WORDS OF ADVICE Sept09
On the 23 July 2009, I had insulation batts installed in the roof cavity of our home.
The installer and his five young offsiders arrived at a pre-arranged time in the early afternoon to carry out the work.
The installer and his five young offsiders arrived at a pre-arranged time in the early afternoon to carry out the work.
The crew gained access to the roof cavity through both manholes in the ceiling – one in the walk-in robe (off the main bedroom) and one in the laundry.
All one offsider did was to stand in the walk-in robe and stuff batts through the manhole with a broom handle. I guess he checked out the contents of the robe while he waited for the batts to be taken from the end of the broom handle.
I never once gave his presence in that robe a second thought.
However, on 6 August, I had cause to check some items in the robe, only to find quite an amount of cash missing. I immediately contacted my wife to see if she had borrowed the money, but she hadn’t. I then rang Dayboro Police and reported the theft. On further investigation, I found a solid gold chain I gave my wife for her 50th birthday had disappeared as well.
My point in relating this story is to advise your readers not to take complete strangers, who enter your home to carry out any type of work, at face value. I did, and I was stung. Always stay with them, no matter where they go inside your home, while they do their work.
There seems little chance of us recovering our stolen property. If my story prevents anyone else from losing their valuables, then it has been worthwhile. Forewarned is forearmed.
Glenn Bell, Dayboro
All one offsider did was to stand in the walk-in robe and stuff batts through the manhole with a broom handle. I guess he checked out the contents of the robe while he waited for the batts to be taken from the end of the broom handle.
I never once gave his presence in that robe a second thought.
However, on 6 August, I had cause to check some items in the robe, only to find quite an amount of cash missing. I immediately contacted my wife to see if she had borrowed the money, but she hadn’t. I then rang Dayboro Police and reported the theft. On further investigation, I found a solid gold chain I gave my wife for her 50th birthday had disappeared as well.
My point in relating this story is to advise your readers not to take complete strangers, who enter your home to carry out any type of work, at face value. I did, and I was stung. Always stay with them, no matter where they go inside your home, while they do their work.
There seems little chance of us recovering our stolen property. If my story prevents anyone else from losing their valuables, then it has been worthwhile. Forewarned is forearmed.
Glenn Bell, Dayboro
