Help - unexpectedly illuminated !

I grew up on a farm. In our part of the valley there were a couple other houses. In winter we had torches to go out & feed the calves in the evening, my mum and dad were always most insistent I shone my torch on the ground & not up the road in front of me "because the neighbours won't like it if the light shines in their window". How times change!

Different but similar...

I came home one day to a bright pink kitchen! My neighbours had painted their house a barn-red, and the sun was shining down between the houses and reflected into my kitchen as pink! Not a thing I could do about it.

Over the years the paint has faded a bit, but it still gives our complexions a lovely glow when the sun is shining in just the right way...

Infinnity2. You really need to say something, those lights sound a bit extreme, are they illegal? Surely they effect other people too.

The neighbours behind our property are on higher ground and their security lights totally illuminate the our rear rooms at night. This is very useful for regular night-time trips to the loo. Fortunately we sleep in the front of the house otherwise we would not get any sleep because of brightness of the bedroom.
Until a short while ago the lights were on an "on-off" sequence of 20 seconds which was very irritating. I am tempted to arm myself with a long handle pole or heavy stones and sabotage them. Recently their neighbour has also installed similar lights and it is daylight for most of the night in our neighbourhood!

Our neighbours have it on their back garden which has put off the hedgehogs visiting .Any movement it is on.Also misses is but our neighbour the other side ends up with a brightly lit garden horrendous

Midwifeb16... Its not anyone's responsibility to alter their own living arrangements to accommodate for other peoples in considerations. If someone told me to put a blind up, I'd say " I shouldn't have to". Or " you buy and install it for me then" Or " I don't want blinds up". If you can't alter your nuisance light, I wouldn't like to be your neighbour, nor would anyone else. You sound very awkward.

Midwifebi6 you do know that most burglaries take place during the day don't you?

It's illegal to shine them on anyone's property except the owners.
As others have said, ask them politely to angle them differently.

Any ideas on how to deal with it ?
Infinity2 Plenty! How many do you want?
Have you been out the front to see if there are 3 scorch marks?

Firstly, I'd stop watching reruns of Midsomer Murders!
The farmers regularly found mysterious marks in their fields, which they attributed to visiting aliens!
Don't laugh! Perhaps your Mother-in-Law paid you a visit from outer space, but took off after spotting all those dirty dishes in the sink!

PC Alf Ventriss in "Heartbeat" once had a visitation from a space ship whilst he was parked in his car one night! Blinding lights, the lot!

On the other hand, have you considered moving the kitchen round to the back of your house?
There used to be a builder/renovator named Al Read on TV years and years ago who would have recommended that as a solution.
On the other hand (again), I might book an appointment with my psychiatrist before I go completely mad!
Good Luck!

Rufus2 - behave you wicked thing !
I am not loopy - I’m blinded !
And no mother in law - never got an offer !

Invite them over for coffee and let them see for themselves, they may not realise

Dartmoorgal

I have no idea what advice to give other than have you thought of floodlighting a stage in your garden for impromptu and hilarious stand up ?

Absolutely, I loved your take on the problem, I hope it's resolved with a few gentle words with the neighbours. Fingers crossed.
Security lights would be handy for you too though, when you get back late from being on Live at the Apollo. Thanks so much for a great laugh, and best of luck.

Cymres1 - thank you for that. Hoping they have a sense of humour when my niece goes round to complain. Until then - as soon as it’s dark I feel like I’m interned with Ivan Denisovich ?