Hmmmm - keeping peace with the neighbours (or not)?

So for some time now, one of the new next door neighbour's has been leaving their place at 5.30am. I know this, because to do this they turn on an external light, that shines directly into our bedroom due to those charming decorative side windows you get in 1930's houses (you know the ones, either side of fireplaces?).  This is despite there being (I understand) sensor lights fitted on the outside of the house.  Because they've left, the light stays on until 7.30ish or when someone else gets up and thinks to turn it off.

The question is.... do I go over and ask that they stop turning it on?  Is this reasonable? I think it only annoys me so much at the moment because I'm up during the night more often, and its such.a.bright.light. which makes it hard to get back to sleep (and we have covered up one of the windows with a towel, but you have to take that down every day cause the window gets moldy, and it would be $400 for blinds, and the light also shines directly into what will be the baby's room...)

Added bonus this morning - roadworkers starting at 6.30-7am outside our place.  Super good, cause I'm up 5 times a night anyway at the moment peeing.  The crisp clear morning air carries the beep when the trucks back up particularly well :). They're still there - repairing the damaged section of road that appeared after the heavy rain in the weekend....

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