Hello I live in a terrace house and the v small garden has a wall and a gate at the end which leads to a passage way which two rows of back gardens run either side of. We are towards the end of the passage and this is next to a fairly busy road with loads of cars and people.
We unfortunately have the least secure garden out of our neighbours as the wall and gate are pretty low. Today we got home and it was clear someone had jumped the wall had a look around the garden and then let themselves out the gate leaving it wide open (it’s a stiff gate it would not open with any wind - not that there was any today).
I’m so thankful they didn’t get into the house but I’m now home alone with the baby as my partner has gone out and I’m worried whoever it was will come back tonight, or if they wanted to break in would they have just done it then? They’d have had a view of our kitchen and living room and to be fair nothing on show was worth much at all so it’s not like they’d have been able to spot anything worth stealing so I’m hoping that deterred them.
I’m super worried but feeling quite helpless as we rent so can’t do much to secure ourselves however I have contacted our letting agents to see if we can put some measures in place after this but unsure what they’ll say.