We live on the side of a hill, it's not overly steep but we have a neighbour behind us which is above us. The back of their lawn is at the height of my roof, then they have a 2 story house so it really looks over us. It wasn't so bad before as their house wasn't close to our but now they have build the biggest patio in the history of mankind and have used all their yard to build this thing and now their house is directly above ours. When we are in our house we don't notice it at all but when in the back yard the thing is staring at me.
We have a completely bare backyard, just grass so have a good blank canvas to work with. We need something to block off or at least break up looking at their house because it's very uncomfortable going into our yard and they ae just there. If they are out the back, their feet are above our fence as they have built up their land.
Anyway, have been told lilly pilly's are the way to go but would it be better to pay the dollars and buy some well established trees to deal with it.
When I get home I'll take some photos and post them here.
Cheers