A cheeky Melbourne man is giving his neighbours an eyeful in an attempt to have them fix a privacy issue with their newly-built house.

Glen Eira City Council and developers had promised James Penlidis the windows in the development would be tinted so his neighbours would not be able to look into his house.

"I was seeing five windows staring into our bedroom, backyard and living room," Mr Penlidis told A Current Affair .

"So I asked, 'are these windows going to be frosted?' and they said, 'yes, they will be frosted.'"

But his new neighbours moved in and sure enough, the windows were not tinted.

"It's a violation, you know. You're comfortable in your own house and then you're no longer comfortable in your own home," he said.

Bentleigh resident James Penlidis has been spending his time at home in the nude to protest the lack of privacy he now has due to a development next door (Source: A Current Affair)

So Mr Penlidis took matters into his own hands.

"I thought, if they really wanted to look into my house, I'll give them something to look at," he said.

"I thought I would make myself a martini, get naked and wave to the neighbours while they were showing off the house to their friends... A whole bunch of them approached the window and I waved at them."

But Mr Penlidis' cheeky protest didn't stop after day one.

"Day two, I thought I could get my nudity closer by climbing a ladder. So I cleaned the gutters and now I have very clean gutters," he said.

"Day three, I cooked a barbecue naked."

"Day four, let me think, I painted. I painted the windows. They needed a little coat of paint."

"Day five, I took an exercise bike out of the house and put it in front of their windows and rode the exercise bike. Naked."

He has been enjoying the somewhat dangerous task of barbecuing in the nude (Source: A Current Affair)

The irony of baring all in the name of privacy has not been lost on the photographer.

"It's a complete violation that shouldn't be allowed to happen," Mr Penlidis said.

"I do feel for a lot of elderly people that can't fight these battles and they've become victims in homes they've lived in all their lives. So it happens and it will continue to happen unless you find a creative way to solve the problem."

Town planner Bill Kusznirczuk says technically, the developers have not done anything illegal if the windows are more than three metres away.

He has even been cycling nude near his property line (Source: A Current Affair)

"I'm all for people thinking outside the square and clearly, this bloke has done it," Mr Kusznirczuk said.

"You know what, I think it's very Australian."