Being Overlooked By Neighbours

Are you sure the neighbour has their ground by two metres.

Being overlooked by neighbours. Homes are not just moving out but up to capitalise on living space and views so being overlooked from above is now a problem for many residents. To the planning dept about the entire build process with things like windows bigger than on the plan the houses being 1 5 metres taller than on the plans and all we get back is an acknowledgements. For added privacy and better enclosure you can grow potted plants around the area. A patio in the garden is probably a great area to enjoy the privacy.

The protection of the privacy of the occupants of residential properties is an important element of the quality of a residential environment. By constructing a pergola on the back of your house you will have a secluded spot for entertaining sitting and relaxing without being overlooked by other people from the outside. Most people have more to do with their time than to spy on their neighbours especially if it is their place of work. Whose property is now overlooked by a neighbour s development.

Charlie albone a landscape designer and tv presenter says privacy is a common concern. Dh english rates it as hugely important. My neighbours said they did not mind some trellis with climbers provided i paid for it and maintained it despite it being their side of the boundary. Overlooked by neighbours post by oorya tue jan 31 2012 2 52 pm we are having a house built right next to mine and from objections from me and the neighbour they will look directly onto as opposed to at an angle on my rear garden they are only allowed to build with obscured glazing on the upstairs windows.

Overlooked by neighbouring houses new build. Skip to main. We have new neighbours who has about 3 or 4 kids our yard which we have spent over 3000 on over the summer their yard is very small as house much be bigger they have put a trampoline right on the fence line the kids bouncing away all the while they are home which i am happy to see they get exercise but looking over our fence adults on the trampoline footballs bang bang on the fence. If you want a survey overlooked i american wouldn t even notice or care if i was overlooked by neighbours.

So for me wouldn t reduce the value of the house at all. You can only try. Why do you think that you should have any serious expectancy of privacy in an urban area. All you can do iinvite your neighbour round and ask him what would he like you to do to protect his privacy.

But dh wouldn t even consider a property that overlooked if he could help it. I used to live in a house in an old established area of portsmouth and i once counted 30 windows overlooking the back yard.