Neighbor's windows overlooking our property? How to stop privacy being ruined

[avitot]

Hi Gtalkers!

I just want to ask for your opinion regarding this since we are first time home owners and does not have much ideas about building permits and dos' and donts about house constrution.

our neighbor is currently doing construction ng house extension, nabother na ako and hubby because the supposedly division between our lot and theirs e ginawa na nilang parang wall ng house nila to which is okay sana kung firewall nalang but instead they added sliding windows overlooking our property (overlooking our garage and our supposed kitchen)  and yung front naman sa second floor na pinagawa nila meron din windows fronting our bedroom windows.  Parang nawalan kami ng privacy tuloy. do they have the right na gawin yon  or do I have the say to them na it is not allowed kasi invading of privacy na? 

medyo matanda na sila and may pagka magulang din kasi which I feel like nitetake advantage nila yung situation since hindi pa kami nagpapagawa.

as of now kasi hindi pa naka extend ang sa amin kasi wala pang budget so sila todo pagawa and they are taking advantage naman ata masyado.  in the future pag nag extend kami at i want to utilize my space e matatabunan talaga yung mga windows na ginawa nila and ayoko naman doon pa kami magkaproblema at gagastos pa sila para tabunan yung mga windows nila.

1. do they have the right to do this?
2. i feel like our privacy was ruined coz they are adding windows rather than fire walls facing our property already.   buti sana kung may sidewalk or vacant lot katabi nila e hindi naman,

3. What can I do to stop them? I am sure I can talk to them naman but I want to know also my rights bago ko sila pagsabihan kasi nakakahiya naman kung mali ang perception ko

sorry di ko maexplain ng mabuti hehe di ako magaling magexplain but I am sure some will get the point,

Pls share your experiences!


thanks

[hushush]

you should talk to your developer or homeowners association sis regarding your concerns kung hawak pa ng developer yun properties dyan sa lugar nyo.pero kung naiturn over na yan sa barangay hindi ko alam kung ano ang procedure..kung sa developer pa, ang 1st step nyan ay iraise mo yun concern. dapat basahin mo din yun nasa property policy na pinirmahan nyo about privacy and construction.

in our case kasi kapag may problema ang kapitbahay ay sa developer idinadaan then yun architect ang pumupunta samin to talk sa amin na may reklamo.then we did proper actions immediately..
Yun samin nilagyan din namin ng temporary window yun kusina namin overlooking yun katabing lote.pero nun may nagpagawa ng bigger at expensive house sa lote ay nahiya na kami buksan yun hehe..ginamit din nila yun wall namin pero sabi ng husband ko pinatungan naman nila ng layer ng hollow blocks though hindi ko nman nakita dahil may bubong na nung makita ko..wala nman kami reklamo dun kasi di naman namin gagamitin yun kabilang side ng wall. Then kung minor concern lang naman like yun malunggay tree nag-ober the bakod na, e pakiusap lang sa kapitbahay.pero yun case mo na talagang invading your privacy na. 2 lang pede mo gawin: magreklamo/makiusap or mapwewersa ka imodify yun height nun walls nyo

[mama squeak!]

Try to check first what are the easement rules of your place. Normally meron naka-indicate how many meters ang dapat na easement in between properties.

[hisana]

Just wanted to say na marami akong nakikita na ganito, sobrang magkalapit at magkatapat pa minsan ang windows ng magkapitbahay! There was this one apartment na naririnig ko pa yung isang neighbor na may kausap sa phone. Some of them, sarado na lang permanently ang bintana. Nagulat ako they were allowed to construct that close. Pareho namang talo yung magkapitbahay sa setup na ganun.

[avitot]

thank you all for your response.

Good thing I found the rules for house extension given to us way back and para makasigurado meron din ako copy from our Home owners so tama nga ako that they cant build any openings or windows on supposed fire walls. Kinausap ko na rin our neighbor together with hubby since we do not want na sumama loob nila pag dineretcho ko yung concern ko sa HO. 

turns out na nitake advantage pala talaga nila yung chance if we did not complain to them baka ano pang ginawa nila dito.

[Drax]

Baka gusto lang talaga nilang mamboso??

[lonely_dad]

lagyan nyo na lang ng blinds or curtains yung bintana

[CityHunter]

You are correct na bawal nga may opening on what should be a fire wall.  Sadly, marami kasi take advantage of things here - sa culture, ignorance minsan ng rules and laws and most of all simply trying to bully their way through.

Hope this gets resolved na happy ang both parties.