I thought the wee could be decanted from a shoe quite easily. I think you could pour from a heel?
Problem with that ^ idea, is that it involves weeing in your own shoes. Or husband's. Which seems a bit contrary
Have they got a duck pond?
Wait until out, remove bulb, replace with an alternative that only gives off a faint glow.
Or, progressively overpaint the fitting with layers of opaque glass paint so that it gradually gets dimmer and dimmer.
Or, pop some epoxy glue into the fitting so that when the bulb goes, they can't replace it.
Take the lightbulbs out. Just keep doing it - they'll get the message eventually. If they come round and have a go, say it was getting on your nerves.
Have they got a duck pond?
Someone had to squeeze that one out of the thread.
Can't do the sausage thing as they have a fully paved yard, with the dreaded plastic grass glued on.
Can't wee as T.J says I'm not a bloke.
Can't unscrew the bulb as I'm too short.
Hoping their small boisterous child will accidentally whack it with his football. Sorry don't get the duck pond reference :0)
Sorry don’t get the duck pond reference :0)
Rishis recent visitors.
Can’t wee as T.J says I’m not a bloke.
Yo9u must be busting by now then 🙂
Halogen bulbs have dramatically shortened life when they have been touched by a finger.
You’d probably only have to do it a couple of times before she gets fed up changing it.
Obviously, you’d need to be certain she doesn’t have a camera pointing out there.
Or, if you have a boathook you could just yank the wiring so that it leaks and allow nature to take its course. .
I would wait until the go out fill it with water and plastic gold fish.
It won't work afterwards. Please be careful as I nearly electrocuted myself the other day.
https://metro.co.uk/2024/06/25/protester-breaks-rishi-sunaks-garden-takes-a-dump-duck-pond-21102658/
I didn't understand the duck pond reference either, but now I do. And I feel like one of you probably wrote this article - or STW was consulted as some sort of euphemism thesaurus.
Are they the kind of neighbour that if you got, say an EU ring of stars stencil and spray painted their light (outer glass globe) with it, the resulting EU light show would drive them mad every time they switched it on.
Note - not all argumentative neighbours are Brexies of course
Are these the same neighbours who enjoy smoking drugs at unsociable hours of the day and night?
Maybe buy a blue rotating light and mount it on the property boundary.
Every time you catch a whiff of herb , light up the rotating blue light.then play krs 1, it's the sound of the police at a slightly annoying volume
Mirror. Or a light of your own into their garden.
The council will apply screens for street lights into houses if you ask them. This may fall under the same. Our neighbour’s house across the road is lit up like Blackpool. Nine lights on the front of the house. We have blackout curtains.
Problem with that ^ idea, is that it involves weeing in your own shoes. Or husband’s. Which seems a bit contrary
Pretty sure Germans make glassware precisely for this purpose. I'm a bit worried about the froth on this one though...
If you talk to the neighbours, I'd make sure you are polite but forceful. No "don't suppose you could please" but "because of light nuisance laws you must do this". Know what outcome you want and ask for it. Nicely but forcefully. You coil help them of course but doesn't sound like they want to do you favour, you'll need to make them understand that the course of action you're requesting is less painful than fighting the law / council.
Or as stwhannah suggested.
I'd install a mirror (or even better, reteo-reflectives) on the boundary. F* em.
But would a garden light come under ‘light nuisance laws’? And by going in like that, the neighbour will automatically go on the defensive - be nice, speak calmly and like an adult, make them understand why the light is bothering you so you get empathy, not anger.
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Are these the same neighbours who enjoy smoking drugs at unsociable hours of the day and night?
Indeed they are.
Update: The husband was outside last night smoking, but he didn't put the lights on. I'm guessing he's not into the stupid frippery adorning their house. After further inspection these lights are at the front of the house and 3 along the back. There really was no need for one to be so near our boundary.
She wasn't there last night and I need a friend when/if (hubby is very against this action) I go round.
We have a pond which had ducks on it in the spring. Our wildlife camera might catch her using it as a loo. Urrgghh.
I maintain that electricity prices aren’t high enough if people are lighting up average suburban homes all night as if they were Buckingham Palace.
FWIW, if it was me, I’d firstly have a robust conversation and tell them they’re taking the piss, and if that didn’t work a strategically mounted shade on my property, that might be mirrored on their side.
...had some ‘outdoor’ lighting fitted...
You could ask them to get the *installer* back to re-align or fit side shades to the lighting to avoid it spilling onto your house.
All great suggestions. However my friend has absolutely refused to come with me, as she is not a fan of our neighbours either. She knows it's going to cause more trouble with them and she believes in Karma :0)
We think a trellis to grow something, with maybe a backing (mirrored would be great) until the plant gets bushy and fills the trellis.
It's a sad situation because I've been brought up to watch out for neighbours, make sure we don't upset them or cause them to not enjoy living next to or near us. This lot are not kind, charitable, caring or considerate.
Can't see the point of a mirrored backing, seems a bit passive aggressive. But if you must, make it slightly concave with a focal point in the middle of their living room so it annoys their dog. 🙂
The council will step in if required, they did for us when the ****s over the back of us installed a flood light pointing directly at our house and left it on 24/7.
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Can’t see the point of a mirrored backing, seems a bit passive aggressive. But if you must, make it slightly concave with a focal point in the middle of their living room so it annoys their dog. 🙂
Great advice as usual Martin. Yes the mirrored backing was written tongue in cheek. Ivy with some honeysuckle is looking the best option atm.
I have got a potted tree that will be tall enough in a couple of years.
Tree shaped OSB attached to the fence and used to grow things up.
Clematis.?
Feed the birds every.single.day. not seed or nuts mind a full loaf..... Right under the area which is causing the consternation.
Or move.
Do you know anyone who can make you some curtains...
Cut through the wires either side of the light.
Remove light
Rejoin wires.
What light ?
Do you know anyone who can make you some curtains…
A poor solution. Bunnyhop should not need to have curtains made for her living room in response to severe light pollution from an unthinking neighbour.
BWD is teasing. I'm a curtain maker by trade, but Ernie you are correct, why should I have to close them, especially as we watch the bats and other creatures through the windows on a summers evening.
Wait until they are all out and then a can of this into the fitting and top back on before it sets.
I’m a curtain maker by trade
TBH I thought you had some connection with the fabric trade. But my point still stands.
Some kind of mirror????
Just to bring this to a close. Our house has had some electrical work done to it this week, so I was able to ask the sparkie his thoughts. He said He would never have put a light up to a border and he would have advised his client to put it somewhere else.
She's been away so the light hasn't been in use. Her husband hasn't used it either. I hope it stays off.
I am just not convinced your lighting issue is as bad for it as you suggest for the hogs moths and bats.
From the description of the light as having an orange glow, I’d say it’s almost certainly an LED emitter, so it doesn’t unscrew. Rather than black spray, I’d go with grey, it wouldn’t be so obvious from the other side, but would be opaque and cut out the light from the OP’s side.
Rather less contentious, I’d put up some sort of trellis fencing that would cut back most of the light, and plant honeysuckle and clematis to grow up it.
I wouldn’t plant ivy, it can rapidly get out of hand, and could end up growing into guttering and into the roof space, as a friend of mine found with the ivy growing up the end wall of her 17c hotel/tea room/restaurant, and home. I spent an entertaining afternoon hacking through the base of it, to kill it, then the whole lot was pulled off once it died, it was about 12’ high, and about the same across.
The ‘hogs won’t give a shit, they will come out in daylight if necessary, they’re not so much nocturnal, more crepuscular, like barn owls.
I’d try reason and if that failed I’d simply state “move it or some kids might damage it” before proceeding to smacking it with a hammer.
TBH I thought you had some connection with the fabric trade. But my point still stands.
It does, but no-one seriously suggested curtains as a solution. As above, I know the OP and her hubby in the real world and am aware that she spends her days churning out exquisite curtains for the local aristocracy 🙂
Personally I'd be looking at a friendly, non-confrontational chat and it that didn't work, I'd be doing some naked sun-bathing.
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