Thieving lowlifes!

Oh dear Margsus, that's dreadful and no, you're not over reacting. It's a dreadful feeling that someone has been into your home and thinks they are entitled to your possessions. Scumbags! ?

I think anger is the right feeling - I know a long time ago when our home was broken into by some youngsters, not causing too much damage, or taking anything, just the sheer fact that they had broken into our privacy, made me furious. Someone strange had be poking around our belongings, that was a really horrible feeling, and although it was your shed, nor your home, I am sure you are right to feel really VERY angry that someone should do that. What right had they?

How awful Margsus, some people are just out and out scumbags.
My sister had the overflow pipe, from her boiler, sawn off and stolen, turns out they had done several in the street. The street value of a few inches of pipe can not be that great that they would risk being caught outside the kitchen window

Keep an eye on EBay, a near neighbour was broken into, their items appeared on eBay a few days later - the seller was arrested.

I read the other day that the majority of people are very lax when it comes to securing outbuildings. (not meaning you Margus ) they will lock sheds etc. people often use inadequate padlocks. It actually recommend you padlock the door top and bottom.
I'd be bloody furious too. H has several hundred pounds worth of tools in his three sheds. Our house has been burgled but although what he took was of sentimental value it wasn't worth much in cash.

Our garage was broken into several years ago and all the power tools were taken, amongst other things. Since then we've kept all the power tools indoors. Though, of course, the lawnmower, garden vacuum, strimmer and so on are still out there. We do make sure it's kept securely locked now (I think we had been rather lax about this before).
I do hope the police have some success in catching these creeps.

Sheds and outbuildings are more likely to get broken into at this time of year and near to he weekends as the stuff is then sold at car boot sales. So, before anyone on here congratulates themselves on a bargain second hand anything at a boot sale, just stop and think it may well have been nicked from someone else's shed the day before. Sorry to hear about it OP and yes I too would be livid. The police are taking it seriously which is good news and I would imagine they will be having a wander around the car boot sales this weekend.

Both sheds were securely padlocked Nina but all they did was jemmy the fixings! Nothing more we could have done.

Our (padlocked) shed was broken into twice when it contained things like the lawnmower, workbench, strimmer etc. Since then we only use it for DH's collection of worthless junk plant pots, potentially useful bits of old wood, interesting clay pipe remnants dug up in the allotment, and so on. Nobody has broken in since, unfortunately.

So sorry to hear that margsus it is a horrible feeling to be burgled and you are right to feel anger. Those who steal oftn have a certain arrogance to think it is in anyway OK to take things other people have worked hard for .

I know there will always be sob stories but I think most thieves carrying that type of burglary are calculated 'professionals' and not a hungry person looking for a few quid to feed themselves.

So often these thefts are drug related. They just take anything they can get their hands on and sell them on to feed their habit.

A good few years ago, we were woken at 4.15 am by the police, to be told that our garage had been broken into. They`d managed to get the window frame out and got in that way, but left via the up and over door. They didn`t take a lot, but my son didn`t appreciate that his brand new mountain bike had gone, plus my husband`s best fishing reel. The result was my husband nailing the window frame down all round, and likewise the up and over door, which has never been used since. The bike never did turn up.

A good few years ago, we were woken at 4.15 am by the police, to be told that our garage had been broken into. They`d managed to get the window frame out and got in that way, but left via the up and over door. They didn`t take a lot, but my son didn`t appreciate that his brand new mountain bike had gone, plus my husband`s best fishing reel. The result was my husband nailing the window frame down all round, and likewise the up and over door, which has never been used since. The bike never did turn up.

Sorry, I`m repeating myself!