[Closed] People taking photos of my house

Maybe they are twitchers and you had some rare species of bird on your roof/in your garden? Bats (too early maybe)?

Doesn't [i]feel[/i] like the handiwork of a criminal mastermind..

Family member used to live there - photo to show how it's changed to email?

Maybe you're about to be forced into an arranged marriage* against your will?

[i]* Racial stereotyping used for comic effect but, to be fair, the OP started it.

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Not a family member, only one previous owner and we know who they are.

Birds/bats, I think unlikely, our house is tucked away, it feels like they came to our house on purpose, or were looking for something while trawling our estate.

while trawling our estate.

Ahh, Estate Asians.

I think we need to see some photos of your house so we can comment on it's photogenity. It would be hard for me to make it but could I send someone round this evening - say around 20:15?

You've only got this "gentlemans" word for it.

Was it this guy?

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Ahh, Estate Asians.

Oooh, well played 😀

It's a distraction tactic, it was in fact him scoping out your house for a go himself.

He's just making it out that he's a witness rather than the crim.

If your house is so "tucked away", what was he doing there?

Innocent theory...

The sun would be setting at ~2015, does it set behind your house, when looking from the road?

I only mentioned their ethnicity because it was mentioned to me.

Like I say, I have reason to believe the guy was telling the truth and I have means of checking he is who he says he is, which I will do shortly.

He was there to tell me what happened last night, as per neighbourhood watch.

Or perhaps your house has some feature or something in the garden they are looking for in a new home (or DIY project) but can't describe so took a photo.

Are you famous in the area for having lots of things that people would want to steal?

Crusty Jugglers?

We do have nice views and it does make for a nice sunset, but you can't see it from the front of the house.

Possibly the garden if they were into that, although he did specify that they were taking photos of the house which is quite boring and featureless.

We don't really have anything fancy, cars are old ish and not too special.

Are you, or have you ever been, a Bollywood film star?

Are you the local paedo and they just wanted a photo of the house to tell their kids where to avoid?

This happened to us.

Silver saab was hanging about in a gate end on the farm at ours.

Approached it to ask what he was looking for- folk often lost at our house.

He sped off at high speed as i got close

2 days later he appeared again- this time i just phoned the cops with the reg and description.

He aint been back.

....a car of Asian women pulled up outside my house and started taking photos

The guy said there have been a few garden sheds broken into and car tyres slashed and cars keyed recently.

Ah yes, another example of Asian mothers who drive around looking for potential targets for their delinquent sons to senselessly vandalize.

Whatever else you say about the ****stani community they certainly make committed parents.

I'm obviously concerned.

Why not contact the police if you are concerned, instead of seeking advice on a cycling forum? It sounds like the Watchman provided all the info you need.

Ah yes, another example of Asian mothers who drive around looking for potential targets for their [b]delhi[/b]nquent sons to senselessly vandalize.

FTFY

Don't be surprised if you go to the police and they've had a report from four Asian women of some creepy guy hanging around in the bushes in your garden acting suspiciously. They were so concerned that the stopped the car and challenged him. When they disbelieved his "Neighbourhood Watch" bullshit they took photos of him.

Iirc mcmoonter(?)(apols if I am misremembering) may have had similar previously and there was a lengthy thread.

I'd suggest you report to the local police and ask the neighbour hood watch guy to give you the details in writing. If it's one of a number of similar reports tied to that vehicle then I guess they might just pay the reg keeper a visit. Or they may be known to them already.

If the house is off the beaten track / away from the main road and not on the market then it does seem a little odd.

It could be entirely innocent of course (and someone with an agenda could be winding you up) but it's perfectly reasonable to be cautious if you think your being scoped for something nefarious.

If the house is off the beaten track / away from the main road and not on the market then it does seem a little odd.

Indeed. A car load of ****stani women taking photos of houses in any other situation sounds quite normal.

Ahh, Estate Asians.

I nearly spat my muesli out. Bravo sir, bravo.

Btw do your curtains look like this ?

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He did give me the information in writing.

He is the local neighbourhood watch, I've just tracked him down and been talking to him on his doorstep.

Tell the police and all your neighbours and get a massive killer dog for the front garden.

Booby trap your house, Home Alone style.

Ernie not sure if you're trolling.

I don't think their race or gender is relevant. I guess what I was getting at was its even more odd when the house isn't in plain view and not up for sale.

I don't think their race or gender is relevant.

The OP begs to differ :

[i](he decided to tell me they were of ****stani origin), to me this info is relevant as it would indicate that they are from another town and have travelled to our village 'on a mission'.[/i]

So there you have it. They are quite possibly on a mission from another town.

So there you have it. They are quite possibly on a mission from another town

Asian Blues [s]Brothers[/s] Sisters.

Post a photo of your house and we'll try to advise what it was that caught their attention.

Asian Blues [s]Brothers[/s] Sisters.

Perhaps they were wearing this tee shirt ?

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Almost certainly IS. I'd move asap if I were you but it's probably too late if they already have photos.

Give the police a call with the reg number on the non-urgent number.

I don't care about their race or gender, only it implies they're not from here, that's all. So they must have travelled here, why? So why would they be in this dead end road taking photos of my boring looking house?

I've just spoken to the neighbourhood watch guy again, he's checked out the car and the reg matches the make + model, and is registered about 20 miles away from here.

It's a legit car with no explanation for why there were here of what they were doing.

For those who seem to be mocking my inclusion of the race / gender. Do one, I'd be equally concerned if they were white! It's the only information I have so I included it and would have done so no matter what the race or gender.

To those who question me posting on a cycling forum, STW is awesome for a quick response to any situation. It seems like I probably have nothing to worry about.

But I am worried and I will be informing the police on the non-emergency number.

STW is awesome for a quick response to any situation. It seems like I probably have nothing to worry about.

I suspect that the STW consensus probably agrees with your reading of the situation, ie, 'probably nothing to worry about'.

Perhaps looking for a house in your area and once they've suitable lowered house prices by slashing tyres and steeling expensive bikes you'll get an envelope through the door offering to buy your house!

Yeah a car hanging around taking pictures with no apparent good reason to be there would make my Spidey senses tingle, mention it to the police on the non-urgent number, if the car had been seen loitering around elsewhere it could help them join the dots.

Of course there could be an entirely innocent explanation, in which case you reporting it won't do any good but no harm either.

Much as my experience with suburban neighbour hood watch types suggests that they are the type of people who are inclined to follow ethnic minorities around waiting for them to do something, in your shoes I'd still report it.

I don't care about their race or gender, only it implies they're not from here, that's all.

I think a metropolitan member of this forum could easily get the wrong idea about this, but as someone who comes from a village of a couple of hundred people in deepest, darkest North Yorkshire...

There are no black people in the village, there is an Asian chap who lives over the road from us. Our cat keeps his garden shed mouse-free. In a village with only one person who is non-white and there are few enough people that everyone knows everyone else then "they're not from here" doesn't have to be in any way a racist comment.

If someone were to make the same comment about a non-white person where I am now - The Hague, which is a big place with people from *everywhere* - I'd call them a thick ****.

I don't care about their race or gender, only it implies they're not from here, that's all. So they must have travelled here, why? So why would they be in this dead end road taking photos of my boring looking house?

If it's any consolation, I understood what you were getting at.

[quote=mikey74 ]

I don't care about their race or gender, only it implies they're not from here, that's all. So they must have travelled here, why? So why would they be in this dead end road taking photos of my boring looking house?

If it's any consolation, [s]I[/s] the whole forum understood what you were getting at

and were just taking the piss 😆

In a village with only one person who is non-white and there are few enough people that everyone knows everyone else then "they're not from here" doesn't have to be in any way a racist comment.

Which I guess is probably why no one has suggested that it is in any way a racist comment.

Somebody has obviously included your house on a Hollywood-style 'Star's Houses' map.

Do you look like Matthew Kelly, Johnny Vegas or Joe Cocker?

Taking pictures, was she using her phone?

Could she be doing something as innocent as taking a selfi of herself and your friendly neighbourhood watch got a little excited?

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Only option........

Do you have a eating oil tank that could be targeted?
As others have said report to the police on non urgent number. I did jury service a year ago on a case involving theft of oil, the case was mostly based on the weight of circumstantial evidence such as public reports, phone records & ANPR cameras.

[i]I don't care about their race or gender, only it implies they're not from here, that's all.[/i]

Now, if you lived where we do (98.71% white)) I could believe that - but since your Neighbourhood watch is also a ****stani I somehow don't think [i]they're not from around here[/i].

[quote=owenh ]Do you have a eating oil tank that could be targeted?Not unless he's running a chippy from his shed...

eating oil tank

maybe they were looking for a location for a massive bhaji frying session

Old sins knocking at your door perhaps? 😀

Banter aside, you probably have a house with distinguished design,victorian,georgian and they would like to copy..its normal unless they return then that would be dodgy. You have good neighbour by the way

only it implies they're not from here

You're going to be ethnically cleansed.

* Racial stereotyping used for comic effect but, to be fair, the OP started it.

I must have missed that.

only it implies they're not from here

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I've just spoken to the neighbourhood watch guy again, he's checked out the car and the reg matches the make + model, and is registered about 20 miles away from here.

How is he able to get this information?

If you can get their address, Id pop round an ask what they were doing. Or just sit outside taking photos.

Easy to get reg details off the internet. cost around £10

Did their car look like this?
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He's a genuine neighbourhood watch guy. However,

I've just spoken to the neighbourhood watch (NHW) guy again, he's checked out the car and the reg matches the make + model, and is registered about 20 miles away from here.

How is he able to get this information?

I don't know, the police have called me to follow up my query and they've said there's nothing untoward with the car, but it's not registered to where the NHW guy said it was!

FYI for those making similar comments, I reckon it's 99.5% white in ours and the surrounding villages.

I've read about this in the daily mail. They'll be immigrants and they will take your house - it is happening all over the uk. Beef up your security and consider doing the same at work as they'll probably try and steal your job as well.

Any chance they used to live there. I was in the neighbourhood where I grew up at Xmas and drove down the street to have a look as I hadn't been there in 10+ years.

Crusty Jugglers?

And that my fellow STW'ers is genius! I am sad though. Sad that there is little chance I will have to ever use this phrase...

Easy to get reg details off the internet. cost around £10

https://www.vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/

That'll be £10 please.

bearnecessities - Member
Ahh, Estate Asians.

PMSL 😆

but since your Neighbourhood watch is also a ****stani I somehow don't think they're not from around here.

Where did he say that?

Were you drying naan breads on your washing line ?

Is your name Kevin O'Grady?

She could be searching for her long lost son.

By 'Asian women' does he perhaps mean people wearing hijabs? Cos they might not actually be Asian women, if that's the case. A bit easier to pass off than balaclavas or tights on your head, no?

Maybe they just like your curtains.

Google your post code/Street/area - see if any new photos have been posted anywhere?

Does seem a bit odd.
Is it a particularly pretty house?

Yesterday my mum told me the address of a house she lived in for two years as a child. It has a front garden wall which was built by my Grandad in 1960.

I'm going to nip over and get a photo of my Grandad's handiwork this summer.

If that visit generates a call to the police and a pun as good as 'Estate Asians' I'll be well chuffed.

Tourists - you live in a black & white striped thatch cottage right?

House is ten years old, featureless and only one previous owner. It hasn't changed much since we bought it from them five years ago other than the garden.

We don't have any passing traffic at all.

Did he see a camera?

Or just someone holding a phone up to look at the map after getting lost down your dead end?

Just thinking sometimes people see what they expect to see.

If your neighbour described it correctly - yes, I would be a bit concerned too as it does seem a bit strange...

We used to get loads of people stopping outside our house (which is pretty remote) taking pictures of the garden not house it looked like, only seemed at certain times of year. I went and asked someone what they were doing, turned out our place featured in some Rotary Club (or similar) car treasure hunt. Some convoluted clue involved the name of our road and an ornament in our garden. No-one asked us, but maybe it started before we lived there. I moved the ornament out of view being a spoil sport.

That's a good explanation. If there were three or four Asian women in the car, it's just possible they were on a treasure hunt and had mistakenly identified your house as one of the clues, which has to be photographed as proof they found it. Or maybe your house is one of the clues.

Whatever the reason I would definitely have a chat with the neighbourhood watch officer at the local cop shop. Not just Asians but all criminal communities will send women on a mission to scope out places so as to avoid arousing suspicion.

😯

"I moved the [s] ornament[/s] gnome out of view being a spoil sport."