Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Burglary on Ritches Road
I came home tonight to find that someone with a crowbar managed to get through a sealed sash window with acorn lock plus window bolts, ripping apart the entire bay window frame and magically managed to get a 40 inch TV out a small bay window. According to the police, who knocked on doors up and down the road, no one saw or heard anything. But there must have been an almighty noise as the window frame cracked, and there must have been a van or lorry parked outside blocking view of the house - please if you did hear or see anything, let me know.
We can replace the laptops and TV but the sentimental stuff is irreplaceable -sentimental and worthless I might add. And they went through my knicker drawer, which quite frankly, is disturbing.
On another note if anyone has any recommendations on who to contact to replace an entire Victorian bay window wooden frame, please let me know.
Apparently our hedge is at fault for blocking the view of very secure windows with security lights on either side - so if you pass by tomorrow seeing us ripping out a lovely garden hedge, kindly look at us with pity and walk on by. Please don't let this be in vain, if your house isn't secure then fit decent security measures, and even if it is, like ours was, then hide the things that are valuable to you and back up your data, photos, etc..
One final thing, if someone offers you a worthless 1970s New Zealand green stone necklace in a silver setting owned by my granny, or a Sony Bravia 40HX75 serial number S015710668J for £50, or a small, broken 1960s Rolex, call the cops. We'd really like them back.
Unfortunately they did not steal that hideous cushion my mother-in-law gave me at X-mas.
Apologies for rambling, but I have not eaten since lunch then did a gym session after work and have only consumed a bottle of wine since.
Police, forensics and the lady on 999 were all lovely. They said SNT will visit tomorrow.
Time to open that second bottle...
Thanks for listening.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Very sorry to hear this. I was burgled last Autumn and I know how consuming it can be.
When you're ready to start finding window people, you might find some leads here.
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Permalink Reply by Lou on
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Hi Hugh - you are up late! Thanks for the leads. I was feeling confident our insurance was going to be good, but it now seems the people who were to secure our property have not heard from them. It is going to be a late night standing guard. Might have to open that third bottle.
Thanks again and have a lovely weekend. You may spot two weeping misery idiots in the Salisbury tomorrow night-that will be us.
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Dear Lou, I send you a virtual hug and am cursing the scum who did this.
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You are up late too! You are very kind. Thank you. If only we could find that third bottle...
Have a lovely weekend!
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Permalink Reply by pamish on
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Nasty.
RE replacement window, I think there's a guy in the parade just north of the Salisbury, he was able to quote me for rebuilding my bodged front bay a couple of years ago. That's proper building, not sticking in a ready-made plastic one. Street View doesnt show a shop but maybe out of date? There's also Ednun Joinery on Seven Sisters Road, just east past the junction with Amhurst rd - 0208 802 9252 from streetview. HTH.
PS Do you have to lose all the hedge? Can it be trimmed to waist height? I had to open out my lovely Cotinus tree after we found five stolen TVs stored in our front yard one night. Ours was the only obscured yard. But I was able to prune it so it's now see-through below head height.
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Thank you for the tips. Yeah I think we can go waist height - we were a little smug about our wonderful hedge giving privacy on a very quiet street with shutters so that no one could see in. Huh! Maybe it is best people can see in... don't know. Ours, like yours is the only obscured yard, so I think we will cut it in half.
If you see that Sony Bravia under your Cotinus though, give me a call!
Thanks again to you all for your kindness and support.
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Shutters give a bit of a false sense of security - at least the original Victorian ones. In my last place in Newington Green, I was burgled through the shutters, they just jemmied them and the window frame.
I begin to see why big dogs are popular.
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Yep. Our window frame is toast. It was more the false security I got because someone could not see in and see what was worthy of stealing. The police suggested that someone would go in anyway whether they could see anything or not.
I would love a big dog! Preferably one with sharp teeth.
Worst still - we have run out of wine.
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Permalink Reply by Maddy on
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Horrid! I got an alarm after I was burgled as I didn't want to feel anxious every time I went out.
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Permalink Reply by Jolanta on
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Sorry to hear that.
I witnessed a male , young guy about 23-27 years old in Wightman Road, looking inside people's bins outside their houses and after I left my house he crossed the road to looked inside our house by letter box hole...I am lucky to returned to find out what he was up to... I asked him what he was doing but he said he's looking for a room...weird:(( I called 999 and 5 minutes later non uniform police officers attended to take more details about the guy...but I don't know if they found him or not
BE AWARE EVERYONE!!!
If you notice similar behaviour just called 999.
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Sorry to hear this. I live round the corner and saw you cutting your hedge yesterday, but didn't see your post until afterwards. We were burgled a few years ago and it is not fun. The police actually recovered our stolen laptop, but this is not the usual course of events, and , as you say, what is most upsetting is the personal stuff that is taken. We have a spare old telly if you want to borrow it until you get yourself sorted. We have found things in our front garden too, so will let you know if we find anything unless it is a hideous cushion!
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Dear Emma - that you so much - we have a spare telly which they did not find to grab, so we are Ok for that. Sorry you have been a victim also - we started off being quite 'well its happened, it could be worse' good humour but I am shocked at the level of emotional turmoil we have been through this weekend. The searing rage has been interesting.
Anyway I will be out finishing off the hedge today (it looks so awful!) so if you are passing say hi - even if the look on my face suggests I might be homicidal. I am not... really... well maybe just a little.
Thanks again.
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