Do random men come into new build homes and do ‘surveys’?

[ThirtyFlirtynThriving]

My sister recently moved out on her own into a new build, today she had a youngish lad come around with a laptop and lanyard.. and asked to come in and do a survey of her toilets.. a stock check?

I also live in a new build home and have never had anyone come round and ask to come in for any reason unless for snags that we had reported ourselves.

She can’t remember where he said he was from, or what was on his lanyard.. and now she’s panicking that she’s been targeted as she let him in her house and upstairs ect.

Is there any chance it’s normal? If it’s not.. what does she do now?

Has she checked for missing items? She should call the company he said he was from and check

@pinkyredrose she can’t remember where she said he was from as this was first suggestion.

Were worried as she lives alone on a street with no neighbours yet and doesn’t have a dog so she’s a bit of an easy target. I think she’s learnt her lesson though and both me and and my brother have stressed what an idiot she is for letting someone she doesn’t know to wander about her home.

She hasn’t noticed anything missing.

No not normal, call the building company and see if just legit and let the police know, someone nearby may have ring bell,evidence you could ask to see

That sounds well dodgy to me. If it is a new build, is the site office still there? If I were her, I'd go round there and ask.

I don't know about toilets but maybe if it's a new addition to the system? Someone from the council testing the pipes maybe? I was the first occupant on a new site and the builders were still there further down the row so there was an element of security there. However I remember many callers for various things. It's been a few years and I cant remember all specifically but we had a guy organising public street lights and someone from ordinance survey mapping the address. There were a couple of reps from service providers around too. I remember some tradesman just 'popping in' to look at what way something was done to copy next door. We also had the new residents calling in a lot to look at floors or ask about where we put our sockets. It was constant for the first few weeks so I got to the stage where I wasn't really paying attention. I wouldn't be inclined to worry if I was your sister.

Yes I think the site office is still open.

She’s not the first occupant on the site by far, just on the street. She said he was doing a stock check and that because it’s a new build there’s nothing really to do he just needs to look. It just rings alarm bells for us as we’ve never had anything like that and I can’t see anything about it online.

She needs to go to the site office and ask.

Is there not a sales office on site she could ask?

I was contacted in advance if anyone was coming round to check anything.

That's bizarre.

You're told in advance if anyone is coming to look around, and appointments after you move in are usually snagging appointments, not stock checks...

She needs to call the site office.

Stock check? Either she has a toilet or she doesn't...

This sounds dodgy, they usually let you know in advance someone is coming and that they will have ID etc. She has to report it asap.
I’ve lived alone 17 years, I still do not open the door if I’m not expecting you.

She should definitely ask the site office about this. Does she have a Ring doorbell? It would be a good idea for her to have one, if not.

She just let him in ! bloody hell does nobody take their personal safety seriously.

Why would he be doing a stock check on something the developer/contractor has already sold? And why would he think a property could be moved into without the buyer noticing the absence of a toilet?

Has she very recently moved in?. I work on new build sites, and you would be amazed at how fine they cut it with work being done before people moving in. I've seen trades rushing to get stuff done & they've literally left 10 mins before the owners show up. It's also not unusual for a problem to crop up in new units once owners move in eg toilets weren't fitted properly & now they are all leaking oh shit better check them all but say something vague so as not to alert everyone. For peace of mind she should just check in with the sales team.

Remember in Home Alone when the "policeman" called at the house at the beginning of the film to ask questions? This is a common tactic. A random person will turn up and say some BS reason to access the property to case the joint.

She needs to inform the site office, and see what they say. Also she should beef up her security.

So I rang the sales office for her and gave her address ect and they’ve not sent anyone out to her. She’s reported it to the police and got an incident number. She thankfully does have a ring doorbell so hopefully that’s a deterrent!