Neighbours CCTV

[Bababing12]

Can anyone help, advise or has been in this situation.

We have new neighbours opposite slightly to the left. They moved in and when they first moved in , we used to see them peering in people front windows when they were out 🤣 . They’re really bizzare and nosey. They have all their curtains shut themselves but we’ve noticed they put a number of CCTV cameras in their house - inside and outside.

One camera is in their front bedroom and is directed fully into our house- it just points into our bedroom and lounge.

I have children who waddle around with no pants on etc as you can’t see into our house… however this camera can!

Does anyone have any advise on what we do . We are reluctant to talk to them as it’s confrontation and also they’ll say it doesn’t point - is their an official person we can report to on this and any experience help welcomed!

Thank you

Actually yes. There’s a hole in your evidence.
the Ring doorbell can be set to have a boundary for alerting purposes. But it can’t be set to have a boundary for filming. Therefore if you have a Ring doorbell you are essentially filming across the street. And can watch this.

What you’re saying is the person across the street has ring cameras facing you. But that you have a ring camera facing them but yours can’t see as far. But that’s not how it works.

But I do apologise for my tone. I think it’s because your post reads like an Enid blyton story

very unrealistic and dramatic twists and turns. Sweet little village scenes

I have lots of ring cameras up. I never look at footage unless something happens. I’m surveying lots of people and properties but hopefully no one cares because I’m not actually looking at anything or anyone.

I do understand people not liking the idea of being under surveillance but I think if you have a camera yourself then you can’t argue about anyone else having

Following this bizarre story.

Ok- I don’t really know how to respond to you. What you’re asking is did I sit and watch the events unfold live on my ring door bell camera- no I didn’t. I would have had to watch it live to have seen it going on, and of course as pointed out we don’t film past the boundary so it wouldn’t be recorded any way. I was at my children’s swimming lessons and was not sat watching my ring door bell live 🤣

But well done- what a lovely rabbit hole to go down!

This is another example of a weird response to me over a perfectly reasonable thread asking for advice. I find the response sometimes on mumsnet very small minded - it’s like everyone is assumed to have the same living situation, wealth , location of where they live. There are plenty of people in England who live in villages!

I was going to say at the start that some weirdo could post film of your house/kids online if they wanted - all those rubbishing your fears.
I would agree a sex offender that the pcso already knew about - hence fast response.

This sounds a bit like that film Sliver, with William Baldwin. All turned out quite badly if I recall rightly.

I’m wondering this- have they found something dodgy and that led them to removing electronic items.

Always the quiet ones- my dad said there was a chap at his old work who was very polite, quiet etc anyway the police took his company laptop (after taking his personal ones at home) and found he had been watching underage videos. He went to prison.

And there was a really quiet lady, who had moved from Japan, and worked in my husbands firm. She was a management accountant on 30k per year but drove a very expensive car and had expensive designer clothes. Her boyfriend was a part time chef so there wealth didn’t make sense but you assume family maybe. Anyway, one day police raided there office - and turns out they had been trafficking people into the UK for years. It was all over the news and they were sent to prison.

So yes I do think lots happens behind closed doors. I just figure we won’t be updated though now if it’s a criminal case.

CCTV/RING etc is to monitor your own property- its not supposed to go beyond the boundaries of that and certainly not into other peoples properties.

Inform the police.

@Bababing12 I'm glad you went with your instincts. Your now ex by the sounds of it neighbors sound very creepy

Not entirely sure of legalities here op but a second home owner (absent a lot) in an adjoining courtyard put up cctv cameras high up on their house. It looked straight into our front garden and also the courtyard which they do not own. They put up another one onto their parking space which they own and fair enough. He started sending texts/emails to residents who he felt were not complying with his rules and I received a letter saying my hedge was too high.

I went round with the local PCSO to check how far ranging his filming was. He was told to turn his cameras inwards so he was not filming my garden or the privately owned courtyard. Bet he had a surprise seeing us turn up on camera and have a good look at what he was doing rather than vice versa.