Flood lights

We had to invest in blackout blinds from a local online store called Blinds Superstore. The neighbours ignored us and now has it in 24 hours 7 days a week....strange people what a waste if electric!

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Camelotclub, come here, there are still cottages and barns for sale ?

I can vouch for the fact that 10 feet from the pavement is certainly no deterrent!

The council should surely be able to talk to your neighbour without mentioning your name.

What tanith said!!

Mine is pale turquoise Legs55

If it’s on a council house then complain to the council.

The "blackout blind" in my bedroom is Fuschia, very bright pink

Why wouldn't burglars be just as attracted to a council house as a home owners house pray?

As I said, this is a new neighbour so I haven’t had time or money to get blackout blinds.
I resent having to do this when there is no reason for a massive light shining in my windows all night. It’s only 10ft from the pavement and on a Council house so no attraction to burglars.

Where we used to live we had a street light outside the property which shone into the garden and lit the front and side of the house. Our car was broken into twice in the drive. We were burgled. When the policeman came he told us it was unfortunate that we’d left the light on for the burglars. The street light.

Burglary rates increase when there is a full moon. Darkness is good!

With double glazing blocking outside noise, the flashing of a torch or a security light coming on is the only thing to alert us to an intruder. A permanent light is no good. Perhaps if this was explained to your neighbour. That she is increasing her chances (and yours) of being burgled she may at least change it to a security light.

Also people walking in street lights feel secure but the lights cause shadows, dark drive ways. Far safer to carry a torch to flash into dark corners.

I want to know where the safest place in Britain is!

MinniesMum
Good point- the name is misleading, ‘black out’ blinds nowadays are not necessarily black, they can, as you say, be cream.

How do you know that?

I have this with a female neighbour who also walks around naked!!

Well it must be a very stupid burglar to make such a noise as throwing a spanner at a security light with sufficient force to break it would. I think it might alert the house owner.

I have black out blinds as well as curtains in the bedrooms. Works a treat.

I think people have been encouraged to install security lights because the police have said that they put burglars off.

There may be something in this as I have heard that burglars deliberately throw stones or use tools to shatter them so they should ideally be positioned where they cannot be got at.

I agree with others that the solution is blackout linings. I've always had them because I prefer to sleep in complete darkness. They do the job and are worth it if you can get a decent night's sleep.

Hanging a BLANKET over your window?
Could you not have curtains or a roller blind...possibly even Venetian blinds?
If you prefer bare windows, then might you be able to move your bed so that you're not facing the light? It's important to have good quality sleep so a dark roller blind would be ideal, they're not expensive and are easy to put in place. Good luck.

I find my neighbours' security light very helpful indeed. It trips whenever I go into my back garden and illuminates my path to either my bins or shed. Wonderfully convenient!

You can get one of those eye masks in the chemists, only a couple of quid.

As a temporary solution might a sleep-mask be worth considering? I use one quite a lot. Initially I thought I'd hate having something over my eyes, but I don't find it a problem and it's definitely improved my sleep. Sleep masks are available quite cheaply online. Worth a try?

We have someone who lives across the back gardens, about 300yds away and his light is on all night. I always think any thieves must say thanks as he lights up the back of about 40 houses! Luckily we are far enough away that it's quite dim light but for immediate houses it must be a pain.
As soon as it starts to get dark my immediate neighbour has bathroom light on all night (downstairs) for some reason - kids are of an age to be able to switch a light on and off. It's handy for us though, if you need the loo during the night it's bright enough to light our smallest room lol. But again it lights the whole side pathway of their house, though with the rubbish piled up there any burglar would be put off looking.

watermeadow
You say its the landing window that the light is shining through? then hang a blackout curtain up on that window .
If she is leaving her interior lights on all night that is her business and no doubt will be the electricity company shareholders dream.

We have blackout linings in our bedroom which also protect against heat. Southwest facing window and it is like a sauna in the summer.
It isn't black material - just a cream colour and I hook then on to the rail separately from the curtains.
If people like the curtains open at night but don't like security lights, then how about a full moon coming out from behind a cloud. Surely that would wake you up too.

I think it's a common mistake people make with their security lights. They should be angled so as to light up the wall and of the house they are on so that if someone looks out of their window on hearing a noise, the intruder and his actions are clearly visible. Mostly people tilt them up too much so the wall or doors or windows are in relative shadow, and the light shines in the eyes of anyone trying to look, meaning they can't see a wretched thing! And you don't have to put the sensor facing the same way as the light anyway. We had this problem with a neighbor backing onto our garden. He put up a new light and it was shining straight into our kitchen blinding me even in the daytime. The sensor needed to be exactly where it was, but he repositioned his light to point down his side bit instead of across it at me - this in fact covered his garden a lot better.

The law has changed about this. (Light Pollution)
I complained to the local council about a light from a house on the opposite side of the block with a light so bright it would wake me up.
They sent a very nice man who waited for 55 minutes for the light to come on, and seeing it from my window he said 'Oh, that's horrendous!' He went to them and they did remove it.
Now they have another one with a less bright bulb which doesn't bother me.
One of the problems I think is that these lights are sold with 1000 watt bulbs in!

The exhaust from my combi boiler sometimes triggers the security light. Another culprit has been a badger. There aren't very many cats around here as I live on quite a busy road.