to think our neighbour is spying on me through a wall?

[gnocci]

We live in a semi but a semi that backs onto another house, so our entire back wall is another house's entire back wall IYSWIM. So upstairs we share a wall on our bedroom, the landing and our bathroom.

The only noise I ever hear from their house is that noise of a pull switch light cord. And the only time I ever hear it is just after I go to the bathroom at night before I go to bed. Whatever the time. I never hear it before or after. Without fail it is just after I leave the bathroom. I go to bed at very random times (DH works away...). it could be 8pm, it could be 1am. Whatever time it is, I always hear that cord go within 20 seconds of me leaving the bathroom...

Uuummmmmm AIBU to think I might be being spied on..??!!! How do I find out for sure?!!

I'll be sending DH into the loft to check when he gets home!!! We rent, so never ventured up there. There is a hatch though.

I started noticing it in March time.

You really must never ever ever read any Mo Hayder. Just sayin

i used to think this about my neighbour and he is a bit of a weirdo - but i think it was just coincidence and i thought it because he is a bit of a weirdo.

What do you imagine they are spying on your For? how do they know that you are in the bathroom? do they listen for your "ping"?

I think that you and your DH should knock around for the hollow spot.

Freaky! I quite often hear my neighbour on the loo at the same time as me, it's terribly disconcerting to think we're practically strangers yet sitting a few feet from each other, doing our business every morning.

I used to spend a lot of time with my ex away, and it was always then that things seemed to happen to me, from things going missing to heavy breather phone calls. Could they be trying to spook you? Do some asking around tomorrow, find out their name. Amazing what the internet can turn up with just a name.

Creepy thread and shuddering at "are your lofts joined?" When were teh houses separated and who did it? Was it their house originally?

fuck reading this bed and feeling a bit spooked, DH then calling into bedroom (he's in his home office) asking me if I heard anything.

You might be able to work out what number they are in the road behind you with googlemaps

Yeh the loft thing has freaked me out too....

No idea when house was separated (was told this by letting agents) or by whom. Going by decor I would say 10years+ ago.

Yes, it's a problem because the houses are joined, bathroom lights are often wired up to extractors and the wiring is probably still connected to it. You will probably find a dead fan hanging about somewhere, perhaps the switch is switching but there's no fan attached.

Oops posted to soon. He thinks he heard some 'try' the front door.
Now shitting myself, nightmares tonight for me.

fedup, that is probably the answer, boring though eh :)

I think fedup is right. It's far more likely that your light is connected to something somewhere that is clicking.

Sorry about making you think about the loft it's morning where I am.

Gnocci don't use that light anymore...use a torch or keep the hall light on...just because it's better not to for now.

I hate to say this, but I'd just stop worrying about it. Either you've got weird electrics, but nothing's fizzing or smelling so not dangerous. Or your other neighbour has an interest in your bedtime wee, whether that's being woken up by the loo or watching you use it. Bloody hell, if anybody's that sad I'd be inclined to chuckle superciliously about it and forget it or give them a comedy show.

An obvious test will be to NOT flush the loo or run the water for one night, see if it still happens. Also try leaving the bathroom dark one night. Same night for both would be less inconvenient, but also less satisfying!

It seems more likely that you are hearing them switch the light on after being woken by you flushing the loo.

chase You ok?

It could be a motion sensor on an automatic camera - no need for them to be in their house when it's going on.

Try and find the camera in the daytime and cover it with toothpaste!
When they remove it to clean it there will be a hole.

Go to the loo in the dark.

Spoken nerd that's really sinister sounding like you know something the op doesn't!

We don't know there IS a camera Pear! Don't freak her out! Very unlikely surely.

taking whoops! It IS isn't it! It was my effort at NOT being sinister too...I sadly managed the opposite!

I think nerd just means its nighttime and gnocchi should not think about/investigate it now

Try not to worry too much OP, it's far more likely to be innocent, lots of possible (probable) answers on here.

Yes Savoy! that was it...