Has your home ever been broken into?

pikachucheeks · 10-05-2010 02:01AM #1

Following on from Tallus' thread about his house being robbed, I'm just wondering how many people in AH have been burgled in the past? (Whether it be a family home, house share etc)

If yes, perhaps you'd like to share your experience and if no, perhaps you'd like to explain why you think this is or offer tips on how to protect your home.

My family's house was broken into when I was a small child. My mum woke up because the burglar downstairs dropped the computer he was trying to steal. She thought it might have been me falling out of bed and checked to see I was OK before returning to bed.
Woke up in the morning to find a few things gone downstairs, but no one was hurt, which was the main thing.

My uncle's business was broken into one night as well. At the time, he made sandwiches. They broke a window to get in. They left his phone, his computer, his fax machine and all his technical equipment in his office and instead just robbed a bottle of whiskey he'd bought as a present for a friend and smashed up a few frozen chickens they found in the freezers!

So, over to you!

I know it's a pretty ... depressing subject but if anyone has any advice or experiences to share, it might be beneficial to others.

Miguel_Sanchez · 10-05-2010 02:04AM

My home hasn't been broken into while I've been living here but the cops did a dawn raid on it a few weeks after I moved it.

They weren't looking for me though which was just as well because I hadn't time to put pants on.

Keogg · 10-05-2010 02:06AM

only once, and this was back when I was in senior or might even habe been junior infants. My mam was collecting me from school, I think she had come straight from work so there hadnt been anyone in the house beforehand and when we got home they had put the catch on the door from the inside, but they weren't in the house anymore.

Didn't really freak me out at the time, but needless to say, the slightest noise I hear from my house now scares the living f*ck outta me! I'm totally paranoid about being robbed/murdered/mugged/etc.

10-05-2010 02:06AM

Yea, I actually posted it in Tallus' thread ages ago. Broken into after night out, open bedroom door because of commotion and there's a knife to my neck. Other guy has a hurl and a stick with nails and they're looking for a guy who lived there before us who owed drug money..

They left after bout half an hour and the guards, who had been called by another housemate when the door got kicked in, arrived about 5 mins later. BS response for Westside in Galway..

OutlawPete · 10-05-2010 02:08AM

Caught a guy breaking in one night.

I was watching TV and he starting climbing in the window.

Few shouts and he climbed out, but I then foolishy opened the hall door and hurled abuse and him and a crowd of young guys.

Last week caught a guy trying to open my car with screwdriver at 7pm also and went outside in just boxers and a t-shirt and told him to get ta fcuk away from the car.

It's a rough here on the southside, I wanna go home to the northside.

Hogzy · 10-05-2010 02:08AM

Never (Touch wood!!!touches penis)

1. I live at the end of a cul de sac so that in itself is a deterrent.
2. I have a dog that looks like a Wolf crossed with a polar bear (Samoyed)
3. We have 3 security lights around our house
4.Light is always left on at night time.
5. House is always occupied during the day bar for maybe an hour or two.

Think this is probably the reason we have never had an intruder so far!

entropi · 10-05-2010 02:10AM

Never broken into, they would want to be really stupid though considering where I live (south inner city). Numerous knackers and drug dealers live closeby, I've two hurleys and my hurling helmet by my bed, a hammer under it and kitchen has many steak knives just incase it ever came to it.

I've only heard of one break in in this area in 10+ years...

IvySlayer · 10-05-2010 02:11AM

Never, nearly once though.

A man knocked on my front door, and there were about 5 people around the side of the house ready to burst in, my dog managed to scare them off!

digme · 10-05-2010 02:11AM

while i was asleep in my room some bastard tried to climb in my window, i woke up to find him half ways in my window, i jumped up ran into he kitchen, got a big knife and chased the ****er down the road in my jocks,rang the guards and they told me, i was off my tits to do such a thing
true story.

starbelgrade · 10-05-2010 02:12AM

I've a place that I rent out in Amsterdam that got "broken" into once, but not for the purposes of nicking stuff - a couple of crusties found the door unlocked & just stayed there for a few weeks until a couple I'd rented the place out to for a weekend, discovered them there when they arrived at the apartment.

The crusties welcomed them in, offered them some spliff, which they accepted, then they cooked them dinner & politely left.

There was no damage to the apartment - in fact when I checked the place out a week later, one of them had done a rather nice drawing, which he'd framed & hung in the bathroom.

If ever I get broken into again, I hope it's the same dudes who do it!

GLaDOS · 10-05-2010 02:12AM

Yeah once, I would have been 9 at the time. Was the night of my grandmothers funeral. My mam had left all my grandmothers jewellery on the kitchen table, but they didn't take it, probably just wanted cash. Thankfully we keep our kitchen door locked so they couldn't get into the rest of the house. Can't remember if they were ever caught. We got an alarm after that and haven't had any incidents since.

bronte · 10-05-2010 02:17AM

Never, thank God.
I have a fairly impressive guitar that I'd happily smash over the head of anyone who tried, mind. :mad:

KeithM89_old · 10-05-2010 02:18AM

Not my house thankfully but the neighbours got robbed a few years ago - the dad bet the livin ****e out of the guy. It was great to see but id probably just brick it if someone broke in to mine

SoulTrader · 10-05-2010 02:19AM

Hogzy wrote: »

I live at the end of a cul de sac so that in itself is a deterrent.

I thought houses at the end of cul-de-sacs were more likely to be broken into, no? Anyway, when I lived in a rented one, in Galway, it was broken into one Christmas. I was up home and I got a call from my flatmate who had returned to the house after it being empty for a few days. I lived with two girls so the knackers who did it mostly stole my stuff - my clothes, camera, cds and videos and anything they left behind was ripped / torn beyond use.

Strange thing was, even though the house had been empty for 4 days, I think I can pinpoint the exact time it happened. A couple of days after Christmas, in the evening, I began to feel a real sense of dread / fear, and I kept telling myself something was wrong. Even my Mum approached me and asked what was wrong with me. Then, when my flatmate phoned a couple of days later, I reckoned that was why I was feeling like that.

I was a lot younger then, and so attached to my material possessions that it made me more angry and sad than I should've been. I'm a very private person and I just couldn't stand the invasion of privacy. I moved out of the house a couple of weeks later

recylingbin · 10-05-2010 02:20AM

starbelgrade wrote: »

I've a place that I rent out in Amsterdam that got "broken" into once, but not for the purposes of nicking stuff - a couple of crusties found the door unlocked & just stayed there for a few weeks until a couple I'd rented the place out to for a weekend, discovered them there when they arrived at the apartment.

The crusties welcomed them in, offered them some spliff, which they accepted, then they cooked them dinner & politely left.

There was no damage to the apartment - in fact when I checked the place out a week later, one of them had done a rather nice drawing, which he'd framed & hung in the bathroom.

If ever I get broken into again, I hope it's the same dudes who do it!

Love it.

rossie1977 · 10-05-2010 02:21AM

not sure if this counts but i was staying over in athlone for the weekend of my friends grad and while we were out in town the house was broken into (normal everyday thing for willow park in athlone though :eek:)

the cops caught them coming out of another house on the same road, muppets

Degsy · 10-05-2010 02:21AM

Both my grandparents ended up in hospital at the same time several years ago.

Within 24 hours thier house had been burgled and my grannies wedding ring and jewlery had been stolen...some dirty,stinking bastard who worked in beaumont hospital knew the house was empty and either robbed it himself or got an accomplice to do it.

For two whole weeks my mother had to call round to the empty house and turn lights on etc to give the impression there was somebody home.

The damage was done however,my granny never felt secure in the house again especially after my grandad died a few months after the burglary.

I hope that the scum who robbed the place die roaring in agony and burn forever in hell afterwards.

Panda · 10-05-2010 02:24AM

Nope and if it does ever happen, i hope its not tonight *wink* *wink*
coz my leg is broken *wink* *wink* and i wouldnt be able to chase them with my big ass machete.

recylingbin · 10-05-2010 02:27AM

rossie1977 wrote: »

not sure if this counts but i was staying over in athlone for the weekend of my friends grad and while we were out in town the house was broken into (normal everyday thing for willow park in athlone though :eek:)

the cops caught them coming out of another house on the same road, muppets

I broke into a house in willow park years ago. I had had a skinful of drink and was bringing some young one back for a coffee. I put the key in the door, but it wouldn't turn. I figured that the lads had come in and stuck the latch on the lock . So, I broke in. And went to the door to let yer one in.
Took her into the kitchen whereupon I realised I was in the wrong house.
Left sharpish.
Went back around the next day to explain myself. They never even knew I'd been there.

Holsten · 10-05-2010 02:29AM

It has, couple of years ago one of the windows was left open and some little scummer climbed in.

entropi · 10-05-2010 02:30AM

bronte wrote: »

Never, thank God.
I have a fairly impressive guitar that I'd happily smash over the head of anyone who tried, mind. :mad:

Forgot about this...I've a hefty electric guitar and a 10 watt amp by my bed too:p

starbelgrade · 10-05-2010 02:38AM

Master of Nothing wrote: »

Forgot about this...I've a hefty electric guitar and a 10 watt amp by my bed too:p

You could plug in the guitar, crank it up to full, whack a windmill chord in the style of Pete Townshend and frighten the bejaysus out of the intruders with the wall of sound from your massive 10 watts of pure noise!

SoulTrader · 10-05-2010 02:39AM

Master of Nothing wrote: »

electric guitar and a 10 watt amp by my bed too

I thought you were implying you were going to play them a really bad tune for a second :pac:

bronte · 10-05-2010 02:44AM

Master of Nothing wrote: »

Forgot about this...I've a hefty electric guitar and a 10 watt amp by my bed too:p

More times I've heard a bang during the night and wandered around with that thing over my shoulder!

entropi · 10-05-2010 02:45AM

Abigayle wrote: »

They left the flat screen, the surround sound, everything of value in the house.. but they fucking stole my tea-cups and saucers. The bastards. :mad:

Must be some thirsty work that...feckers I hope the cups broke and cut them badly:p

starbelgrade wrote: »

You could plug in the guitar, crank it up to full, whack a windmill chord in the style of Pete Townshend and frighten the bejaysus out of the intruders with the wall of sound from your massive 10 watts of pure noise!

Yeah, throwing out some arpeggios at them like Yngwie Malmsteen at his best:pac:

Some of this would go down well too:p Check out 2:15 into it especially lol

Guitar SFX

stellarartois · 10-05-2010 02:46AM

SoulTrader wrote: »

Strange thing was, even though the house had been empty for 4 days, I think I can pinpoint the exact time it happened. A couple of days after Christmas, in the evening, I began to feel a real sense of dread / fear, and I kept telling myself something was wrong. Even my Mum approached me and asked what was wrong with me. Then, when my flatmate phoned a couple of days later, I reckoned that was why I was feeling like that.

I was a lot younger then, and so attached to my material possessions that it made me more angry and sad than I should've been. I'm a very private person and I just couldn't stand the invasion of privacy. I moved out of the house a couple of weeks later

I've never heard such nonsense in my life.

Fizman · 10-05-2010 02:48AM

OutlawPete wrote: »

Caught a guy breaking in one night.

I was watching TV and he starting climbing in the window.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0xgwy4GjSU

:pac:

msg11 · 10-05-2010 03:06AM

Yes Twice,

The first time the guy was so mentally challanged he could not open a baby gate and decided it would be a great idea to attempt this with us in the house at the time. He got an ash tray fired towards his head. Missed unfortunately. And he went swiftly screaming out of the house threw the back door. Also, planted himself in the ground when he tripped on a cable. Why he was screaming I will never know.

The second time, the person must have been in too check the paint on the walls or something. Took a load of coppers from a jar, left an unreal amount of windows in the house open and left

.

Pretty_Pistol · 10-05-2010 04:27AM

When I was 17 I was watching TV on a Friday night. I heard someone come in the back door in the kitchen and fumbling about. I thought it was one of my brothers coming back from the pub. Then I got a really strong smell of alcohol and it didn't smell like either of them so I went out and it was some guy. He grabbed the car keys and stole the car. I was useless and just stood in shock for a few seconds before I called the Gardai.

stovelid · 10-05-2010 01:10PM

A house I was renting (with others) was broken into a few times when I was a student.

PK2008 · 10-05-2010 01:17PM

Back in 1990, around Christmas time, my family and I were supposed to be going on holiday to France. The morning we were supposed to leave everyone got up late, in the panic they left me home, alone.................

Long story short, hilarity ensued

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