Seriously SCARY situation

snoop2008

shortcrust wrote: »

Yes yes yes, but what about the locks?!

(sorry, trying to lighten the mood...)

I know its a serious situation, but my goodness, this lock thing,, when I moved into my home 30 years ago.. as a council tenant I just didn't trust the locks where changed even though I was told they were..


First night with my then baby sweet girl, I woke up to sound of someone trying to open my front door!! I crept up to the landing and peeped downstairs and thought, thank god I changed the locks the morning I moved in...


I could clearly hear the person outside try a couple of times, but no suck luck!!!



Change locks people, you never whos trying to enter!! as the OP has found out!

Muttleythefrog

snoop2008 wrote: »

Change locks people, you never whos trying to enter!! as the OP has found out!

..unless of course.. to lighten the thread... you like that kind of thing... dangerous liaisons with strangers...or in a parallel universe somewhere still in Britain there's probably someone sitting praying to meet the man of their dreams after enduring the single life only to find a big burly fella manifest in their living room shortly after asking intimate question like "have you been eating my sausage?" But on more serious note it does raise all sorts of concerns... if I found a stranger in 'my house' at night there's a good chance questions would follow long after the use of the wok.

dalehitchy

snoop2008 wrote: »

I know its a serious situation, but my goodness, this lock thing,, when I moved into my home 30 years ago.. as a council tenant I just didn't trust the locks where changed even though I was told they were..


First night with my then baby sweet girl, I woke up to sound of someone trying to open my front door!! I crept up to the landing and peeped downstairs and thought, thank god I changed the locks the morning I moved in...


I could clearly hear the person outside try a couple of times, but no suck luck!!!



Change locks people, you never whos trying to enter!! as the OP has found out!

I had lived in my house for 2 weeks and kept meaning to change the locks but never got round to it. I was then cleaning up my front garden and removing some bushes when I found a key buried a little in the ground. I tried it on my front door and it worked!

Changed my locks that day.

lincroft1710

Many years ago a former neighbour told me he came home to find the previous owner of his house in the hallway going through the mail.

"Just called round to pick up my post", the previous owner said. He was unceremoniously relieved of his key.

A year previous to this when I was house hunting, an estate agent gave me the keys to a house I was interested in, saying I could go and view the house on my own as it was empty. Went to the house in the early evening and as I was opening the back door a female voice from the downstairs shouted out "Who's that". A brief conversation revealed that she and her husband were the new owners, having bought via another agent!

DaftyDuck

Slightly sadder version of the same tale - House, with Granny annex, in a village I lived in, was sold. Weeks later, new owners returned home one evening to find all the lights on. They expected to find a burglar. Instead, a sweet old dear offered them a cup of tea as they walked in.

Previous owners hadn't relieved their very elderly relative of the key, and had moved her to their new house elsewhere in the village. She, with mild dementia, had simply gone "home" and stuck the kettle on...

Previous owners collected her and apologised... but no offence was taken by any party.

Slinky

Many years ago my Granddad on the way home from the pub mistook which house he lived in, opened the front door with his key and went to hang his coat up, only to find the coathooks weren't there. At this point he realised he was in the wrong house, backed out, re-locked the door and found his way home. The door locks were obviously a job lot!

karcher

There clearly really is an overwhelming need for a 'Do You Change The Locks?' thread....

But...back on topic....

OP, any updates on the potential mis-selling of the house you bought? (aside from any subsequent lock changing).

katejo

karcher wrote: »

There clearly really is an overwhelming need for a 'Do You Change The Locks?' thread....

But...back on topic....

OP, any updates on the potential mis-selling of the house you bought? (aside from any subsequent lock changing).

You haven't seen the updates which appeared late yesterday/this morning? It appears that the seller had forged her ex partner's signature because she couldn't track him down. The ex-partner has contacted the police and the seller could be prosecuted for fraud.

karcher

katejo wrote: »

You haven't seen the updates which appeared late yesterday/this morning? It appears that the seller had forged her ex partner's signature because she couldn't track him down. The ex-partner has contacted the police and the seller could be prosecuted for fraud.

Oh I did, I'm just impatient for more.

I scrolled through yet more/numerous posts regarding Changing The Locks but was still left wanting [STRIKE]tea and cake/ wine, cheese and biscuits[/STRIKE]

ETA: apologies OP not making light of your situation and I hope it is resolved soon. All the best.

BlessedNotStressed

I can't understand why the man in question is so hostile towards my husband and I. He must think we colluded with his wife somehow? It doesn't seem natural for him to be so angry at innocent strangers - his ire should be directed elsewhere.
FYI, the wife did indeed use an online conveyancer.