Have you ever been broken into?

Robsweezie

Yes, I am aware this MAY or may not have been discussed before so just to warn off all the whiners on here #askmeslice....but anyhow how does it feel in that moment when you know your home has been invaded? I imagine its very much fight or flight but just wanted some real, fresh perspectives as it's something ive always thought about...how I would react.

FloatingVoter

Junkie kicked in my front door once. Arrives in the living room looking as shocked as I was. It is true that bone makes a different noise when it shatters than when it breaks. I was a good lad. I rang an ambulance after I left it in a skip two streets down.

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Dey broke me windrit brakin in
De karmachameliooon is knokin on der door, n goin 2 put dem on d tik train #choochoo

Gongoozler

God I hate to see people using hash tags outside of Twitter.

I've had the experience of having my house broken into 3 times. It's a very unsettling feeling, disturbing. Once I was actually there when they broke in. Couldn't wake up my boyfriend and went out to the room to get rid. Scary stuff. It puts you on edge for quite a while.

The_Valeyard

Pure and utter scum, can make families afraid to live in their own home, a violation of their sanctuary and safe haven. Those criminals do not deserve hands or feet.

Potatoeman

A friend of mine house shared with a butcher who was cutting up a roast he got from work when he heard some banging in the back garden. So we walks out the back in his bloody work apron wearing his knife belt holding a large knife and sharpener to be confronted by two junkies that turned white and scampered over the back wall. They never came back again.

Nino Brown

People broke into a houseshare I was in once and stole car keys and a car. My friend woke up and saw them, they ran but by the time he gave chase they were gone in the car.
It prompted me to get laser eye surgery because I didn't like the idea of somebody in my house and my vision being impaired, by other than that I didn't really care too much, my friend who disturbed them was pretty shook up by it for quite a while.

Bafucin

Yes three times.

When I walked in the first time I was a teenager it was winter and because the backdoor was open the house was freezing and very eery. The way everything was laid out was weird. They had not ramsacked but rather looked through drawers and placed things out in an orderly way. My sisters clothes were still folded when they took them out and put them on the bed. They only took cash and everything in the medicine cabinet.

boobar

When I was a student, the house I shared was broken into.

I didn't have much, movie posters were all that was robbed really from my room.

But definitely felt uneasy in the house after that.

Lucy and Harry

Happened 2 times in different houses.The 2nd time I was in work and opened the door.Then my dogs ran to me.How did they do that I asked myself.As they had been locked out the back garden.Then I saw my back door was smashed in and my dogs had been beaten up by garden tools .I walked around the house listening to hear if anybody was still there.Called the Gardai.They were very nice about things.I could not sleep well for a while as I kept thinking they were coming back to rob me again.

harry Bailey esq

we were broken into a few years back,I was awake.Grabbed portable tv and stood on top of the stairs,ready to smash it into the head of the intruder,and shouted all sort of obscenities and spooked him and he fkd off. I rang the guards,and they were there in an instant.The guy burgaled several properties that night in the area and was eventually picked up,and confessed that he had also entered my gaf. id to go to the station few days later,and never heard any more about the matter.The cop told me "ah sure this fella is just down on his luck" I asked him the guys name but the copper wasn't forthcoming.Never heard a word back from them since.

smellmepower

Family home was burgled on St.Patrick's Day in 1997.I was 17.Was a drug addict who lived a few doors down that did it,burgled his own aunts house the same night too.Stole money,a mobile phone that was broken anyway,and a few bottles of wine out of the fridge before my little brother jumping out of his bunk bed disturbed him.We always locked the door from kitchen to the hall so luckily he didn't get any further than the kitchen.

Saw him begging on O'Connell Bridge a few years ago,and he's apparently dead now according to a few friends that still live at home.No great loss.

Mrs Garth Brooks

Never been broken into but had people try to pick pocket me before. Scumbags. Had someone slip up beside me and reach into my pocket for my wallet. I turned around and gave him a thump and he dropped it.

Stealing anything and especially your wallet can be a pain in the hole, you have no access to your account until a new bank card comes, not to mention them having your credit card. No way was I going to let him come up and steal from me.

Another time I was in Dublin, standing on the bus, my bag on my back. I felt someone pushing against me even though there was space. I looked behind me and the pushing would stop. I looked forward and the pushing started again. By the time I got off the bus the front pocket of my bag that was on my back was open. That was all the pushing I felt. I didn't keep anything in the front pocket of the bag, but they tried.

Dirty scumbags for even trying. It would scare you.

Taltos

Three times to me.
The last time one of the guys I was house sharing with (shady character ) found out who it was and paid them a visit, we got nothing back but did hear the junkie was walking around with 2 broken arms after said visit. Horrified I lived with someone like that but at the same time it was the last time we were broken into.

kupus

of course.

Reiver

Couple of times. They made the mistake of going into a downstairs room that had been converted into a bedroom. It was a bit of an odd call to arms with everyone roaring and shouting, blundering about in the dark. Bastards took a remote control, Usual Suspects dvd and a few other odds and ends.

It was a weird feeling for a few days, just like paranoia and the sick feeling that someone had actually broken in while we were sleeping. Not nice at all.

DVDM93

I have, in jail I was too pretty for my own good, never stood a chance.

Aubrey loves Joe

Not since I lost my virginity

fleet_admiral

I was in 2007. Bastards broke in through the kitchen window. What they werent expecting was my flighty 78 year old grandmother that went for them with her walking stick.
They fled but the window had to be replaced

bitemeluis

Nino Brown wrote: »

People broke into a houseshare I was in once and stole car keys and a car. My friend woke up and saw them, they ran but by the time he gave chase they were gone in the car.
It prompted me to get laser eye surgery because I didn't like the idea of somebody in my house and my vision being impaired, by other than that I didn't really care too much, my friend who disturbed them was pretty shook up by it for quite a while.

Infra red sight?

bitemeluis

DVDM93 wrote: »

I have, in jail I was too pretty for my own good, never stood a chance.

Did they get in through the back or front door?

DVDM93

bitemeluis wrote: »

Did they get in through the back or front door?

Both, there was two of them. An good old-fashioned spit roast.

purplecow1977

boobar wrote: »

When I was a student, the house I shared was broken into.

I didn't have much, movie posters were all that was robbed really from my room.

But definitely felt uneasy in the house after that.

Your MOVIE POSTERS were robbed?!?!?!?

fleet_admiral

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Pure and utter scum, can make families afraid to live in their own home, a violation of their sanctuary and safe haven. Those criminals do not deserve hands or feet.

Agree completely. If it ever happens to me again they will be met with the heavy metal bar that I use to open the attic door. Then they will be dragged a few steps up the stairs before I call the Gardai

myshirt

I posted it on boards before, but we had a break in a while back.

They took one item, and also made themselves a sandwich. I didn't know what to be more upset about. There was a minimum 6 slices of ham in my fridge pre burglary, and none afterwards. I just couldn't believe the bast@rds had the audacity to make themselves a sandwich.

There is something very sinister about taking a man's food in my books.

Ava_e

Tormented by scummy people

Yep, my dad had a large house and a bit of land that backed onto a not very nice estate. They would regularly drink behind his wall, and smash bottles against it every night. Fight, scream abuse, the Gaurds called all the time.

My dads a gentle soul, lived on his own liked box sets, music, good people and animals for company. But scum would regularly taunt him and abuse him, when he used to go and clean up the broken bottles outside his house. He was fed up enough that he confronted them one night, told them to clear off. They knocked at his door 1 day later and punched him in the face, knocking his teeth into his gums, and his mind into next week. They threatened more. He planned to move out within the month. He was that stressed.

House was on sale, he had the cash, it was all good.

He had a sudden heart attack at home later that month, it killed him on the living room floor despite the best efforts of my brother and the Dublin paramedics, he was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital. His house was vacant for 3 days while my mother, bother and myself, made funeral arrangements for our dad. Within that time his house was raided of all it's belongings, (they were drinking by the back wall while dad was being carried out to the ambulance) they even tried to set fire to his bedroom to hide all traces.

Yea, there are scummy people about, my sympathy goes out to anyone who has been broken into.

keith16

Never happened to me thankfully, but shocked at the number of people who have already posted 3 times :eek:

fleet_admiral

Ava_e wrote: »

Tormented by scummy people

Yep, my dad had a large house and a bit of land that backed onto a not very nice estate. They would regularly drink behind his wall, and smash bottles against it every night. Fight, scream abuse, the Gaurds called all the time.

My dads, a gentle soul, lived on his own liked box sets, music, good people and animals for company. But scum would regularly taunt him and abuse him, when he used to go and clean up the broken bottles outside his house. He was fed up enough that he confronted them one night, told them to clear off. They knocked at his door 1 day later and punched him in the face, knocking his teeth into his gums, and his mind into next week. They threatened more. He planned to move out within the month. He was that stressed.

House was on sale, he had the cash, it was all good.

He had a sudden heart attack at home later that month, it killed him on the living room floor despite the best efforts of my brother and the Dublin paramedics, he was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital. His house was vacant for 3 days while my mother, bother and myself, made funeral arrangements. Within that time his house was raided of all it's belongings, they even tried to set fire to his bedroom to hide all traces.

Yea, there are scummy people about, my sympathy goes out to anyone who has been broken into

Thats terrible, You're poor dad.

I really hope the saying 'what goes around, comes around' applies to the scum in you're case

myshirt

Ava_e - sorry to hear about your father. That is a very sad set of circumstances.

You reminded me of a chap who's son died at 19.
3 little **** broke into the house, knowing it was vacant during the funeral, and amongst other things tore up this chap's youngest sons communion suit for his communion that saturday. As if they hadn't enough heartache.

Riddle101

House was broken into when I was about 7 or 8. They Took the tv, the car, and my new tracksuit bottoms that I had just got the day before. We also had people working on the house putting in hardwood floors at the time too, and the burglars stole one of the guy's tool boxes as well.

Birneybau

Really sorry to hear about your dad Ava_e.

Birneybau

Nino Brown wrote: »

People broke into a houseshare I was in once and stole car keys and a car. My friend woke up and saw them, they ran but by the time he gave chase they were gone in the car.
It prompted me to get laser eye surgery because I didn't like the idea of somebody in my house and my vision being impaired, by other than that I didn't really care too much, my friend who disturbed them was pretty shook up by it for quite a while.

Did they nick your glasses?

Frigga_92

We've never been robbed, thankfully, but unfortunately every one of our neighbours has. We live in a rural area and there's 4 houses, including ours, on one side of the road and 1 house on the other side of the road and all of them have been broke into, one of them has been done twice. Only difference between us and the neighbours is that we have 2 german shepherds, who aren't very fond of strangers and very vocal about that, and a shotgun.
The neighbour right beside us was broke into in the middle of last year and she had a stroke towards the end of last year and she's not great since then so we keep an eye on her. Late last year she was at home and she heard someone pull up outside and start poking around trying to find a way into the house, she said our dogs kicked off barking like maniacs and whoever it was legged it, they couldn't get back into the car fast enough, and no sign of them since.
All our neighbours are elderly so we try to keep an eye out for them.

vixdname

I to also live in a rural part of the country.

Theres been quite a few break ins recently into houses no more then 5 mins from my house.

I've 2 dogs that are let out at night, security lights that come on if movement is detected, am getting a new alarm system fitted shortly and possess a couple of rifles, which I add I would have no qualms about using on any f****r that tried to enter my home and steal my hard earn belonging never mind threaten my wife or kids well being.

Hopefully, I'll never have to come to that.

LeBash

Happened to me 3 years ago for the second time. I heard a noise out back and saw a guy with an iron bar pulling the door open. Ran down stairs in a pair of jocks and he ran off. I later thought about how i was going to deal with that if he didnt run.

I know a guy who heard some at the back of his appartment kicking the door trying to get in. He boiled coke in the kettle and poured it on the lad. The tea in his place was great for a week.

Tokyo

Twice in Ireland, both times in the same house in the space of a year. Alley ran at the back of the house where the local scummy ****bags used to congregate. Came back one evening to find the front door wedged shut, legged it around the back to see them legging it out the back door with a bunch of our stuff in tow. Guards were called, said there was bugger all they could do because they were all underage, one of them told us that we'd have been better off not calling the guards at all and to have given them the hiding of a lifetime.

Didn't lose much, but the stuff that did go missing was never retrieved, and the house was in a mess form top to bottom. Crappiest part was that the other three people I was sharing with didn't feel safe there and moved out a couple of weeks later. Next time it happened, I took the guards advice.

cruais

Ten years ago I arrived home to my house to find the glass on the front door smashed. Stupidly I went in and saw a rock placed on top of the radiator. I really don't know what I was expecting, I suppose I was in shock.

I walked upstairs and could hear someone walking around my bedroom. I called out who the hell is in my house a and within a second, my bedroom door swung open and a man in his 50's walked out.

He grabbed me by the neck and threw me up against the wall and threatened to blow my head off. He then turned and calmly walked down the stairs.

It was like a switch went off in my head and I ran down the stairs after him and down the road all whilst getting on the phone to the guards. He went to take a swing at me on the road and thankfully he managed to miss.

He really was a classy individual as at the time I was only a 19 year old girl.

Anyway between the jigs and the reels he was caught by the guards and that was the last I heard of it, apart from the guards telling me that he did have a weapon in his pocket that was capable of causing severe injury.

Funny thing is, I would normally run a mile from any situation.

tallus

Twice, and I'd gladly pay to see the scum physically punished regardless of their situation. Absolute fcuking lowlife pond scum.

Potatoeman

I picked these up last week. 65 euro each. They allow live streaming so you can keep an eye on your house when you are not there (from a smartphone too) and you can set up the motion detector on it to email you pictures if triggered.

http://mydlink.dlink.com/products/DCS-932L
http://www.currys.ie/Product/dlink-dcs932l-wireless-home-security-camera/328240/7.14

Mariasofia

Was once.....
The guards said he was either no good or disturbed......story of my life!!!!

Birneybau

Mariasofia wrote: »

Was once.....
The guards said he was either no good or disturbed......story of my life!!!!

Did he smash your backdoor in?

Mariasofia

Birneybau wrote: »

Did he smash your backdoor in?

He tried as I said......amateur......

qwertyabcd

yes, 2 years ago, had worked a 24 hour shift and was in bed trying to sleep, thought it was my dad sorting files down stairs woke up to find one of them staring at me and I actually thought I was dreaming so I turned around and went back to sleep, realised what had happened about 15 minutes later, luckily nothing was taken but I got some fright

columf

When I was young the Family and I lived in Limerick my dad used to shoot and kept the shout gun on top of the wardrobe in a locked case. One night Mam woke Dad telling him there was somebody downstairs dad grabs the gun and a couple of shells and heads down stairs que him in his best voice " if you two don't feic off you'll be pickin pellets out of you arse for the next week" They left

Birneybau

columf wrote: »

When I was young the Family and I lived in Limerick my dad used to shoot and kept the shout gun on top of the wardrobe in a locked case. One night Mam woke Dad telling him there was somebody downstairs dad grabs the gun and a couple of shells and heads down stairs que him in his best voice " if you two don't feic off you'll be pickin pellets out of you arse for the next week" They left

Those shout guns are fierce loud.

Packrat

Not my house, but my jeep has been done 3 times in as many years in Dublin. They never got more than a couple of hundred worth of tools, but they fcuked up the doorlocks of the jeep. Its as good as worthless after last week's episode.
I'm to become a dad in the next few weeks and I'm buying a shotgun. God help the fcuker who has the misfortune to ever enter my house with my family or me present, but I'll leave him like a strainer, and do my time for it. There'll be no "reasonable retreat" either.

xzanti

2 days before Christmas 2012 we were burgled. We live in a remote area and I came home from visiting my Mother to find the kitchen window broken.. Our bedroom was ransacked pretty badly and another looked as though they had just started.

So we reckon the lights of my car startled them and they scarpered. I had my baby with me coming into the house too.. so we're blessed they were gone, I don't like to think what could have been!

Gas thing was, they stopped just short of finding a load of money that my hubby had stashed to pay his bill at the building suppliers for Christmas. We never leave money in the house now, just not worth it. Could have been a really miserable Christmas if they got that cash!

They got nothing! Delighted for them.

It is a horrible feeling though.. I didn't sleep for weeks after it.. every little noise in the house sent me into a panic. Wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy

markc1184

About 18 months ago, a scumbag that lives 2 doors away from us broke in while I brought my mam to Tesco for a bit of shopping. We were only gone about 30 mins but he obviously seen us leaving and was in not long after through the front door that he forced open. My mam had a habit of locking bedroom doors when she was going out so he bust open all of them and damaged all of the frames. He ended up getting a large sum of cash that my mam was after taking out of the bank for a holiday, along with some jewellery that had more sentimental than monetary value. He went out the back door when leaving but the dog got a fair chunk of his leg it's just a pity he didn't get more. He was caught, sent to Cloverhill for a few months but was back out within no time.

wiseoldelf34

its not really the same but my sons house was raided a couple of years ago and he felt as though he had been robbed with them going through his drawers

Its Only Ray Parlour

markc1184 wrote: »

About 18 months ago, a scumbag that lives 2 doors away from us broke in while I brought my mam to Tesco for a bit of shopping. We were only gone about 30 mins but he obviously seen us leaving and was in not long after through the front door that he forced open. My mam had a habit of locking bedroom doors when she was going out so he bust open all of them and damaged all of the frames. He ended up getting a large sum of cash that my mam was after taking out of the bank for a holiday, along with some jewellery that had more sentimental than monetary value. He went out the back door when leaving but the dog got a fair chunk of his leg it's just a pity he didn't get more. He was caught, sent to Cloverhill for a few months but was back out within no time.

How did he get caught?

Highflyer13

Yes 3 weeks ago. I was face to face with the 2 of them as they tried to enter our bedroom. Tense few seconds before they left.