They are a really good Idea for french doors, as are locking bolts.I bought a pAtlock for our French doors. Eased the mrs concerns a bit. It stop the handles from turning and opening from the outside. It wouldn’t be any use if they throw a brick through the window but most the recent burglary’s round ours have been overnight sneaking in for car keys.
Or buy a Lhasa apso, we have one great lap dog and the fuckers yap when anyone walks past the window but would alert you as soon as anyone was fiddling with a door or window they have great senses, first used by the Tibet monks to alert them to any intruders in Buddhist monasteries!
I've been burgled 3 times unfortunately and the last one was really bad. The wankers trashed the place looking for whatever they could find - they even took the side off the bath FFS, lifted the carpets, overturned furniture, ripped the bottom of lamps even!, emptied every single draw, went in the loft. They must have been there for hours.
The only thankful thing I guess is that we weren't in and no-one got hurt, but the Mrs came home and found the place like that and was absolutely unconsolable. We ended up having to move house and she still worries every time we go on holiday or away for a weekend, years later. So do I, tbh. For a few years, it really spoiled our holidays.
The people who do this are scum and it makes my blood boil when I hear the pitiful sentences being handed out, bearing in mind they've probably done it 50 times previously before even being caught.
Yes, it is.That sounds horrendous
My mate is a barrister, he was also burgled a few months ago, but he told be some stats - the Police solve 1 in 10 burglaries and the burglar will only get a custodial sentence after his/her 3rd offence. I'm no mathematician but that looks like a crook gets to commit 30 burglaries before they get sent to prison. It is a crime without punishment
I bought a pAtlock for our French doors. Eased the mrs concerns a bit. It stop the handles from turning and opening from the outside. It wouldn’t be any use if they throw a brick through the window but most the recent burglary’s round ours have been overnight sneaking in for car keys.
Or buy a Lhasa apso, we have one great lap dog and the fuckers yap when anyone walks past the window but would alert you as soon as anyone was fiddling with a door or window they have great senses, first used by the Tibet monks to alert them to any intruders in Buddhist monasteries!
Fucking hell that sounds horrific mate. I'm similar in that when I go away, my mind often wanders to the safety and security of my house, does put a dampener on the holidays :(I've been burgled 3 times unfortunately and the last one was really bad. The wankers trashed the place looking for whatever they could find - they even took the side off the bath FFS, lifted the carpets, overturned furniture, ripped the bottom of lamps even!, emptied every single draw, went in the loft. They must have been there for hours.
The only thankful thing I guess is that we weren't in and no-one got hurt, but the Mrs came home and found the place like that and was absolutely unconsolable. We ended up having to move house and she still worries every time we go on holiday or away for a weekend, years later. So do I, tbh. For a few years, it really spoiled our holidays.
The people who do this are scum and it makes my blood boil when I hear the pitiful sentences being handed out, bearing in mind they've probably done it 50 times previously before even being caught.
Yes, it is.
And yet if you or I - law abiding citizens - were to commit the most minor offence, then we'd get done for it immediately.
It feels like the system has decided that "criminals" need to do criminal activity, so if you are professional criminal, then you're allowed to do a certain amount and that's perfectly OK.
It's not that mate, it's simply to do with money. This country is becoming just like America. Every single decision is based on the bottom line. From the governments perspective insurance covers burglary costs. And it's too expensive for police to investigate even when there's significant evidence. It's depressing.