Thanks @JennyJ I have been thinking of that. Thing is I live on my own, there are four of them and lots of visitors, I think I will feel worse than them. Plus I have two dogs that will probably bark in that situation.
We do have one privacy panel at the patio bit by the back door and I have just bought a big parasol. I still feel really uncomfortable. All I want to do is extend that down the garden.
On a different note, they have fitted a ring doorbell and it films me when ever I go in or out. Is that allowed? Our front doors are literally next door to each other.
I feel I am being pushed out of my own home and keep ending up in floods of tears with the stress of it all. And the workmen are there drilling, sawing and making loads of noise. I am hiding in my bedroom.
I don't know what else to suggest, but I hope you find a resolution.
Not sure about the legalities of the filming doorbell I'm afraid. Maybe that's another one to take up with the landlord. Apparently the Ring doorbells have the facility to be set up so that they "blank out" other people's properties (https://support.ring.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360027979331-Understanding-Privacy-Zones ) but I don't know how you'd force them to use that feature.
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I'm so sorry you are having such problems and feel so stressed. Perhaps you just need to wait for a few months and see if the situation improves. No point in making yourself ill over a fence.
@Ditsy - that's a miserable situation you're in. I really feel for you. I'd agree with @JennyJ about the doorbell. I don't think anyone has the right to have any kind of 'camera' looking at other people, but these things can be very difficult to address. I don't know what the answer to that is, and it could cause more stress for you, which you clearly don't need. Have you got a photo of the fence as it is just now, and also the general areas around it? Perhaps, collectively, we can come up with a solution, such a pergola or a simpler screen carefully positioned. It's often a case of putting something in that's not as extensive as a full on fence, and it would make you more comfortable when sitting or working in your garden. I appreciate you've said you'd need to move a pond to have room for a new fence, but it may be possible to work round that too in some way.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thank you @Fairygirl. As you can see I have a fence up but it is wonky due to the chain link posts behind it. This then creates a pressure point and weakens the fence.
Try not to let this upset you, if they choose to film you entering your house and leaving it does it really matter? I don’t think you can keep those images on film for any length of time and it may just be incidental. I would consider some form of screening rather than the fence. Your garden looks lovely. I would try if you can to enjoy that. I would check with landlord about that outside area they have it’s very obtrusive. I do sympathise people can be very selfish. I don’t think they are trying to upset you deliberately it’s just their way of enjoying their garden.
I see that @Ditsy. Can you take a photo or two of the general fence area and planting etc, from your own garden? That will give us a better idea of the layout you have there and maybe some ideas
That's a bl**dy monstrosity of a thing they have there. I'd have thought that could even be subject to planning restrictions, although these things can often be complicated.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I know it doesn't show in the picture but the fence literally flaps about in the wind and is falling apart. It could be such a simple straight forward job, I just don't understand it!
What is the area just beyond the hanging basket? Is there enough space for a tree there? Maybe block the view to and from their raised patio thing towards your house?
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We do have one privacy panel at the patio bit by the back door and I have just bought a big parasol. I still feel really uncomfortable. All I want to do is extend that down the garden.
On a different note, they have fitted a ring doorbell and it films me when ever I go in or out. Is that allowed? Our front doors are literally next door to each other.
I feel I am being pushed out of my own home and keep ending up in floods of tears with the stress of it all. And the workmen are there drilling, sawing and making loads of noise. I am hiding in my bedroom.
Sorry went of on a tangent there...
I'd agree with @JennyJ about the doorbell. I don't think anyone has the right to have any kind of 'camera' looking at other people, but these things can be very difficult to address. I don't know what the answer to that is, and it could cause more stress for you, which you clearly don't need.
Have you got a photo of the fence as it is just now, and also the general areas around it? Perhaps, collectively, we can come up with a solution, such a pergola or a simpler screen carefully positioned. It's often a case of putting something in that's not as extensive as a full on fence, and it would make you more comfortable when sitting or working in your garden.
I appreciate you've said you'd need to move a pond to have room for a new fence, but it may be possible to work round that too in some way.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
That's a bl**dy monstrosity of a thing they have there. I'd have thought that could even be subject to planning restrictions, although these things can often be complicated.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...