Scared by someone entering our house today - big argument with DP

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I need to know I’m not going crazy. I was in garden, and came in to see a strange lady using our toilet. Baby was asleep in room next to door, and my DD was there too. DP had opened door and let lady in to use the toilet, he claims she pushed past him - but I think he should have said ‘no’ firmly.
Man on doorstep wanted to contact previous owners of our bungalow - DP was about to get all our paperwork out. I stopped him and told them to contact estate agent.
Strange lady came back later. I spoke to her through window - she wanted to know if the previous owner had died - and then said the bungalow should belong to them.
I feel very shaken up and DP has been having a go at me saying I overreacted.

He sounds like a fool.

Definitely call the police. As for your DH he’s an idiot

Op, is you're husband elderly or vulnerable in any way? If not, he needs a major boot up the arse.

Well, there may be something to their claims, you never know, but they have no right to barge in and then demand to see legal documents. How strange! Probably some family dispute about an inheritance which they didn't like the outcome of. Do you know anything about the previous owners?

I had a stranger practically push me aside and run into the house once to use the loo - I wasn't best pleased but couldn't stop them in time! Don't think that's what happened here though. Report to 101.

Don’t let him ever open the door to strangers
What a tool

@thedancingbear

FFS, what was he meant to do, forcibly shove her out of the house?

If he'd've laid a finger on her he could've been looking at potential assault charges. The onus would've been all on him to prove he'd acted reasonably. And the OP would be on here pissing and moaning that he may have jeopardised his job.

Yes! It's not assault to move a trespasser out of your home. She 'pushed' him/pushed past him.

Your h is a fool.

he may have had to physically stop the woman from entering the property and this is something that a lot of men are taught to avoid. I would give your husband a break
No men are taught to avoid preventing someone barging into their home uninvited.

I think I'd forgive DH for letting them in, he may not have wanted the awkwardness of stopping them, especially a woman (for all you know if he'd tried to physically stop her she might have started yelling that he was attacking her)

I certainly wouldn't be showing any papers to anyone, and if you have bought the property it is yours, end of. And don't worry about the house - as others have said, it doesn't matter if they didn't like the circumstances in which it was sold, you own it now and their problems are not your fault. Not your circus, not your monkeys.

We had the buyers of our flat texted me a year or two later to ask for some information that we suspect was connected with a dispute they were having with the freeholder, who we had had problems with. My husband told me to just not reply because it was not our problem anymore and getting involved would only cause stress (and luckily they never followed up)

OP - your DH is a fuckwit. Who in their right mind would let a stranger into their house and then look for paperwork regarding the purchase.

He definitely needs a reality check.

Agree deffo call love to log it. For all you know they may be doing the rounds. Simplest thing in the world to find out newly sold houses and come up with nonsense to get in or get talking etc.
Absolutely no one else lowed in from now on I assume ! Silly dp. Not surprised you’re furious with him.

Now that is odd - ‘police’ came out as ‘love it’ !

Btw please don't give out the previous owner's contact details - you have no idea of the circumstances. you were totally right to refer them to the EA.

Simplest thing in the world to find out newly sold houses and come up with nonsense to get in or get talking etc.
Not really. Not that simple to find someone simple enough to let you in!

YANBU but everyone else in the story is -your partner and this dodgy couple. Who wants randoms in their house, especially now

I would flag it to the police, maybe they’ve had similar incidents in the area

Oh and well done for not giving out the previous owners details. The couple sound well dodgy

You’d be surprised. A glimmer of something which makes sense does wonders for many. At criminal bar - have done a lot of ‘artifice burglaries’ like this.
Agree just say no !

Cases - not the burglaries themselves

He should have said ‘no - please don’t come in’.

Your solicitor will have checked the seller had good title. I believe it’s quite easy to do, there is this thing called Land Registry...

And equally, when people die solicitors usually make very very sure they are entitled to the house before registering it in a new name!

This is not your problem. If they believe they were wronged, they need to consult a solicitor.

Ps I assume your DH was so stunned it sort of happened by mistake.

And DP is not old or vulnerable. He then went out in his bike this pm when I’d reminded him three times to be ready for a relatives zoom party. I’m going to log incident with police.

Def report to police and yes, your husband is an idiot

Sounds like she was having a nosey of the property from the inside, wanting to have a guess at how much it would be worth?

If she was to get in touch again I'd direct her to the estate agents and tell her not to call around again.

Tbh though with a baby and a young dc around she wouldn't get much patience from me.

Get a Ring doorbell - cheaper and easier to install than cctv. Ours notifies us when there's any motion in front of our house. Amazon are selling the basic version for about £90.

It sounds more like a family dispute than a scam or distraction burglary to me.

Do you know if the previous owner had died?

Your DH sounds like an idiot. And made a poor and stupid choice letting the stranger in.
Second getting a Ring doorbell and considering your home security.