Someone taking pictures through my kitchen window

[pollyerrington]

Morning :)

I've just had an alert on my phone from my security camera. Some guy has just come up to my house, trodden on my shrub area in front of the kitchen window, and it looks like he's taken a photo. He's then stood in my drive and gone on his phone (texting by the looks of it)
He was wearing a lanyard but I couldn't make out the name or company. I'm in a new build so we do have workmen around doing stuff, but why would they be taking a photo?

Photo attached - he looks kind of official...

It's stressing me out!

Any thoughts?
Thanks

A little thing called "casing the joint"

We had similar a couple of years ago, 2 men walking around with clipboards, looking officious. They were reported to the PCSOs and were then escorted out of the area. We had a facebook warning, they seemed to have been looking for unlocked houses, unattended items and vulnerable people.

Hermes, Amazon etc. have all taken to photographing the house when they try to deliver .

And when they don't

@Unshriven

Yes, I have a photograph of my neighbour's house where my parcel was randomly put through their letter box

Hermes, Amazon etc. have all taken to photographing the house when they try to deliver .

Hopefully they don't take a picture of the window they smashed as they threw the parcel into the kitchen

We have a great picture of our wheelie bin, you can see the bin lorry in the background. Nice one Amazon

@ spacepyramid, good call, after TV licensing that would be my second guess. And no we dont all need smart meters, they are so good at estimates for one thing, and another you can send in the number o0n the meter.

Are there any other houses on your new build estate still for sale? Could he be an interested buyer wanting to see a completed home with fixtures and fittings?

I think the rules have changed now. You need a TV Licence.

I could be mistaken, but I think I have read it recently.

What did he put through the door?

I would have asked him what he was doing.

Can you phone TV Licensing to ask them if they sent anyone round that day?

Why on earth didn't you go outside and ask him what he was doing??

www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one

Tops OP had posted the relevanet law, but here it is. I don't think it has changed other than to include BBC iPlayer and live showings on streaming services.

The law says you need to be covered by a TV Licence to:

watch or record programmes as they’re being shown on TV, on any channel watch or stream programmes live on an online TV service (such as ITV Hub, All 4, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, Now TV, Sky Go, etc.) download or watch any BBC programmes on iPlayer.

Nope tops not changed. You only need a license if you watch or record live tv or if you use bbc iplayer

Not downplaying this at all, but this is one of the downsides of mobile security devices imho. It's 99.99% certain to be something innocuous that in the old days, nobody would have been any the wiser about. Instead, it is now causing you all this anxiety but there's very little practical you can actually do about it.

Do you have a neighbourhood watch? I would be worried about reccie for potential burglary. The easiest way is to do it in plain sight.

Or do you have the most amazing kitchen??

What’s the tape that seems to be along his right leg ? If he’s put nothing through your door at all it seems suspicious to me .

Are you housing association? Could it be your housing officer? Would your neighbour have complained about you?

Also, I don't think anyone has used an aerial for years now. Everything's digital now, the analogue signals got switched off in 2012.

Even digital TVs need an aerial if you're not running it off the internet, i.e. Freeview etc.

Any planning applications nearby/next door. They go out on spec to work out impact on neighbours and check whether loss of light/etc.

If it is the tv license inspector, and he visits again, tell him to piss off. Don't tell him your name and don't whatever you do let him in your house.

My first thought was balliff. Although to be honest I have no idea. He could be anyone. I would phone 101 and ask them if they have had any other reports in your neighbourhood.

Why didn't you just open the window and say "can I help you? why are you taking pictures of my property?"

JFC, MN is another world sometimes.

Because she's in work? How is she to open the window when she's not there?