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Original poster

Neighbour wants me to move my bins but her Ring door bell captures my home

28 replies

ilovecskkk · 02/10/2025 17:47

Initially we both got on but as time went on I discovered my next door neighbour was a nosy interfering woman.

Her Ring door bell captures my driveway.
I know this as back when I used to talk to her she would comment on things that she would only know from watching on her Ringdoor bell.

I have moved all 3 of my bins on the on the side of my driveway to block out some of her access on her Ring door bell which happens to be right under her living room window.

She comes out of her car pulling an ugly screwed up face each time but I am not moving them as she refuses to block out my driveway on her Ring door bell.

She has now asked another neighbour if I would move them.

Who is being unreasonable here?

I actually feel quite anxious about her watching us come and go every time and we are now moving (when we find somewhere) she is a gossip, she makes us feel like a prisoner in our home.

OP posts:
EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 02/10/2025 17:50

Don’t move them.

Motnight · 02/10/2025 17:51

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 02/10/2025 17:50

Don’t move them.

Agree with this. Also don't get caught up in conversations with other neighbours about it.

HollyhockDays · 02/10/2025 17:53

I couldn’t care if my neighbour got me lugging in shopping on her ring doorbell. If she wants disturbed by those chimes so be it. What are you doing that you are uncomfortable with her seeing?

Or just moon her every single time. 🍑

CoralPombear · 02/10/2025 17:53

You’re moving so no longer have to care. Leave them there, it’s her own fault for overstepping.

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 02/10/2025 17:55

Put your bins wherever you want babe

coffeepower · 02/10/2025 17:55

It's your driveway, you can do what you like with it surely. Leave the bins where they are and just ignore her.

inamo · 02/10/2025 17:56

Have fun with her since you know you are moving. The one thing that drives such people bonkers is being nice breezy and smiley every time you see them. Big smile and a wave every time. And refuse to move the bins if they are not in anyone's way.

MemorableTrenchcoat · 02/10/2025 17:56

I cannot fathom why you would possibly think you’re being unreasonable.

stayathomegardener · 02/10/2025 17:57

I would put a fence up if at all possible.

IShouldNotCoco · 02/10/2025 17:58

She’s got no right to tell you where you can put your bins on YOUR property.

mumofoneAloneandwell · 02/10/2025 18:02

So hang on

Do you have a shared front pathway? We need a diagram as to how she is able to view your front garden?

If you have a shared pathway joining your two gardens then yabu sorry

Yeah talking about what she has seen you do when you come and go is weird, but having a ring camera isnt, people are allowed to protect their homes

Punishing her by putting your bins in front of her living room windows is unfair imo

canchewcashew · 02/10/2025 18:09

Seems like a bit of a non-issue if you are planning to move soon anyway. If your bins are on your own property and not interfering with her ability to come and go, it's entirely up to you whether you leave them there or not.

However, it does seem a bit paranoid to worry so much about her ability to see your coming and goings. She could just as easily watch from her window as spy on you through her camera. I would just make a point of not talking about anything private when you are standing outside your home, because if she can hear it on the camera, she may be able to hear it through the window.

Original poster
ilovecskkk · 02/10/2025 18:11

There is no shared path way.
Our drive is one of those new builds with parking bays.

The way the houses have been built is that her living room window overlooks my driveway.

It makes us extremely comfortable knowing she watches who visits us, when we are out etc and in the past she would comment on it as well “Oh how comes you had so many visitors on XYZ was you not very well”?

She knows I don’t like her and I just blank her every time I see her now as she had been gossiping about me to another neighbour (come and told me.

I don’t engage with any of the neighbours, I prefer to keep myself to myself.

OP posts:
Viviennemary · 02/10/2025 18:13

Don't move your bins but why does it matter if she sees you on your drive. But f you are putting up your bins outside her living room window then that's bad.

FullOfLemons · 02/10/2025 18:13

No, YANBU

It sounds like her behaviour is not only unreasonable but unlawful too

I appreciate this is not a parking thread but a diagram would be helpful !

Whereismyfleeceblanket · 02/10/2025 18:16

Get some letter stickers and spell out.
Buggar off Margaret... on your bins.
*obviously only if her name is Margaret..

Toomanywaterbottles · 02/10/2025 18:26

A Ring camera is only meant to capture the owner’s property. In reality, they will sometimes capture some communal or public space if it can’t be helped, and that is deemed acceptable under data protection. However, she can’t just point it at your driveway.

ReplacementBusService · 02/10/2025 18:30

I would order as many new bins as the council are willing to deliver

Cantseetreesforthewood · 02/10/2025 18:35

If she doesn't like looking at your bins, you absolutely must get a box to cover them. And that would give you a lovely option of a trellis on top, and grow something up that.

Silvertulips · 02/10/2025 18:40

We used to wind up neighbours like this - I’d have loud conversations about sex dildos and the like -

She clearly has nothing better to do!!

PeonyPatch · 02/10/2025 18:42

Block it as much as possible, you’ve a right to privacy x

ShuffleOn · 02/10/2025 18:54

Leave the bins where they are & ignore any more requests.

LaughingCat · 02/10/2025 18:54

ilovecskkk · 02/10/2025 18:11

There is no shared path way.
Our drive is one of those new builds with parking bays.

The way the houses have been built is that her living room window overlooks my driveway.

It makes us extremely comfortable knowing she watches who visits us, when we are out etc and in the past she would comment on it as well “Oh how comes you had so many visitors on XYZ was you not very well”?

She knows I don’t like her and I just blank her every time I see her now as she had been gossiping about me to another neighbour (come and told me.

I don’t engage with any of the neighbours, I prefer to keep myself to myself.

We had a neighbour with CCTV that captured our drive and front door and they were always watching it. Got a nudge nudge wink wink from them after a rare visit from my brother because I met him at the door and gave him a huge hug, while my DH was out. Or another time when they commented on how I looked, stretching out before and after my run. Super uncomfortable.

Don’t move your bins and potentially consider some of that bamboo wrap or something to mark the boundary and block her views

Original poster
ilovecskkk · 07/10/2025 16:50

I was at the hairdressers and she came out and asked OH to move the bins because of the flies and smell and he has slightly moved them.

She didn’t ask me as she knows I don’t like her.

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BashfulClam · 07/10/2025 16:53

I’d put up a 6 foot fence with no gaps.

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