Shitty note from new Neighbours after moving in

[Laylamum2]

We moved house on Friday - have had a hectic few days trying to sort things and have this week off work thankfully.

There is one bathroom in the house and this is upstairs at the front of the house which faces our driveway. Next to the driveway is a neighbours house directly opposite.

The seller has taken all blinds out of the property as is their right and we’ve spent today putting some new ones up, including in the bathroom.

Yesterday, a note got put through our door:

”Get blinds for your bathroom, we don’t want to see you having a shit”

The window is frosted but I assume at night with the light on you can see in.

This was obviously from our neighbours opposite. AIBU to say they went about this in a rude way? They could have sent a politer note or knocked on the door.

I'd smear Nutella across the window but I'm petty like that. In one of my childhood homes if I looked out a certain window I'd often see a woman sat on the bog. You know what I did? Turned my head

Scan the note and print off enough large copies to hang on lampposts around the neighbourhood. You could also get one of these light boxes, arrange the letters to read SHITTING, PLEASE WAIT then sit it in the window when you use the toilet.

Oh dear you've got AH neighbours.

Laugh it off and steer clear.

He could had said politely. Your neighbour is a bit crazy and I won't lie, I chuckled.

My only advice is smile and nod to this kind of people. If they can be rude this way what else can they escalate for random things. Not worth the time.

Just for fun, hang a large "poop emoji" image in your bathroom window for a day or two. 💩

This would probably make me laugh. I’d frame it and put it in my bathroom! But if it’s upsetting you I’d throw it away and ignore.

Depends on the layout.

Used to work in an early 20th century building with a lightwell down the middle.

Female lav on other side to my office and a floor below had windows down from close to the ceiling to a couple of feet above floor level. There should have been a 'modesty board' from window cill to head height but it was removed during a refurb and not replaced.

You didn't need imagination to work out what ladies were doing or, if you knew them, who they were. Not just sitting on the throne but with one leg on the seat clearly inserting a tampon.

Took several calls to facilities before it was sorted.

Post it back in their letterbox and say nothing

😂

Why, was your note misquoted?

She has blinds now- it was a temporary thing.

People can be such arseholes. On the day we moved in here, a really awkward house to get into with loads of steps and limited access, AND I was wobbling about 8 months pregnant.. A neighbour came and banged on the door and my lovely DH was all smiles because he thought we were being welcomed, the miserable git neighbour just barked at him about parking and stormed off.

Change the name of your wifi to "stopwatchingmehaveashit"

My bathroom doesn’t have any blinds, it’s just frosted, I didn’t know you can see through with lights on from outside!! Luckily I don’t have any houses behind me but now I’m paranoid,!

What wierdly aggressive nasty people and how incredibly immature of them.

The thing is with shitty neighbours though, is everyone know they're shitty. I bet they've been shitty to others too, especially if all it takes to start them up is a blind.

Once you get chatting to the neighbours either side of you and mention the note, you'll probably start to feel better as they will no doubt confirm YANBU.

I'm sorry you are dealing with this in your new home and hope it doesn't ruin the experience xxxx

Brilliant idea. 😄

This.

Nutters. Cowards to boot.

Ignore and bin.

I purposely wouldn't close my blinds next time I'm taking a shit 😂
They're actively looking in your window ffs

Yup.

The grown up way to handle it would be to knock on the door and say, “I know this is really embarrassing, but I thought I’d let you know you can see into your bathroom, you might want to get a window covering” and have a good laugh about it.

Only an absolute dickhead would write a note like that.

Dh was instant we didn’t need a bathroom blind when we moved here as the massive window over the bath and shower was frosted.

I told him to go outside and look up that night, while I stood under the shower and waved at him lit up like the Blackpool illuminations. If I’d been naked, you’d have seen a lot.

We measured and ordered blind there and then.

I would 100% manufacture some sort of graphic shadow puppet sex scene.

Wow what twats! Clearly they need to get a life but what I’m wondering is who takes blinds with them?!! Aren’t they usually made to measure - what’s the chances of getting a house with the same size windows?!

Tell them not to look!! How very rude

Tell them not to look!! How very rude

We got new neighbours a few months ago. They're horrible. They hate families and kids so we don't understand why they moved into a street with dozens of family homes. They've created such hostility and made living there a nightmare. All you can do is ignore them and get on with your life. Sorry that happened. There are too many miserable rude people nowadays.