Can my neighbour alter my security light ?

[pattricia 574]

14 minutes ago, tinfoilhat said:

And hes going to fall out with you, and it might be you that gets the letter through the door.

 

Burglar alarms are the greatest deterrent. There's a house near me and he's lit his up like Crystal palace. The whole front is quite brilliantly illuminated all night as far as I can work out, so I can see the burglar alarm on his house very clearly.  Light doesnt spill from his property despite him using enough lights that you can probably see it from space. Id bet diamonds hes been burgled and thats why hes done it. If you've got a very bright light pointing from the house, is burglar bill going to see it the burglar alarm or will the light blind him?

 

If you want your property lit, I'd reposition the light. It's not your remit to light the street.

I have a burglar alarm as well and doesn’t blind anyone to the alarm

[tinfoilhat 11]

Ok, let's assume he is now aware of the recent burglaries. Rather than installing high powered search lights, he buys a dog and that dog is kept outside and trained to bark dusk till dawn. It will keep burglars away for sure. You ok with that?

[pattricia 574]

As nearly everyone on the street has security lights I fail to see why he is complaining. I think the best thing I can do is go across to his house when my lights are on and see what it looks like from there. 

1 minute ago, tinfoilhat said:

Ok, let's assume he is now aware of the recent burglaries. Rather than installing high powered search lights, he buys a dog and that dog is kept outside and trained to bark dusk till dawn. It will keep burglars away for sure. You ok with that?

But security lights don’t bark so there is no comparison.

[Padders 2,842]

Just now, pattricia said:

As nearly everyone on the street has security lights I fail to see why he is complaining. I think the best thing I can do is go across to his house when my lights are on and see what it looks like from there. 

Ah, at last, a bit of common sense.

[tinfoilhat 11]

1 minute ago, pattricia said:

As nearly everyone on the street has security lights I fail to see why he is complaining. I think the best thing I can do is go across to his house when my lights are on and see what it looks like from there. 

That's a start - see from his perspective, you might be surprised. There are a few light meter apps out there which might quantify it. You could also see how far your neighbours light go across the road.

 

The whole exercise might be - wait for it - quite illuminating!

[Jomie 30]

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Quote Pattricia: It’s me who needs to take legal advice not him !

Pattricia - you  have seen by the research that nikki-red has done that you are quite wrong, both legally and morally. This can be classed as anti-social behaviour and you are stirring up bad feeling between you and your neighbour for no good reason. It isn’t worth it - there are alternatives. If you are so concerned about security the correct thing to do is to speak to the South Yorkshire crime prevention team or consult a security specialist. Lighting up the street is not necessary or desirable. 

Edited April 21, 2019 by Jomie

[WiseOwl182 10]

Two wrongs don't make a right though. The neighbour has absolutely no right to tresspass and tamper with private property without the owner's permission. They should take the appropriate action themselves if they are unhappy.

[Jomie 30]

That is correct but the neighbour has been quite reasonable in that he has not asked for the lights to be removed, merely that they be repositioned. The facts that he sleeps in the rear bedroom, has Venetian blinds and that other folk on the street have had lights installed are all irrelevant.  For the sake of common courtesy, changing the angle of the lights or using motion sensor fittings would be the better option.  

[Bash Street 10]

I remember a few years ago, I'd gone away on holiday and mine had come on in the back garden and it shone straight into the old lady's bedroom to the rear of my property. It was a motion detector type and had just become jammed on. It was quite powerful.

Came home to 4/5 notes pushed through the letterbox complaining. I was beside my self, I try hard to keep a low profile and not annoy any of my neighbours. Went round and apologised and took the dressing down.

[ez8004 10]

3 hours ago, pattricia said:

As nearly everyone on the street has security lights I fail to see why he is complaining. I think the best thing I can do is go across to his house when my lights are on and see what it looks like from there. 

But security lights don’t bark so there is no comparison.

What is acceptable to some people might not be to others. Your unsympathetic attitude absolutely stinks and as people have said, unless your light is mounted at some ridiculously low elevation, it shouldn’t matter titling it so it doesn’t intrude.

 

As Nikki has pointed out, you are falling foul of the law. I want to see this played in the courts just to see you lose.  

Edited April 21, 2019 by ez8004

[willman 10]

A neighbour to the rear of me had a security light set up - although it didn't bother me in the front it disturbed my daughter who slept in the rear bedroom. So i reported them to the council - it's light pollution and your neighbour doesn't have to put up with it. The council came out and instructed them to modify it.

[spider1 11]

23 hours ago, Jomie said:

Pattricia - you  have seen by the research that nikki-red has done that you are quite wrong, both legally and morally. This can be classed as anti-social behaviour and you are stirring up bad feeling between you and your neighbour for no good reason. It isn’t worth it - there are alternatives. If you are so concerned about security the correct thing to do is to speak to the South Yorkshire crime prevention team or consult a security specialist. Lighting up the street is not necessary or desirable. 

Yes she is being unreasonable turn the light down and her son is an idiot he should have sencors on  the lights that detect movement // She will see sence when she gets her electric bill/  

Glad shes not my neighbour