AIBU people staring into my house

Stare back

We are mid garden landscaping and have no garden fence at the moment. We live on a private side road with access to 3 houses. It is a dead end. Today 2 people on bikes cycled down and stopped to stare at our garden! Straight in and at our house. I stared back whilst my OH cringed!

raise a glass to them and laugh at them
How charming you all sound, full of true Christmas spirit.

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Have you considered net curtains? Don't think anyone else has suggested it yet so thought I probably should. In case you hadn't already considered that.

@TheSandman arf

Old fashioned now I know but it works cheap and simple good old windowlene, rub on leave, they can not see in.
Saw recently which I thought was fab, was a roll of wrapping paper if upvc windows sellotape a roll to top of inside of frame, roll down carefully as sun goes down roll back up in the morning.... if you want too!

Im so nosy, i love looking in people's windows 😆 i do look away if i spot someone in the room though.
My grandad was awful. He would stop and put his walking stick up to the window (pavement fronted houses) and point out a clock or painting or fireplace etc that he liked. He lived in the backroom of his house, i dont think he'd ever considered there might be someone in the room wondering what he was doing 😆

Omg We are also getting work done, we had hedges around our house and have had them ripped out, replacing with a fence instead, had all the grass dug up and getting fake grass so no more maintenance, and we are getting a new back garden fence so we are also exposed at the moment. Nobody is looking through the windows at us, but every single time I go near the windows I keep catching people walking past having a good look at the work being done, some neighbours are stopping to chat about it, I can see them looking and pointing, would love to know what they're saying.

"Jesus! will you look at the fecking mess they've made. That used to be a garden - now look at it. I mean fake grass! How tacky is that.?"

I would use duct tape and a sheet to cover the window until the wall is finished.

Omg We are also getting work done, we had hedges around our house and have had them ripped out, replacing with a fence instead, had all the grass dug up and getting fake grass so no more maintenance, and we are getting a new back garden fence so we are also exposed at the moment. Nobody is looking through the windows at us, but every single time I go near the windows I keep catching people walking past having a good look at the work being done, some neighbours are stopping to chat about it, I can see them looking and pointing, would love to know what they're saying. And some even chat to the gardener on their way past, again not sure what they are saying. Definitely feel like the talk of the street right now 😂😂😂

Stick a photo of you stuffing your face on the wall being built... That should scare them off PDQ!

Very cheap and temporary solution, it won't look like beautiful curtains but it will do the job and look ok.

Get a pressure rod from wilko for £5.

Take a duvet cover from your cupboard.

Place rod inside duvet cover right to the end along the seam, and fit into window.

You can place it at the top of the window or half way down so people can't see through but you still get light from above the 'curtain'.

But in honesty.

Unless you have your light on and its very dark outside, they more than likely can't even see you

Wave 👋

Why don’t you put cardboard in front of the window if you don’t want ppl looking in, or windolene to stop them looking

Nets??

LOL

BUT seriously you can buy very cheaply lightweight pressure poles (so you just squish them, then release them into the gap) you could just throw a sheet over it - no need to buy nets or curtains. If you use a light sheet you'll still get light in - like this readily available all over. I had old towels hung on mine.

www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis-partners-extendable-net-rod-white/p348397?size=net-rod-w150-180cm

Have you got the lights on or off? If off, they may not even be able to see you and are probably just looking at the building work (especially if someone was staring right at you).

I hear you OP! My old house was on the route to the station. People just randomly stare in every fecking time they walked past. I actually started leaving my blinds down all the time for privacy.
People have no shame whatsoever x

My childhood home had a big window that overlooked the garden. Along the bottom of the garden was a footpath which was hidden by the hedge for most of the year. In winter though we could see the path and walkers could see our lounge. Many a Christmas Day (the only day we’d all eat in that room) we’d be sitting there eating with people gawping are us from the path. We just used to turn around and wave, raise a glass to them and laugh at them 😂😂. They soon looked away!!

Other people have said it but yes, I’d use that frosted stick on film for the windows, I’ve seen people use it just half way up, it doesn’t block the light and you can still see out over the top . Amazon do it , it’s cheap and you can easily remove it after the work is done, it doesn’t ruin the glass.
Other then that, there isn’t much you can do! Human nature and all.

I would be surprised if they CAN actually see you.

There might be a few weirdos who like to look in windows but the majority will just be looking at the work being done, it just looks like they're looking through the window as they're looking at your house.

Usually, unless you have your lights on, they won't be able to see in.

Trying to get decent builders is like Bob Hope and no hope so I'm sure it's not you they are interested in. Put something temporary up.

I’ve really noticed this during lockdown! People just walking past gawping in my windows.

I lived in an incredibly pretty cottage and got this a lot - soon understood that nobody is looking inside, just at the roses - chill 🌻

These temporary black out blinds were a godsend when we moved into our new house & were waiting on our curtains being made, best £25 I've ever spent!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Temposhade-Original-Instant-Temporary-Blinds/dp/B00T9SV864/ref=ascdff_B00T9SV864/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=218127903748&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16891008301824993975&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046800&hvtargid=pla-350247567335&psc=1