Just a word about raised beds. A commonly used size is 8’x4’ whereas those on your plan might be no bigger than 3’x3’.
In our garden we have a wind chime and a fountain which splashes on to cobbles. Both are lovely, at any rate we think so, but I would not put much value on them for their noise cancelling abilities. Get them for their aesthetics.
Thanks Ben - which leads me to thinking perhaps I'd be better off using the bottom of the garden for the raised beds.
AnniD I totally agree. I was completely stressed out at the beginning of this thread and now I'm quite excited about it all. I am realistic that nothing is really going to stop their noise but I think with some privacy and also planting the garden to make the most of it in Autumn and Winter, it will hopefully go a way to improving it for me. Looking forward to sharing pics of the finished product with you all
Hi again @gilla.walmsley one of the best investments I made to attempt to restore privacy to my garden, was a large summerhouse very strategically positioned. My next door neighbour refused to consider a 2.5m (with planning) high fence and the 2m fence we jointly paid for did nothing for my privacy following her new extension. So I ordered a 10 foot long summerhouse and had a tall base installed to take it up to the maximum legal height. It hasn’t solved the problem entirely but mostly. I must admit if a creepy man stood looking into my garden I would need to ask him if there was anything I could help him with. As I’ve got older I am definitely more bolshy and call people out on creepy or illegal/spurious behaviour (unless they are obviously psychopaths!) What a cheek he has! It could be something more innocent like he is also planning something (for his own garden) or looking beyond your garden or perhaps is an out and out creep. A view of the back of a summerhouse/shed (painted in the ugliest colour you can find) complete with gutter and downpipe positioned as close to the fence as you can manage, should give him something else to look at and think about.
I'd be inclined to call out someone if I thought they were staring at me too, politely unless/until they respond badly, but not everyone would be comfortable doing that. I might not do it if I was living alone with no backup from "him indoors".
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
From day 1 that they moved in he was way too over familiar, constantly messaging me for no reason and asking lots of personal questions in a way that isn't appropriate for someone who is married! I didn't read too much into it but when the messages on social media started it became too much. I should be fair and say that the staring is just because he stands in that spot having a cigarette and faces in my direction looking in (he is at chest height to the edge of the fence) so it's given me a jump a couple of times I've gone out there. There is nothing sinister in it, he just makes me feel uncomfortable so I'm looking forward to having a bit of privacy out there!
I thought you weren't supposed to film other people's private property with security cameras, but you can certainly point one to cover the area at the side of your house on your side of the fence.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
He sounds like a total sleaze. I’d prioritise screening him out one way or another. He could easily stand having a cigarette facing the other direction…
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Just a word about raised beds. A commonly used size is 8’x4’ whereas those on your plan might be no bigger than 3’x3’.
In our garden we have a wind chime and a fountain which splashes on to cobbles. Both are lovely, at any rate we think so, but I would not put much value on them for their noise cancelling abilities. Get them for their aesthetics.
AnniD I totally agree. I was completely stressed out at the beginning of this thread and now I'm quite excited about it all. I am realistic that nothing is really going to stop their noise but I think with some privacy and also planting the garden to make the most of it in Autumn and Winter, it will hopefully go a way to improving it for me. Looking forward to sharing pics of the finished product with you all
one of the best investments I made to attempt to restore privacy to my garden, was a large summerhouse very strategically positioned. My next door neighbour refused to consider a 2.5m (with planning) high fence and the 2m fence we jointly paid for did nothing for my privacy following her new extension. So I ordered a 10 foot long summerhouse and had a tall base installed to take it up to the maximum legal height. It hasn’t solved the problem entirely but mostly.
I must admit if a creepy man stood looking into my garden I would need to ask him if there was anything I could help him with. As I’ve got older I am definitely more bolshy and call people out on creepy or illegal/spurious behaviour (unless they are obviously psychopaths!) What a cheek he has! It could be something more innocent like he is also planning something (for his own garden) or looking beyond your garden or perhaps is an out and out creep. A view of the back of a summerhouse/shed (painted in the ugliest colour you can find) complete with gutter and downpipe positioned as close to the fence as you can manage, should give him something else to look at and think about.
You can buy fancy steel ? screen panels in B & Q and Homebase - not sure how they would be fixed but worth a look?
Either that, or I would be inclined to go out with a camera and take a photo of him. If he asks why, just say 'evidence' and walk back indoors.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...