Is anyone having a problem with the large street lights that are placed in the middle of some blocks. Our bedroom and living room area is bright at night with our lights out and it is difficult for people to sleep in the bedroom. I contacted The Villages and they told me to contact SECO. I contacted SECO and they told me to contact the Villages.

Sleepless in Hillsborough

We had room darkening draperies made for our bedrooms. I use them in our beach home as well. If you want darkness, it's the way to go.

I actually added room darkening shades to the existing pleated shades that I have. The light had not been on for 11 months and just went on about two weeks ago. Having to change my window decor after having everything match is not the route I wanted to take. I drove around and noticed that most of these lights are at the corner properties. Not too many in the middle of a short block. Even if SECO put a lower wattage bulb, it may help

buyer beware

How about shades that can be rolled down at night and hardly seen during the day?

I will have to look into them. I added room darkening roller shades under my pleated shades but they do not go up all the way. Thanks

I bet if there were no street lights that folks would come on here and bitch that the bad guys have it to easy. Just moving around in the dark to rob and pillage.:duck:

We all have post lights that are on all night. This was just a concern of mine and was asked to see if anyone else had this issue and how they resolved it. Not really bitching. Issue is being resolved. Thank you for your input

I have never understood the point of those "extra" streetlights.

There aren't enough to make much of a difference to the overall lighting of the road and, as you say, we each have our own post light to illuminate our driveway etc.


What about spray-painting the "window" on the house side of the light? If you used silver paint, more light would then be reflected on to the road.

Gotta go - taking cover for the barrage of posts telling me not to be a vandal :-)

I am considering sheers for the sidelights on my front door. Our yardlight is so bright that if I am up during the night, it shines right into the living room. Our bedroom is in the back, so it's not a problem with the street lights.

Cquick... My husband cut a piece out of a heavy cardboard box and positioned it inside the lamp post light so it blocks the light coming back to the house. We like to sit on our front porch in the summer, and this takes care of the problem of light shining in our eyes.

And no, it doesn't get too hot--just wet every once in a while. we've replaced the cardboard once in two years.

thread is about street lights

I was responding to post #10, which was about lamp post light.

This might be helpful information if you think that the problem is unwanted light

I have been known to fall asleep in broad daylight. Do not understand the problem.

Thanks for the idea. My tenants asked if I could get a different window covering as the light shines in the guest bedroom.

You also might try the darker window tints for the bedrooms. If you don't want the draperies, the roll down room darkening shades and tinting should alleviate the problem. Neither is very expensive.

Sable, a clarification... when I said "wet the cardboard," I meant it got wet from rain, not that you had to wet it to keep it from overheating. We haven't had any problems with this solution.

Light is a deterrent to crime.


Our driveway is like center stage at Rockefeller Center. I am thinking about getting some tap shoes, but I don't want the light dimmed.

Ok. When we moved in there was a street light that was right in front of the house and the light came in so forcefully in the front bedroom, you felt you were about to be grilled by the KBG. After going back and forth with TV saying it was SECCO and SECCO saying it was TV, I finally got SECCO to come out and put in a blackening shade on the back of the light. I don't know if they painted it or put in a "black" glass but one side, the one that faces the house, is now black. It helped. I wish I had been here when they came because I would have had them do two sides.

I have a pair I could sell you. Let me know the night of performance. I'll bring my chair. I'm a great audience

I think the OP was looking for help on reducing the amount of light that comes into their bedroom at night from a large street light. Whether other people want more light or not is not helpful to the OP. I understand the OP's concern as I do not like light in the evening when I am sleeping. I even had the AC/heat people come back and lower the brilliance of the thermostat in the hallway. I think the suggestion to check with the Villages and SECO people again and maybe have someone come out and see what you are concerned about could be very helpful. A prior post pointed out how that worked for them. Good luck in your pursuit of a good night's sleep!

Another thing to think about when buying a home here. I have two, one on my garage side and one on the opposite corner across the street. I happen to like them because I feel that little bit of extra light acts as a measure of security.

Yes, we have a street light that shines in our windows in fact it lights up the whole side of our house and yard. We like the street lights for safety. We use double lined drapes for the master bedroom to not only block the street light and neighboring post lights from 3 homes but the morning sun (not early risers). Many things including street lights are not what we are used to back home. So our philosophy was to adapt to the situation. Getting drapes was not in my original plan for decorating but now that we have them, love them. Good luck in your hunt for a solution.

My neighbor told me he called SECCO and they came out and installed a light deffuser lens that shines straight down on the street --- problem solved ---- these lens are very expensive and usually only install them for certain areas or enough people request them.

Did you find a solution to this?