AIBU to ask if I can report my neighbour's bright blue house?

This has reminded when I was younger and living in Edinburgh. Someone in the new town painted their front door (not the whole house) pink and it was duly reported to the fun police (council) who took them to court and made them repaint it. This played out at length in the local paper.

They were listed buildings to be fair.

Never holiday in Tenby.

😂 Our old rental was this colour with a BRIGHT PINK door - tbf - it was not to my taste but i grew to love it - and it meant no one would ever have to ask where i lived - they could see it a mile off 😂 (my house is now boringly black and white) - however, i am AGHAST at you asking them to change the colour of their house - the absolute balls on you! Ofc they would say no, it was a rude of you as well, but i am just here, applauding your daringness OP!! 😂

This would annoy me too, especially if it’s an eyesore. I’d be worried that it would have an effect on neighbouring property values if it’s that out of character with the other terraced houses, but if it’s just the back it might be difficult to argue that. … and also hard to prove.
like others have said not much you can do about it I’m afraid unless there is no restrictions in place, like a conservation area (others mentioned), if you live in new build area then there maybe restrictions in place.
if it were me I’d speak to the local council and find out if the area has any restrictions attached, but the likelihood is that it dosnt, and if it’s just the back of the house I think you’re going to have to put up with it.

if their home gets reported now, they’re going to assume it’s you now, I hope this dosnt effect your neighbourly relationship.

I think you may want to think how trellis & climbers or bamboo (in planters), or trees/shrubs/bushes to create a screen, maybe you’ll find something that compliments?
good luck

Yeah I knew some places are covered by that but I'd guess the OP would know if that were the case as their house would be the same I would think.

Omg😂😂

Sometimes there is.
This is the guidance for leasehold properties in the Grosvenor Estate/Duchy of Westminster (Belgravia & Pimlico in London). Paint is covered on p10. BS number given. It’s Magnolia.

um but you were being quite rude??

Someone locally has painted their entire house hi-viz yellow. It's probably visible from the International Space Station. But it's their house and the rest of us just need to remember our sunglasses if we plan on walking past.

@Livingthebestlife op has obviously never heard of Balamory. Poorless at your comment 🤣🤣🤣

Hopefully people can see the difference between Mykonos blue (you probably don't want to go there either OP), a lighter blue of swimming pools or darker US flag blue (avoid the US too OP, they like their flags).

I don't know if these are official colour names, likely not. Oddly, Farrow &Ball call swimming pool blue 'lobster', but live lobsters are dark blue and cooked ones pink.

When I was growing up someone painted their house purple - the front too! The blue is much more tasteful than that.

Maybe the blue house would look less ‘overbearing’ if you painted the back of yours something nicer and a bit more colourful than beige. A soft green or pink maybe, not anything quite as bright.

Now are ye sure it was swimming pool blue and not American flag blue? 😏😏

I've just remembered that when I was a teenager, our next door neighbour painted her entire end-terraced house mint green. A very unusual choice, and it raised a lot of eyebrows. I didn't like it much and neither did my mum, but tough luck! We lived in council houses, but the neighbour had bought hers. TBH it annoyed me much more that she started painting her pebbledash shed the same colour, then either ran out of paint or couldn't be bothered to finish the job. The shed stayed half cream and half mint (not in a neat kind of way) for many years, and was still like that when I moved out.

who else thought the neighbours response was comedy gold? 😂

I think it sounds nice, but even if I didn't, it's not my house. I don't think there's anything you can do about it, and the council won't be interested.

You probably wouldn't like my new shed either. It's periwinkle blue (blue-ish lilac).

I feel your pain! I would hate any colour that didn’t blend in with the general ambiance of the neighbourhood, not just blue. I think it was probably unwise to approach your neighbours though - nobody likes being challenged when it comes to matters of taste! Deep sympathy from me anyway.

I was also wondering how this woman would cope in La Boca 😂🤣

Was the door also blue?

Unfortunately I don't think there's anything you could do. Maybe you can try planting some tall bushes/trees to block some of it. Even in large plant pots might help. 🤷 It's not something I'd like to fall out with my neighbours over. Even if you report it they would know it was you and things could become more awkward.

I can because large swathes of the population are dicks not to put to fine point on it.

There are no words! Reporting someone for painting their house a colour you dislike 😂🙄I can't believe people actually think like this.

I love to see brightly coloured front doors and exterior walls. In my neighbourhood we have a few pastels and one vivid colour and they bring a few smiles to faces when folk walk by including my own. I want to brighten up my own house but can't decide which colour.

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Could you sit with your back to it when you sit out?

Paint yours pink or purple. Beige is very offensive.