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Bright LED Streetlight Outside Flat Purchase
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LEDs point light in one direction only. You want it in more directions? You need LEDs in those directions, too.
Traditional bulbs - of whatever type - point it in all directions. You want it in fewer directions? You need to mask it off.
It's one of the advantages of LEDs - far less light pollution.
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It's one of the advantages of LEDs - far less light pollution.
Less light pollution unless there is one right outside your bedroom window like there is by my house! It is honestly very bright, much more so than the older type.
My solution was blackout blinds (the Perfect Fit type that go directly over the glass) and a blackout roman blind. Does the job perfectly!0 -
SallyDucati wrote: »Less light pollution unless there is one right outside your bedroom window like there is by my house! It is honestly very bright, much more so than the older type.
My solution was blackout blinds (the Perfect Fit type that go directly over the glass) and a blackout roman blind. Does the job perfectly!
And if you don't have those then it's essentially a bright white light in your room?0 -
If you don't have them, then there's a lot of places who will sell you them.0
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Adrian, I think I have made it pretty clear that my decision will be:
1) Pull out of purchase
2) Find a way to partially cover the incoming light whilst still seeing natural light
I know you really like those curtain things and though I just found out from you today about their existence and physical properties, I have decided to disregard them as an option. Sorry if you are missing out any commission.0 -
OP - Have a look at perfect fit blinds - you can have them so that they only cover the middle of the window. if you want A little bit of light does leak round the edges though, hence me having a roman blind as well.
I don't like light in my bedroom and the thought of not having curtains/blinds would be a HUGE no-no for me. Being woken by the light at 4:30am in mid summer? No way.0 -
Bit of a stupid question but are the lights on throughout the night?
My council is turning street lights off from, I think, midnight
If they're on continuously then I'd think about getting blackout blinds and one of those alarms which have a light that mimics natural light0 -
I wonder if you reject this flat because of the light outside, will you find another which ticks all the same boxes and also your light issue. Or could this be a source of regret in the future when you buy something else where the compromise is much bigger than hanging up some curtains.
Personally I always like closing curtains when it gets dark, I find the idea of being on view from outside the property with the internal lights on a bit creepy.Make £2025 in 2025
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Personally I always like closing curtains when it gets dark, I find the idea of being on view from outside the property with the internal lights on a bit creepy.
Some flats were built right at the back of sainsburys carpark near where I live. Giant glass windows facing the carpark, and whenever I go there they never have their curtains shut and I can see them watching TV. I would HATE that.0 -
Adrian, I think I have made it pretty clear that my decision will be:
1) Pull out of purchase
2) Find a way to partially cover the incoming light whilst still seeing natural light
I know you really like those curtain things and though I just found out from you today about their existence and physical properties, I have decided to disregard them as an option. Sorry if you are missing out any commission.
I don't understand why you can't just sleep with blackout blinds. When it's cloudy there is no natural light at night and it's pitch black. So if you can sleep in pitch black when it's naturally dark why not when it's caused by a blind?
If you like the morning light to wake you up then a blackout blind on a timer is the perfect solution.0
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