I hate being woken up by my phone vibrating. Ninety-nine percent of the time it’s a spam caller, so I’ve grown accustomed to rolling over and blocking it out.
Today was the other one-percent.
When I woke, about an hour after the call, I saw that it was actually our live monitoring service for our security system we have in place on our Somerset house.
Not good.
I’ve had false alarms before, but this one felt different. For one, the app showed that the basement motion detector was triggered.
Really not good.
I knew my handyman would be at the house around 9:00am, so I texted him and asked if he’d let me know what he found when he got there.
The electrical meter had been tampered with:
It’s unclear if they were intentionally trying to cut the power before entering or damaged it by climbing on it to get in through the window. The back window was the clear point of entry. The thieves had pushed on it hard enough to both crack it and pop the locks on the inside, allowing them to push it open.
Of course, the water heater and furnace were stolen. They also snipped the cord to our inside camera, and ran water over some of the alarm equipment. But those still work.
Then they locked the door on the way out. Such thoughtful thieves!
This is the second time I’ve had a break in and theft. It’s not fun, and I don’t suppose it will ever be. For now, sadly, this is the cost of business when dealing in Detroit.
After checking in with my handyman I headed over to The McCarty House to meet a junk removal and demo crew so they could take some photos and give us a quote. I’m happy to report that the stove was no longer on, and the house seemed to have been undisturbed since I was last there.
Here’s a link to the photo album our crew took. Getting this baby cleaned out will feel good.
Upward and onward.