A neighbor secretly changed the entrance door from the inside to the outside and installed a camera. The court mediated: demolish it and restore it to its original state.

The owner Lao Wu installed a camera at the door of his home and changed the entrance door from inside to outside. This change brought great inconvenience to neighbor Xiao Hao. Although Xiao Hao communicated with Lao Wu many times, hoping that he could make corrections, Lao Wu remained unmoved, and the two sides had a dispute. The community, property and property management departments have organized mediation between the two parties many times, but no substantial progress has been made. In desperation, Xiao Hao took the matter to Nanjing Jianye Court.

Xiao Hao complained that the two families lived in a building with six households on the same floor and were adjacent to each other on the west side. When the house is delivered, the entrance doors of all middle doors will open from the inside and the side doors will open from the outside. Lao Wu, without informing the property management, changed the entrance door to an outward opening without authorization. Xiao Hao said that the entrance doors of the two houses are only 2 meters apart. The outer door of the old Wu\’s house occupies more than 2/3 of the space of the public corridor, which creates a blind spot for Xiao Hao\’s family and seriously affects daily travel and emergency situations. Smoothness during escape. In addition, when Lao Wu\’s family opens the door, there is a risk of hitting and injuring pedestrians in the aisle.

What made Xiao Hao even more dissatisfied was that Lao Wu drilled a hole in Xiao Hao\’s house to reserve a line without permission, and installed a camera next to Xiao Hao\’s entrance door. , monitoring their family’s daily travels. Xiao Hao believed that Lao Wu\’s behavior seriously violated his rights and asked him to remove the camera and change the entrance door back to its original state.

Lao Wu argued that it was his right to install a camera at his door. The purpose was to protect the safety of his door and did not infringe on Xiao Hao\’s rights. At the same time, modifying the entrance door is also an exercise of your own right to decorate the property and has nothing to do with your neighbors.

After trial, the court held that according to the direction and angle of the camera installed by Lao Wu, Xiao Hao would be captured in the camera when he entered and exited the house, which constituted an infringement of Xiao Hao\’s privacy rights. At the same time, Lao Wu changed the opening direction of the entrance door without authorization, occupying the public passage space, causing obstacles to neighbors\’ travel, and posing certain safety risks. After many rounds of communication and guidance from the court, the two families finally reached mediation. Lao Wu agreed to remove the camera installed at the door of his home and change the entrance door back to its original state.

[Judge’s statement]

The right to privacy means that a natural person’s private life is peaceful and the private space, private activities, and private information that he does not want others to know are protected in accordance with the law. A kind of personal right protected. In this case, the defendant installed a camera close to the plaintiff\’s home, and after the camera automatically rotated, it could capture all relevant situations of the plaintiff\’s entry and exit, which constituted an infringement of the plaintiff\’s right to privacy. When installing cameras, citizens should have a duty of care not to interfere with the legitimate rights and interests of others and to maintain reasonable limits.

In addition, owners have the right to possess, use, profit from and dispose of the exclusive parts of their buildings, but the exercise of their rights must not endanger the safety of the building or damage the legitimate rights and interests of other owners. The defendant\’s behavior of changing the door from the inside to the outside affected the plaintiff\’s normal traffic and safety, and violated the connotation of \”convenience of life\” in the adjacent relationship. In daily life, when decorating or renovating a house, owners should fully consider the legitimate rights and interests of neighboring owners and avoid inflicting negative consequences on others due to personal actions.cause inconvenience or damage.

Whether it is installing surveillance or modifying the house structure, owners should respect and protect the legitimate rights and interests of neighboring owners while exercising their own rights, and avoid neighborhood disputes caused by personal behavior. In the event of a dispute, both parties should negotiate based on the principle of living in harmony and seek legal solutions if necessary.

Yangzi Evening News/Ziniu News reporter Ren Guoyong Correspondent Jianli Ni Jingjing

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