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Wesley Myers
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Neighbor refusing to move camera pointed at STR pool

Wesley Myers
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Inlet Beach, FL
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Private STR home with private pool in fenced in back yard. Neighbor puts up a nest cam on his high back fence pointing right over into our back yard where the pool is.

I confronted him about it twice already cordially but he gave some BS excuse saying he can see down his fence line with that cam. I explained that we’re not comfortable with the camera pointing over in our yard even if it’s on the fence line. The last time he told me that it wasn’t even working but it still has power and the infrared lights light up. 

From the reading I’ve done it seems that he would lawfully be allowed to have the camera there unless it’s pointing directly at a door? Does anyone know if this is correct? I’m close to calling LE regardless to check as he’s not willing to be a decent neighbor and work with us.


We received our first complaint about it tonight from a renter which I knew would happen sooner or later. 

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James Hamling
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James Hamling
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Quote from @John Underwood:

I bet there is nothing you can do about it.

It's on his property. It seeing what anyone else that outdoors in the general area can see.

Yes it's creepy. 

Maybe put up a barrier between hotub and his camera.

Plant trees along your fence line, etc.


If there is nothing one can do about a neighbor camera pointed at there pool..... well then there isn't a thing the neighbor can do about pointing a laser-pointer into the lens of that camera and blinding it.... 

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