Someone tried to break into my house! :(

[kyliecrv]

Through the roof! 😞


Yesterday while I was at work, the neighbour across the road came over to tell my grandmother (at my house babysitting 13 month old) that there are roof tiles lifted and a big hole that will let in a lot of the rain forecast for the afternoon!?!?

She had a look and it was pretty easy to see. At the front of the house.
Luckily my BIL is a builder and once I'd had the phone calls at work, my sis phoned her hubby to pop over and check it out.

He said that tiles had been pulled off enough to let a person slip through! He replaced the tiles and sealed some cracked ones next to the removed ones.

About 20 mins later we had a quick but heavy downpour of rain so happy that he fixed it.....

But now I'm worried! Why would someone want to come in through the roof? It's pretty open at the front of the house, surely a would-be thief would go around the back where it's less open and break in through a window or back glass door?

I had trouble sleeping last night, and feel very uneasy today 😕

I'm home now til Mon, need to speak to neighbours and go to local Police station to make a report.

[kyliecrv]

My dad called me naive today, he totally believes it was the ex.

[toon_town_nutter]

Cameras or listening devices installed??

[the_bob_delusion]

My dad called me naive today, he totally believes it was the ex.

Was he stupid too?

[kyliecrv]

Was he stupid too?

? Don't know if I missed something? Who's calling who stupid?

Dad is far from stupid, fairly high intelligence I'd say.

Ex has below average intelligence.... IMO.

[kyliecrv]

Cameras or listening devices installed??

Not that I can detect, I've checked several times!

[kyliecrv]

"re::  tiles being stacked up was not something I caught along the way.  The pics look like there's only one missing and another dislodged.  So what tiles were stacked up?"

Sorry, several people have mentioned 'stacked up' and the OP said that the photo was taken AFTER BIL have replaced some of the tiles, and the original photo which showed more of the hole and removed tiles would not load.... so ....

the hole was bigger than the pic shows. BIL (builder) said it was big enough to be able to slide into, but it didnt appear that anyone had been in there.

along with the stacking and the weight of the tiles for him to re lodge he does not believe it was nature.

when I zoomed into the pic of the tiles I could see a nail hole min one or 2, I remember someone asking earlier. Not sure how BIL went about fixing though cos I was at work.

he also said that it was very dry inside and we'd had a big rain Monday afternoon (hail in parts of western Sydney) so it was between late Mon night and early hours of wed when it was done.

luckily it was noticed and fixed as we have had rain again here overnight and currently.

[mum*of*goldens]

That's scary Kylie. The fact that they were moved sometime in the wee small hours of the night whilst you were sleeping.

Definitely sounds like a human moved those tiles and not wind or wildlife.

I know you say/think that your ex wouldn't/couldn't harm you, but so many other women who have been stalked/attacked by ex's would have thought the very same thing.

Please be very careful and perhaps look into a panic button by your bed/some sort of security as mentioned above.

One never knows what might snap in someones mind as a result of something minor and I would say your ex is someone who could 'snap'.

[i-need-a-martini]

Don't know if I missed something?

I think that what Bob is saying is that everyone is too quick to jump to conclusions when there is most likely an innocent answer.

I will say it again - tiles sliding off a roof can stack themselves until the weight becomes too much and they completely slide off.

The other thing is why would someone go to the trouble of stacking them and then not put them back?

And if you are going to stack them you'd stack them above the hole or to the side cause you would be 'working' underneath the hole for balance. And really you would only need 6-8 tiles to be moved to make a hole big enough to get in and it sounds like more were moved.

And looking at your photo, some of the tiles away from the hole have already started slipping  - if someone had gone to the trouble of dislodging a tile, they would have lifted it not slid it downwards.

Personally I think everyone (including your own family) has jumped to conclusions because of you situation and is scaring you without true cause.

If you were still with your husband, would you be more likely to explore natural reasons for the hole?

[i-need-a-martini]

The fact that they were moved sometime in the wee small hours of the night whilst you were sleeping.

I'll also add that moving tiles is a noisy business particularly in the dead silence of the night.

[twinkles**stars]

The fact that they were moved sometime in the wee small hours of the night whilst you were sleep

I'll also add that moving tiles is a noisy business particularly in the dead silence of the night.

yes if anyone had removed them during the night you would have heard it.....plus heard anyone walking on the roof. tiles move when stood on creaking even if bare footed.