We have a double story townhouse next to our house and their whole family has a shower without the blinds down. We see all there family naked every night.
We want it to stop because it’s awkward and we have children.
I have left them 2 letters in their letter box and they still don’t shut the blinds.
I can’t block out the view since they are a double story close to the fence.
What can I do? Can I speak to the council/police?
Wow. Yet more great advice that could lead to a criminal conviction. Also, total Karen behaviour. I can't tell if this is a serious post.
@Faulty Pixel, and any other upvoters, please let me know your post code so I can block it from any future real estate related searches.
Wait til you see a dead bird…
Smash their window with something like a nail in the hole you drilled in the end of a broom handle
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I can't tell if this is a serious post.
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I can't tell if yours is a serious post or some sort of reverse meta troll attempt
It's an indifferent post.
No point… cause I rent. I could move to a suburb near you next week.
Yes, of course I meant do it while the neighbour was home. Heck, I actually meant wait until his kids have a birthday party and invite 30 people over, and do it then. (I know people are dumbed-down today, but did you seriously need this explained!?)
Likewise, you really think he wouldn't know whether the neighbour had cameras!?
A suspicious what?
Who cares. People who routinely let their pets wander don't give a damn about them, why should anyone else. Even eaten at McDonalds or KFC? That involves the deliberate killing of an animal too. Why would putting down a roaming dog bother me, when it doesn't even service a useful purpose (becoming a burger), and could maul a child/women/disabled person.
Someone who doesn't protect their wife's, or CHILDREN'S modesty, fully deserves to pay for the remedy.
That said, I did intend to cover that but forgot to include it. i.e. They were EXAMPLES of methods of THINKING toward solving neighbour problems. So here it is now: If someone did decide to break the neighbouring window, there's nothing stopping them getting a quote on the cut glass from Bunnings (if they see the neighbour repairing it themselves), or phoning the company whose repair vehicle is parked outside, requesting the same quote, and leaving that amount of money in their mailbox a couple/few months later.
Be creative and turn it into profit on onlyfans. Name it ‘I spy on my neighbour’ i’m sure there’s a kink for it out there
Pics or it didn’t happen
Film them and send them the video on a usb. With "3 of 12" written on in.
Sell your house at auction and in the photos, make sure you include shots of the view out the view
i'm afraid I can't comment until I understand how hot said neighbors are.
Reading your post, the first thing my brain pictures is: "Whole family showers together?" and "They're all naked together?"
I thought same thing lol
I can think of worse problems tbh…Not much different to going to a swimming pool changing room or some people on the beach is it? I reckon the kids would hardly notice other than the fact you are highlighting it.
Install unsecure security wifi cameras on ur premises
Live steam it on onlyfans 😂
What are you going to tell the police?
It's possible they just chuck any junk in their mailbox, I do. Can you put a small shade sail up, off your roof to the fence?
"Hey, you should get that mole checked out."
OP did you get caught peeking? is that what this is about "No no no its not bad to peek!! its bad to show!!" says the pervert.
I thought parading naked , even in your own home, if overtly visible was against the law?
Like answering the door naked.
Especially if there's kids involved.
Can you see their genitals? if so its indecent exposure. otherwise idk look away? mind ya business.
There's no chance someone is going to be charged with "indecent exposure" in their own bathroom inside their own home
I think your "mind ya business" comment sums up what OP should do
I agree totally, thats just what I found when I looked it up. The law seems to imply it doesnt matter where it is in your own home or in the middle of the road.
does 2 papayas and some bushes downunder , counts?
Start playing with yourself whilst looking and hope they look your way.
@Veebee88
We want it to stop because it’s awkward and we have children.
Your implication here is that there is some negative to your children seeing the naked neighbours.
There appears to be a strange (puritanical?) conceit that somehow children (of any age) can be damaged/affected/harmed by simply viewing other naked humans. Is there convincing evidence to support this notion other than "it must be so", or "the bible says so" (it doesn't)?
Probably what will happen, depending on the age of the children involved, is they will giggle once or twice, then ignore it forever, or it not even register in their minds - unless the parents make an issue about it.
Seriously, kids are not going to concern themselves with this, unless it is presented as something they should concern themselves with.
And as for the OP feeling 'awkward'. This is the OP's issue. If they are so… sheltered/repressed/weird that the mere glancing sight of an unclothed human upsets them so much, perhaps they have other, deeper issues?
Hallelujah!
It will probably turn them into voyeurs.
C'mon, not wanting to look at your naked neighbours doesn't mean someone is repressed or weird with deep issues. Your kinda gaslighting. I'd be unhappy just having an uninterupted view of their living space let along having to watch them scrubbing their ballsacks.
pic or it did not happen..
NEVER talk to neighbours about problems. They either listen and change, don't listen and continue, or turn crazy and do a lot worse. You never know which result you'll get, but you have two chances out of three of getting a negative one, and three chances out of three of being blamed when something happens to them/their house (they'll think you're "taking revenge").
So you say nothing, try to ignore it (to check whether you're just being a Karen), then deal with it quietly/covertly. "Dealing with it" depends on each situation but choose something they can't be certain about because clues lead elsewhere.
Random examples:
Their cat/dog keeps coming into your yard dropping landmines. Say nothing. Get a cardboard box from Bunnings, keep it in the garage/laundry, quietly catch it, put in the box, into the car, take to the pound. Tell them it wandered into your yard and you have no idea who it belongs to. Better still take it to a relative 20km away (with a different surname in case neighbour gets your mail one day by accident) and have them do it. If you do it, don't give a name, address, phone number, or make up fake ones. And NEVER say you live next door. i.e. Think beforehand. If they want it back they'll get sick of paying fees, will work out how it's escaping, and fix it. If they don't care about it, they won't pay, it gets a needle, and good riddance.
Frequent loud music. When it happens and you see them, give a quick smile, thumbs up and/or nod to the beat and/or say something like, "Metallica, yeah?" Put up with it that day. Next time leave home for a few hours. Try to ensure they see you leave. e.g. By stopping in the middle of the street while you/your partner/kids go back inside to get something, tooting the horn to come back or hurry up, etc. Some noise so the neighbours come to the window to notice you're going out. If other cars honk and swerve around you, even better. An hour or two after leaving and at least an hour before going home, phone the police with a noise complaint. You're not home so in their mind it can't be you who complained. Give the address on the other side just in case police open their big mouth. Mrs Feral says to Mr Feral: "They went out 2 hours ago and their car still isn't back. So it must be the @#$%^# on the other side." Do it every time the music starts. Have a supply of popcorn ready as their war on everyone else in the street begins.
See-through window with weird frosted glass that turns see-through? Wait til you see a dead bird, take it home in a plastic bag, while they're out smash their window with something like a nail in the hole you drilled in the end of a broom handle. Drop the bird over the fence. Birds fly into windows/walls all the time. They'll replace the window, hopefully use different glass this time. You could do less as some have suggested, like spray something on it, but they'll only clean it off and will now know a PERSON is involved rather than kamikazee wildlife. Better they pay $20 for new glass instead of you moving house because they turn psycho.
It's too late now but plausible deniability is king. Of course you could "go on holiday" to combine part of example 2 with example 3, to reset your plausible deniability quota. i.e. Even though you've already spoken to them about it so would normally get the blame, because you "went on holiday" (no lights or TV on for a night or two) it must have been the bird.