A neighbour has told a mum and her family to stop using their garden as it ‘invades their privacy’ and spoils the view.
The woman took to online forum Mumsnet to express her bewilderment at the demand.
She says that the way that the housing scheme is designed means that her neighbours home backs onto her garden and this results in one window being visible from her garden.
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The cheeky home owner allegedly asked the mum to stop using the bottom half of her garden as he felt his privacy was being invaded as they could see into a room in his home, the Mirror reports.
The mum took it upon herself to build a fence to try to assuage any worries that the stroppy neighbour had but unbelievably they then complained that they “wanted the view of her garden back.”
In a post on Mumsnet, she said: "We live in a house where two separate streets meet and have adjoining gardens. The back wall of our neighbour's house is the boundary wall to our garden. There is a downstairs window on this wall that looks directly into our garden.
"Our neighbour asked us not to use the bottom part of our garden as it affected his privacy when he used this room. We put a screen up so we could use our garden privately, but the neighbour has complained that it affects his light and wants the view of our garden back.
"We’ve asked him to close his curtains but he refuses and he can’t see anywhere other than our garden from the window so it’s not like he’s using our garden to look over to a better view."
Commenters were firmly on the woman's side, with many saying her neighbour is the one being unreasonable, as she's entitled to use the entirety of her garden if she wants to.
One person said: "No, he is unreasonable! Use your garden however you like."
While another added: "It's your garden, use it. He can't have it both ways!"
And a third wrote: "Suggest privacy film. We had a similar set-up, but it was our front door giving a direct view into a neighbour's patio doors. Their privacy film helped a lot."
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