Neighbour burgled via the balcony

[Pollypops]

Last night a neighbour of mine was burgled. They accessed his flat though a door (admittedly unlocked) on a second floor balcony. Many of you will think he was naive to have left the door unlocked - and he's found out the same the hard way. They must have used ladders etc to get up there. And there was no way of knowing that it was unlocked from the ground so they were clearly going to some lengths to find unsecured properties.

Just wanted to post this as a warning to people with balconies - make sure your door is locked when not in use as a higher floor is no guarantee of security.

[cactus]

A neighbour in my block was also burgled last night. Similar circumstances, accessed the flat via the first floor balcony.

Totally agree Pollypops, we can't assume that being higher up affords any protection. We also live in a so called gated community, which tends to gives a false sense of security.