Neighbour (first world problems).

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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