How to block views and noise from a new building next door

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

1. 1
   Selling the home and moving before construction progresses
2. 2
   Installing multi-layer arborvitaes, tall trees, and grasses for privacy plantings
3. 3
   Building a sound wall to block noise
4. 4
   Asking the developer to incorporate a landscape barrier using extra dirt from construction
5. 5
   Installing a tall lattice with climbing plants on top of the fence
6. 6
   Stringing prayer flags between tall poles
7. 7
   Using triangular solar sun shades or shade sails
8. 8
   Planting tall, slim trees or trees with a broad canopy
9. 9
   Zip-tying fake ivy panels to lattice for temporary coverage
10. 10
    Checking local zoning permits regarding building codes and fence heights

In their words

Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.