Frosted film on neighbour's window

arciere

I live in a converted flat on the first floor, with a section of the house garden for private use. The house is an end-of-terrace, with a L-shaped garden.
Our section of the garden is basically on the side of the house (the long side of the L), where our neighbour's window is.
It's a long story, but basically the house was converted more than 10 years ago by the previous owners and then they applied to the council for the planning permission retrospectively, which was granted.

Now, the issue I've got is that my neighbours are getting more and more crazy (if you want to know the full story, I've got a thread or two on this). My question is, do I have the right to apply frosted film on their window? It won't affect the light they will get, but it will give us a bit of privacy.
PS. Unfortunately "talk to your neighbours" is no longer an option.

Alter_ego

To  answer you question - No

cattie

They are not your windows so no. How would you feel if somebody just put some on your windows of their own accord? I know I'd be really angry.

princeofpounds

No, you can't go around putting film on other people's windows.

arciere

Thanks. In other words, do I have any right of privacy? Is there anything that I could do to stop my neighbours spying on us and taking pictures?

womble12345

Can you grow a bush in your garden in front of their window? Or put a fence panel there? Or maybe put up a trellis say half a metre in front of the window and grow a plant up it?

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womble12345 said:

Can you grow a bush in your garden in front of their window? Or put a fence panel there? Or maybe put up a trellis say half a metre in front of the window and grow a plant up it?

 ^^^ this,

i bought this to put on a fence with huge gaps, you could use a cheaper trellis and attach it while you wait for plants to grow https://www.amazon.co.uk/Artificial-Hedge-Screening-Cover-Garden/dp/B00LKPTQHM?pd_rd_w=NTSiD&pf_rd_p=907ba819-1a37-4335-8b84-d82a78945ade&pf_rd_r=WQJPJTZMMPA4TDQB3E1D&pd_rd_r=f67c10a7-a60f-4945-9e47-ee6670730f2c&pd_rd_wg=ndYAP&pd_rd_i=B00LKPTQHM&psc=1&ref_=pd_bap_d_rp_1_i

Carrot007

arciere said:

Thanks. In other words, do I have any right of privacy? Is there anything that I could do to stop my neighbours spying on us and taking pictures?

Stop wearing clothes. They will get bored.

May look at your threads after a drink ;-) but problem neighbours are mostly becuase you let them be, If not otherwise move (I should not have to and any other stubbornness is irrelivent).

Main point to take away is stop caring. There is no right to privacy in your garden and I assume in the house you have blinds or curtains.

It is of course also equally likely you may be the problem neighbour and they are fretting over your actions which cause you this problem.

ic

There was a similar thread like this recently where a neighbours extension window overlooked a garden from a boundary wall.  As the OP was unable to get them to agree to install frosting on the window, the OP had a fence panel installed in their garden blocking the window - they posted a photo, but I can't find it (so many threads with "fence", "neighbour" and "window" in them!  An alternative would be to grow something in front of the window - bamboo would grow fast, and nice and high.  I doubt you can touch the window itself.

arciere

womble12345 said:

Can you grow a bush in your garden in front of their window? Or put a fence panel there? Or maybe put up a trellis say half a metre in front of the window and grow a plant up it?

Yes absolutely, if that's permitted, in terms of light etc etc, that would be my first option. I just don't know if I can block their window with a plant or something.

arciere

Carrot007 said:

arciere said:

Thanks. In other words, do I have any right of privacy? Is there anything that I could do to stop my neighbours spying on us and taking pictures?

Stop wearing clothes. They will get bored.

May look at your threads after a drink ;-) but problem neighbours are mostly becuase you let them be, If not otherwise move (I should not have to and any other stubbornness is irrelivent).

Main point to take away is stop caring. There is no right to privacy in your garden and I assume in the house you have blinds or curtains.

It is of course also equally likely you may be the problem neighbour and they are fretting over your actions which cause you this problem.

For what it's worth, I doubt we are causing the problem, they complain with pretty much every other neighbour and have always refused to have a conversation in person on whatever the problem of the day is. They only communicate with emails (although we can hear each others sneezing). This recent issue got worse since we started to renovate our garden shed, which was falling apart. They tried to object to the works saying that, since they're Chinese, they're worried builders may think they're rich, and rob them. Yeah, just like that.
But yes, I do get your point. I don't mind their window (at least I didn't when we bough the flat), but having them spying behind the curtains and taking pictures is not fun.