Unannounced doorstop callers in Plough / ED area

[FriendsOfTheTerrapin]

Just had a guy call at the house saying his firm was in the area doing general works and would I be interested in someone calling round later to do a quote. He offered no ID, or any leaflet identifying the company. I also have a "No cold callers" sign displayed prominently on my fromt door...

Declined the offer but then saw through my twitching net curtains that there was another guy also doing the same thing.

Bearing in mind the number of burglaries and similar reported on the forum recently I just thought I'd post so that people can be on their guard.

Of course it may be legitimate, in which case I shall seek medical attention...

[sedm]

Similar thing happened to me - thought it was very weird, the guy seemed surprised when I opened the door and then asked me questions about the windows at the back of my house & whether we had a conservatory.

It felt suspicious (like he was knocking to see if someone was inside the house, and scoping out the property)

[Bluerevolution]

There is so much home improvements going on in the area that they are happy to tout for more, we get 3 at least a week