Watch out for loft conversions. Our neighbours had a side return done with rooflights at the same time as we had our loft done. As both neared completion we realised we can look right down into their kitchen.
I’ve often heard people talk about this but how much of an issue is it in practice? Often the window looking into the side return is a bathroom anyway so probably frosted?
It's normally a bedroom window I'd say. When I was looking I saw quite a few houses with loft conversions that looked right into the side return extension with big skylights.
In our case, it's clear french doors and Juliet balcony in the dormer of the loft conversion and pretty hard to avoid when looking into (our own) garden.
They are getting their loft done right now and we are doing the side, so we should soon be even in terms of accidental exposure.
Watch out for loft conversions. Our neighbours had a side return done with rooflights at the same time as we had our loft done. As both neared completion we realised we can look right down into their kitchen.