Burgled while we were at home

lincolnimp, what a horrible experience for you. Thankfully you are not physically harmed but it is still very distressing.
I hope your insurance company treat you well and that your keepsakes turn up somewhere.
Try to have a peaceful day and keep those doors locked.

I can`t add anything more Lincolnimp than what the Gransnetters have said,so sorry for you both.
Actually the one thing i can add is that i`m glad you are both safe and un-harmed physically.

lincolnimp how frightening for you, you must be feeling unnerved and angry too at the loss of items with sentimental value. What a nerve, when they knew you were at home!
As someone suggested, do ask your neighbours to check their bins as they may have dumped your memento box as of no value to them.

Sorry you have had such a horrid experience.
Maybe it would be wort considering changing your front door to one that cannot be opened from outside even if not locked.
Hope you get things sorted quickly.

DH was dealing with his late mother's financial affairs and the burglars took all the passbooks etc as well as our passports. They found spare keys for our cars too. Apparently, they come back at night and take the cars. The police arranged for our cars to be taken away to have their locks changed. Unfortunately, the fingerprints team were too busy so we had to spend the night in our wrecked house not touching anything or tidying up.
We never got anything back.
Horrible memory.

Lowest of the low! Probably just as well you didn't confront them though.
We had a bad burglary once. Top tip - be careful of the numbers you use to contact insurance companies (loads of post burglary admin you might not think of). We found they all used premium price numbers so we felt robbed all over again when we got the phone bill.

How frightening for you both.

It has made me think, as I frequently have my kitchen door and windows (upstairs and down) open all day.

Just a thought. A few days after our burglary, the Police asked me to look at jewellery in a nearby Pawnbrokers to see if there was anything I recognized and report back. Sadly there wasn’t and it still upsets me that my Mum’s diamond ring probably bought £25 worth of drugs.

It is such a horrible feeling. You have my sympathies. It's a hard experience to get over, if you ever can.

Many years ago I rented a house whilst I was looking to buy one. I then lived by myself. Woke up one morning to find my phone missing from it's charging holder. I used to leave my bags on the settee ready for work Purse missing from my bag. I'd locked all the doors. He/she/they got in through a small window at the top of kitchen window.

When I bought a house, I checked on burglary rates for the area. I had an alarm fitted to the house. It needed new glazing so fitted new windows with locks. Last thing I did at night was switch the alarm on.

So sorry. That disgusting person, or persons, are real low life.
I hope you get your belongings back, and I hope they catch
whoever did this to you.

I had a similar experience - they used a cane to poke through the cat flap and unhook the back door key and made off with my DD2s Motability Polo. The first car she’d had from them and we’d forked our for a load of extras - including fancy wheels to make it special. We think the scum must have followed her home as we are quite secluded. The car was found the next day with the wheels missing - but it was her lifeline and had I caught them I dread to think what I’d have done!!

They took some jewellery including my Mothers engagement ring but we never saw that again and the Insurance Company sent out an Assessor!! Changed provider after that!!

That’s a horrible thing to happen. Do you think your insurance company will look at a claim where there has been no forced entry?

What a terrible thing to experience and no you can never be too careful, as it's clear opportunists are wandering around, just looking for the right moment.

I live in a quiet cul de sac, but a couple of years ago someone a few doors down was burgled. The thief appeared to walk down a neighbours drive, but went through her unlocked gate, while the owner was gardening in her front garden!

That’s terrible and very scary to think they were in your home whilst you were in. I always keep my doors locked even during the day.

It's horrible. It happened to us when I was in my teens - someone creeping around downstairs while we were asleep in bed. My dad then put locks on the sash windows (all too easy to open!) and put bolts/locks on the interior doors. We made sure they were fastened when we went out or to bed. That made it harder for anyone who might get in to move around the house.

Absolutely horrible thing to happen. I must admit many years ago I remember reading a lot of burglaries were opportunist. Often it's those busy times of day when may be busy doing morning chores and may have left back door unlocked for example. I'm very lucky in that I live in a small close and anyone out the ordinary be noticed. Despite that I always keep doors locked even if sitting in lounge during day! Wishing you all the best.

B*stards! It’s the complete disregard for your feelings of shock and loss that makes me furious. I hope the insurance company is efficient and that you recover from the horrible experience quickly.

That's awful Lincolnimp I'm sorry this happened to you, the sheer audacity is beyond belief. As momb said its just as well you didn't investigate otherwise you could have been hurt.
Take care now

So sorry, that is beyond horrible. ?

We were once burgled while asleep upstairs - I’m afraid to say I think we must have left the French doors to the garden unlocked, since there was no sign of a break in.
We’re much more careful now.
You just don’t expect to have to lock up while you’re there in the daytime, though.
Maybe a re-think is overdue....

That's truly awful, I'm so sorry for you. Sheer brass neck when you're in the house.

A couple I know were burgled and the thieves took their duvet to wrap stuff in! It was later found dumped nearby.

Sorry to hear this has happened to you. It’s happened to us twice. Once during the day when we were downstairs watching TV. My daughter was in her bedroom. Thank goodness she didn’t come out and see him. Second time we were asleep in bed.
Although we were covered by insurance some things are impossible to replace because of sentimental value. The first time they stole my child allowance cash which I had saved up to but new school coats for the four children and my grandmothers engagement ring. The second time they stole various laptops, cameras and half a dozen bottles of champagne!!

How awful for you. It must have been such a shock. I hope the insurance company pay out - they might quibble as the door was on the latch. They are a business and exist to make money, taking premiums and not so great at settling claims sometimes.

I am very sorry to hear this - what a nerve they have - I can never imagine how they do these things - I would be a jibbering wreck just thinking about doing it!

I hope that you can put this behind you - I know how unsettling it must be.

So sorry to hear this.
At least you know that they got in through an unlocked door and didn’t force their way in and you are both safe. Small comfort I know, hope that your Insurance Company will be swift in their dealings with you.

How awful for you. The loss of things of purely sentimental value is horrible. Anything else can be replaced.
I hope you’re feeling better today, not too shaken up; this can happen to anyone.
The pillow case thing is interesting - we were burgled years ago and they took one of our pillow cases too.
I hope you get at least some of your things back.