Browse Forums Outdoor Living 1 Oct 09, 2013 1:56 pm Hey all! We're currently underway with Fairhaven Homes and starting to notice some issues regarding our neighbours and visibility into our back yard. Its not a huge issue they're lovely people but we're coming from a tiny concrete back yard and want to be about to use our block in privacy. Below are two photos that hopefully demonstrate our issues; Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ (Far left of second photo) A little hard to see I know but only photos I have today. Essentially when they stand on their back deck or wander down the stairs they can see our whole back area. I cant put fence toppers as they wont go heigh enough to resolve the issue. The neighbour has told us to do whatever we want to fix the issue. Infact they pointed out how much they can see. What we were thinking was putting up posts as close to the fence as possible, 1200 above the height of the fence (so 5m cypress posts would be needed to do this). The entire area above the fence between the posts would be filled with the below lattice. http://www.bunnings.com.au/lattice-trea ... e_p3066879 Underneath that we would plant pittostrum which we have at our current home and like the colour/look of and grow them to meet the height of the fence or above. We'd stain everything merbeau so it looked ok. Its about $50 per post, $30 per sheet of lattice and we'd do potentially 3 of these frames so that it covered most of the back yard from their sight. I'm really wanting to know a few things. 1 - How close can I build these to the fence? Right up against it, 500mm off, 1m off... I have no idea and my local council wouldnt / couldnt tell me. I'm in Baw Baw Shire, Victoria. 2 - Is there a max height I can go? Once again no help from Council. 3 - Does ANYONE have any other suggestions? Thanks guys. Met. Re: Screen help / options 2Oct 14, 2013 2:57 pm Could you put a pergola off the back - neighbour side. Then use lattice and plants - this would provide privacy and block view. Or even a "sail". Re: Screen help / options 3Oct 20, 2013 9:44 pm Firstly, do your neighbours stand on their back deck/back stairs for many hours a day? If not, probably not a big deal. Secondly, how about tall hedge (lillypillies) or things like pencil pines (or similar tall but narrow trees). Much softer effect. Re: Screen help / options 4Oct 22, 2013 9:27 am Thanks guys. Its not really an issue of them standing there lots but we'd still like to work towards having it a bit more private more so if in the future we look at putting a pool in there maybe. We've built up against the fence with retaining wall, lifted the slope on that side and planted James Stirling down that side to get some cover. Should be alright. Thanks for the help anyway guys! Re: Screen help / options 5Oct 22, 2013 11:31 am In our old house we were the ones overlooking and its not really comfortable from that side either. Often we'd find that we'd want to sit out on the deck but our neighbours could see us as much as we could see them (when they were in the yard of course). Nothing really wrong with it but you just want to enjoy your own space. The difference wasn't as large but we were able to resolve it by growing a passionfruit that basically covered the whole area in a year. It might seem too long but its a nicer way to go and cheaper than using a timber screen - you will still need some posts and wire between them though for it to grow along. We had a similar issue at the rear where we tried to use star jasmine but it didn't seem to grow as fast. If the council can't give you an answer either way and you and your neighbour are happy to put something up I'd just be doing it. http://camdenbuild.blogspot.com.au/ by invite only please pm me Hi there, I'm a conplete newbie to this, but I'm looking to put a floor down in my 6x9m shed. It's currently sitting on a 100mm thick concrete perimeter (dirt floor… 0 6432 You have no photo with your post. Best I can say is to remove an A&L flyscreen don't be afraid to distort the frame almost like a trapezium. It doesn't take a lot of… 1 7055 2 4469 |