Forcing my front door........

[stephf72]

Just to let you know 2 young men tried to force my front door (Melford Road) today (thursday 26th march). They soon scarpered when I ran downstairs shouting hello, rang police etc but thought you should all know.

Funny as its not like its a quiet road.......

[SeanMacGabhann]

yikes - you ok?

[stephf72]

Yes I'm fine, as soon as they realised someone was in they left, which I'm grateful for. I'll remember to lock up tonight though.

[Louisa]

What did they look like.... actually dont answer that because it will just cause a scene on here no doubt. Anyway, hope you are ok?

Louisa.

[Cassius]

Thanks for the warning. Not a nice thing to happen to you, hope that the police can come up with something.

[stephf72]

yes I'm fine, what made me laugh was that one of them was talking on his mobile at the same time as breaking in - who says men can't multi-task

[snorky]

crack heads most likely - sorry of thats crackist

[Applespider]

Yikes. Glad you are OK... and hope they didn't run round the corner and do mine! :-$

[Brendan]

Deleted because I was being silly and off topic.

Sorry.

[woodie]

do u mind giving a description? this happened to us v recently. same 2 guys maybe?

[trentk69]

My downstairs neibour was broken into recently by people kicking the door in like this. They would have to have used a lot of force to kick the door in as it was a quality door, with three locking points. I would have made a lot of noise too.

I hope they catch these *&*&%^%'s soon!

[Chick]

Last night/this morning a glass panel on my French windows got kicked in. (Oakhurst Grove)

[Tony.London Suburbs]

Could be the same 2 Guys doing the rounds but we don't know as no description has been given.

[woodie]

let me get the ball rollin

2 guys black, look almost like twins. very similar. quite smart leather jackets, not bomber but that kind of length. Not very tall, 5/8 5/9. Same height as i cos i was face to face with them. jeans trainers. smartish.

sound similar to yours?

[stephf72]

Yes that sounds like them, I didnt get a great look as they were off down the path quick smart as I opened the door, one had a brown jacket the other was wearing a black one, but what struck me was that they were not very tall, they seemd like kids really. I think you got a better look than me woodie but it seems they are doing the rounds......

[Strawbs]

goodness glad to hear you are ok.. I will make sure I double lock the door every time I go anywhere, thanks for the heads up!

[ibilly99]

Get yourself a London bar which will greatly re-inforce the yale lock should you forget to mortice the door.

http://www.openlockandfit.co.uk/cdata/30057/img/30057_1146433i.jpg

[timtim]

Anyone know how much is would cost to get london bar and new locks fitted? Any recommended locksmiths in the area?

[Cassius]

The locksmiths on Lordship Lane are very good - near the Co-op pharmacy.

[woodie]

steph. I know this maybe hard to remember, were they carrying a plastic bag that kind of resembled the bags carried by leafleters, like cab card canvassers? Under those circumstances they wouldnt stand out too much as they check every front door for weakness. good thinking!

when you say 'kids' ..my sighting would put them between18-24 roughly.

[Applespider]

I had a London bar and they still kicked through my door last year. Make sure that your mortice locks have a proper metal chamber sunk into the wood rather than just a metal faceplate.

And you should use the mortice lock every time you leave the house since some insurance policies won't pay out if it was only on a Yale lock as one of my neighbours found out the hard way.

[stephf72]

I told the police 16 to early twenties, sadly I consider that to still be a kid! I do think they sound like the same people though.

I can't say if they had leafleters bags on them, although there was an age concern collection bag on my doormat, but I assumed this had been left before they arrived, and so didnt mention it to the police.

[woodie]

ty.