Jiggin

DaveR - burglary unit DC said much the same thing, we are now properly reinforced and have 'london bars' on the doorframe. Mazza - depends on the external door, if it is only a Yale and has any give in the door or frame at all it's not a difficult target apparently. Learnt a lot today (Stable door, horse, bolted...) The policeman also mentioned that since Barry Road is a bit lively of late they're looking into stepping up a visible presence on foot (rather than an audible presense on wheels - i'll admit that was a bit churlish, the cops have been really good, victim support call and everything!)

Thanks to both - landlord has got someone in - if we're not satisfied we'll use your recommendations.

Just thought I'd pop in to mention that we were broken into yesterday afternoon at about 3pm on Barry Road (very near to Barry's Stores). Two black males, average/short height (witness confirmed). They'd been through two flats and taken laptops, cash and other small valuable items and we're not entirely sure which direction they went or what mode of transport they used to leave the scene. Modus operandi was to slip front yale lock on the exterior door and then do what they needed to do to gain entry to the flats(without the previous finesse in the case of our flat front door). If anyone saw anything suspicious around Barry's Stores between 2 - 3.30pm yesterday if they could PM me that would be great. Also if anyone has any recommendations as to a local tradesman who can come and replace doorframes/locks etc that would also be handy. The Police did mention that this isn't the first time in the last couple off weeks there has been this kind of burglary in the area and that the thieves are tending towards daytime hits on unnocupied blocks / flat conversions with multiple properties. Cheers