Neighbour put up CCTV camera that looks into our garden

[DirtyCarrots]

Let me start by saying we don't do anything too wild in our garden however, living in a terrace house in London, we really value the small amount of outside space and privacy we have managed to create via fencing, planting etc.

Our neighbours have been digging a basement and renovating their house for 18 months now (and have failed to talk to us at any stage of the building works!). Their latest improvement is to put up a CCTV camera high up on their external wall that can see across the whole of their garden but the whole of our garden too.

AIBU to feel this is a massive invasion of privacy and ask them to move it?

I am obviously quite cross about the total lack of communication during the build so just want to make sure I am not over-reacting.

That little ico tool was very helpful!

Our cctv looks like it might capture next door, but it actually doesn’t as the camera span isn’t that great. We had them come round though so they could see it and not secretly be annoyed with us.

If he is going to be an arse, get a garden mirror to bounce back light on to his cctv so the reflection is too much for the camera. Like a frickin laser beam but without the sharks.

Just because a camera looks like it overlooks your garden, it doesn't mean it actually does. A lot of camera software can "mask" areas that aren't supposed to be recorded.

Have you actually asked him what areas are being recorded?