That happened to a student teacher of mine while she and her husband were on honeymoon. They came back to a completely empty house. She came in for next morning's class looking half dead.
One thing you should be really careful of: The people who pull that kind of theft know that you'll get a big insurance check and replace it all, and they'll wait five or six weeks for that to happen, then come back. If you have neighbors or someone else who can keep an eye on the house during the day (when house robberies almost always occur) tell them to call 911 if they see any trucks pull up to your address.
Best of luck. I can only imagine what it's like to come home and find everything gone.
Thanks Amorph.
Unfortunately, I didn't have renters insurance, so I'm not going to be able to replace anything -- but the bad guys don't know that.
Actually, they left bunch of good stuff (they probably couldn't fit it all in their car), and the police said that the thieves would come back for the rest of it at a later date. Since I could not stay home and guard my stuff 24 hours a day I just packed up what was left and moved out.
Comments
Originally posted by Amorph
That happened to a student teacher of mine while she and her husband were on honeymoon. They came back to a completely empty house. She came in for next morning's class looking half dead.
One thing you should be really careful of: The people who pull that kind of theft know that you'll get a big insurance check and replace it all, and they'll wait five or six weeks for that to happen, then come back. If you have neighbors or someone else who can keep an eye on the house during the day (when house robberies almost always occur) tell them to call 911 if they see any trucks pull up to your address.
Best of luck. I can only imagine what it's like to come home and find everything gone.
Thanks Amorph.
Unfortunately, I didn't have renters insurance, so I'm not going to be able to replace anything -- but the bad guys don't know that.
Actually, they left bunch of good stuff (they probably couldn't fit it all in their car), and the police said that the thieves would come back for the rest of it at a later date. Since I could not stay home and guard my stuff 24 hours a day I just packed up what was left and moved out.