mbbaltic wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 7:36 pm Many houses in our road had small transparent stickers placed on the front doors today advertising locksmiths. Apparently this is an indication that would be burglars have been scouting the houses to see if they are vulnerable. If challenged, the scout can claim to be distributing advertising materials. But the phone number is fake. They come back round a few hours later to see who has not taken the sticker off the door, suggesting that the house is empty
It's the time of the year for bodged driveways , gutter cleaning , garden services... Roofing ..
Report it to the police on 101 and make sure any older locals are tipped off they are often the best curtain twitchers but easily lead on by someone with the gift of the gab.......
Start with your own basic security.. a tidy front garden with a closed front gate .. ideally with a self closing mechanism.. they don't like being trapped ...
Keep valuables out of sight and car keys deep in the house especially keyless keys put in a tin box..
If you've got uPVC doors for bs ts007 *** cylinders. Most diyers can fit them in about 5 minutes a door the trick is to measure the old one see YouTube for how to do it...
We had a hawker round saying our gutters need cleaning on Monday.....
Not my job mate it's a rented house and you won't get a penny out the landlord he's a right tight bar steward ...
Got him on the back foot straight away ...
Little man came to see what was going on . coughing his lungs up ..
Sorry mate he's got Corrina we have to self isolate for another 8 days ..( he doesn't but he has been unwell)
He was off like a Olympic sprinter
), but a bit of googlage on the brand name came up with this: 
I'm going to email them to see if their water-resistant material can be washed in a machine - I have a couple of lovely leather handbags of various sizes that will see me out, but nowadays I want something that can be machine washed when I've been out. I've been using those cotton shopping bags, and they're not going to cut it 
