring alarm bells.

Whatever the rights and wrongs here, which none of us knows for sure, the extension has not been carried-out with any sensitivity. If the person who did it still lives there, you will be cheek by jowl with them if you purchase.

Regardless of anything else, if those were the circumstances, I'd probably look elsewhere.

glasgowdan

Doozergirl wrote: »

I'd like to suggest to posters other than the OP that speculation isn't helpful. At all. Ask relevant questions and then try to advise. We have no information on the boundary at all!

The speculation is there to offer a prompt in light of not enough information. If you were a shining beacon of helpfulness maybe this comment could be taken more seriously! 😉

globalds

Roof tiles seem to show the new extension going up to the boundary.

Seems an odd place for a fence.

POPPYOSCAR

Davesnave wrote: »

We don't know, but the fact that you are considering doing the above should ring alarm bells.

Whatever the rights and wrongs here, which none of us knows for sure, the extension has not been carried-out with any sensitivity. If the person who did it still lives there, you will be cheek by jowl with them if you purchase.

Regardless of anything else, if those were the circumstances, I'd probably look elsewhere.

I agree.

We once walked away from a property where the next door neighbour had to drive over part of the front garden of the house in order to get to the garage at the back of the house.

chamelious

TheCyclingProgrammer wrote: »

If the window is not the neighbours then it looks to me like they have fenced off part of the property's garden for their own access.

You probably need to speak to the neighbour and your solicitor and find out what the deal is but I forsee problems with this one...

This is accurate. I plan to bring it up with the solicitor this week.

The boundary does seem to have an issue, i assume this is a relatively easy fix though, the windows/privacy are a bigger concern. Though as has been pointed out, the other neighbour has a conservatory too.

SplanK

How far into buying it are you?


If you have this concern now, then this could could easily be on of those 'little niggle that results in a neighbour dispute'.... there seems to be some oddities here, the fence, the window...


As above, just speak with the neighbour first. Best do that now before you sign on the dotted line and see how it goes. You will get an immediate feel for the situation, and then discuss with your solicitor to ensure everybody is happy.

TheCyclingProgrammer

Just to echo others, if things are as they seem, then I'd think about walking away too. You could have all the legalities on your side but this still means a) having to enforce them and b) having neighbours that hate you forever.

If you still want to go ahead, it should really be the current owners that take responsibility for rectifying the situation and taking the flack from the neighbours, not the new owners who will have to live next door to them.