Home security

Nasqueron

Keezing wrote: »

Just because he dresses like this doesn't make him a burglar

He could be on his way to buy a ring of onions of course

wullie

I disagree with some of the comments. We also have a convicted house burglar living opposite ( he has featured in the papers , so not gossip) and there have been a number of burglaries over the years in our street . Coincidence ? We had a burglar alarm installed by a professional . He maintains it once a year. The best investment we ever made. Everyone in the street has had them fitted apart from one house. And guess who got broken into before Christmas?

kinger101

wullie wrote: »

I disagree with some of the comments. We also have a convicted house burglar living opposite ( he has featured in the papers , so not gossip) and there have been a number of burglaries over the years in our street . Coincidence ? We had a burglar alarm installed by a professional . He maintains it once a year. The best investment we ever made. Everyone in the street has had them fitted apart from one house. And guess who got broken into before Christmas?

Nothing to stop passing on their professional opinions to their scumbag mates which properties are soft targets either.

davidmcn

tugrin wrote: »

1) There is a planning application in for 6detached houses within 100 metres on a green field site which will materially affect the road in front of mine as this will be the access (Im currently 3 house away from end of cul-de-sac that ends in the field and this was a major reason for buying).

Why is this "distressing"? 6 houses are hardly going to make much difference to the traffic. You should always assume that greenfield sites next to residential areas are likely also to become residential areas...

dacouch

You may find you local police station still have a crime prevention officer who will come around and make simple and cheap recommendations on improving your security.

There are simple things you can do such as fit a padlock to your side gate to make it difficult for a theif to gain access to your rear garden (They like breaking in through the rear as it tends to be secluded)

sparky130a

I'm not sure i could even live opposite a known burglar.

I reserve a special place for such people as the lowest of the low.

Anyone prepared to violate my private abode uninvited where me and my children may be is complete and utter scum. I pity any idiot who tries it in this household. It won't end well. For them.

bouicca21

Given that it is extremely difficult to solve burglaries, I suspect the odds are in favour of your local convict being an amateur, or just !!!! at it. Though of course he may have improved his skills by spending an educational holiday with others more expert than himself at her majesty's expense.

Under those circumstances I'd be getting the crime prevention officer round to identify weak spots and to get basic advice. I'd also be installing a burglar alarm.

quotememiserable

robatwork wrote: »

in general a burglar won't crap on his own doorstep so is unlikely to target you.

Two people have said this and it's radically wrong. Burglers like to work close to their own house, because the time they're most vulnerable is with the loot in hand and on the way back home, so this time is kept to a minimum by working their own street. On the other hand, some decent locks are normally enough to put them off - plenty of houses with flimsy security to choose from.

robatwork

quotememiserable wrote: »

Two people have said this and it's radically wrong. Burglers like to work close to their own house, because the time they're most vulnerable is with the loot in hand and on the way back home, so this time is kept to a minimum by working their own street.

Do you have any figures to back that up?

You need to define "close to their own house" as we are talking about directly opposite. A drug addict desperate for a fix may try a very local break in but I doubt a "normal" burglar would go for the house opposite if it has decent security.

https://www.confused.com/press/releases/2014/burglars-code-of-conduct-revealed

tugrin

OK thanks for replies some more helpful than others.
Of course I did some research and used a solicitor to do local searches but the application went in mid-conveyance and no one notified MY solicitor. The road access will affect the house and be distressing because I hadn't intended to live next to a building site in my twilight years or to have difficulty parking when I actually bought the house because I thought it was a quiet area with very easy parking. how is that not distressing??? This is the third application for planning permission and the first one was for 150 houses, so I suppose i should be grateful the number of properties has reduced so dramatically. However, once all the services have been installed .... thin end of the wedge comes to mind..

The person opposite has form (several prison sentences) and next door neighbour was 'done' last summer whilst they were on holiday. I think that they will gleefully burgle their neighbours because it is actually very hard for victim to point out to the police that they have suspicions of neighbours as it so often sounds like gossip/bad blood and is often not taken seriously.
Yet again when I ask politely for advice on these boards, I have been blamed for 'stupidity' - not showing due diligence, being susceptible to gossip and generally having messed up in moving to a new place. I had to make this move or potentially end up homeless and if I could have afforded to but a high security house in a gated community do you not think I would have folks?
Some posters seem only to want to snipe, which, as I don't use any other social media, I find extremely hurtful. Maybe if I was more 'savvy' I would be inured to the comments - or maybe I have unrealistic expectations.
Thank you kinger, for the link to alarm site.