I can see your point re the light now Nanny Beach. As others have said though, I think your only option is to bite the bullet and get a small blind made. It's galling I know but it might help to save your sanity on that point at least and you will get a good night's sleep.
Did have a look, the smallest black out one they do is 24 wide 64 long. Window is 9 by 21, that's a lot of altering. Blasted thing goes off in the wind. After forking out for this pretty "fake" leaded job,my hubby doesn't want to make holes in it, window was always there, although it was perforated zinc type stuff, for ventilation in the pantry. lights been up a few years
Sorry you're having this bother, I've been there I'm afraid. I always tried to keep the upper hand, it didn't half irritate them . It was awful really.
Where we are now, on our landing it's too dangerous for me to put up a curtain rail/pole or a blind. Though I might get a professional in one day to put a curtain pole up, but for now my money is being spent on sorting out the garden.
Meanwhile, I've made a 'board' for want of a better word, it's a couple of layers of insulation (the sort that goes under floorboards) backed with thermal/blackout curtain lining. It's not for keeping out light, it's for creating a 'thermal break' between our landing and the window, making the stairs a bit more cosy in winter. When I get round to it, I'll give it tweak to stop it being so floppy.
Something like this might work for you? It's relatively cheap to do and it can be as basic or as ornate as you like.
The blinds that you buy off the self mostly have to be cut down and all you do is unroll to blind, cut the tube to size and then cut the fabric, re-roll it and then put the fixings on the outside of the window recess. It's a simple job.
I've done it several times @Uff The length is less of a problem anyway, and it doesn't have to sit inside the window either, although it can be fitted into the top of the space rather than the sides too. It also wouldn't have to come all the way down either, as the window itself stops a good bit above the sill.
Looking at @Jenny_Aster's solution though, you could simply have a board - painted or covered in fabric - with a support behind it - like a photo frame stand. It could just sit on the sill. Or - a couple loops on the board, 2 hooks into the top of the window recess, and hang it onto those. It would be quite discreet.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Jenny friend suggested a bit of cardboard! I was just going to politely ask if they could re position the light. No idea why it's even there, the level of security they have puts ?MI5 to shame!
Fit a shutter to the outside of the window and fit a mirror to the outside of the shutter. Angle the mirror to bounce the light in a direction that annoys the neighbour.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Where we are now, on our landing it's too dangerous for me to put up a curtain rail/pole or a blind. Though I might get a professional in one day to put a curtain pole up, but for now my money is being spent on sorting out the garden.
Meanwhile, I've made a 'board' for want of a better word, it's a couple of layers of insulation (the sort that goes under floorboards) backed with thermal/blackout curtain lining. It's not for keeping out light, it's for creating a 'thermal break' between our landing and the window, making the stairs a bit more cosy in winter. When I get round to it, I'll give it tweak to stop it being so floppy.
Something like this might work for you? It's relatively cheap to do and it can be as basic or as ornate as you like.
Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
The length is less of a problem anyway, and it doesn't have to sit inside the window either, although it can be fitted into the top of the space rather than the sides too. It also wouldn't have to come all the way down either, as the window itself stops a good bit above the sill.
Looking at @Jenny_Aster's solution though, you could simply have a board - painted or covered in fabric - with a support behind it - like a photo frame stand. It could just sit on the sill. Or - a couple loops on the board, 2 hooks into the top of the window recess, and hang it onto those. It would be quite discreet.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...