Will neighbours extension lower value of my house?

harasnrubdoow

I live in a row of terraces, all have extensions out the back for kitchen and bathrooms. My neighbour to one side extended before I bought the property and her extension is on the boundary of both me and her other neighbour, but on my side she's put three big clear glass windows in. Effectively looking onto my kitchen, back door and bathroom. My bathroom has privacy glass. I'm worried that it'll take value off when I come to sell, which might be soon, as she always had blinds up and they were closed, but now she's got them wide open and it's weird.
My extension touches both hers and my neighbour on the other side but mine is smaller than everyone else's. On the other side hers sticks out farther but she doesn't have windows into my property on the boundary. It's really frustrating me, I realise there's little I can do, but if the next owner of this house wanted to extend the windows would need bricking up, but I don't feel they should be there to begin with?
No love lost between myself and the neighbour, just want suggestions as to whether I'm off the mark thinking the next house owner doesn't have to put up with this?


Edited to add: I'm well aware I've left it late to tackle this, I've been in the house a few years but it's only just came to my attention due to the blind change and actually potentially selling (before recently I thought I'd live here forever). Please don't bother commenting if it's to suggest I've left if too late/I shouldn't have bought the house/how did I not realise this was bad?!? Etc. I don't have a time machine and you're just stating the obvious without being remotely helpful. Hindsight is a wonderful thing but I'm looking to the future now.

Ms_Chocaholic

Have you checked the planning portal of your local Council to see if the neighbour's extension complies with the plans submitted for the planning permission.

Tyler_Durden_UK

Can you not put a fence / screen up on your side to block the windows ?

gday064

It's too late to do anything about it now it's built. Did she not let you know of the plans before it was built? You could look into the planning portal details but it might get ... tense. If you can put fence, internal blinds or something similar it shouldn't really impact your living situation.
And there are ways you can increase house value, decorations, new windows, doors, roofline. All worthwhile investments if you're planning on selling.

lincroft1710

harasnrubdoow wrote: »

I live in a row of terraces, all have extensions out the back for kitchen and bathrooms. My neighbour to one side extended before I bought the property and her extension is on the boundary of both me and her other neighbour, but on my side she's put three big clear glass windows in. Effectively looking onto my kitchen, back door and bathroom. My bathroom has privacy glass.

You bought your house with the neighbour's extension in place, so you knew about the windows!

Bossypants

gday064 wrote: »

And there are ways you can increase house value, decorations, new windows, doors, roofline. All worthwhile investments if you're planning on selling.

I wouldn't bank on it, to be honest. So long as the existing roof, windows, etc are serviceable and not freakishly ugly, not many people will pay extra for new ones.

teneighty

Roughly when was the neighbours extension built?

What room is it that has the 3 windows?

Depending on the answers you may be able to build directly in front of the windows or at least block them with 6ft fence panels.

I suspect 3 "big" windows on the boundary will contravene Building Regulations, now and when the extension was built if in the last 40 years which calls in to question whether the extension has the necessary approvals.

[Deleted User]

harasnrubdoow wrote: »

My neighbour to one side extended before I bought the property and her extension is on the boundary of both me and her other neighbour, but on my side she's put three big clear glass windows in.

Not sure i read that right, but are you saying that the extension was done before you even bought the house?

If so, not really sure why you're complaining about it you would have surely clearly seen the windows when you viewed it?

Not_Radio2

Can you park your wheelie-bins conveniently in front of the offending windows?

macman

Is the OP saying that the extn was already there, but now the neighbour has subsequently added 3 big windows to it?

stator

Pics please