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Somone coming into my house...

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  • zippychick
    zippychick Posts: 9,344 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    aylth, with the amount of information you put up on the net regarding your personal life and where you stay, job etc I could walk into the shop you work in and probably pinpoint you straight away, same with your house. Please be more circumspect with the information you post for your own safety.

    There's a scary thought!:eek:

    Alyth, hope you get peace of mind and get it all sorted x
    A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men :cool:
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  • alyth
    alyth Posts: 2,671 Forumite
    aylth, with the amount of information you put up on the net regarding your personal life and where you stay, job etc I could walk into the shop you work in and probably pinpoint you straight away, same with your house. Please be more circumspect with the information you post for your own safety.

    I can assure you that i am very select in the information that I give out regarding myself, and always have been - please don't take the viewpoint that my username is where I stay, it couldn't be further from the truth.

    I do take your opinion though, but I suspect that the same could be said of many others on this site.
  • Kaz2904
    Kaz2904 Posts: 5,797 Forumite
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    Glad you're alive and well alyth. Hope you get a good mark for your exam too!
    Debt: 16/04/2007:TOTAL DEBT [strike]£92727.75[/strike] £49395.47:eek: :eek: :eek: £43332.28 repaid 100.77% of £43000 target.
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  • alyth
    alyth Posts: 2,671 Forumite
    thank you - locks now been changed, the guy came about 4pm, so I feel much safer now. Just need to confront the old boy and see if it is him....... brave head needed I think.
  • zippychick
    zippychick Posts: 9,344 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    alyth wrote: »
    thank you - locks now been changed, the guy came about 4pm, so I feel much safer now. Just need to confront the old boy and see if it is him....... brave head needed I think.
    Sorry to butt in here - what if it isn't him? How are you going to approach it with him? Hi, have you been letting yourself into my house, feeding and playing with the dog and playing with my duvet covers?

    Just be careful lady :Ax
    A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men :cool:
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  • Errata
    Errata Posts: 38,230 Forumite
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    alyth wrote: »
    thank you - locks now been changed, the guy came about 4pm, so I feel much safer now. Just need to confront the old boy and see if it is him....... brave head needed I think.

    How about doing it very indirectly by chatting to all the customers in your shop about what a horrible experience it's been for you and how these days everyone needs to be careful, including them ? You're quite rural and word will spread faster than the speed of light.
    .................:)....I'm smiling because I have no idea what's going on ...:)
  • alyth
    alyth Posts: 2,671 Forumite
    not sure how I will approach him - perhaps mention in passing that the joiner was up changing the locks, something I should have done when I moved in, etc, that sort of thing if he comes into the shop. I saw him over the weekend and he "enquiried" as to what I was doing this week, when I was at college, etc and I was deliberately vague and didn't say I was off last night - that's what lends me more to it being him than married guy.

    Hopefully resolved now, but it makes me very very VERY wary now of humans - I'll stick to the dog and my studying!!
  • dandy-candy
    dandy-candy Posts: 2,214 Forumite
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    Just found this thread and although it is too late for the OP I just thought I would mention incase anyone is in this situation that my hub is a locksmith and he say's that if you are inside and worried lock the deadlock on your front door, then leave the key in the lock but half turned. This way no one can get in using a key from the outside or push your key out. Obviously it only works while you are at home but you will sleep better knowing no one can get it!
  • 74jax
    74jax Posts: 7,930 Forumite
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    Unfortunately my locks allow you to open the door from outside even if you have a key on the other side, something about a long barrel.........
    Forty and fabulous, well that's what my cards say....
  • bubblybee
    bubblybee Posts: 126 Forumite
    Hi Alyth,

    I'm really glad that everything was ok last night for you. I know someone else posted that they thought this was a wind up and how could you stay so calm, but I think it's a natural protective barrier that you put up to rationalise that everything is going to be ok particularly when it's late at night and you can't do anything. I know what that's likeIt was different for me as I wasn't on my own but it sounds like you are. You need to do everything you can to protect yourself. . Unlike my situation you seem to have far more concrete proof that something is going on and I'm really pleased you have gone to the police. I personally wouldn't approach the person you think it is, you don't know how they will react. I like the suggestion about letting word get around the neighbourhood - tell people you've got the police watching and hopefully whoever it is will go away. Definitely change all the locks. Keep us updated with what's happening. Oh, and I would be creeped out too if I thought there were cameras in the house. When you search, remember they could be as small as a lipstick so look everywhere, and in everything.

    Good luck.
    A big thank you to everyone who contibutes to the MSE forums :T
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